Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Federal and Department of Defense Agencies Live in RightNow Secure Government Cloud



RightNow Offers Certified and Accredited, Secure Government Only Cloud; Available for Agencies Today

Defense News:
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Willard HotelRightNow (NASDAQ: RNOW - News), a leading provider of secure cloud solutions for Federal government agencies and the Department of Defense (DoD), today announced that agencies such as the DoD’sDefense Media Activity, GSA, and AHRQ are live within the RightNow Secure Government Cloud.

Released last April, the RightNow Secure Government Cloud meets intense levels of security certification and accreditation (C&A) to help agencies reap the benefits of a secure government-focused cloud, such as rapid time to deploy, frequent access to solution innovation, increased reliability, and lower cost of ownership.

Federal Agencies Live in the RightNow Secure Government Cloud

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is live in RightNow’s Secure Government Cloud. GSA is using RightNow CX, the customer experience suite, delivered via the secure cloud to improve operational efficiency and provide exceptional citizen support.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is also live in the RightNow Secure Government Cloud. AHRQ’s mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.

With RightNow, AHRQ was able to seamlessly migrate to the cloud and address security requirements, privacy issues, accessibility concerns, and the technical support needed for a quick transition.

“AHRQ embraced the ability to move into RightNow’s government hosting environment with its higher security profile because this meshed well with our certification and accreditation process for Web services.”
Gerri Michael Dyer, Electronic Dissemination Advisor, AHRQ

In addition, using RightNow’s secure cloud CX solutions, AHRQ can:

  • Support 30 different web resources and various projects including Health IT
  • Manage incoming web inquiries, reducing demand on agents and efficiently routing issues to appropriate subject matter experts for fast resolution
  • Provide constituents with a central, self-learning knowledge foundation to easily find answers themselves, 24X7
  • Have a dialogue with consumers, researchers, clinicians, educators, employers, and providers on health care issues and information products
  • Facilitate technical assistance questions to ensure communications and information technology products are accessible
  • Quickly add content for website reference on new resources or the latest research available
  • Analyze customer feedback to see what information is most popular and to modify available content to address recurring questions

“RightNow helps us keep our fingers on the pulse of target audiences and be responsive to them. We can quickly gauge what issues are important and what information is most relevant to their needs. Our customers find it an effective channel for communicating with us on what AHRQ is doing and providing suggestions and valuable feedback to our programs.”
Gerri Michael Dyer, Electronic Dissemination Advisor, AHRQ

High Security Cloud for Department of Defense

Department of Defense agencies such as the U.S. Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) are also moving their RightNow solutions to the highly-secure, Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud.

RightNow’s defense-ready hosting capabilities can help the DoD reap the cost savings of a secure Cloud today. The DoD requires an unparalleled level of security and RightNow’s hosting capabilities use DITSCAP/DIACAP to ensure compliance with DoD Instruction 8500.2, meet US Federal security standard FISMA (NIST 800-53), and include a 24x7 dedicated security and information assurance team.

RightNow is the Secure Government Cloud Leader

RightNow is a leader in bringing the cloud delivery model to government clients and has successfully served the U.S. government for more than ten years. 170 government clients have already implemented RightNow’s cloud based solutions including Center for Medicaid Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Energy, Department of State, Department of Treasury, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, General Services Administration, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, United States Postal Service, American Forces Information System, Defense Travel Management Office, Future Combat Systems, National Security Agency, and United States Marine Corps to name a few.

Also nearly every U.S. cabinet level agency, Army, Marines, Air Force, members of the Intelligence Community and DoD, rely on RightNow CX to deliver real-time information, when and where it's needed. RightNow CX solutions are offered on the Apps.gov cloud application platform, a federal government initiative led by the General Services Administration.

“With a focus on improving the customer experience, RightNow provides a market-leading solution for governments looking to enhance service delivery and interactions with their constituents.”
Datamonitor March 2009 report, Decision Matrix: Selecting a CRM Vendor in Government

For more information about secure RightNow government cloud solutions available today, please check out our new Safe Switch Program.

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