Intransa Expands StorAlliance Technology Partner and Certification Program

Intransa, Inc. announced the continued expansion of its StorAlliance Technology Partner and certification program. Designed to propel the compatibility and growth of both industry-leading and up-and-coming software and hardware vendors, the Intransa StorAlliance Technology Partner program provides security practitioners with affordable and dependable solutions. Customers are guaranteed Intransa’s IP storage products integrate seamlessly with video management and security applications, existing DVRs and both analog and digital surveillance cameras. StorAlliance was the first IP storage certification program for the physical security industry, and remains the most widely adopted.

The Intransa StorAlliance Technology Partner program assists framework suppliers leverage existing video surveillance infrastructures by adding new capabilities, while providing integrators with the opportunity to reduce support costs and challenges and ensure non-stop video recording. The program also assists video analytics and video management suppliers in recording and retaining more video in less total capacity than individual DVRs. Intransa has adopted a 100 percent channel strategy to provide complete customer ready solutions that are cost effective for edge recording or for one or more DVR-based CCTV surveillance systems that require increased capacity and reliability, or for new, all-IP solutions.

“With our unique approach to IP storage for physical security, partners throughout the industry can capitalize on the growing customer need for seamless, reliable integration,” said Jeff Whitney, vice president, Marketing for Intransa. “With the StorAlliance program, partners can accelerate their growth, differentiate their business and drive to greater profitability with the knowledge that they have partnered with a recognized Video Surveillance Storage leader and their efforts will benefit their customers.”

Digital Video Recorder (DVR) systems have revolutionized video surveillance. Tape storage, tape wear and human error are reduced and eliminated by storing images and information to DVRs. Today, security practitioners using DVRs are increasingly experiencing inconsistent reliability and unacceptable video capacity limits and costs. IP storage can eliminate these issues, and the Intransa StorAlliance certification program eliminates risks for the security practitioner customer.

“Intransa has successfully provided shared storage for the broadest of physical security installations from the single edge Cisco ISR user to the large centralized casino operation,” said Steve Collen, director of business development for Cisco’s Physical Security Business Unit. “Intransa is a Cisco CTDP EcoSystem Partner offering high performance for video recording in a compact, green and cost-effective footprint.”

As part of the certification process, physical security industry products have been tested and integrated successfully with Intransa edge recording platforms through to central video repositories and multi-site IP video storage platforms. Physical security products include access control systems, card readers, digital video recorders, framework/infrastructure systems, IP network cameras, megapixel cameras, network and compression modules, network video recorders, physical security information managers, video analytics modules and workflow systems.

As part of the Security Grade IP Video Storage Certification program, Intransa funds an extensive laboratory facility in San Jose, California, to reduce the customer risk in integrating IP-based technology for physical security, video surveillance, quality assurance and supply chain surveillance, process control, industrial video and related markets. Participants are able to complete their integration and testing process at the San Jose lab, or through the GSO 2010/GSI 2010 Lab program. As a final option, an audit can be performance by Intransa StorAlliance Technology Lab personnel at pre-approved vendor facilities when a 3rd party lab is used, ensuring the same high integration testing standards as the other facilities.

Nearly 100 applications have successfully been tested through the StorAlliance Technology Lab. Recent partners to join the StorAlliance include Agent VI, Basler Vision, CommendUSA, CoreStreet, Exacq Technologies, Genetec, Grandeye Inc., Imprivata, Infront, KABA, N2NSecure, Phoenix IVS, Quantum Secure, RFI and TimeSight.

New and existing StorAlliance members commenting on the program, include:

Camera Suppliers
“The superior image quality produced by IP camera technology is now being fully appreciated,” said John Recesso, director of business development for security markets with Lumenera Corporation. “In place of DVR systems, Intransa’s IP Storage provides users with advanced capabilities without impacting established retention periods.”

