Archive for May, 2008
We are pleased to announce that Doug Porter has joined Exacq Technologies as one of our Senior Software Engineers.
Doug comes to us from Humanizing Technologies, where he was a lead software developer. Doug is a Linux guru, with extensive Linux distribution and development background, which will be a great asset here at Exacq. He is now part the team working on our exacqVision Client SDK, which is our development environment for integration of exacqVision with access control systems and other third-party systems and applications.
We’re continuing to expand the functionality of the Client SDK for our various integration partners and projects, and Doug will be adding some specific functionality in preparation for an upcoming SDK update, including features required for integration with the DSX access control system.
Welcome aboard, Doug!
May 12th, 2008
We’ve just returned from PSA-TEC, the annual technology conference and expo put on by the PSA Security Network for their members and vendors. This is a week-long conference of extensive technical courses, networking sessions, and a vendor expo.
We’ve had a great relationship with PSA and its members since we wereaccepted as a vendor member early last year. A rapidly-growing number of PSA members are actively selling our exacqVision product line. Over the last year we’ve been involved in many exacqVision IP and Hybrid video surveillance installations in schools, hospitals, sports arenas, manufacturing facilities, financial institutions, and more with several PSA integrator members. At this year’s show, some of the latest features, such as the native Mac client and the mobile browser client attracted a great deal of attention.
On Wednesday evening, at the PSA Vendor Appreciation Dinner, Exacq Technologies was presented with the "Outstanding New Vendor" award. Dave Underwood, President of Exacq, accepted the award presented by PSA’s Jennifer Martin Anderson, VP of Vendor Technology & Education, and Bill Bozeman, President and CEO.
Our sincere thanks to Bill, Jennifer and the entire PSA organization and members for this award, for the enthusiastic reception to our product line, and for once again putting on a great member education conference.
Update 5-12-08: Our thanks to Greg McConnell, associate editor of Security Dealer & Integrator magazine, for the nice mention in his review of PSA-TEC:
Some vendors went above and beyond to answer questions for potential (or even current) customers. Exacq Technologies, for instance, had TJ Johnson, manager of software engineering, on hand at the booth to take tech questions (and suggestions) about their software. If a change were to be made to Exacq’s software, he’d be the one to do it.
Here are some pictures from this year’s PSA-TEC:
May 9th, 2008
With every exacqVision system or software order we include a detailed Quick Start Guide specific to that model. We have just updated all of the quick start guides, as well as added guides for some of the newer configurations, like the 4U Hybrid Servers and the 4U IP Servers.
All of the quick start guides are available on our Downloads page, or you can view them individually here:
exacqVision 2U Hybrid Server Quick Start Guide
exacqVision 2U IP Server Quick Start Guide
exacqVision 4U Hybrid Server Quick Start Guide
exacqVision 4U IP Server Quick Start Guide
exacqVision Desktop 16-input Hybrid Server Quick Start Guide
exacqVision Desktop 4-input Hybrid Server Quick Start Guide
exacqVision Desktop IP Server Quick Start Guide
May 7th, 2008
We were once again at Interop Las Vegas, which concluded yesterday. This conference is a natural fit for us. Physical security is rapidly moving into the IT market with the advent of IP cameras and IP access control systems, and we saw significantly more interest and involvement from the IT integrators this year in IP video surveillance.
We had a stand in the IP Physical Security Pavilion, run by our friends at IPVS Magazine, where we showed the latest features of our exacqVision IP video surveillance software. In addition, Dan Rittman, the Director of Engineering for Exacq, participated in a panel discussion in the Physical Security Conference Track entitled "Implementation: Best Practices in Physical Security." Keven Marier of IPVS Magazine, Fredrik Nilsson of Axis Communications, and Dan all gave case studies in the use of IP video surveillance.
Keven’s presentation focused on the Retail sector, citing a case study of a large retailer that made the cost justification for going all-IP, with implementation numbers of almost 135,000 cameras over 2000 stores.
Fredrik’s presentation focused on the Transportation sector, and how - outside of airports - this is an under served market for IP video surveillance. He cited the Stockholm bus system, where Axis 209FD-R cameras have been widely deployed (video story here).
Dan’s presentation focused on the Education sector, with case studies from various school systems that have installed IP video surveillance systems: the case for it, the results our customers have seen, the cost justification, the network issues, the storage requirements, and the increasing requirements for Mac capability for video viewing. The PowerPoint presentation Dan used is embedded below.
Our thanks to Keven and the IPVS Magazine crew for doing another great job with the IP Physical Security Pavilion.
May 2nd, 2008
There is a new exacqVision price list. Dated May 1, 2008, this 11-page price list incorporates new system configurations, options, and has significant price reductions on some models.
Things of note in the May 1, 2008 price list:
- Price Reductions - due to increased volume, we are able to pass along significant price reductions on Hybrid Servers of 1TB storage and above.
- New Configurations - New system configurations with RAID-1 redundancy for OS and VMS software, designed for connection to iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage systems.
- Software Subscription Agreement - Simplified SSA pricing.
All exacqVision resellers will receive a copy of this price list via e-mail.
May 1st, 2008