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www.FASTalerting.com |
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| Fast Alerting Systems Technology (FAST) Platform |
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This Public Safety Alerting Platform was developed in 2009 and already
is installed in several Public Safety establishments including Fire Stations,
EMS Stations and Police Stations. The FAST Platform delivers emergency incident
alert information as well as non-emergency information to Public Safety Station
Personnel in an efficient and timely manner.
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This solution allows Public Safety establishments to:
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Quickly be notified of
Emergency Incident Alerts dispatched from the Public Safety Station's corresponding
911 Emergency Operations Center (EOC). |
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Be confident that the FAST Platform will work with their EOC's
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software whether it is an off-the-shelf solution
or a proprietary solution as long as the CAD software is able to send incident alert data
by one of the following methods. (Direct TCP communications, Network Printer, Email, Read-Only Database Access). |
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Choose how emergency incident alerts are delivered to Station Personnel. The
FAST platform has the ability to deliver emergency incident alert information to one or
more large LCD Monitors installed in the Station, one or more large LED Signs installed in the Station, as well as
delivery through Text Messaging, Email Messaging and Pagers. |
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Know that their investment in the FAST Platform is not only focused on delivering
Emergency incident alert information but that it makes use of the installed LCD monitors and LED signs
when no current incident alerts exist. This non-emergency feature is very popular. We provide Stations with a toolbox
of non-emergency services that they can choose from and have displayed while there are
no alerts. This functionality serves as an electronic bulletin board and keeps
personnel up to date and informed on current situations to help them respond quicker and
more efficiently to incident alerts. Non-Emergency services include existing up-to-date
Road Closures, Equipment Out-Of-Service, Duty Schedules, Upcoming Events, Hospital Statuses,
and Weather Radar to name a few. |
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| Spark Group's Role |
| Spark worked closely with Automated Protection Systems (APS, Inc.)
to gather system requirements for the FAST Platform. Spark then designed, developed,
and now supports the FAST Platform for current and future clients. APS markets the FAST
Platform to its client base and installs all necessary equipment and cabling to assure a smooth implementation. |
| Technologies Used |
| Windows Vista, SQL Server 2008,
IIS 7, VB.NET, ASP.NET, and COM. |
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| HRH InfoSource |
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| Description |
| The HRH Intranet allows authenticated
users access to HRH information with the ability
to search, discuss and share information on policies
and procedures, sales tools and agency and carrier
profiles. The application is composed of Employee
Benefit Information, Industry News, Competitive
Analysis, Policies and Procedures, Agency and
Carrier Profiles and Sales and marketing resources.
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| Spark Group's Role |
| Spark designed, developed,
and implemented this dynamic multi-user Intranet
that has multiple levels of application security.
This Intranet includes a full set of administrative
functions that allow Intranet administrators to
setup and maintain offices and their users. Menu
items and application functionality is rendered
dynamically based on the authenticated user's
access privileges. |
| Technologies Used |
| Windows NT 4.0, SQL Server
6.5, IIS 4, Active Server Pages, and COM. |
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| Benefacts / Nortel |
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| Description |
To support the decision-making
and enrollment process of over 60,000 employees
choosing among several different Nortel Networks
retirement benefits programs, the Spark Group
provided critical expertise in the design, development
and implementation of the Nortel Networks Decision
Support Tool, an application which allows employees
to predict the effects of their choices under
several different retirement programs. The Decision
Support Tool allows employees to quickly see their
projected retirement benefits under the different
retirement programs available to them, by selecting
various plan choices, varying contribution rates,
and choosing various growth rates and retirement
scenarios.
By handling the complex plan regulations and special
tax treatments for the various program components
(including pension plans, stock purchase plans,
401(k) accounts, and health insurance benefits),
the Decision Support Tool allows employees to
easily see their projected before- and after-tax
retirement benefits valued in today's dollars,
future dollars, as an annuity, or in terms of
a percentage of their salary. This enables Nortel
Networks' employees to make an informed decision
in choosing the retirement benefits program, which
best meets their particular retirement goals.
