A Busy Finish To ASIS
- By Brent Dirks
- Oct 15, 2010
With ASIS 2010 coming to an end Thursday afternoon, my schedule was overflowing with stops to discuss how IP technology is changing the security industry.
As standards continue to change the industry for the better, both standards bodies -- PSIA and ONVIF -- had open receptions during ASIS.
PSIA held an interoperability reception on Wednesday afternoon. Representatives from Arecont Vision, Hikvision, Honeywell Security, IQinVision, Next Level Security Systems, NICE Systems, ObjectVideo, UTC Fire & Security and Synectics were in attendance to show how the standard allows for easy integration of security products.
PSIA also showed off version 1.0 of its video analytics specification. Based in part on ObjectVideo’s OV Ready protocol, the specification enables video analytics to more easily and consistently integrate with video management systems and physical security software platforms through standard interfaces.
On Thursday morning, ONVIF hosted an open event with Steve Surfaro, strategic channel manager and security industry liaison with Axis Communications, filling in the crowd on the progress the standard body has made.
Surfaro announced that ONVIF now has more than 220 members companies and 300 conformant products (270 network video transmitters and 30 network video clients.)
“The most important thing to us is to make is to make it easy for devices to work together and scale,” he said.
In chatting with Dave Tynan, vice president of global sales and marketing at Avigilon, he ran down some products from the company -- including ONVIF-compatible cameras -- and the work the company is doing with the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security.
Beyond just security, the group has larger goals for sporting event venues -- including compliance and watching for aggressive or rowdy fans. The company’s technology is already being used in major sports stadiums like Target Field in Minneapolis and the famous Wrigley Field in Chicago.
“The larger issue is how do we mitigate risks at sporting events,” Tynan said. “These teams are in the business of running a business. If they can make it a safe and exciting sports event, they can grow the next generation of sports fans.”
At the Cisco booth, Marc Musgrove and Craig Cotton, discussed the company’s latest products, as well as the newest Smart+Connected Communities pilot project with the city of Holyoke, Mass. One product that definitely sounded interesting was the 4000 series IP camera. The camera can be automatically configured on the network -- including optimizing video experiences for the network, the device and the access format -- when plugged into a Cisco Ethernet switch.
My final appointment of the show was with Brivo’s Meredith Esham. She filled me in on Brivo’s 45 percent year-over-year growth in SaaS for PACS Services and how the company’s ACS WebService is now integrated with PPM2000’s Perspective Incident Reporting and Investigation Management system.
About the Author
Brent Dirks is senior e-news/Web editor for Security Products and Network-Centric Security magazines.