Just as SeeView can apply security technologies to impact business goals and security needs, Xcel Energy, a major energy producer headquartered in Minneapolis, prides itself on using innovative methods to reliably produce and deliver power to its 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers in eight Western and Midwestern states.
Just as some integrators focus on certain vertical markets, some security service firms are focusing on data center security for government and other clients.
One example from the recent ASIS International: Salient Systems’ new CompleteView Cloud is a hosted video surveillance service powered by Dell OEM Solutions.
Government activity can mandate security activity at numerous types of enterprises. At London-based CMC Markets, security technology from Avigilon covers all egress access points throughout the office, lobby, main coffee area and seminar room, client areas, IT rooms and, of course, the data center.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a delivery model in which applications are hosted at an outsourced data center and sold to the enterprise security or IT user as a monthly subscription. With the physical security industry increasingly shifting to this approach, it is crucial that government buyers understand what security factors to consider when looking for a SaaS provider, according to Steve Van Till of Brivo Systems.
No doubt, too many choices can lead to confusion. Still, and obviously, the ubiquitous Web and mobile devices, to a lesser extent, have spurred hosted and managed services, remote intelligent monitoring, software-as-a-service and in-the-cloud solutions that impact access control, security video, mass notification and even security guarding.
Today’s vital business information now fills datacenters instead of file cabinets. These facilities are critical to the operations of almost any company or government agency.
