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UTC Fire & Security’s Integrated Security Experience

UTC Fire & Security recently held a customer event under the banner of the Integrated Security Experience. The presentations focused on the various product offerings for the security market from UTC, but with a focus on integration.

Brent Cary, regional manager sub-Saharan Africa, for UTC’s Lenel brand, presented on the various successes UTC’s brands have been part of over the years. These include being the company that created the space suit worn by the late Neil Armstrong for the first moon landing, through to the company responsible for the largest single private networked CCTV system in the world, the Paris metro and bus system which includes 12 000 cameras in the trains and 25 000 cameras in the busses. UTC’s TruVision platform is also responsible for one of the largest video installations in South Africa at SA Diamond.

Cary noted that success in large projects is not simply a matter of selecting the right product, but due to the effective integration of various systems. “The key talking point at the event was the difference between interfacing, which any company can do and integration, which UTC does seamlessly with all of our products and a host of third-party products.”

An interface is where two or more separate software products communicate under limited capacity. Data is maintained in multiple locations; thus, requiring more administration. A fully integrated system means that the products are one. This happens when two or more products work closely together to combine different functionalities into one product. In real integration, the data is maintained in one location.

“System integration is about adding value to the system,” explained Cary, “and the resulting capabilities that are possible because of seamless interaction between the subsystems.”

The four brands discussed at the event where:

* TruPortal: UTC’s entry-level, licence-free, access control platform with simple control and monitoring from a Web browser or iPad application. The TruPortal system integrates with the TruVision TVR10 range of video products.

* IFS: UTC’s fibre and networking range of products that offer cost-effective solutions to convert your video to fibre.

* TruVision and UltraView: TruVision and UltraView are UTC’s CCTV/video ranges that consist of analogue, IP and hybrid solutions for all surveillance requirements. Both these product ranges seamlessly integrate into UTC’s Alliance, as well as the Facility Commander Wnx security management platforms.

* Lenel: Lenel is UTC’s high-end enterprise solution that allows customers to seamlessly integrate all aspects of their security, not only from UTC’s access control, fire detection, CCTV and intrusion product range, but also from a large number of third-party companies through its OAAP programme.

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