The Sun-Hello Flu Pandemic Solution Ensures Business Continuity While Monitoring Staff Status

SINGAPORE – July 19, 2006 – Sun Microsystems and Hello Technology today announced the launch of the Sun-Hello Flu Pandemic solution, an end-to-end business and workforce continuity solution that comprises the Sun Secure Global Desktop Solution and HelloMobilize Pandemic BCP Edition. This solution addresses the two biggest concerns of most SMEs and enterprises during a pandemic. Namely, the ability to track and monitor its staff's location and well-being. And the ability to effectively continue conducting business.

The business effects of a pandemic are more dynamic than what other disaster recovery solutions aim to address. In the case of a pandemic, critical business processes may break down over a period of time because of the impact to its workforce. The Sun-Hello Flu Pandemic solution monitors both the the welfare of its staff and ensures the continuity of an organisation's system. This simple and efficient solution can be easily implemented in companies seeking to build an efficient and globally distributed mobile workforce that is flexible and resilient in the event of a pandemic.

“For any organisation to survive and succeed in the event of a pandemic, the most critical element is addressing the staff's needs and welfare first,” said Wong Heng Chew, Managing Director, Singapore, Sun Microsystems. “Furthermore, organisations must also have the right infrastructure in place to ensure that their staff is able access their work anywhere, anytime and on any platform, securely. Companies implementing the Sun-Hello Flu Pandemic solution ensures both workforce continuity and systems continuity. In view of the unpredictable nature of a pandemic, it is critical for organisations to be prepared.”

During an outbreak, it is imperative for companies to have the resources and the infrastructure to implement flexible work arrangements such as work-from-home options across business units and geographies. Sun's Secure Global Desktop solution allows employees the ability to access applications on multiple platforms, from almost any location on the Internet, over a secure connection, and from a wide variety of devices – workstations, laptops, desktops, PCs, PDAs etc. All that is needed is a JavaTM technology-enabled web brower.

Employers are also assured of data security as all data are stored in a central servers in the office and not on the client device. Companies implementing the Sun Secure Global Desktop solution do not require any costly modifications or disruptions to their existing infrastructure.

Monitoring the health and well-being of employees is important. HelloMobilize-Pandemic BCP Edition, developed by Hello Technology, is a powerful two-way, one-to-many, and many-to-one enterprise messaging server that enables mass communication and mobilization of multiple groups of people. This solution offers an automated communication and reporting method that allows companies to track and monitor the availability of their employees.

Employees also have a medium to report their status to their organizations via various existing communication infrastructures including voice calls, email, MMS and SMS texting. In addition, this solution can be used to remind employees of proper emergency procedures, monitor health status of affected employees, re-assure and motivate unaffected employees whose colleagues may be affected. This solution facilitates mobility and frees up employees and managers to focus on business issues.

"Our goal is to provide a system that can capture real-time business processes," said Kevin Yang, Founder and CTO, Hello Technology. "With the use of Sun servers and technologies such as Java and Solaris 10, we are able to ensure high performance, reliability and stability during a pandemic while realising full business benefits of a workforce management solution. This best of breed partnership ensures that today's mobile workforce stay competitve over different scenarios including pandemics."

Organisations who would like more information on Sun-Hello Flu Pandemic solution, please contact 1800 FONE SUN (366 3786) or email as_suncenter@sun.com.

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About Hello Technology
Hello Technology is an enterprise software company that mobilizes people for real-time enterprises. With our solutions, we streamline and automate business processes, helping our customers best utilize their most precious resource: people.