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Exacq at ISC West 2012
ISC West 2012 just wrapped up in Las Vegas. It was a busy and successful show for us. Our new, larger booth enjoyed extremely heavy traffic throughout the three-day show; our products were on display in a number of third-party integration partner booths, and we previewed new products, including:
Our new exacqVision Edge product, a complete Enterprise VMS server running on an IP camera, was featured. Initially supporting Axis IP cameras with ARTPEC 3 & 4 processors, exacqVision Edge loads directly onto the IP camera. Edge provides complete exacqVision Enterprise functionality without the need for an external server. Edge cameras appear in the camera tree just like cameras from any other server, and can be mixed and matched with existing exacqVision servers. Ideal for add-on cameras to existing systems where additional servers are too costly or not practical, for wireless outdoor cameras where consistent network connectivity is an issue, for short-term or covert deployment where there is no network connectivity, and for installations requiring distributed storage for high reliability. Ease of deployment for integrators: install and configure exacqVision Edge at the shop, then simply ship the cameras to the site for mounting and POE connection to network.
exacqVision 4.9 – Our latest release, Version 4.9, includes extensive new Search and Playback features, including Thumbnail Search. Finding the desired video is faster and easier than ever, and thumbnail search is ideal for low-bandwidth remote connections. Other new features include significant client video display speed improvements, new enhancements to exacqVision Video Wall including switched Views on alarm, enhanced Maps with integrated Soft Triggers, server management enhancements with new S.M.A.R.T. monitoring capability, new Hikvision native IP camera support, new fisheye IP camera support from Vivotek and ACTi, new encoder support from Axis, and more.
exacq Mobile 2.4 – The latest exacq Mobile release features significantly faster initialization and start times, true full-screen mode, easier add-camera functionality, and new support for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, in addition to Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android phones and tablets.
exacqVision Surveillance Keyboard – The new Surveillance Keyboard was shown, an ideal add-on to exacqVision systems. PTZ Joystick, 10 button numeric entry, 16 user defined buttons, left/right arrow wheel, and firmware custom-designed for exacqVision VMS.
Elsewhere on the show floor, exacqVision integration with IP cameras was featured in the Samsung booth, in the Bosch booth, in the IQinVision booth (running Edge), in the CNB booth, and in the StarDot booth. On the Access Control side, exacqVision integration with PremiSys Access Control system was featured in the IDenticard booth, and integration with S2 NetBox and S2 Pronto Access Control systems was featured in the S2 Security booth. Distribution partners Anixter and ADI were also highlighting exacqVision.
We certainly appreciate all of our integrators, distributors and end users who came by the booth. We’ll be back next year for ISC West 2013. Some pictures from the show are below. You can also view more pictures here.
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Tagged access control, ACTi, ADI, Anixter, Axis, Bosch, CNB, Hikvision, IDenticard, IQeye, IQinVision, ISC, S2, Samsung, StarDot, tradeshow, Vivotek
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Exacq at ASIS 2011
ASIS 2011 just wrapped up in Orlando, and it was a busy show for us. Our booth enjoyed heavy traffic throughout the show, and our products were on display in a number of other booths as well. We had several new announcements at the show, including:
Updated server lineup – Our entire line of exacqVision IP and Hybrid servers is getting an upgrade to the latest Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets. Performance options have also been added to each product line for demanding local client and web service applications. The EL-Series of embedded appliances feature upgraded Intel Atom processors, and an Intel i3 option. The professional A-Series moves to an Intel i3 as standard, with an Intel i5 option, and come with Dual NICs as standard. And the enterprise-level Z-Series moves to the latest Intel Xeon and i7 processors. All units are either already shipping with the new chipsets, or will be shipping by October. Same price, better performance.
exacqVision 4.7 – We unveiled the latest version of our software, which features a redesigned Search Page, user login/logout feature, Fish-eye lens dewarping, Enterprise Notifications, and numerous camera additions and enhancements. More details in the exacqVision 4.7 blog post.
exacqVision Web Server 2.2 – The latest version of the web server allows access to server-side views, enabling saved views to be recalled by browser-based users.
exacq Mobile 2.2 – The latest exacq Mobile apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices has a new Saved Views feature, allowing for multiple camera views and layouts to be saved and recalled simply by swiping through the various saved views.