“Basler Vision salutes Intransa, Inc. for advancements in data storage retention over existing DVR Systems,” said Bill Godsey, regional sales manager, Basler, Inc., a new StorAlliance member. “Intransa’s IP security Grade storage provides users the flexibility of investing in new technology while maximizing the value of existing equipment. Basler Vision is pleased that our IP Megapixel Camera products work well with the Intransa IP storage solutions.”

“Intransa’s IP SAN Storage technology is a perfect compliment to Grandeye’s Halocam IP 360 camera line,” said Bob Gitre, United States vice president, Grandeye. “Customers looking to benefit from our high resolution situational awareness cameras will see immediate value in this partnership and will not have to worry about an impact on overall storage implications.”

Framework Suppliers and Integrators
“Now, physical security departments can leverage their video surveillance capabilities to greatly improve incident management with Proximex Surveillint 3.5 by integrating information from other disparate security systems and correlating related incidents,” said Larry Lien, vice president of product management, Proximex. “The key to physical security information management (PSIM) is the ability to integrate relevant information in order to take proper action based on security policies and procedures. Intransa provides huge opportunities for installed users to gather more information as well as leverage Surveillint’s Business Logic Manager and workflow to speed security incident resolution and reduce security operations costs.”

“Intransa is a leader in scalable IP network storage for organizations that want to store the intelligence that feeds their physical security information management solutions,” said David Fowler, senior vice president product development and marketing, VidSys. “VidSys situation management and video management solutions, RiskShield™ and VidShield™ respectively, in conjunction with the flexible approach Intransa provides by integrating with multiple physical security devices, helps companies leverage this disparate information to identify and resolve security and business risks in real time.”

“Intransa has successfully taken external, shared storage to the edge,” said Guy Morgante, vice president of worldwide services for Vidient. “By doing this Intransa has helped open new opportunities for the Vidient solution.”

“Intransa’s external shared IP SAN storage is the perfect system for a small NVR cluster to an enterprise,” said Joe Marchese, president and CEO of JDS Digital Security Systems. “Performance ‘right out of the box’ shattered all previous benchmarks… Intransa is the best performing storage for our Command Center – the matrix switch for the video surveillance industry.”

“Intransa’s IP SAN Storage has allowed Quantum Secure’s patented policy-based event correlation to be used by a new group of end users,” said Vik Ghai, CTO and vice president of products for Quantum Secure, Inc. “Intransa allows islands of video capture to be shared among a common storage pool cost-effectively. This allows Quantum Secure to address single identity access for customers, correlate multivariate physical security / IT events and meet corporate compliance standards.”

“Intransa is the storage solution for cost sensitive customers in the market for video surveillance,” said Nick Brookins, chief technology officer for SAM Systems, Inc. “Intransa records and retains more video in less capacity than internal storage from individual DVRs. Doing more with less storage and bandwidth is what SAM Systems is all about.”

“Intransa’s externally shared IP SAN storage is a great solution for consolidating storage across multiple DVRs in the enterprise,” said Charles Foley, CEO of TimeSight Systems, Inc. “By combining IP SANs and Video Lifecycle Management (VLM), Intransa and TimeSight provide an unmatched cost-effective and easily managed solution covering smaller video surveillance user to the enterprise user, addressing the demanding needs arising from the rise of IP cameras, higher resolutions, and expanding retention requirements. Working together with Intransa we provide industry’s most scalable solution for today’s emerging storage needs for video surveillance.”

Video Management Systems
“Intransa’s worldwide presence and focus on video surveillance is very important to Phoenix IVS,” said Adrian Esquivel, technology director for Phoenix IVS. “Intransa’s storage solution allows for us to cost-effectively and efficiently scale support for any number of network cameras and encoders in our IVA Enterprise® Video Management Software platform.”

Video Security Certified
“Intransa, Inc.’s innovative solution of providing shared external storage is a great enabler for us,” says Paul Bodell, chief marketing officer for IQinVision. “By expanding their storage, customers can upgrade their existing cameras from low quality CCTV images to IQeye megapixel video and still record for the same amount of time.”

