Tag: Cloud
Digital transformation fueling spending on cloud, AI, robotics, security and SaaS
July 7, 2021SSN Staff
NEEDHAM, Mass.—All aspects of how people and organizations work is evolving, enabled by technologies such as cloud and mobile computing, and accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Future of Work (FoW) Spending Guide estimates FoW spending will be nearly $656 billion this year, an increase of 17.4 percent over 2020.
The new Future of Work mindset is a fundamental shift in the work model to one that fosters human-machine...
Eagle Eye Networks begins to soar
April 28, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
AUSTIN, Texas—Security Systems News caught up with top leadership from global cloud video surveillance pioneer Eagle Eye Networks, just ahead of the company’s announcement of record Q1 2021 revenue growth, and greater than 85 percent year-over-year revenue growth in 2020.
As Eagle Eye Networks Founder and CEO Dean Drako pointed out, the company “has passed the tipping point in the video surveillance industry's adoption of cloud video, as businesses of all types and sizes...
SaaS emerges as preferred cloud services model
February 8, 2021SSN Staff
VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y.—The global cloud services market is expected to surpass $470 billion in 2021, growing steadily at a CAGR of 20 percent during the forecast period of 2020 to 2030, according to a new study by research and consulting firm Future Market Insights.
Surging adoption across diverse industries to accommodate digitization will remain one of the chief growth enablers, with the demand for software as a service (SaaS) models considerably high, showing a 22 percent year-over-year...
An eye on video surveillance trends
January 6, 2021Cory Harris, Managing Editor
As we embark on a new year, we have a tendency to take a look at trends to follow over the next few months. In the security industry, a number of video surveillance trends to look for in 2021 were recently released in a report by Eagle Eye Networks.
The rise of cloud
One of the trends that the report outlined is that there is more of a customer demand for cloud video security. The report states, “The shift to the benefits of cloud in the video surveillance space is powerful and undeniable,...
SSN News Poll: Cloud, AI, data analytics top trends for 2021
November 16, 2020Paul Ragusa, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—With the recent release of the Security Industry Association (SIA) Security Megatrends for 2021, Security System News’ December News Poll gauges where readers stand on new trends and technology, and the impact they will have on the industry moving forward.
Big picture, it is not surprising to see cloud-based solutions as the top tech trend for 2021, as SSN readers understand that computing in the cloud is the key to realizing high-level artificial intelligence...
Eagle Eye Networks raises $40 million to invest heavily in AI
October 28, 2020Paul Ragusa, Editor
AUSTIN, Texas—Cloud video surveillance pioneer Eagle Eye Networks has raised $40 million of Series E funding from venture capital firm Accel, with plans to invest heavily in artificial intelligence.
As Eagle Eye Networks Founder and CEO Dean Drako said in the announcement, there is a “tremendous opportunity to leverage AI and alter the very nature of video surveillance,” noting that “smart cloud video surveillance with appropriate privacy and cybersecurity protections will...
Vanderbilt unveils Zero-touch, cloud-issued mobile credentials
October 14, 2020SSN Staff
PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Vanderbilt, a global provider of state-of-the-art video, access control and intrusion security systems, announced the introduction of Vanderbilt Mobile ACT ID, featuring zero-touch, cloud-issued credentials for seamless integration into its access control solutions.
The result is the ability to easily issue new credentials, as well as instantly grant and restrict access for office buildings, government facilities, healthcare institutions, schools, residences and a growing...
Cobalt Iron's solution named 2020 top AWS provider
October 6, 2020SSN Staff
LAWRENCE, Kan.—Cobalt Iron Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that its Compass enterprise SaaS backup platform has been named a Top Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider for 2020 by CIO Applications.
"Organizations across many industries — education, telecommunications, finance, and manufacturing, to name a few — now run their workloads in the AWS Cloud to improve operations and boost competitive advantage. At the same time, managing...
ProdataKey and System Surveyor Partner
September 8, 2020SSN Staff
DRAPER, Utah—ProdataKey (PDK), manufacturer of cloud access control platform built for mobile, announced a its partnership with System Surveyor, a mobile and graphical system design and management tool. A complete catalog of PDK’s mobile-first access control system components are now available for import into the System Surveyor platform, making it easy to incorporate PDK’s solutions into site plans and design drawings that can be shared by integrators, subcontractors, vendors and...
Pivot3’s new features maximize uptime, simplify large-scale environment management
August 3, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—Pivot3, provider of intelligent hyperconverged infrastructure solutions for mission-critical video, announced enhancements to its Acuity software platform to address system administration, maintenance and availability challenges often faced in large-scale video surveillance deployments. The new intelligent system health and best practices analysis features provide significant reductions in total cost of ownership, ensure 24x7 system uptime in large multi-petabyte environments...