Feb 08
2011
With hurricane season approaching now is the time to learn how web-based software can help local government agencies better manage in the aftermath of a hurricane or other natural disasters.
With web-based software not only will cities’ important data be protected but community development departments can get back up and running immediately from any location with only a computer and Internet connection.
For example, Mississippi cities Ocean Springs and City of Gautier are both using BasicGov. The City of Ocean Springs’ Community Development & Planning Department saw a significant increase in permits and inspections volume as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. To keep up with the demand they turned to software and implemented BasicGov Permits & Inspections. In less than two months the Building Clerks were up and running on the new system. The web-based software, accessible by multi-departments, allowed the entire department to move to laptops for more mobility in the office or out in the field. Click here to read more
Learn more … attend a free webinar
Webinar Subject: Hurricane Preparedness: Learn How Web-based Software Can Help Local Governments
Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Webinar Time: 11 am PST / 2 pm EST
Questions?
Contact me.
Roula Fredrikson
Sales Executive
BasicGov Systems Inc.
www.basicgov.com
email: roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com
Feb 08
2010
Continuing 7 Question & Answer Blog Series: When evaluating SaaS and cloud computing for your government agency …
#6. Is there a disaster recovery plan for this web-based software / SaaS?
Any vendor providing web-based, SaaS services should consider every potential disaster, and be prepared for anything. When evaluating SaaS vendors for your government agency, ask whether the provider has:
- Data backup procedures
- A multilevel backup strategy that includes disk-to-disk-to-tape data backup where tape backups serve as a secondary level of backup
- Failover that cascades from server to server and from data center to data center in the event of a regional disaster, such as a hurricane or flood
BasicGov web-based / SaaS provider develops and hosts its software on Salesforce.com cloud platform Force.com which has world class disaster recovery plans and procedures:
- The Salesforce service performs real-time replication to disk at each data center, and near real-time data replication between the production data center and the disaster recovery center
- Data are transmitted across encrypted links
- Disaster recovery tests verify our projected recovery times and the integrity of the customer data
Read more at http://www.salesforce.com/platform/cloud-infrastructure/reliability.jsp and http://trust.salesforce.com/trust/security/
Click to read Intro Blog and list of 7 questions.
Click to read #1Q&A: Is my web-based software / SaaS data secure?
Click to read #2Q&A: Can I track SaaS performance?
Click to read: #3Q&A: Is the web-based software / SaaS truly multitenant
Click to read: #4Q&A: Will this web-based software, SaaS application scale for my government agency needs today and tomorrow?
Click to read: #5Q&A: Is web-based software, SaaS high performance?
