The development of security and alert systems does not only reside within the areas of hard ware security products but also in its control panel or the soft ware products. With the help of computers security systems are now easily controlled, monitored and maintained. However, the efficiency of which is determined not only by the specifications or features of the security systems’ hardware but also the software where such security system hardware is connected to. For several years now security and alert systems companies have been developing software that will control several different security systems such as CCTV cameras, Intruder Alarm systems, Access control systems and even Barrier systems. The development of such software focuses on the compatibility or its ability to detect devices connected within the whole system.
Genetec one of the foremost security and alert systems company developing public safety solutions and IP security have recently released its latest version of a unified platform for security called the Security Center 4.0. The Security Center was developed under the principle of compatibility where it now combines three security platforms into one. These three security platforms are Genetecs’ Synergis IP Access control system, Autovu IP License Plate Recognition and Omnicast IP video surveillance. These three powerful software from Genetec controlling its own specific hardware such as the CCTV camera for Omnicast, the access control system for Synergies and the ANPR for the Autovu when combined would create or develop an all-in-one security system.
The Security Center 4.0 will give clients and security personnel a centralised data mining, reporting and monitoring capability which would actually remove the need to install various specific software for specific devices requiring dedicated computers for monitoring, which thus, in a way, makes the Security Center a cost-effective software.