Enterprise Health Manager 1.4 – The latest version of Health Manager features additional alarm monitoring, plus the ability to right-click video replay for any logged alarm.
exacqVision HD-SDI "Tri-brid" Server – A new addition to the A-Series server lineup enables 16 SD analog inputs, up to 64 IP inputs, and 4 HD analog inputs, compatible with most HD-SDI and HDcctv-certified cameras.
exacqVision START – Our new low-priced Start software also received a number of new features with the 4.7 release, including the redesigned Search Page, fish-eye dewarping, user login, and numerous camera additions.
Elsewhere on the show floor, exacqVision was being featured in a number of booths. Samsung was showing exacqVision integration with their IP cameras. Access control vendors including S2 Security, Gallagher, and IDenticard were showing integration of exacqVision with their access control systems. GBO Security was using exacqVision software to highlight their unique InfinityLens line of megapixel camera lenses. On Sunday, the day before the show opened, we held our Manufacturer’s Rep & International Distributor sales meeting with a full house.
Several of our technology partners issued press releases in conjunction with ASIS on their latest integration with exacqVision, including these:
– Bosch to demonstrate integration of IP cameras with third-party software at ASIS International 2011
– Sentry360 Gains Ground on Industry Acceptance of 360-degree Imaging with Exacq Partnership
– ImmerVision Enables exacqVision With 360-degree Functionality
We certainly appreciate all of our integrators, distributors and end users who came by the booth. We’ll be back at ASIS next year, in Philadelphia. Some pictures from the show are below. You can also view more pictures here.
Report from ISC West 2011
ISC West 2011 just wrapped up last week. This years’ show was well attended, and our booth was busy the entire time. We introduced a number of new products and features at this show, including:
exacqVision Start VMS Software 
Combining the ease of use of exacqVision VMS software with the essential features necessary for low-cost video surveillance, exacqVision Start VMS software is ideal for stand-alone installations of 30 cameras or less. The complete supported list of IP cameras can be used with an easy auto-scan to detect and configure. Live views, saved views, exacqRecall instant playback, video search, POS/ATM search, configuration, all included. Windows, Linux or Mac.
In addition to the exacqVision Start client, the web viewer is included, as are the exacq Mobile iPhone, iPad and Android apps. exacqVision Start is available on the entire EL-Series of embedded Linux appliance servers, or can be installed on third-party servers.
A review of exacqVision Start from IPVideoMarket.Info can be found here. exacqVision Start will be released in early May.
exacqVision Pro 4.6
We featured the upcoming exacqVision Pro 4.6 release, available through the exacqVision Certified Reseller channel. New features we showed include Audit Trail, a new Enterprise Camera Management feature, a re-designed Notifications setup page, and support for the new panoramic cameras from Scallop Imaging, in addition to a number of new supported IP cameras. exacqVision Pro 4.6 will be released in early May. We also showed an exacqVision Pro 4.7 feature: dewarping support for lenses and cameras from Immervision and Sentry360. Version 4.7 is targeted for late May.
exacqVision Hybrid and IP Servers
The full line of exacqVision Hybrid and IP Servers was featured.
exacqVision EL-Mini – The EL-Mini is our newest, lowest-cost IP appliance server. With the ability to connect up to 24 IP cameras, the EL-Mini is ideal for low-cost installations. The embedded Linux operating system and exacqVision software are on a solid-state drive, for high reliability. The Intel Atom processor runs cool with very low power consumption. Up to 2 TB of hard drive video storage are available. The EL-Mini is perfect for either exacqVision Pro software or exacqVision Start software. The EL-Mini is shipping now.
exacqVision ELS-R – New in the EL-Series of embedded appliance servers is the exacqVision ELS-R. An update to the current EL-S, the ELS-R adds two front removable drive bays, providing internal storage up to 4TB, and the ability for user configurable storage options. exacqVision ELS-R is shipping now.
exacqVision Z-Series – All Z-Series line of Hybrid and IP enterprise servers now come standard with 8 IP camera licenses, with the ability to connect 96 IP camera licenses total. All Z-Series servers also now come standard with Three Years of exacqVision Pro software updates. This is on top of the Three Year hardware warranty.
Three Years Warranty & Software Updates – The entire line of exacqVision servers now include Three Years of exacqVision Pro software updates standard, on top of the Three Years hardware warranty.
exacq Mobile
Our latest exacq Mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and Android tablets were featured. The new exacq Mobile apps have added the ability to control triggers, and sport a more intuitive user interface. All exacq Mobile apps are available on the iTunes App Store and the Android Market at no charge, and work with any exacqVision deployment.
