BluBØX Software Overview

This is our second company/product that is fully cloud-based

Original product was OneFacility
- Started development on that in 1999 and went live in early 2001
- Developed in Classic ASP, ActiveX, C++ and SQL Server 2000
- Hosted in a private cloud in two different data centers (US and Europe)
- Enterprise-ready application with over 30 integrated modules including Facility Management, Alarms, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Management, Access Control, Visitor Management and Video
Current product is called BluSKY
- Started development in early 2014
- Developed using latest Microsoft technology stack (more later)
- Hosted in Microsoft Azure – public cloud
  - Gives us HA, Disaster Recover, Scale Out, and Scale Up within minutes (and often automated)
  - Can be hosted in private instance on Azure
    - Examples include the Microsoft Azure Government or dedicated instance for Enterprise customer
  - Can be hosted in private on-premise instance with Microsoft’s “Azure in a box” technology
  - Could be migrated to other cloud providers with some minor replacement of cloud services currently provided by Azure
- Enterprise-ready application, includes Access Control, Visitor Management, Real Time Control of Portals and Elevators, Real-Time Alarms, Notifications, IFTTT, Video, Biometrics, Destination Elevators, and others
- Full localization support, so it can accommodate multi-national enterprises

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