Qognify to demo big data solutions for physical security at Secutech Thailand
Date: 2017/09/12 Source: a&s Editorial Team
Video surveillance is now ubiquitous in cities, the availability of video footage is a major pillar in every safe and smart city project around the world. With the rising camera counts, also rises the need for a good solution to sift through all the information to gain actionable intelligence in a timely manner.
asmag.com spoke to Sunny Kong, Sales Director, Asia, in Qognify, one of the companies taking part in Secutech Thailand’s Intelligent Video Gallery about its plans for the show and the Thai market. Qognify’s video solution focus on big data solutions for physical security and operations and are designed to address this exact problem of gaining the right information in the right time. Qognify’s solutions are meant to locate suspects and persons of interest and supply not only the video image, but actionable intelligence.
Secutech Thailand 2017, taking place at the BITEC convention center in Bangkok on 16-18 November, will be this year’s main venue to present smart city solutions to the Thai market. This will be the second time Qognify chooses Secutech this year after taking part in Secutech Taipei in April.
How involved are you in the Thai market currently? Can you tell of any key projects you have been involved in?
Kong: Qognify is actively working in Thailand and our key projects cover different verticals, we are heavily involved in Airport and Safe City projects in Thailand. Our solutions are flexible and robust so we can bring value to each domain.
What are the most important vertical markets that you are targeting in Thailand and why?
Kong: The current government is investing in safe city projects and there are a lot of opportunities currently in the market. Customers are keen to look for solutions that not only cater to Video Management, they are also savvy enough to look at Situation Management to enhance services to their residents in each country and townships. The platform that could assist different stake holders in the government agency becomes paramount in their selections.
What do you feel are the latest market trends that are impacting, or will impact your business in Thailand?
Kong: Educating the market on how make data actionable will be the key trend in the near future. This will highly impact the market as we are bringing smartness in the use of the system and ensuring fast ROI to the end-users’ investment. The future adoption of a smarter system can have great impact the market where we will lead the paradigm shift from security only to operations, and from data management to operational, actionable intelligence.
What were the reasons that prompted you to join the intelligent video pavilion in
Secutech Thailand? Are you planning to launch any new products or services at the
show? What will you be showcasing?
Qognify Suspect SearchKong: We have advanced technology in searching and tracking suspects or any person of interest in our VA solution and we would like to share this with the customers so that they could use our solutions to solve their issues at home. At the same time, we also have solution to spot people whom have left baggage in public areas and walked away. With the current climate of terrorism, our solutions will be able to help authorities in preparing, managing and responding effectively in their course of work.