Website enables utility personnel to get real-time outage information organized by mutual assistance group affiliations
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 30, 2011 — Macrosoft's popular utility outage portal, Outage Central (http://www.outagecentral.com), now contains mutual aid views. Outage Central contains maps and outage data allowing you to quickly ascertain outage information in every state across the U.S. Outage Central launched a web-based Mutual Assistance Group View in an effort to provide a forum to help utilities coordinate regional restoration efforts. It allows Regional Mutual Assistance Groups to communicate with each other to generate a larger geographical response to outage events.
The following Mutual Assistance Groups are currently listed on the OutageCentral.com website:
- Great Lakes Mutual Assistance
- Mid-Atlantic Mutual Assistance
- Midwest Mutual Assistance
- New York Mutual Assistance Group
- Northeast Mutual Assistance
- Southeastern Electric Exchange
- Texas Mutual Assistance
- Western Mutual Assistance
- Wisconsin Mutual Assistance
"Macrosoft's goal in creating the Mutual Assistance Group Views in Outage Central is to help utility personnel quickly and easily view outage information for their geographic area of interest," said Jason Singer, Director of Macrosoft's Utilities Practice. "Seeing the breadth of outages other companies in your mutual aid group are dealing with enables better resource planning and communications." Outage Central is designed to complement Resources on Demand, the industry-standard tool used to manage crews, equipment, lodging, and logistics in the event of a large-scale power restoration effort.
About Resources on Demand – http://www.resources-ondemand.com
Specifically designed for electric utilities, 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.
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Contact:
Jason Singer
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