New York , NY and Lod , Israel , June 2, 2008. - Rontal Applications Ltd., a developer and provider of innovative incident management and business continuity systems, today announced a marketing agreement with T&M Protection Resources, a leading provider of security systems and services. Under the terms of the agreement, Rontal USA and T&M Protection Resources will jointly market Rontal's advanced incident management system, SimGuard.
SimGuard is a family of incident management systems that fuse and display real time data to support decision-making processes in the areas of safety, security and business continuity.
"The alliance with Rontal and its SimGuard platform further strengthens T&M's capabilities as a premium provider of solutions-based security and investigative services," said Robert Tucker, Chairman and CEO of T&M Protection Resources. "Rontal's technological achievement with SimGuard represents an important industry breakthrough, and will bring a transformational change to the effectiveness of both security planning and operational systems command management," Tucker added.
"The agreement with T&M is an important milestone in further strengthening our position in the North American market," said Roni Zehavi, Chairman and CEO of Rontal Applications. "T&M's multi-disciplined, solutions-based approach is a perfect fit for SimGuard's capabilities. Its professional security and business consulting planning services unit under T&M's Consulting Division leader, Jim Francis, can fully leverage SimGuard's decision support tools. SimGuard's implementation and integration with existing systems can be efficiently accomplished with T&M's Technology Division, based in Westbury , NY ."
SimGuard superimposes real-time incidents over a geospatial 3D presentation of the facility or compound it protects, providing an intelligent decision support tool to decision-makers at all levels. SimGuard enables users to get a comprehensive, updated picture of what happens at their site regarding safety, security, facility management, and business continuity. For example, when a suspicious object is found in an airport building, SimGuard shows the potential impact of an explosion on various operational areas, enabling timely evacuation from them and continuation of normal activity in other parts of the airport that are not affected.
About Rontal Applications
Rontal Applications has developed an innovative approach to assuring operational continuity across a wide spectrum of government, civilian and business environments. Established in Israel by a group of Israel Air Force pilots in mid-2003, Rontal's vision is to apply modern aviation concepts to the challenges arising from today's uncertain world within the fields of security, safety and business continuity. Rontal's SimGuard is capable of fusing real time data into a single 3D, virtual-reality display for greatly improved situational awareness within command and control centers. With the company's headquarters in Lod , Israel and regional offices in the US and the UK , Rontal is a private company owned by the founders and private investors. For more information please visit www.rontal.com .
About T&M Protection Resources, LLC
Established in 1981, T&M Protection Resources is headquartered in New York and provides high level security, executive protection and explosive detection services, technical security systems and countermeasures, and consulting services to leading corporate, institutional, private clients with special concentration in financial services, commercial property management, major sports franchises and organizations who are part of our nation's critical infrastructure. Through its Forensic Investigations Associates (FIA) division, T&M also offers expertise in corporate due diligence, fraud and forensic investigations, compliance monitorships, litigation support, and global intelligence services. For more information, please contact T&M Protection Resources at 212-422-0000 or visit our website at www.tandmprotection.com