Resources on-Demand Year in Review 2011
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 13, 2011 — Utilities throughout the US responded to an unprecedented 93 declared federal disasters in 2011, more than two and a half times FEMA's yearly average of 35. With millions of electric customers in the dark, utilities turn to Macrosoft's Resources on-Demand software to manage and expedite their restoration efforts.
Starting with California's flooding and mud flows, and a monster storm that affected a third of the US in January, the natural disasters continued on an upward trend: severe storms in the Midwest and East Coast from February through April, spring tornadoes and flooding throughout the South and Midwest, straight-line winds in Chicago during July, and a summer that ended with Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in the East. The fall did not fare much better with the Halloween snowstorm that paralyzed the Northeast. December started with devastating Santa Anna winds striking the West Coast.
"The term '100-year event' kind of lost its meaning this year," said W. Craig Fugate, the head of FEMA. Fortunately, utility companies have a tool, Resources on-Demand, to prepare them for the next big event. With winter storm season getting underway, Macrosoft presents Santa's Report to the North Pole Utility Commission.
Specifically designed for electric utilities, Resources on-Demand is the industry standard and only storm center automation solution available to the marketplace. Resources on-Demand manages resource requests, tracks crew movements, and supports lodging/logistics during power outages. RoD benefits utilities by achieving quicker restoration time, cost savings, and an overall streamlined approach to outage management.
Macrosoft also maintains the popular utility outage portal, Outage Central (http://www.outagecentral.com), which shows real-time outage data for every state. It also recently launched a Web-based Mutual Assistance Group View to help utilities coordinate regional restoration efforts. It allows Regional Mutual Assistance Groups to communicate and generate a larger geographical response to outage events.
In 2012 Macrosoft would like to work with you to help manage your restoration efforts as it anticipates similar types of events next year. Email today to request a demo of how Resources on-Demand can benefit your storm center.
About Resources on-Demand – http://www.resources-ondemand.com
Resources on-Demand (RoD) is a multi-user system that manages resource requests & allocations, tracks personnel movements, and supports logistics during power outages. RoD replaces existing manual processes with a comprehensive application to ensure consistent data integrity and retrieval by storm centers.
About Macrosoft – http://www.macrosoftinc.com
Macrosoft delivers high-quality, cost-effective, full-lifecycle solutions to complex software development projects. The company has over a decade of successful engagements and over 300 professionals working for an exceptional client list. Macrosoft's highly qualified and professional development teams manage the entire development lifecycle, from business process engineering and system architecture design through deployment, hosting, maintenance and support. Macrosoft maintains a leading edge in software technology, proposing advanced solutions to design new systems efficiently and integrating them with business and IT platforms.
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