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SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS JUNE 2011 www.securitysystemsnews.com MONITORING 33 Envysion’s Managed and Hosted Video Summit Networking, new services, partnership opportunities abound By Daniel Gelinas BOULDER, Colo.—Managed video as a service (MVaaS) provider Envysion on April 25 announced its second annual Managed and Hosted Video Summit, which the com- pany says will bring together managed and hosted video players, industry partners, thought leaders and investors to share ideas, shape the emerging market and drive the success of the segment. The second annual Managed and Hosted Video Summit will be held June 6-7 at the St. Julien hotel here. Though the summit overlaps a bit with ESX (being held in Charlotte, N.C. from June 6-10 for association meetings, and from June 7-9 for the actual show), Envysion vice president of product & marketing Carlos Perez says he doesn’t see any problems so far with attendance. “Last year was a sold-out event with 50 attendees and registration is strong again this year,” Perez said, noting the company had expanded the summit to accommodate 75 attendees this year. “We do have a num- ber of attendees who are attending both [our event and ESX] and flying direct to Charlotte on Tuesday after the close [of the Summit].” ESX is also on track to be bigger than last year with attendance up. [see story page 12] Carlos Perez Summit session topics this year include a keynote speech by Jason Mendelson, manag- ing director of venture capital firm Foundry Group, which is focused on investment in early stage IT companies; a presentation on the managed and hosted video market from IMS Research’s William Rhodes; a number of hosted video provider case studies, cus- Centralarm’s new digs Continued from page 1 back in December of 2010 and plans to begin operation by the end of May. Helmig said the new disaster recov- ery center has been designed to operate seamlessly under nor- mal operating con- ditions as an exten- sion of the company’s primary facility in nearby Manchester, N.H. Should the pri- mary facility become disabled for any disas- ter-related reason, the backup facility will be able to take over Helmig said the expense of bringing the new space up to spec was consider- able. Renovations and updates included Centralarm’s new disaster recovery center will be able to provide on-the-fly redundancy for the company’s main monitoring center. as an independent entity with all the functionality of the primary facility, Helmig said. upgrading the interior partitions to meet necessary UL fire ratings, adding an FM-200 fire suppression system, adding updated security, fire, CCTV and access systems, and constructing a disaster- rated data vault that can withstand the building burning down around it as well as repel the water used to put the fire out without damaging the servers housed inside. “We spared no expense in making sure it was done right with the very best technology avail- able within the indus- try,” Helmig told Security Systems News. “We have a tremendous responsibility to make sure every person we monitor for rests easy in the knowledge that we are there helping to protect them every minute of every day. Downtime is just not an option for us.” SSN Micro Key’s Apps Continued from page 31 be interactive, upper-level tools to the integrator in the field. WebTech is an appli- cation that allows tech- nicians to receive ser- vice/installation tickets electronically while out in the field. The app enables techs to get a list of pending service tickets, view service his- tory, create a needed parts lists, type a sum- mary of service calls, put accounts on and off test, as well as capture signatures and complete tickets, according to Ferro. The app is available for any web-enabled smart device. Similar in nature to WebTech, Mobile Virtual Operator allows in-the-field techs to test the zones and to receive instan- taneous status updates without having to call the central station and speak with an operator, Ferro said. The app can also be used to put accounts on and off test and to verify zone descriptions. Mobile Virtual Operator is cur- rently only available for the iPhone. Micro Key recently partnered with CSAA on a membership promotion, which finds the central station software company offering to pay a year’s membership to any new Millennium customers. SSN tomer perspectives on ROI and examina- tions of partnership opportunities within the managed and hosted video space; and in-depth explorations of new and emerging technologies. “This is a business development event so we look to create a collaborative environment and drive conversations,” Perez said. Siemens Industry director and segment head for managed security services Phil Atteberry is attending for a second time this year. Siemens Industry has a CSAA Five Diamond monitor- ing center. “It struck me as unique in the fact that it was bringing people together to talk about the managed and hosted video market. There isn’t a lot out there for colleagues to get together and talk about how to bring this new segment forward,” Atteberry said. SSN Sell Your Business or Accounts To Us or Our Buyers – NOW! 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