The companies have entered into an OEM agreement to enhance NICE Situator with Esri's GIS capabilities |
The integrated solution combines NICE Situator's data fusion, analysis and automated response capabilities, with Esri's spatial analysis, data management, and GIS mapping, to improve situational awareness and real-time situation management. NICE Situator correlates data from diverse security, safety and operational systems, alerting operators in real-time to incidents that require attention. All of the relevant information is then overlaid on an intuitive GIS interface, so control centre operators can visualise situations in a geographic context, using Situator's pre-programmed response plans to help guide and automate their response. For example, operators alerted to a situation can immediately see the locations of various sensors in alarm mode, and view nearby video cameras, mobile responders, vehicles, and other location-aware devices, all dynamically updated in real-time. Automated decision support checklists in NICE Situator also help operators manage resources for an effective situation response.
"Computerised mapping technology is a pre-requisite for organisations around the world that are focused on security," said Terry Bills, Esri Transportation Industry Manager. "Now, by adding GIS capabilities from Esri to the real-time situation planning, response and analysis capabilities of NICE Situator, command and control centres can be automatically alerted to a situation, be able to better visualise the situation as it's happening, and respond more effectively with a pre-defined plan."
"We are happy to be working with Esri on enhancing NICE's leading-edge capabilities for improving situational awareness and incident management," said Israel Livnat, President, NICE Security. "Command and control centres are increasingly looking for a solution that combines computerised mapping capabilities with real-time situation management. We're looking forward to working with Esri on a solution that offers these enhanced situation management capabilities, to command and control centres."