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SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS JULY 2011 www.securitysystemsnews.com SUPPLIERS BRIEFS TimeSight Systems expands team MT. LAUREL, N.J.—TimeSight Systems, a provider of video lifecycle management in May announced that industry sales executive Wolfgang Ritter has joined the company as VP worldwide sales. Prior to joining TimeSight, Ritter has been a leading sales executive with a number of international organizations in the surveillance industry, includ- ing Intelligent Security Systems and Mobotix. Verint helps secure chemical manufacturer MELVILLE, N.Y.—Verint Systems Inc. in May announced that Eastman Chemical Company is using the Nextiva IP Video Management platform from Verint Video Intelligence Solutions. Eastman Chemical Company uses the robust physical security solution integrated with technologies from EMC and Orion Systems Group, Verint said. Eastman is a Fortune 500 manufac- turer with 10,000 employees and 17 manufacturing locations worldwide. To comply with CFATS, and its own focus on safety and security, the organization invested in Verint’s Nextiva IP video platform, along with EMC storage, for use across its corporate headquarters in Kingsport, Tenn., as well as at its manufacturing facilities in Jefferson, Pa. and Longview, Texas. “Verint and EMC have demonstrated that they work extremely well together, and both companies understand our security requirements. With their help, we set up a compatibility lab onsite to test different equipment in a production environment. The result was a stable and reliable solution that we have been very pleased with,” said Keith Bennett, site security manager, Eastman, in a prepared state- ment. Visualant gets financing SEATTLE—Visualant, Inc., a provider of industry-leading color-based iden- tification and diagnostic solutions for security and authentication systems technology, and distributor of a variety of security solutions through its wholly owned subsidiary, TransTech Systems, Inc., announced in May that it closed a $1 million financing. Led by Gemini Strategies of San Diego and New York, and Ascendiant Capital Partners LLC of Irvine, Calif., the financing provides capital for Visualant to continue with the execu- tion of its strategic plans, acquisitions and market development of its spectral pattern matching technology. “We are pleased to secure the support of Gemini Strategies and Ascendiant Capital Partners,” said Ron Erickson, Visualant CEO in a statement. It “provides the resources for Visualant to accelerate the execution of our growth plans.” VideoIQ Integrates with SoftwareHouse Principals tout advantages for multi-site businesses By Martha Entwistle BEDFORD, Mass.—In a union that principals expect will be particularly useful for multi- ple-site businesses that want to add a single camera or a small number of them to their existing access control systems, VideoIQ on May 24 announced an integration with SoftwareHouse CCURE 9000, a security and event management system. VideoIQ, based here, is a venture-backed producer of IP cameras and encoders with onboard storage and built-in self-calibrat- ing analytics. SoftwareHouse, part of Tyco Security Products, is based nearby in Westford, Mass. The close proximity of the businesses enabled engineers from both shops to work closely to “achieve a very tight integration,” Scott Schnell, CEO of VideoIQ, told Secu- rity Systems News. “What’s new here is a first-time integra- tion between intelligent video at the edge and storage at the edge and leading access control,” Schnell said. “And all of the real- time functions of both systems are available on a common console,” he continued. The console has high functionality, but it does not require much additional training for users, Schnell explained. Pelco’s Fages expands responsibilities By Martha Entwistle CLOVIS, Calif.—Herve Fages has an expanded role globally and at the original Pelco campus, Pelco by Schneider Electric announced in May. Fages was named SVP, global prod- uct marketing for the Schneider Electric Buildings Business and Site Executive for the Schneider Electric’s campus here, the original Pelco campus. “It’s really an extension of my existing role, with more global responsibility,” he said. In this role, Fages is responsible for all global marketing activities for the Schneider Electric Buildings Business, including prod- uct management, marketing and communi- cations, trade shows and training. He reports to Dean Myer, EVP Buildings Business. This new role is a part of efforts begun in July 2011 to more closely integrate Pelco and Schneider. [See related story at www.securitysystems news.com.] PELCO see page 40 The integration allows users to view, search, and play back video from each VideoIQ camera or encoder’s full, onboard NVR directly from the CCURE 9000 moni- toring station interface. They can also receive advanced, real-time alerts from VideoIQ’s adaptive analytics. Schnell highlighted three key benefits: analytic events trigger the scripting engine within CCURE; low infrastruc- ture requirements (i.e., no need for a DVR/NVR and the expensive ancillary building systems that go along with it); and a single console for live functions. Scott Schnell Warren Brown, director of product man- agement for Tyco Security Products, said there is particular demand among CCURE customers who have multiple small sites. They’d like to add video to these multiple sites, but they don’t want to spend thou- sands of dollars. “This offers more flexibil- ity, and a lower-cost option for our CCURE customers who want to upgrade and inte- grate video, and when you layer on the intelligent analytics as well you start to see applications in [for example] outdoor ATM bank lobbies ... it targets a real customer need we haven’t already filled with current integrations with CCURE,” he said. SSN Honeywell and 2GIG settle patent infringement lawsuit By Martha Entwistle MELVILLE, N.Y.—In a settlement announced on June 1, 2GIG Tech- nologies will pay to license Honey- well technology covered in the so- called “148 Patent.” Other terms of the settlement remain confidential. In a joint announcement, Honey- well and 2GIG Technologies said the settlement resolves the nearly two- year-old patent infringement lawsuit filed by Honeywell in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on November 24, 2009. The suit was filed against 2GIG and Scott Simon, a principal of alarm system manufacturer 2GIG Technologies. Simon is also a former employee of Honeywell. Simon and three others are named as inventors of the 148 Patent. Asked for further comment, Honeywell Security global market- ing communications leader David Gottlieb told Security Systems News: HONEYWELL see page 40 SUPPLIERS 39 Genetec’s Security Center integrates with intrusion panels By Martha Entwistle MONTREAL—Genetec’s unified security platform, Security Center 5.0, can for the first time integrate with intrusion panels, the company announced May 18. “We’ve integrated with intrusion pan- els before, but it’s always been a custom integration,” said Jimmy Palatsoukas, Genetec senior product manager. “Now it’s an off-the-shelf feature.” The company announced the integra- tion with Bosch GV2 and GV3 models. “We work with several systems integra- tors who are Bosch-certified and they requested this panel.” Next, Genetec will integrate the Hon- eywell Galaxy panel for the European market. “In the future, we will have a list of panels we integrate with,” he said. The Security Center 5.0 is not a PSIM, but it has “many common features you see in a PSIM,” Palatsoukas said. “It’s different because under the hood, we have our own video and access con- trol systems, although we do integrate with third-party video and access too,” he explained. “You take the video and the access and you bring in the third- party intrusion and it begins to look like PSIM, but PSIM typically has more cus- tomization. We prefer to deliver off the shelf [capabilities] because it costs less. We can customize, but in most cases, we don’t.” Users have one plat- form to manage and monitor their video, J. Palatsoukas access and intrusion detection systems. It has a “federation” feature that allows users to run reports on intrusion, video and access control alerts across hun- dreds of remote sites, whether there is one central security center controlling many remote sites, or many remote sites with independent unified platforms. “This integration will open up opportunities for our dealers to pro- vide additional capabilities for their end customers, especially in large commercial or high security uses,” said Tom Melcher, product marketing manager for Bosch. SSN