This system is also bilingual, rendering screens
and results in French and English for employees
located in the United States and Canada. |
| Spark Group's Role |
| Spark designed, developed,
implemented and supports this dynamic web-based
benefits calculation system that runs on top of
a scaleable, redundant, clustered infrastructure
designed for maximum uptime. |
| Technologies Used |
| Windows NT 4.0, Oracle 8i,
IIS 5, and Microsoft's Active Server Pages. |
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| B2E/Compaq - eSupport
Portal |
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This eSupport Portal provides
users with an easy, efficient and totally integrated
solution for self-help and assisted help.
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| Description |
| Self Help is available through
a natural language query mechanism that searches
a secure knowledge base of internal company and
personal knowledge as well as external third-party
knowledge and training content. Dynamic Helpdesk
and Server Alerts as well as Password Reset solutions
are also integrated into the Portal to allow end
users to help themselves. If users are unable
to solve their problems, assisted help is delivered
through online, interactive chat sessions as well
as remote inspection, remote control and remote
fix tools that are available to a helpdesk agent.
An underlying ticketing system tracks all activities
associated with a problem from the initial user's
problem description as well as self-help activities,
assisted help activities, and other ticket resolution
notes. |
| Spark Group's Role |
| This Portal was designed and
developed as an application that runs on top of
the Spark
Platform framework. B2E Solutions, a Compaq
company, purchased a license of the Spark Platform
framework and Spark designed, developed, implemented
and supports this multi-company based Portal that
has multiple levels of application security and
runs on top of a scalable, redundant, clustered
infrastructure designed for maximum uptime. This
platform includes a full set of administrative
functions that allow administrators to setup and
maintain companies and their users. Menu items
and application functionality is rendered dynamically
based on the authenticated user's access privileges.
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| Technologies Used |
| Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000,
IIS 5, Active Server Pages, and COM. Infrastructure
components consist of redundant Cisco routers,
switches, and load balances for web/application
servers as well as redundant firewalls and clustered
database servers. |
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| DNADataLink Portal |
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The DNADataLink Portal is a web-based Portal developed for
DNA Services of America to automate the Case Management functions
as applies to all of the DNA Testing services offered by DNA
Services of America. In addition, this Portal is also used as an Intranet
Information Sharing and Collaboration Tool that is used by all of
DNA Services of America's Franchise Service Centers and Satellite Offices.
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| Description |
| From initial lead through to generating and delivering Court approved
DNA Testing result documents, the DNADataLink Portal provides all of the functionality
to track Clients and all associated parties involved is a specific DNA Test. Payments
for services are collected from clients and Payments are sent out to third-party labs
for their services as required. All payment transactions are handled through automated ACH
processes to assure that all parties are paid in a timely manner. Multiple levels of security allow menu items
and application functionality to be rendered dynamically based on the authenticated
user's access privileges.This Portal supports multiple Franchise Service
Centers and their associated Satellite offices. |
| Spark Group's Role |
| Spark designed, developed,
implemented and supports this multi-franchise, multi-office
web-based Portal. |
| Technologies Used |
| Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008,
IIS 7, Active Server Pages, COM, Dynamic PDF generation. |
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| Starword: StarRisk OnLine |
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StarRisk Online is a web-based
Risk Management Portal that enables managers
of national and international hotels, owned
by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Inc., to securely interact and exchange critical
information pertaining to the daily operation.
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This solution allows the client
and their hotels to:
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Lower
the cost of risk through electronic tools
that enables closer monitoring of the insurance
program, access to proprietary data and
research. |
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Save time
through streamlined administrative and transactional
tasks, enhanced communications and document
sharing between hotel and Risk Management
Department. |
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Add value
to the risk management function by putting
more information and tools at the user's
fingertips. |
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| Spark Group's Role |
| Spark designed, developed,
implemented and supports this international, multi-hotel
system that has multiple levels of application
security and runs on top of a scalable, redundant,
clustered infrastructure designed for maximum
uptime. This system includes a full set of administrative
functions that allow administrators to setup and
maintain hotels and their users. Menu items and
application functionality is rendered dynamically
based on the authenticated user's access privileges. |
| Technologies Used |
| Windows 2000, SQL Server 7.0,
IIS 5, Active Server Pages, COM, and Oracle v7.34/8i.
Infrastructure components consist of redundant
Cisco routers, switches, and F5 load balances
for web/application servers as well as redundant
firewalls and clustered database servers. |
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