Lower the TCO of video surveillance

July 2019 Surveillance

Qognify has launched Umbrella. The new web-based management platform provides significant cost savings by managing large distributed video surveillance systems centrally in the cloud.

In recent years, video surveillance projects have become larger and more complex, demanding more resources and increasing operational costs. Altering the configuration of multiple sites is time-consuming and monitoring the health status of all servers and cameras across every location is a challenge. As a consequence, organisations frequently over-spend on technical expertise and unnecessary licences, as well as potentially exposing themselves to regulatory risk.

Qognify solves these challenges with the launch of Umbrella – a management solution, which is fully integrated with Qognify’s video management software (VMS) Cayuga. The web-based Umbrella can be hosted in the cloud (including Microsoft Azure and AWS) as well as on premise. Once installed, Umbrella provides a consolidated view of all servers and cameras across every connected installation, highlighting those, which require attention. Furthermore, if any company-wide changes are required to be made to how the video system operates (e.g. caused by changes in regulations such as GDPR), they can be configured and rolled-out remotely and immediately.

Umbrella is suited for organisations in the banking, retail, logistics and transportation industry, which operate large-scale branch networks with hundreds of sites and thousands of cameras to be managed and place a premium on their physical security strategy.

Umbrella was unveiled at Qognify’s EMEA launch event in Germany on May 9 in Karlsruhe, giving key partners and end customers of Qognify the opportunity to learn more about the new combined company after the acquisition of OnSSI and SeeTec at the end of 2018. Vice president of research & development at Qognify, Chen Porat, comments on value the new technology delivers: “Centralising system monitoring, administration and licence management through Umbrella, enables organisations to be more proactive and effective in the way they operate and maintain their surveillance camera networks, regardless of scale or complexity.”

Steve Shine, CEO of Qognify, adds: “Umbrella is born out of our commitment to deliver truly enterprise-class video solutions. Launching Umbrella, we want to fundamentally change the way organisations deploy, use and manage technology to protect people, customers, assets and infrastructure.”

Umbrella is now available to organisations using Qognify’s Cayuga video management system.





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