Pivot3 Solutions Join Siemens Security Solutions Product Portfolio
The addition of Pivot3 enables Siemens to offer a comprehensive, scalable security solution
Pivot3, Inc., the leading provider of IP SANs to the surveillance market, announced that it is an authorized supplier of video surveillance storage solutions to Siemens Security Solutions, a U.S.-based business unit of Siemens Industry, Inc.'s Building Technologies Division.
"The addition of Pivot3 to the Siemens security product portfolio helps complete our extensive product offering, enabling the delivery of a very robust and high availability storage solution for critical applications. The system is scalable and the virtualization allows for energy savings and cost effective solutions enabling us to deliver unique high value solutions to our customers," said Perry Levine, Senior Director of Business Development for Security Products, Siemens Industry Inc.
The move to add Pivot3 to the Siemens technology portfolio demonstrates the importance of storage as a strategic element of major security installations. Siemens has already installed Pivot3 appliances in more than a dozen large-scale installations in the gaming, airport and pharmaceutical markets. By offering Pivot3 storage technologies, Siemens is able to deliver a more comprehensive security solution to its enterprise-class customer base and a storage appliance that provides a radical new cost point for high-capacity installations.
Pivot3 develops high-capacity storage solutions that are maximized for video surveillance applications and is the leading provider of storage solutions optimized for video surveillance. Pivot3 appliances are based on open systems hardware platform that provides both server and storage resources in a single array. The reduction in hardware saves users 22 percent in acquisition costs and 40 percent in operational costs. Pivot3 also provides a scalable iSCSI SAN array with no single point of failure and each appliance contributes a free virtual server that can access the shared capacity and performance of the SAN.
"We are proud to provide Siemens with our advanced technology and look forward to a long-term, successful relationship," said Lee Caswell, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Pivot3. "The combination of the technical expertise of the Siemens integration team and our industry-leading IP SAN solutions provide customers with the best possible security solutions to enhance safety and maximize budgets."
About Pivot3
Pivot3 was founded in 2003 on the idea that a revolutionary, scale-out architecture with integrated server and storage virtualization could deliver higher availability in a cost-effective, simpler way than traditional, proprietary products that treat servers and storage as separate technologies. The company's award-winning solutions are used for data protection, hosting, and surveillance applications in the government, public sector, transportation, hospitality, retail and education vertical markets. For more information, visit www.pivot3.com.
About Siemens Industry, Inc. Building Technologies Division
A division of Siemens Industry, Inc., Building Technologies is a leading provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls, electrical distribution equipment, fire safety and security systems solutions. Building Technologies provides a full range of services and solutions from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast, enabling America's buildings to be more comfortable, secure and environmentally friendly as well as less costly to operate. Worldwide, it has nearly 42,000 employees and operates from more than 500 locations in 51 countries. The Building Technologies Division posted worldwide revenues of $9.3B in fiscal 2010.
SOURCE: Pivot3, Inc.