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Are Mobile Apps a Want or a Need? ... Angry Birds

Posted by Olivia Cramond, PR and Communications on 30 April 2012 | 0 Comments

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Who is killing birds when there are lives to be accounted for?

Applications or Apps. Everyone knows what they are, whether you have a smart phone or not. And those with Smartphones are likely to have downloaded or accessed at least one. But what makes apps so popular? Is it the novelty of having something new and different right there in your hand? Or is it to do with the fast paced nature in which we work?

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Native vs. Web App for mobiEvac?

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 17 April 2012 | 0 Comments

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HTML5 registered 7.1 on our Richter Scale

What does HTML5 have to do with earthquakes you ask? Well after the Christchurch earthquakes, tsunamis in Japan, floods in Australia, and a host of other disasters it became apparent to our users that their Evacuation Marshals | Wardens needed real-time information detailing who was on-site just prior to an evacuation.

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Why Verifying that People are Evacuated can Save Lives!

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 4 April 2012 | 1 Comments

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Evacuating a site does not finish with a Head Count!

Every day around the world millions of people are evacuated from buildings and sites. Sometimes it’s an evacuation preparedness test run; sometimes it’s the real thing. Hundreds of thousands of Evacuation Marshalls, where feasible, clear areas, go outside, possibly do a head count, and then what? Assume people are accounted for? How does ‘assume’ sit with your conscience?

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Can using a Visitor Management system create a Headache?

Posted by Olivia Cramond, PR and Communications on 19 March 2012 | 0 Comments

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Use WhosOnLocation & tap into our expertise in the Visitor Management space!

Let’s be honest, visitor management may not be the most enthralling topic out there on the blogosphere. I’m sure we’d all much rather be checking out the latest sports or fashion blog, and basically be reading anything and everything else before casting our eyes over a visitor management blog. Be that as it may, it is however a topic that every health and safety conscious organisation has to consider at some point.

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Why you should appreciate the work of a Receptionist!

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 5 March 2012 | 6 Comments

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As a receptionist I do so much more than greet visitors!

We have great fun seeing the official titles of receptionists when deploying WhosOnLocation around the world. Given these amazing multi-tasking, ‘front of house’  gate-keepers are often the first contact that customers, visitors, suppliers, and contractors have with organizations. It is great to see that businesses are starting to really appreciate the role they play. An example of this is evidenced in the plaques and titles we see on reception counters around the world.

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What are the Top 10 Problems Facilities and Security Managers want to Solve?

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 2 March 2012 | 0 Comments

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Safety and Security starts with knowing where your people are!

With over 1.5 million visitor and contractor movements through government, health, education, construction, utilities, corporate, and manufacturing sites in the last 12 months - we understand some of the key issues facing today’s facilities managers and security managers when it comes to managing the safety and security of people, assets, and IP.

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Emergency Preparedness

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 13 February 2012 | 1 Comments

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Crisis Management is easier with access to  real-time Information

“Who is on-site?” - As Dr. Alfred Lanning said to Will Smith’s character in I’ Robot “That, Detective, is the right question. Program terminated”.

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Why Merge Visitor, Contractor, & Induction Management?

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 6 February 2012 | 3 Comments

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Add ID Card Management and you have Money in the Bank!

Historically most organizations have used a mix of non-integrated visitor management, contractor management, induction management, and ID card management solutions. The means multiple vendors and software licenses, multiple training costs, and expensive technology to make each system talk to each other if an all-in-one solution is needed.

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