Thursday, April 2, 2009

Improved SMS service


After changes to our current SMS provider, the new and improved 'service' no longer meets our needs. Following a search for a suitable provider we've settled on Melbourne based company message-media.

We've just started migrating the data from our system and the Horowhenua system to integrate them and building in the requirements for Manawatu and Rangitikei. We've done an initial test with good delivery times and the ability for recipients to acknowledge the message.

Over the coming weeks we will be conducting a few tests to get it right and over the next few months be building the database to cover a number of 'canned' messages for predictable events. Members of the CDEM Group will be hearing more from us.

1 comment:

Evan said...

Following my initial observations and trials, WebSMS looks ideal for the needs of Emergency Management and it is a significant improvement on the previous system used by Horizons. The interface is clean and uncluttered, and intuitive enough that the training requirement will be minimal.