On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization declared its first pandemic in 41 years. In declaring the pandemic, WHO noted that the recent outbreak of the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus has already sickened many thousands of people world-wide. WHO officals emphasized that the people infected so far have experienced mild symptoms and most have made full recoveries. However, they say that the outbreak may become more serious later this year.

If a more virulent strain of the flu does arise, businesses will suffer high rates of employee absenteeism. It is estimated that 15% to 30% of employees would stay at home during such a pandemic due to illness, the fear of being infected at work, or the need to care for other family members. This level of employee absenteeism will cripple business operations.

How can your business minimize the disruption that the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus pandemic would cause? One important way is to ensure that your employees have secure, controlled, and auditable remote access to the files that they need to do their jobs so that they can continue to take care of clients and business partners even if they are not in the office. Another way is to have a system in place during the crisis so that you can rapidly and easily distribute important file updates to everyone.

Noonmark's Secure Web File Sharing System will enable your employees, customers, and business partners to securely transfer, share, and store files over the Internet using a web browser. Our system will help your business to keep running during stressful times by providing round the clock secure access to critical files from anywhere.

To learn about how the system can help your business in a time of crisis, please see our Secure Web File Sharing System overview page.