Access Control And Video Surveillance News From March 2015
By The Business Solutions Network
Each month, Business Solutions reports news on business in the channel. This month in access control and video surveillance news, Digital Watchdog updates software, 3xLOGIC acquires infinias access control lines, and Honeywell expands its NVR line.
Digital Watchdog Updates Software
Digital Watchdog (DW), a provider of digital recorders, surveillance cameras, and related management software, updated its DW Spectrum IP Video Management software to version 2.3. This update restructures the software’s architecture, replacing the server system and simplifying the user’s experience with management of multiple servers and sites.
The new version includes features such as automatic failover, one-click system-wide upgrades, and no single point of failure (server clustering). In case of server failure, cameras will immediately be transferred to other available servers. With this configuration, all servers in a system continuously synchronize their configuration settings, creating a system capable of adapting to server failures in real-time and ensuring no single point of failure. When a failed server once again becomes available, cameras will return to their original server. New Video Wall integration allows you to control an unlimited number of video wall/remote monitors in real time from a single client.
3xLOGIC Acquires Infinias Access Control Lines
3xLOGIC announced that it has acquired the access control product lines of infinias. 3xLOGIC has a place in the video ecosystem with its VIGIL VMS and provides business intelligence, data management, and cloud-based services with its VIGIL Trends software. “Acquiring the infinias access control lines is a natural next step in our evolution to a full solutions provider,” says Matthew Kushner, CEO of 3xLOGIC. “Coupled with our cloud-based video solution, this acquisition means 3xLOGIC now will offer a fully integrated, scalable video and electronic access control cloud solution suited to SMBs and all the way up to those with multiple locations in the United States and around the world.”
The combined company will have more than 120 employees, and will continue to conduct business in its multinational locations: Westminster, Colorado, Indiana, Florida, Canada, and China.
Honeywell Expands NVR Line
Honeywell recently expanded its line of Performance Series IP embedded network video recorders (NVRs). Now available in eight or 16 channel models, the embedded NVRs are compatible with Honeywell’s equIP Series and Performance Series IP cameras, broadening options for IP-based surveillance systems.
A setup wizard and Power over Ethernet (PoE) plug and play functionality reduce system installation time and costs. Customers can tailor the amount of video captured and retained by adding up to eight terabytes of internal storage. The NVRs can be programmed to send automatic email alerts when the system detects motion, network failures, alarm inputs, and tampering. Apple and Android mobile apps allow business owners to view video from Web-enabled devices, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones, providing peace of mind from virtually any location.
Customers can select from a wide range of IP cameras, including Honeywell’s recently released equIP Series S line of cameras — featuring pancake, indoor dome, rugged dome, bullet, and box cameras ranging from 720p to 5MP — as well as the Performance Series 1080p IP ball and bullet cameras. In addition to the eight- and 16-channel models, the Performance Series IP line of embedded NVRs includes four-channel NVRs available in bundled kits with four ball or bullet style high-definition 1080p IP cameras.