Platform overview
RVR's class-leading integrated solution is used for running efficient and cost-effective initiatives and projects for compliance, enterprise risk management, operational performance and IT governance. It is a genuinely enterprise-wide solution that enhances visibility throughout the organization from operational management up to senior executives and is used by over 10,000 users at global companies.
RVR's advanced functionality enables organizations to take a proactive, coordinated approach and simultaneously run multiple projects, which can have different scopes and objectives, on the same platform. This leading edge capability maximizes synergies and efficiency and adds real value to the organization.
The development of RVR's solution was guided by the results of a ground-breaking research program carried out in 2000 and 2001. It called upon the expertise and experience of senior executives, including CFOs, Internal Audit Directors, Chief Risk Officers and Chief Technology Officers, at over 20 multi-national companies. The research conclusions highlighted a number of clear requirements for an IT solution capable of:
- Providing a long term 'business as usual' solution and not just a quick fix.
- Easily handling multiple projects on the one platform and supporting multiple objectives, regulatory requirements, methodologies and frameworks.
- Supporting complex organizational structures.
- Storing group policies, procedures and other related documentation.
- Combining top-down planning with bottom-up execution
- Providing inbuilt project management and workflow capabilities.
- Providing visibility of project progress to all people involved in the project rather than just a few central decision takers.
- Quick and efficient implementation despite limited organizational resources and short deadlines.
- Focusing on material risks and standardizing key controls across the enterprise.
- Utilizing the COSO and CobiT frameworks.
- Easily handling large numbers of concurrent users with extremely high levels of scalability reliability and integrity.
The solution produced by RVR is a highly efficient, multi-lingual, enterprise-wide, secure, web-enabled software solution which meets all these needs
By using RVR, organizations can:
- Achieve compliance with a wide range of laws and regulations
- Enhance risk management and align business strategies with the organization's risk appetite
- Improve visibility and accountability throughout the organization - from the C-suite down to operational management level
- Reduce operational complexity, improve reliability and performance and lower costs
By using RVR's suite's powerful functionality, organizations can:
- Maximize the effectiveness of their initiatives and projects - both now and in future years.
- Minimize the required time and resource, internal and external, both now and in future years.
RVR solutions run on a Java-based web-architecture :
- Application server : JBoss 4, Websphere 6, WebLogic 9.
- Database : ORACLE 9i*, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, DB2 8.1
- Operating system : Linux RedHat 7.2, Windows 2000/2003.
- Users access : Internet Explorer 5.0 and above, Netscape 7.0 or above. No additional software requied.
