E·SPONDER Features
User Features
Portal
NIMS integration: built to follow the National Incident Management System Requirements
User Customization: Users can customize portal view, create folders
Pre-Event Planning and Collaboration: multi-agency collaboration; ability to customize task forms
Unplanned Event Tracking
Resource Management: resource allocation-Track your staff, inventory and resources (equipment, etc....) automated touch screen time clock, track employee certifications etc...
CAD integration
Remote Application Launch: Microsoft Biztalk server (whether custom or vendor specific)
Mapping: fully integrated with ESRI
Document manager with version control and check-in, check-out functionality
Ability to integrate other Microsoft Office programs (integrate Microsoft Project Databases, etc...)

Collaboration
Alarming: ability to notify up to 10,000 users within 1 hour via voice, and virtually unlimited e-mail, SMS, pda, and pager
Video conferencing
Web-ex
Document Share: collaborate on documents simultaneously during a web ex session
voice over IP
E-mail: fully integrates with user's Microsoft outlook
Contacts: integrates with user's contact list
Instant messaging
Shared calendaring

Reporting
After-Action Reporting-tracks events and automates reports to assist in viewing reports
Administration Features
Administration Tools
User Self Registration: on-line forms for users to request access to the system
Automatic User Name and Password Generation: no need to burden IT staff as user information is automatically placed in active directory
User Approval: on-line ability for commanders to approve/deny/revoke access for user
On-line help

Services
User training
Help desk services
Product support services
Security Features
Encryption
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
HTTPS
Encrypts all login and session data

Application Level Security
Secure application launch through Microsoft Biztalk Server

Authentication/Access Control
Authentication process of choice: strong password, smart card, biometrics, etc.