Around the show floor
exacqVision was featured in a number of booths around the show floor. IDenticard introduced new integration of exacqVision with their PremiSys access control system (picture). S2 Security was featuring exacqVision integration with their NetBox and Pronto access control systems (picture). PlaSec was featuring exacqVision integration with their Classic Appliance and Enterprise Appliance access control systems (picture). Paxton Access was featuring exacqVision integration with their Net2 access control system (picture).
On the IP camera front, Exacq was one of the sponsors of the ONVIF Interoperability Showcase. Pictures from that event are here and here. exacqVision was featured in a number of IP camera vendors’ booths, including StarDot and Vivotek.
Pictures from the show
Here are some of the pictures from the show floor. You can view the complete album of pictures on our flickr page.
Click each picture for a larger view
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Tagged exacq Mobile, IDenticard, Immervision, Paxton, PlaSec, S2, Scallop, Sentry360, StarDot, Start, tradeshow, Vivotek
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Exacq at Security Essen 2010
We are once again getting ready for Security Essen, the semiannual physical security tradeshow held in Essen, Germany, October 4-7, 2010.
Exacq’s booth is Hall 5 #120K in the USA Pavilion. We’ll be showing the latest features in exacqVision, including the new ONVIF compatibility in exacqVision 4.4, the latest features in Exacq Mobile, our iPhone & iPad app, and a new Enterprise Health Monitor program that provides monitoring, assessment and action for exacqVision system health events in a large enterprise video surveillance deployment.
On Thursday, Oct 7, Exacq will be participating in the ONVIF Public Plugfest & Reception, held in the New York Hall in the Essen Trade Fair grounds. Exacq is one of the sponsoring exhibitors of the Essen ONVIF Plugfest, and we’ll be showing certified compatibility between exacqVision and ONVIF-compatible IP camera models from Axis and Bosch, including the Axis M1031-W Wireless Network Camera and the Bosch NBN-498-22P Dinion2X D/N IP Camera.
More information on Security Essen is available here.
Exacq at SecuTech Expo 2010 in Taiwan
SecuTech Expo 2010, one of Asia’s largest physical security tradeshows, began today in Taipei. exacqVision is well represented at this year’s show, reflecting the rapid growth we are seeing throughout Asia.
Alpha Pricing Co., the Exacq distributor for Taiwan, has a large booth showcasing a number of the vendors they distribute. The exacqVision product line is prominently featured, highlighted by connecting megapixel IP cameras from Arecont Vision and others.
MegaPixel IP camera vendor StarDot is featuring exacqVision VMS software in their booth to demo their new line of H.264 multi-megapixel IP cameras.
Stretch, Inc, is highlighting the new exacqVision EL-S embedded Linux Hybrid NVR appliance, which utilizes the Stretch S6000 processor for H.264 video compression. The exacqVision VMS software is also running on the Stretch VRC6404HD board, designed specifically to connect to HDcctv cameras. Stretch is one of the founding members of the HDcctv Alliance.
SecuTech continues for two more days. You can see exacqVision at Alpha Pricing booth #L627-L632, at StarDot booth #K724-K725, and at Stretch, Inc. booth #L410-L412. You can click on the images below for larger versions.
Report from ISC East 2009
ISC East wrapped up yesterday. By all accounts, it was a great show. Good selection of vendors, great educational sessions, and a lot of attendees. The attendance levels were commented on extensively in the trade media.
We were there showing the upcoming Version 3.7 of exacqVision software in the Winsted booth, and there were crowds in the booth both days, all day long. exacqVision was also being featured in other parts of the show, including the StarDot booth.
Geoff Kohl of SecurityInfoWatch.com came by and talked with us, and he featured Exacq in his extensive Podcast coverage of the ISC East show. We appreciate the complimentary things he had to say about us.
You can find the specific Episode #44 of the SIW Radio Podcast here:
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/root+level/episode-44-isc-east-2009-coverage
You can also listen to the ISC East episode directly here:
SIW Radio – Episode 44 – ISC East 2009 Coverage
[audio:http://www.securityinfowatch.com/audio/download/1313581/SIWRadio-Episode44.mp3]
Geoff’s comments about Exacq start at exactly 7:00 minutes in.
