EMC Launches New Professional Services for Physical Security Solutions

EMC
Corporation announced new professional services for Physical
Security Solutions, which will enable customers to take full advantage
of industry-leading information management capabilities for the
physical security markets. EMC is offering comprehensive assessment and
design services, and is partnering with Verint Systems, a leader in IP
Video Security, to implement scalable, flexible and cost-effective
physical security solutions.

An increased
focus on security is prompting enterprises and government agencies
around the world to expand their use of video surveillance and other
physical security technologies. The vast amount of data created by
these systems is challenging information managers to effectively
capture, analyze and store security data. EMC Physical Security
Solutions integrate physical security information from a wide range of
data sources and help automate the analysis and management of the
information. Customers in retail, financial services, gaming,
transportation, seaports/airports, correctional facilities, government,
education, critical infrastructure, and border control use EMC’s
best-practices solutions for real-time access to critical information,
enabling them to proactively protect critical assets.

The new services are:

• 
  EMC Assessment for Physical Security:
  EMC and its partners, including Verint, Unisys, British Telecom, Orion
  Systems Group, and DMJM H&N│AECOM, identify customers’ technology,
  business and physical security requirements, analyze the data, identify
  challenges and obstacles, and present recommendations. EMC and its
  partners also assess and identify findings regarding items such as
  cameras, alarms, video archiving, encoders, video software and network
  services
• 
  EMC Design for Physical Security:
  Allows EMC and its partners to gather the information collected in the
  assessment service and provide a complete design of the customer’s
  physical security environment to include any connectivity to other
  systems such as access control devices, alarms, cameras and sensors
• 
  EMC Implementation for Physical Security:
  Incorporates Verint IP video technologies with the implementation of an
  EMC CLARiiON-based storage solution. EMC and its partners will install
  the solution, including cameras and other security devices. EMC manages
  the process and ensures the solution will be turn key for the customer

EMC
and Verint have been working with the Kentucky Exposition Center to
implement these solutions. "As one of the largest exposition facilities
in the United States, we have an enormous security challenge, and
needed a solution that was very flexible, scalable, and easy for our
security team to learn and to use," said Alicia Montgomery Dunlap,
Information Systems Manager, Kentucky State Fair Board. "Despite the
challenge of installing the system around our busy event schedule, the
EMC team got everything integrated and running smoothly in a very
limited time frame. The system is very intuitive to use and has really
increased our ability to provide a safe and secure environment for our
visitors."

With EMC’s Physical Security Solution and Verint’s Nextiva™ IP video software platform, customers can:

• Integrate a full range of physical security systems and networked IT solutions
• Cost-effectively scale the solution as security requirements evolve
• Quickly and easily provide authentic, tamper-proof video data for use in criminal investigations
• Monitor
  and manage video surveillance data and analyze security incidents in
  real time, from any location, using a secure web browser
• Leverage enterprise-class EMC storage systems, information and content management software, and best-practices solutions
• Manage
  data growth with powerful policy-based storage management capabilities
  from within the Verint Nextiva video management platform
• Integrate with existing CCTV systems to provide compliant archiving capabilities when transitioning to IP-based solutions

 
"Security
experts are overwhelmed with large amounts of data and information to
analyze and act on. Enterprises and government agencies around the
world can now harness innovative analytical technologies for leveraging
video to enhance both security and operational performance," said Todd
Pavone, Vice President, EMC Global Solutions. "EMC’s expertise in
storage, security and information management is tailor-made for these
physical security solutions. EMC’s new services, in conjunction with
EMC’s and Verint’s technologies, help customers manage everything in
one place to make better decisions and provide comprehensive security
across the entire organization– whether it is infrastructure or its
physical assets."

"By partnering with EMC,
we are able to combine our open-architecture Nextiva video management
platform and expertise in IP video security solutions with EMC’s
storage and infrastructure management systems and outstanding services
capabilities," said Jim Clark, senior vice president and general
manager, Verint Video Intelligence Solutions. "Customers are now
reaping the benefits of our collaboration with highly effective and
tightly integrated security and enterprise solutions."

The new services are available worldwide.

EMC
Corporation

Verint Systems