MultiRater feedback programs can be applied to all levels of employees, not just executives, and can be tailored to meet company-specific needs. Delivery via the Internet of the assessment tools themselves, and the resulting reports broadens the flexibility, timeliness, and value of the MultiRater feedback service to all organizations, especially those with many geographically dispersed locations. NCS used development tools created by Netscape to complete the MultiRater feedback pilot system. Netscape server software is the platform that delivers information to the individuals using the MultiRater feedback system. Netscape server software provides data encryption capabilities, which means the data is scrambled when being transmitted from one computer to another.
Encryption helps prevent data from being interpreted by anyone other than an authorized recipient.
NCS is using Netscape Publishing System TM to provide increased access control to individual Web pages based on user ID and password. Once collected, the data is transmitted via the Internet to NCS central processing facility where it is analyzed. NCS then creates reports and returns them to the participants, again via the Internet. NCS Assessments is a division of NCS, a premier data collection systems and services company, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.