Our thanks to Winsted, StarDot, and the organizers of ISC for a great show.
ASIS 2009 Wrapup
We just returned from an extremely productive ASIS 2009 in Anaheim. New exacqVision features were introduced, the booth was packed throughout the show, and we participated in a number of multi-vendor demonstrations and seminars.
New Features Introduced – We showed a number of just-released and about-to-be-released exacqVision features including:
- Smart Search enhancements – further search granularity that returns just the video segments when a particular portion of the image changed. Works across all cameras (IP and analog), and allows for playback, scrub, export, and save of just the smart-searched video.
- Multi-System User Configuration – part of the new Enterprise Server option in Version 3.6, this feature allows for quick and easy administration of user accounts across all servers in an enterprise deployment.
Mapping – highly intuitive and simple to use. Maps are integrated right into camera views; any number of maps can be used; maps can come from any source. Cameras, audio, POS streams, etc. can be dragged onto a map, alarm events produce animated icons on the maps, video sources can be pushed from maps to viewing panes. Nested maps allow additional detail (entire campus, building, floor, wing, etc) and alarm events on a nested map can “bubble up” to the top level map for instant assessment.
- exacqVision Web Server enhancements – upcoming release enables viewing cameras from multiple servers simultaneously, search and playback across multiple cameras, ability to save and e-mail/text a URL of a specific camera view grouping. exacqVision Web Server comes standard with exacqVision software.
Multi-Booth Wireless IP Demo
The multi-booth wireless IP demo worked flawlessly. Firetide set up wireless mesh nodes in their booth and in the Exacq, IQeye, Pivot3, and Anixter booths.
IQeye megapixel IP cameras were connected in all five booths, video was being recorded on a Pivot3 iSCSI SAN storage with an embedded virtualized server running exacqVision server, and exacqVision clients were in multiple booths enabling viewing, searching and playback of the video. This was a great real-world open-standards technology display.
More pictures from Firetide here.
Other ASIS News:
- Exacq was once again featured in the popular ASIS seminar What’s New On The Floor, a review of the hottest products to see on the show floor.
- We had our engineering contingent at the ONVIF Annual Meeting on Wednesday. Exacq is an ONVIF member.
- Monday evening saw a great turnout for our Manufacturer Rep & International Distributor meeting, where we reviewed our product and sales roadmap for the next year.
- Tuesday night was baseball night courtesy of our channel partners at Security-Net. It was the Angels-Yankees game at Angel Stadium, and Security-Net presented Exacq with an award at the tailgate reception before the game.
We appreciate everyone that stopped by our booth, as well as all of our technology and integration partners who were showing exacqVision running with their products in their respective booths. Below are some pictures from the show, click for larger versions. More ASIS 2009 pictures here.
Open-Systems IP Interoperability demo at ASIS 2009
At ASIS 2009 next week (Sept 21-23) we’re participating in a four-booth live demonstration of IP technology interoperability.
Exacq (booth #347), Firetide (booth #447), IQinVision (booth #353) and Pivot3 (booth #453) will be showing a real-world example of how easily standards-based solutions from open-system vendors can be integrated and supported from the field.
The live demonstration will feature wireless distribution, storage, and playback of HD/megapixel video over a wireless network across these four separate booths on the ASIS show floor.
Video from IQeye megapixel cameras in each booth will be streamed over a Firetide wireless mesh network connecting the four booths. The video will be subsequently captured and displayed remotely using the exacqVision Video Management System (VMS) running on Pivot3 iSCSI SAN storage with embedded virtual servers. Centrally captured video will then be viewable and searchable from remote computers in each of the partner booths and on smartphones.
A detailed description of the demo is in this flyer. The press release for the demo is here.
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Report from ISC West 2009
We just finished up the ISC West 2009 tradeshow in Las Vegas, held Wednesday through Friday of this last week.
