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www.cisco.com

Cisco’s media management platform provides standards-based solutions for collecting, recording, routing, and managing live and archived surveillance video while optimizing use of bandwidth. Cisco’s retrofit-friendly network video management products integrate an organization’s new and existing security products into one interoperable harmonious system that evolves as new IP based technologies emerge.

www.FLIR.com

FLIR Systems is a world leader in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems for a wide variety of thermography and imaging applications including condition monitoring, research and development, manufacturing process control, airborne observation and broadcast, search and rescue, drug interdiction, surveillance and reconnaissance, navigation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring and land-based security.  FLIR Systems offering includes thermal imaging systems for airports and other critical infrastructure. Thermal imaging has proven vital to threat detection initiatives.  Thermal imaging offers advantages over low-light and daylight cameras in applications where lighting is impractical, too expensive or where long-range performance is required.

www.HirschElectronics.com

Hirsch has extensive experience supplying security systems for airports around the world.  For more than 25 years, Hirsch products have enabled high-risk facilities to establish control, prevent incidents, reduce liability, and provide accountability.  Hirsch’s Velocity Security Management System has earned numerous awards for its integration of access control, alarm monitoring, video, badging, smart cards, biometrics, and building/business system interoperability. Hirsch’s airport-specific features include countdown-enabled jetway access, automated handling of TSA No-fly and Selectee list checking and reporting, integration with command & control systems, and airport paging system interfaces.

www.ibm.com/industries/government/CustomsPortsBorders

IBM is a worldwide leader in providing innovative solutions for the global travel and trade system. For instance, IBM’s Common Use Self Service (CUSS) kiosks provide passengers with heightened flexibility and personal choice in their travel experience, while enabling airports and airlines to decrease operational demands, increase efficiency, and generate more revenue from non-airline sources. IBM’s solutions can further help airports by providing systems management to assure data integrity, and centralizing management of the airport infrastructure.  There is an increased and pressing need for secure information sharing and collaboration across different organizations, and these interconnections result in the need to integrate multiple systems to provide flexibility and proactive service delivery.  Airports throughout North America have leveraged IBM’s expertise and tools to successfully implement innovative technologies and achieve service differentiation.

http://www.intergraph.com/transportation

Intergraph’s interactive command-and-control solutions provide comprehensive incident tracking; early detection and threat monitoring around perimeters and buffer zones; real-time incident analysis using state-of-the-art geospatial tools; integration of asset and responder locations with intelligent maps; and incident management/decision support systems for police, fire, and EMS agencies. Since 1991, Intergraph has installed their incident management systems at airports across the United States, including Chicago’s O’Hare International and Midway Airports, San Francisco International Airport, and Pittsburgh International Airport, as well as public transport companies worldwide such as the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) in Berlin, Germany.

www.Proximex.com  

Proximex is leading the physical security market with its exceptional and award-winning products. Its flagship product, Surveillint, powers users with an intelligent and flexible system to discover, connect and resolve related security incidents fast. Surveillint’s impressive feature set makes it the preferred choice of security users at all levels in an organization. Its customer base includes Fortune 1000 companies as well as organizations in sectors such as government and public safety and security. Proximex is a privately held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with offices in Austin, TX and Boca Raton, FL. For more information on Proximex, visit www.proximex.com.

www.Siemens.com

As a leading provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls, fire safety and security system solutions, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., makes buildings comfortable, safe, secure and less costly to operate. The company focuses on improving the performance of its customers' buildings, so that its customers can focus on improving their business performance. With U.S. headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Siemens Building Technologies employs 7,500 people and provides a full range of services and solutions from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast. Worldwide, the company has 29,000 employees and operates in more than 42 countries.

www.Vidient.com  

Vidient Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of video analytics and behavior recognition solutions used around the world in security and safety applications.  Vidient has gained a reputation for proven, reliable video analytics and surveillance solutions through its use in corporate environments, public facilities and major international airports around the world, including San Francisco International, San Diego International, Finavia - Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, and Tallahassee (Florida) Regional Airport.  In 2007, Vidient introduced the industry's first family of intelligent video analytics networking solutions, ushering in a new era of network-based video surveillance. The cornerstone of Vidient’s intelligent video analytics network family is the Vidient SmartCatch® Intelligent Video Router IVR2400, a high performance, field- deployable multi-port network appliance with industry-leading Vidient SmartCatch Analytics 3.0 built in.