“Intransa is one of the leading vendors of the new IP security market, expanding the boundaries to include and manage the ever increasing storage requirements of integrated security, including existing video surveillance installations,” said Keith Bloodworth, CEO of Computer Network Limited. “CNL has long endorsed external scalable storage as it allows users of our Integrated Security Management Software, IPSecurityCenter™, to record and review without limits, while helping them to understand and identify the proper course of action resulting from recorded events.”

“Kudos to Intransa for extending the life of the video surveillance application and bridging the gap into the future once again,” said Omer Tishler, director of product management at Orsus. “With Intransa’s IP Security Grade Storage users can just add Situator, the Situation Management software platform, to drive better information coordination and directive action for existing surveillance installations.”

“Customer response to Intransa’s IP SAN Storage has been outstanding,” said Matt Barnette, vice president of sales and marketing, AMAG Technology, Inc. “This kind of positive customer experience leads to continued customer sales and unlimited expansion of existing video surveillance installations.”

“NAV has seen the benefit of the Intransa solution,” said Ron Freschi, director of large system sales for North American Video. “The ease of integration with Intransa has clearly reduced our costs, ensuring that non-stop recording remains the real benefit for the end user. Demonstrating the partnership, NAV and Intransa have just completed a very large native American public safety installation.”

“Ease of integration and reduced support costs are important to our company,” said Greg Young, engineering manager for RFI Communications and Security Systems. “With Intransa’s externally shared IP SAN storage, RFI can provide our customers with a solution that results in improved reliability and retention today, as well as providing a solution that will be their storage platform as they migrate to new video technologies in the future. This is a win-win.”

“An Intransa based solution is very applicable in today’s Security/IT environment,” said Justin Davis, chief operating officer, SURV. “Intransa’s IP SAN storage integrates with numerous DVR manufacturers and extends the life of existing DVR installations by enhancing their physical storage, while concurrently maintaining the DVR’s operating software that already has been internally adopted – literally extending the life of existing infrastructure and providing a sound ROI.”

“Intransa’s IP SAN storage system integrates easily with our systems,” said Wayne Smith, vice president of Tech Systems. “This results in a better customer experience and reduced support costs.”

“Intransa’s IP SAN storage gets the job done for DVR based systems,” said Golan Maika, director of technical operations for Mate Intelligent Video. “The ability to leverage existing physical security installations with shared scalable storage provides complete contextual analysis for intelligent video and access control allowing both on-demand and event driven recording.”

“Intransa’s shared storage solutions are ideal for NVR systems,” said Thomas Buckley, vice president of sales and marketing for Exacq Technologies, Inc. “Intransa storage enables the migration from Analog to IP, extending the life of existing installations and providing extensive capacity for future growth. This is an ideal match for ExacqVision.”

“Intransa has taken an active role in solving a dilemma many end users are facing,” said Stephan Kaiser, United States director of sales, Genetec. “By allowing users to improve security system quality without having to replace their existing infrastructure, Intransa’s externally shared IP SAN storage system has contributed to the expansion of the higher resolution market for Genetec.”

“Intransa is a leader in externally scalable IP SAN storage for the Video Surveillance industry,” said Eric Fullerton, chief sales and marketing officer, Milestone Systems. “I’m proud to say Intransa performs consistently very well with Milestone’s XProtect installations when being used as the primary recording storage.”

“Intransa’s externally shared IP SAN storage is an innovative technology solution,” said Jeff Knapp, vice president of marketing, On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. “Intransa’s shared storage allows existing DVR users to move forward while preserving their investment in early technology.”

“Video Protein salutes Intransa for bringing shared external storage to the Edge,” said Anthony Pugliese IV, CEO of Video Protein, Inc. “Intransa continues to demonstrate innovation and tenacity in addressing the video surveillance market.”

“Intransa’s shared external IP SAN storage fits even the smallest of needs,” says David Marra, Cofounder and CTO, videoNEXT. “Every physical security installation faces growth issues and Intransa easily solves those problems by allowing both the smaller user and the growing user the opportunity to leverage existing storage investments.”