Companies Partnering Together

Cisco is also a major playing in the disaster response space.

In 2008, their disaster relief efforts included snowstorms and earthquak in China, the cyclone in Myanmar, and others.

Some of the details can be found at:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/csr2008/cisco-and-society/human-needs/disaster-relief.html

Also, companies like Cisco have been partnering with companies like IBM to help provide an even better "on-demand" technology solution.

SOA Key To "Connecting" Emergency Management Solutions.

The following picture highlights a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), as described in the presentation. Also included are links to some of the services that were discussed.

Sahana
Open Source System

ESRI
Geo Spatial and Situtional Awareness

KITS
Radio Connect

CISCO
Network Services

Amatra
Mass Alert Notification

Motorola
Radio and System Technologies

VirtualAgility
Planning and Preparedness

NC4 - The National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination
Incident Management

ThoughtWeb
Decision Support

SafePlans
School Planning

Archaio
3D Digital Building

and additional

IBM
Public Safety and Security Solutions