Source: Axis Communications

ACTi recently announced a partnership with iOmniscient. Both companies have come together to collaborate on integrating iOmniscient’s extensive range of video analytics technology with ACTi’s IP video surveillance technology. This partnership has been formed with a purpose to provide consumers and integrators with innovative and comprehensive end to end video surveillance solutions that they may in turn provide for their customers.

ACTi Press Release Excerpts:

“This dedication towards technology innovation and providing complete end to end solutions to mean that ACTi is well suited to partner with iOmniscient” says Dr Rustom Kanga, CEO of iOmniscient. “iOmniscient is dedicated to providing innovative solutions for their customer’s needs. This is a belief shared by ACTi”

“ACTi is very excited to work with iOmniscient and to provide a complete surveillance solution with video intelligence for the customers,” said Frank Li, ACTi’s Solution Development Director. “iOmniscient is a well-known video intelligence company and through this new integration of ACTi’s full Megapixel product line and iOmniscient’s video intelligence solution, customers can enjoy the best video performance with intelligent video analysis. ACTi provides complete product line including IP cameras and video servers to cover all segments ranging from entry-level to high end level of the security market. This new integration will greatly assist system integrators and distributors to provide superior solutions to their clients and win more business at better profit margins.”

Source: iOmniscient and ACTi Partnership Introduces Comprehensive IP Surveillance Solutions

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Milestone Press Release Excerpt:

 
“The Milestone open platform enables the integration with ioimage analytics, so customers can benefit from the expertise of both companies and gain more effective tools for managing security. This partnership illustrates the value of leadership alliances in the industry,” stated Henrik Friborg, VP Strategic Alliances and Co-founder of Milestone Systems.

“Our partnership with Milestone leverages our commitment to open architecture, offering our users and system integrators an integrated video analytics platform designed for simplicity in installation and use,” said Zeev Farkash, ioimage’s CEO. “Coupled with Milestone video management capabilities, ioimage intelligent appliances provide a best-of-breed solution that ensures reliable, cost effective and proactive video security.”

Source: ioimage and Milestone announce technology partnership

Bosch has a channel (Bosch CCTV EMEA) on YouTube that showcases that latest Bosch surveillance and security devices and also showcases the IVA 4.0 (Intelligent Video Analysis) video analytic software. The video included in this post shows Bosch demonstrating calibration of the IVA 4.0 software in a 2 minute period. Be sure to check out the Bosch CCTV EMEA channel on YouTube!

Bosch IP Network Cameras Can Be Purchased From:

Excerpt from BWA Technology News Release:

Intelligent video analysis

“Observe, analyse, respond” was our guiding motto during the implementation of the MPEG4-based video compression. We succeeded in developing a compression process unique to the market which works during recording and only utilises between approx. 4 and 7 GB per day. As the video encoder is purely a software solution, each time we improve our firmware we are able to increase performance.

Read the full article – “Alarm-Triggered Mega Pixel Pictures”

Lund, September 21, 2009

Axis Communications, the market leader within network video, today announces the launch of AXIS Camera Application Platform. The platform allows third-party development of applications that can be downloaded and installed on Axis network cameras and video encoders.

“AXIS Camera Application Platform is an open platform that makes it possible for application developers to market and sell Axis-compatible applications,” says Johan Paulsson, Chief Technology Officer at Axis. “The platform supports video analytics applications that provide the products with intelligent capabilities such as recognition, counting, detection and tracking.”

Compatible applications can be installed on Axis network cameras and video encoders to extend their functionality to meet specific end-user needs. At launch, the open application platform is available in one of Axis’ most popular products, AXIS P3301 Fixed Dome Network Camera. “This is only the beginning,” says Johan Paulsson. “The platform is a cornerstone of our video analytics strategy and will be implemented in the majority of our products during 2010.”

The open application platform has attracted great interest among Axis’ development partners. AgentVi, Aimetis, Cognimatics, IBM and Via:Sys are five of Axis’ partners that have participated in the development of the concept.

For more information about AXIS Camera Application Platform and Axis-compatible applications, please visit www.axis.com/applications/.

About Axis Communications
Axis is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving the ongoing shift from analog to digital video surveillance. Axis products and solutions focus on security surveillance and remote monitoring, and are based on innovative, open technology platforms. Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in more than 20 countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, Axis is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, under the ticker AXIS. For more information about Axis, please visit our website at www.axis.com.

For further information, please contact:

Johan Paulsson, Chief Technology Officer, Axis Communications
Phone +46 46 2721800, E-mail: pressoffice@axis.com

Original Source: Axis Press Release – Axis Launches Open Application Platform For Video Analytics