We had a great show. Our resellers, Reps, international distributors, and their customers packed the booth the entire time, and we showed several new things:
exacqVision EL – Embedded Hybrid NVR Appliance
Our upcoming embedded Linux hybrid NVR appliance, the exacqVision EL, was shown for the first time. exacqVision EL offers all of the functionality of the exacqVision software in a compact, cool-running chassis. The backplane has BNC connectors for 16 analog video inputs and 2 spot monitor outputs, up to 24 IP cameras, and audio and alarm I/O. Highly energy efficient, exacqVision EL draws just 35W when fully loaded with cameras and running the client software, or one-fifth to one-tenth what typical NVR servers require for constant power, and ensures cool-running operation and low cost of ownership. exacqVision EL utilizes the latest Intel Atom processor, the same processor widely used in netbooks, with Atom-optimized exacqVision code. exacqVision EL is ideal for both stand-alone applications and as part of large enterprise surveillance systems. exacqVision EL will begin shipping in late May.
exacqVision Version 3.4
The recent exacqVision 3.4 release was on display with new features including the ‘F3′ find camera function that emulates a matrix keypad; support for a number of new IP cameras; and additional language localizations for international customers.
IP Camera & Access Control Integration
Our larger booth afforded more room to connect a wider variety of IP cameras with which to demo our software. We showed integration with the latest H.264 HD cameras from Axis; the new MegaDome megapixel cameras from Arecont Vision; the new VB-C500D from Canon, and the upcoming WV-NS502S Megapixel Dome h.264 camera from Panasonic (we had one of only three units in existence). We had other recent IP camera models connected from IQeye, Sony, StarDot (who was showing exacqVision in their booth), ACTi, ioimage, IPX, and Vivotek. We also showed integration with Lenel OnGuard and DSX access control systems, providing a highly cost-effective solution for adding video management to access control systems. We also were a presenter at the PCSC 7th Annual International Partnership Symposium. Our complete list of integration partners is here.
Upcoming Features
As always, we had a station showing works-in-progress, features that will be coming soon; this time featuring integrated Mapping, as well as Global User Management for managing user accounts across any number of servers in an enterprise video surveillance deployment.
Sales Meeting
We held our semi-annual sales meeting Wednesday evening for our Manufacturer Reps and International Distributors at the Gordon Biersch Brewery. Good food, good beer, good presentations and discussions all around.
ISC West 2009 was a decidedly smaller show this year, but it couldn’t have been better for us and our channel. The people that were there were focused on business, and the quality of leads and visitors to our booth is the best we’ve seen at any show. We certainly appreciate everyone that did stop by and spend time with us. Below are some pictures from the event. Click for larger views, or click here for the full set of pictures.
Report from ASIS 2008, Atlanta
The ASIS 2008 tradeshow, held Monday-Wednesday of this week in Atlanta, has ended. It was a great event for us and our resellers. We showed several new things this year:
exacqVision Version 3.2
This latest version of our software, out in a pre-release form now and final release in a couple of weeks, fully incorporates H.264 support from the newest IP cameras including Axis and Arecont Vision. We had side-by-side comparisons of both Arecont and Axis H.264 models along with their mjpeg or mpeg4 counterparts running in the software. We’re impressed with these new cameras, and see more server efficiencies, clearer video, smaller average file size (in some cases significantly smaller) and generally higher frame rates. Version 3.2 also incorporates the new line of Sony IP cameras, plus several other new features and improvements. Also connected to the exacqVision systems were the latest cameras from IQeye, ACTi, Panasonic and Vivotek.
Integration: ioimage and Lenel
We showed the ioimage analytics-based IP cameras integrated with exacqVision, a solution that provides analytics options as easily as adding another camera to the network. A preview of the ioimage integration is here. We also showed our new Lenel access control integration.
Windows, Linux, Mac
The use of the Macintosh in video surveillance applications has generated a lot of buzz. exacqVision operates natively on the Mac, as well as Windows and Linux. There was once again a great amount of interest in our Mac software. We’ve seen significant adoption of exacqVision by educational institutions who cited the availability of a Mac client as a key factor in their decision.
iSCSI Storage & Serverless Computing
We showed exacqVision working with three of the leading iSCSI storage vendors: Pivot3, Intransa, and DNF Storage. In the case of Pivot3, we were running our server software on their unit, creating an all-in-one storage/recording system.
While there has been some online chatter about this year’s ASIS traffic being lighter than normal, we saw the opposite. We had a steady stream of visitors throughout all three days, and often were so busy that we spilled over into Axis’ booth right next to us. We certainly appreciate our Rep, Distributor and Reseller channel partners who came by, who brought their customers and spent time with us in our booth.
A roundup of integration partner press releases from ASIS is here. ASIS will be held in Anaheim in 2009 and we’ll be there.
Pictures from our booth are below, with even more pictures here.
