Tag: Houston
VidSys PSIM software used by Houston during NBA All-Star Weekend
February 26, 2013SSN Staff
VIENNA, Va.—VidSys, a provider of PSIM software, today announced that the city of Houston deployed its software to manage potential security threats during the NBA All-Star festivities held Feb. 14-17, according to a company statement.
Using VidSys software, public safety personnel were able to fuse, view and share with multiple public and private agencies data used to protect visitors and participants during the weekend festivities.
The software integrated Houston's existing cameras and other...
Behavioral analytics in Houston
November 10, 2011Martha Entwistle
BRS Labs, providers of “behavioral analytics”, which made some loud pronouncements at ASIS [and who will have an end user participating in TechSec 2012] announced the other day that Houston will use its software in its city surveillance “critical infrastructure protection program.”
BRS say its software “AISight,” [which it pronounces “eyesight”] can “attach to existing video surveillance infrastructure and watch, learn, and identify unusual behavioral...
Natural disasters test concept for ASAP-to-the-PSAP program
September 1, 2011Daniel Gelinas
PITTSBURGH—Vector Security CEO Pam Petrow said recent natural disasters on the East Coast have provided a proof of concept for CSAA's ASAP-to-the-PSAP program.
"[CSAA president] Ed [Bonifas] got the educational road show going and we've got more people participating. We've got all these PSAPs in the queue. We've got legs, but the hard part is going to be walking before we run because everyone wants to move yesterday," Petrow told Security Systems News. "In the earthquake...