ISS Focuses on Education at EdTech Expo

Tarrytown, NY, April 16, 2008 - The second annual EdTech Expo, organized by EduTek Ltd. and CDW, was held in Tarrytown, NY on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Focused primarily on the technology and security needs of educational facilities, the Expo’s objective is to provide educational leaders with opportunities to experience emerging technologies that impact the education environment.

An ISS team of Suranjan Ray, Aluisio Figueiredo, Maddie Chandran, and Eugene Beytenbrod, were on hand to participate at the presentation and demonstrate to municipal and school administrators the superior capabilities of the ISS SecurOS video surveillance and image analytics framework. Additionally, the team presented two seminars, titled “Surveillance Evolved : Intelligent IP Security & Safety”. A key element of the presentation included the often unique need of educational facilities:

Public Safety

Protect large facilities or campuses from a variety of threats

External
Internal (students)

Asset Protection
Unauthorized Access

Locations
Time Periods

Passive security / surveillance is effective to maintain academic environment

Return on Investment

Often work with limited budgets and high accountability
System must maintain effectiveness over long term
System must be additive to comply with budgetary requirements

ISS was further able to diagnose the solutions to many of the above criteria, as well as show the differentiation factors which allow the SecurOS framework to be the superior choice for educational facilities and public spaces:

Visual Verification

Customization of Screens / Blank Screen Monitoring
Support of web / mobile devices
Mapping capability

Open Architecture

Integrated Security Topography
Centralized Management
Distributed focus on security needs
Ability to integrate hybrid analog/IP camera networks

Scalability / Extensibility

Integrate with legacy infrastructure
Allow for additive components and camera requirements

Technology

Operate as a network device
Take advantage of Windows™ native capabilities (i.e. authentication, network tools)
Object oriented architecture
Robust feature set (multi zone motion, smart search)
Comprehensive Event Management