Strong communication strategies improve situational awareness.
Having situational awareness is critical for decision-makers to take the appropriate actions. When data elements can take many forms, having a strong communication strategy is critical to ensuring information is readily available across different locations and environments.
Defining and implementing a strong communication strategy can seem like a daunting task when you think about all the possible data points, sharing data securely, and clearly interacting with key individuals to gather their analysis.
A key component of many communication strategies are the centralized command centers. While these centers can vary in size, they all have similar requirements, which include:
- 24/7 operational uptime,
- Capability to accept sources with different data classifications,
- Encrypted, crystal clear, audio and video communications, and
- Intuitive system controls.
With organizational structures operating within the Continental United States (CONUS), as well as Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS), it is important to have systems that can bring together experts and resources, irrespective of their physical location, to increase situational awareness, and improve decision-making.
Below are some questions we believe need to be considered to make the right selection, when searching for the right solution provider that can implement these command centers.
Does the solution provider have:
- Relationships with key OEM partners to secure compliant components?
- Contract vehicles to provide services to all of the necessary organizations?
- Cleared personnel to install systems at different classification levels?
- In-house warrantee and maintenance?
- Strong prior experience in the development of these solutions?
- Process certifications like ISO 2000, 9001:2015, ITIL, and Capability Maturity Model Implementation (CMMI)?
UNICOM Government (UGI) has a dedicated team of Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) solely focused on designing, and developing these types of systems, and ensuring their proper installation, and maintenance. With our staging and warehousing facility, we are able to store, build, and deliver tested solutions to your locations.
To discover how we can put our experience to work for you, contact us.