Salient CompleteView & Software House CCURE 9000 integration
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | Posted by Brian Carle at 02:21 PM
SALIENT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES 3.5.1 RELEASE WITH SOFTWARE HOUSE C•CURE 9000 INTEGRATION
AUSTIN, TX (JULY 28, 2010) – Salient Systems and Software House have collaborated on the integration of their CompleteView™ Video Management System with the innovative C•CURE 9000 security and event management system. The combination of the two security applications merges the management functions of access control and video surveillance providing customers with a single, feature rich interface for ‘easy-to-use’ security control. In addition, version 3.5.1 offers enhanced H.264 recording performance.
“This partnership brings together world-class access control with the most comprehensive, easiest to use video surveillance management software available on the market today”, said Per Hanssen, President and CTO of Salient Systems. At the core of the C•CURE 9000 and CompleteView solution is the customer’s ability to view, search and playback video from the C•CURE 9000 monitoring station. It also allows for camera control, pop-up viewing from multiple cameras, the ability to create events and alarms and to activate pre-programmed camera activity. “Customers also benefit from this integration because they can control the rising costs of managing two separate security systems and still allow for expansion and growth,” explained Hanssen.
Version 3.5.1 of CompleteView also provides superior H.264 recording performance. “CompleteView now offers one of the highest performance H.264 recording platforms available without the use of specialized H.264 decoding hardware” says Hanssen. “We expect customers to see a 3x average performance improvement, allowing for a greater number of H.264 cameras to be processed on a single computer. This enhancement will dramatically decrease the server hardware costs associated with processing and recording H.264 video streams for customers of CompleteView” explains Hanssen.
CompleteView has been developed with both the security and the IT professional in mind. Based on open architecture and offering the flexibility for both IP and analog camera support, users are free to add, move and delete cameras without re-licensing or penalties. Features such as Dynamic Resolution Scaling address bandwidth consumption by streaming video at the appropriate resolution requested by the video client. CompleteView offers a comprehensive video management solution with system administration from a single location for updates, licensing, replicating server configurations across an enterprise installation and moving or copying IP cameras between servers.
C•CURE 9000 security and event management system utilizes IT standard tools and an innovative distributed architecture. It offers leading edge integration capabilities, advanced alarm routing and remote access for system administration and monitoring via a light client. Combined with a suite of powerful door controllers including the powerful iSTAR Edge two-door IP door controller and an unsurpassed integration platform that allows customers to integrate with critical business applications, Software House solutions are among the most powerful in the industry. In fact, nearly half of the companies listed on the Fortune 500 use Software House branded solutions to help solve their most complex business operation challenges.
About Salient
Salient Systems offers comprehensive IP and analog video surveillance management systems built on open architecture. CompleteViewTM, Salient Systems Video Management Software is scalable and provides everything needed to manage a multi-server enterprise from a single desk-top. CompleteView can be found in state and local government agencies, municipalities, K-12, college and university campus settings as well as industrial and commercial real estate. For more information about Salient, or to locate a Certified Reseller, please visit us at www.salientsys.com
About Software House
Software House, a Tyco International Company, manufactures security and event management systems including the innovative C•CURE 9000 and C•CURE 800/8000. Combined with a suite of reliable controllers lead by the iSTAR Edge IP door control module, Software House technologies are among the most powerful in the industry. Add an unsurpassed integration platform that allows customers to integrate seamlessly with critical business applications, and it’s easy to see why Software House solutions are ideal for security-critical applications. For more information, visit www.swhouse.com.
Media Contact:
Mary Wilbur
Director of Marketing
Salient Systems Corporation
(512)617-4800
VMS or NVR?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | Posted by Brian Carle at 08:15 AM
When designing a video security system, having choices and flexibility is important. In today's security marketplace there are a myriad of products available. Product selection when designing a surveillance system can come down to factors such as:
- How do I utilize existing Analog cameras?
- What platform is best for future expansion?
- Are there existing complimentary systems in place, such as access control?
- How can I accomplish the security goals in a cost effective manner?
In most cases choosing a cost effective, open platform video management system will assuage many of these concerns. We will be examining some of these design choices in the Salient blog over the coming months.
In this post we'll explore one important choice: Purchasing a software only VMS (Video Management Software) or a full Network Video Recorder.
Full Network Video Recorder
Benefit: No staging or installation hassle
When sourcing a complete NVR solution the software is pre installed, eliminating an obstacle to successful deployment. This mean less time at the installation site and a lower potential for problems and time consuming troubleshooting.
Benefit: Single point of support/easier vendor management
One of the benefits of an NVR is that the hardware and software come from a single vendor. This makes the management of vendors simpler. Assuming an open architecture/open platform recording solution is employed, you can still select from a variety of access control, camera and other complimentary products to be integrated with the NVR.
Support issues are greatly reduced. Having one vendor able to troubleshoot the full recording solution is simpler than managing multiple vendors for support, parts sourcing and warranty repair. This also eliminates the proverbial 'finger pointing' between vendors when a problem occurs.
Benefit: Easier to specify hardware for a particular camera configuration
One of the major design challenges is how to specify the correct server hardware for the video recording needs. Some camera and recording configuration factors influence server processing requirements, such as:
- Number of cameras
- Recording frame rate
- Live viewing frame rate
- Compression type (MJPEG / MPEG4 / H.264)
- Resolution of recorded/live video
- Processing of the video (motion detection / Analytics)
Other factors influence storage required:
- Amount of video being recorded at a given time (throughput of the disk system)
- Resolution
- Frame rate recorded
- Retention time
- Compression type
- Scene complexity (amount of movement & variation of colors)
Each recording platform may differ when it comes to how much storage and processing power is required given the above variables. Sourcing the hardware and software together reduces the risk of under or over specifying the recording platform. Additionally, the hardware from an NVR vendor may be purpose built. This means components are sourced specifically to endure the rigors of constant high frame rate recording and important redundancies are built-in. Often vendors supplying complete recording solutions provide online NVR calculators which take these variables into account and provide engineering support experienced in specifying systems.
Software Only VMS
Benefit: Hardware flexibility
When sourcing a recording server hardware platform from a single vendor, the choices are limited to the vendor’s offerings. Special needs may be accommodated by the endless options available from 3rd party vendors such as Dell, HP and others.
Benefit: Compliance with organization’s standard PC vendor
It is not uncommon for an organization to have a hardware vendor standard. Business class servers from major PC vendors may have common management features, standard drivers and other factors that make management of an enterprise IT network substantially easier. In the case of this requirement a single source NVR solution would not be possible.
Conclusion
There are many design challenges for the security system specifier. Fortunately there are many choices available in the marketplace. Salient Systems provides three options for CompleteView-based recording solutions:
- CompleteView can be provided as a software-only VMS, allowing for installation on any PC hardware platform.
- Salient can pre-install CompleteView on a variety of teir-1 PC OEMs (such as Dell or HP) which is a big help when staging an installation.
- CompleteView can be preinstalled on Salient’s line of purpose-built Network Video Recorders such as the S500 or RM1000 for a full hardware/software NVR solution.
For more information on recording system design please check out our white paper, Considerations when selecting a Digital Video Management Platform.
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