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24 MONITORING www.securitysystemsnews.com AUGUST 2011 MONITORING Cernium, Sprint announce technology partnership By Daniel Gelinas CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Video analytics sup- plier Cernium, whose CheckVideo solu- tion has been making the case for proactive verification of alarms for priority response from municipalities along with RSI, on June 8 announced a technology partner- ship with wireless provider Sprint at the ESX show here. Security Systems News sat down with several executives from Cernium including their new CEO, John Estrada, who joined the company five weeks ago. Estrada comes to Cernium from the IT world, where among other things, he founded a com- pany called ServiceBench, which provides software in the warranty industry for client and consumer electronics. “We’re excited to expand our product line,” he said. “This is a huge addition, and we’re excited about the partnership.” Cernium executives are calling the CheckVideo|Sprint 3G solution—the CV43G—the first wireless broadband video surveillance and recording solution. According to Cernium VP of the Secu- rity & Alarm Division Phil Robertson, the A key benefit for dealers and end users is the fact that it runs independently of the end user’s IT network. Another benefit for deal- ers, Robertson said, is that fact that Sprint will be providing leads to Cernium partners. Mike Hughes who is in business devel- partnership made good sense for the dealer channel and central stations. “Dealers can go back to accounts they’ve already sold and offer this to increase value,” Robertson told Security Systems News. “Because this isn’t simply a motion detector tied to a camera—it’s real video intelligence—it will make efficiency at the central station much better. Operators aren’t getting every one of the hundreds of motion-activated video clips, they aren’t wasting time trying to see what triggered the alarm.” opment with Sprint’s Emerging Solutions Group said the partnership was a good fit. “Sprint is CDMA [Code Division Mul- tiple Access], which is anti-eavesdropping and anti-jamming,” Hughes said. “Being able to leverage the wireless network makes it a very simple solution for Cernium.” Security Systems News has been covering recent changes in communications path- ways and has focused specifically on GSM, which is the wireless format of choice for the security industry. AT&T’s recent pur- chase of T-Mobile concerned some due to the lack of players in the GSM market, while others insisted that, should the need arise, CDMA would come into play. SSN AUTOMATION PLATFORM NEWS DICE continues to transform By Daniel Gelinas BAY CITY, Mich.—Central sta- tion automation platform pro- vider DICE Corporation says it’s working to stay ahead in the areas of inline video and home automation integration. “Everyone’s moving away from using video viewers from the manufacturer to wanting the video integrat- ed right in the monitoring platform so you don’t have to use other peoples’ prod- ucts,” said DICE president and CEO Cliff Dice. “So you’ve got video coming into the automation software without a receiver, it’s direct. And you’ve got your audio coming into the phone switch software and it all goes to the operator. It’s really the new alarm industry.” Dice said the company also was in discussions with numerous connected- and “smart-home” solutions providers to plug into the DICE platform, utilizing it as a backbone. “There’s a big revolution going on right now with smart-home technology; integrating the alarm system with all your smart-home devices,” Dice said. “What we’ve developed for our cus- tomers is a backend devel- opment environment that’s built for embedded smart- home controls that allows manufacturers to use our Micro Key’s Caller ID Injection keeps centrals invisible By Daniel Gelinas KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Central Station automation platform provider Micro Key on June 15 announced a new feature to its Millennium automa- tion platform that the com- pany says will allow central stations to help their dealers strengthen their own brand while making dispatchers’ jobs easier. Micro Key announced a automation system as their processing backbone. Man- ufacturers of smart-home devices can literally tie onto the DICE automation plat- form and use its database, use its alarm-processing capability ... Right now we’ve got two or three companies developing all their smart- home technology around our platform and building it in so it appears on your iPhone, on your TV.” Dice said he was restricted from sharing the names of smart home part- ners by non-disclosure agree- ments. SSN partnership with telephony technology provider Com- munication Services Solu- tions to add what Micro Key says is another level of data and voice functionality to its Millennium automation platform. At the heart of the collaboration, according to the Micro Key announce- ment, is Caller ID Injection. The feature enables contract central stations to make outbound calls with the name and phone number of the customer’s alarm dealer appearing in the caller ID on the customer’s phone. Also, when a customer calls into a contract central station, Millennium can now recog- nize whether or not the call is associated with an alarm dealer using a third-party central station service. “It is important for the third-party monitoring sta- tion to remain silent,” said Micro Key business devel- opment manager Victoria Ferro. “Dealers want their sub- scribers to trust that their personal property and life safety needs are being han- dled by the company that sold them the system. That is who they have built the trust and relationship with.” CSS president David Crawford said the central station operators “have always been able to answer in the name of the dealer, MICRO KEY see page 25 BRIEFS DMP’s new virtual receiver now UL-listed SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—DMP announced its SCS-VR—which the DMP says is the industry’s first and only virtual soft- ware receiver—has earned UL1610, the “Standard of Safety for Central Station Alarm Units.” The new certification enables central stations to rely on an alternative to traditional receiver hard- ware. DMP asserts that adding monitor- ing capacity is now as easy as installing new software on any UL-listed server, where the SCS-VR can act as the pri- mary receiver or backup to existing hardware receivers. The SCS-VR also earned the UL 1076 Proprietary Listing in June 2010. “Software is increasingly replacing hardware in a variety of applications,” said VP of sales, Mark NeSmith in a release. NMC servers Technology, BBQ IRVING, Texas—National Monitoring Center mixed product training with clas- sic Texas BBQ at a June open house at their monitoring facility here. DSC, Honeywell and 2GIG Technologies made special presentations and central station tours were given to attendees. “This was an opportunity for our dealers and guests to visit the central station and see firsthand the technolo- gy and services that they can offer their customers,” said Michael Schubert, president of NMC in a release. “Our growth relies on open communication with our dealers.” NMC established their company in 2001 in Aliso Viejo, Calif., in a 10,000 square foot facility. The Texas location was opened to serve the expanding demand from independent alarm com- panies in the Southwest for compre- hensive monitoring services. Barix, SureView advance integration partnership ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—Barix AG in May announced SureView Systems has progressed its integration of Barix IP devices to phase two. The first phase began in 2009, when SureView integrated Barix Annuncicom two-way IP audio device support into its Immix platform. The Annuncicom integration allows the monitoring of unlimited remote audio surveillance locations and integration of intercom/ help points within the Immix manage- ment solution—often consolidated with video surveillance. Phase two adds support for Barix Barionet IP control, automation and monitoring equipment. The Barionet integration increases I/O and relay interfacing capabilities of the Immix system, enabling SureView customers to easily connect a large number of security devices and functions to the network. SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS