During 2017, the U.S. experienced a historic year of weather and climate disasters, resulting in a record-setting $300 billion-plus in damages, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. Pacific Disaster Center ( PDC ), an applied research center of the University of Hawaiʻi, has entered into a strategic partnership to provide businesses with the same technology used exclusively by top U.S. agencies and disaster management organizations around the globe for over a decade. Powered by PDC ’s global, cloud-based DisasterAWARE platform, DisasterAWARE Enterprise will be released by enterprise solutions provider Kaazing as an advanced enterprise risk intelligence platform.

“We are excited to partner with Kaazing and to bring private industry the same life-saving science and technology that has grown out of decades of collaboration with agencies who share our mission to protect millions around the world,” said Ray Shirkhodai, PDC executive director. “We anticipate DisasterAWARE Enterprise will allow businesses to take more proactive steps in protecting their people, assets and investments.”

According to Kaazing CEO Bob Miller, the unprecedented losses from natural disasters in 2017 show the need for enterprises to have reliable science and technology to make informed decisions and minimize risk. To scale DisasterAWARE for enterprise use, Kaazing is embedding its technologies into the platform.

DisasterAWARE Enterprise key features include:

Real-time, global hazard monitoring

Predictive hazard modeling

Visual geospatial intelligence

Securing client data in a friendly way

Integrated U.S. government agency reports

Scalable, flexible and easy implementation across any industry

Offline support

Multi device support

Localization supporting six different languages—English, Spanish, Indonesian, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese

DisasterAWARE Enterprise will be available through Kaazing online from March 22, allowing subscribers easy access to the product.