Fronde pandemic business continuity solutions

Wellington, Auckland – New Zealand - 29 June 2009

Fronde provides pandemic business continuity solutions using Google Apps

New Zealand IT services company, Fronde, is offering Google’s online applications to businesses as a cost effective business continuity solution to enable staff to work from home in case of pandemic.

Concerned businesses and government agencies are reviewing their business continuity plans in light of the current flu pandemic. The potential business and financial impact of staff being quarantined or required to stay away from work to avoid infection is enormous. Most organizations currently lack the tools that can rapidly scale to enable remote working for large numbers of their employees.

Google’s communication and collaboration tools are all operated from a secure cloud computing environment. Employees can keep in touch via Gmail, instant messaging, and video conferencing; and access and share documents in collaborative shared workspaces.

``You can set up employees to work from home within days, all you need is an internet browser,’’ says Richard Suhr, Head of Asia Pacific, Google Enterprise. ``At US$50 per user per annum, with no license surprises, Google Apps are a highly cost effective solution.’’

``During a pandemic situation a business’ own IT staff are likely to be impacted as well,’’ says Rob Old, General Manager, Fronde. ``Fronde provides specialised services to help set up Google’s productivity applications, and gives New Zealand businesses the comfort of a trusted local support partner.’’

Other solutions offered by Fronde to enable remote working include TwoSecure, a mobile phone based two factor authentication alternative to physical tokens that can be provisioned in real-time to give staff remote access to corporate networks. And broadcast text messaging services for communication with off-site staff.

About Fronde

Fronde is a Kiwi IT services company that is best known for delivering great software solutions to major blue-chip organisations in the government, utilities and finance sectors. More than software development Fronde provides additional technology services and solutions including infrastructure and software support services, cloud computing and mobility solutions.

Fronde provides local expertise and support for New Zealand companies to transition their business applications to Google Apps. At Fronde we have dedicated people committed to the Google Enterprise suite and ready to advise your business on the right way to transition, where the value is and where the hooks are.

www.fronde.com

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