Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Orsus for its Diligence in Establishing the Situation...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Orsus for its Diligence in Establishing the Situation Management Category in the Security and Safety Industry

Innovation in Technology, Strategy
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Based on its recent analysis of the Situation Management market,
Frost & Sullivan recognizes Orsus with the 2008 North American Frost &
Sullivan Emerging Company of the Year Award for setting the stage for
significant growth and establishment of its signature product,
Situator(TM), as the leading integration platform in the security and
safety industry. This solution not only integrates disparate security
and safety systems in a single interface, but also offers
comprehensive response management capability to coordinate the actions
of personnel and systems with pre-defined action plans.

Situation Management is nested in a growing market space which
lies at the intersection of two strong market trends: The enterprise
customer's demand for interoperability between various disparate
security and safety systems (also called "convergence") and the need
for a technology platform that can assist in the implementation of the
organization's risk management strategy.

"Situators' architecture enables dynamic configuration of
Situation Management solutions for customers using a rich library of
off-the-shelf gateways that enable integrating with virtually any
security and safety device, management system, dynamic data source,
and communication system," says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst
Dilip Sarangan. "The advanced, yet easy-to-use Planning Tool helps
transform routine and emergency plans into actionable, adaptive tasks
and procedures."

"Situator(TM) also offers an advanced Debriefing Tool that enables
users to place various streams of logged data such as video, audio,
location tracking, and event logs on a common electronic whiteboard,"
says Sarangan. "The data can then be played back in a synchronized
manner along a predefined timeline, which eases the task of
correlating multiple data sources associated with a single incident
into a simple visual session."

The Planning Tool facilitates the setting up of even the most
complicated response procedures including rule-based task activation
with event-triggered and time-triggered activation, sensor commands,
automatic notifications, resource assignment, and escalation policies.
It improves monitoring, response speed, and efficiency through its
integrated technologies, real-time GIS, actionable task lists,
automatic notifications, mobile communication, shift and resource
management, and many other control room management tools. With its
ability to re-plan procedures to bridge gaps spotted during debriefing
and simulations, Situator(TM) is an exceptional tool for continuously
improving preparedness.

"Orsus is honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan with this
award," said Rafi Bhonker, Vice President of Marketing and Sales,
Orsus. "This award is a testament to the hard work of the Orsus team
and our commitment to bringing to market a forward thinking product
that enables customers to leverage existing security and safety
investments and raise the security position of their organizations
using Situation Management tools and methods."

"Situator is one of the few systems in the market that provides a
truly integrated security and safety solution effectively addressing
every phase of the control room management lifecycle thus lowering
operational costs, providing better compliance with company policies
and regulations and improved business productivity," observes
Sarangan.

The company has strived to promote the benefits of its flagship
product through aggressive marketing efforts. Over the last two years,
Orsus has established a corporate presence in North America and gained
exposure among multiple security, homeland security, government, and
vertical market publications with successful deployments at several
large enterprise customers such as the Virginia Port Authority and
American Electric Power. To further enhance its brand recognition, it
has signed strategic partnerships and participated in key security
market events.

Each year Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that
has emerged as a significant participant within its industry. This
company is perceived to have exhibited outstanding management,
superior market growth, exceptional customer service, and the ability
to combine technology and successful strategic initiatives. This
company has the exceptional know-how to take advantage of market
changes through the execution of innovative strategies within the
existing competitive landscape.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a
variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding
achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership,
technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product
development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure
performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive
secondary research in order to identify best practices in the
industry.

About Orsus

Orsus is a pioneer and innovator in developing Situation
Management software solutions. Situator-based solutions gather and
consolidate data from multiple and diverse alerting sources across the
enterprise. They coordinate the response actions of situation
management personnel with pre-defined plans - resulting in increased
security and safety, and better crisis management. This reduces the
risk of human error, lowers operational costs, and ultimately provides
better clarity and control to both security personnel and the
organization. For further information please visit
http://www.orsus.com.

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Frost & Sullivan
Jake Wengroff, 210-247-3806
jake.wengroff@frost.com

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