SharePoint at the heart of the action
<P>US emergency management gurus turn to Kiwi SharePoint talent</P>
Mega scale events in the USA, such as the Presidential Debate and the Super Bowl, are well-charted territory for emergency management gurus E·Sponder, LLC, based in St Louis.
New Zealand’s game of choice happens to be rugby, yet this innovative American company and Intergen have come together from opposite sides of the world as partners on a common playing field – in the Microsoft SharePoint space.
E·Sponder is a market leader in the creation of software to deliver real-time tactical response tools to manage large-scale events and emergency situations worldwide, involving millions of people. The collective eyes of thousands of emergency response personnel, including federal and government agencies, are brought together onto an information hub that E·Sponder delivers on Microsoft SharePoint Server, calling on Intergen’s SharePoint know-how from across the world.
The hub is a real-time command centre, powered by highly visual tools such as 3D Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and layers of documents, web forms and communication feeds, often represented on a Microsoft Surface table for instant touch response to any given scenario.
E·Sponder’s President, Rob Wolf says, “Intergen came to our attention through a successful project involving SharePoint integration for one of our clients in New Zealand, and they more than proved they had exceptional SharePoint understanding and capability.The relationship is going from strength to strength, due largely to their innovation, willingness to get involved and their agile way of delivering smart outcomes.”
With some runs on the board for E·Sponder, Intergen is proud to be regarded as a partnering resource for a company that leads the way in emergency management and communication technologies.
As Wayne Forgesson, Intergen’s Director of Marketing, puts it, “With technology breaking down geographical barriers, it just goes to show you can form these kinds of deep partnerships and complete world-leading work wherever in the world you are.”