Genetec and Sensity Systems, a light sensory networks (LSNs) provider, announced a strategic alliance to develop security-focused solutions and applications for municipalities, retail and more, built on Sensity’s NetSense platform.
Genetec and Sensity Systems, a light sensory networks (LSNs) provider, announced a strategic alliance to develop security-focused solutions and applications for municipalities, retail and more, built on Sensity's NetSense platform. As part of the agreement, Sensity has completed interoperability certification for its video node with the Genetec Omnicast video management system (VMS) and announces that Genetec has joined the NetSense partner program to offer additional security applications in the future for light sensory networks worldwide.
"Genetec and Sensity share a core strategy to develop and deliver innovative and sustainable solutions that can offer cities, airports, shopping malls and municipalities new ways to cooperate and pool security resources. Law enforcement and city organizations can become more productive and minimize operational costs by integrating the Genetec security platform with the Sensity light sensory network," said Philippe Ouimette, Director of Strategic Alliances at Genetec.
"The innovative concept behind the light sensory network is to take one smart decision—to convert to LED lighting—and amplify its benefits in ways that go well beyond simply greater lighting efficiencies. Our partners will deliver added benefits of safety and security on an LSN, helping to further our vision of transforming lights into multi-modal strategic assets." said Sean Harrington, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sensity.
Integrating security devices and software applications with the NetSense platform allows companies to leverage an LED lighting conversion project to deploy networked security systems that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive due to the additional construction costs. Video nodes or cameras can be installed as part of an LSN project and streamed back to the video management system.
Analytics enabled at the network edge can provide security staff with real-time situational awareness and alerts about unauthorized or suspicious activities. Integration of security cameras with lights can be set to trigger specific actions—such as strobing the lights or sending alerts to security or police officers—to prevent or respond to security incidents.
Sensity's edge based storage and analytics in conjunction with Genetec Omnicast will enable real time security alerts, video and image clipping, transmission and storage, thereby minimizing the amount of sensitive information in the system. By maintaining sensitive video data at the edge, Sensity will further safeguard citizens' privacy.
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