The VESTA CS solution is a server-based, full-featured IP PBX specifically designed for emergency call centers. It combines the Cassidian Communications proven computer telephony integration (CTI) solution, VESTA®, with the Avaya Communication Server 1000. The VESTA CS solution also features sophisticated call routing; automatic call distribution (ACD) with options including queue-based, skills based and Network ACD; and enhanced administrative control capabilities.
"International collaboration in science and technology is a major part of our ongoing efforts to counter threats of terrorism," said U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. "This agreement demonstrates concrete and practical steps that the United States and Spain are taking to further strengthen cooperation and to research while sharing cutting-edge technologies to ensure our mutual security."
As the summer travel season is underway, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is providing summer travelers with travel tips to assist with their cross border travel. The CBP has implemented many important initiatives designed to facilitate travel while, at the same time, improving U.S. border security.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $352 million to continue improving the disaster preparedness of hospitals and health care systems within every state, and in three large metropolitan areas. These Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) grants support preparedness activities for hospitals and health care facilities, including medical surge capabilities, in communities across the nation.
FieldView 4.0 - an enhanced version of the Company's award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution. The new version of the software boasts advanced system measurement tools and streamlined analytical reports that improve and control data center energy usage - while validating cost savings across globally distributed environments.
The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center has awarded Battelle a task order contract to assist ongoing cleanup efforts to clean up Navy, Marine Corps and federal government facilities at various locations worldwide. Military installations across the country face-long term environmental challenges in cleaning up contamination - a result of decades-old routines and testing activities undertaken before environmental guidelines were in place.
A new federal partnership aims to stimulate regional and local economies, create local jobs, improve quality of life, and protect Americans' health by revitalizing urban waterways in under-served communities across the country. The Urban Waters Federal Partnership (UWFP), an innovative federal union comprised of 11 agencies, will focus its initial efforts on seven pilot locations across the United States.
Upper Iowa University (UIU) will be working with Lightstep Technologies, a Belfast, Northern Ireland firm, on an installation project to enhance safety on the UIU campus in the United States. This project is the first of its kind in the United States and the first installation on any university campus around the world.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has unveiled a new strategy - in a report called the "Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality" - to meet the challenges posed by rapidly rising imports of FDA-regulated products through a complex global supply chain. The FDA report calls for the agency to transform the way it conducts business and to act globally to promote and protect the health of U.S. consumers.
"We are committed to public safety and to ensuring the highest level of investment protection and least amount of disruption to our customers as they evolve to the capabilities of our next-generation solutions," said Jeff Wittek, Cassidian Communications' vice president of business development. "This joint effort will bring the significant R&D capability and capacity needed to address the next-generation ESINet and 9-1-1 call center requirements, positioning the two companies with the competitive edge needed for today's marketplace."
