Smartvue® Corporation announced that it will provide video surveillance solutions for Western Digital (WD)®. The solutions will expand the capabilities of the My Cloud™ EX2 and My Cloud™ EX4 NAS devices and allow them to also work as business-grade video surveillance systems with cloud-enabled features. WD customers will be able to connect video surveillance cameras to each NAS device.  

 Salient Systems Corporation, a provider of IP network video surveillance solutions, announced a new partnership with Mango + Mate. Salient Systems’ CompleteViewTM, an enterprise-level video surveillance platform based on open architecture, is now integrated with Mate Behavior Watch, a provider of video content analysis. CompleteView video management software coupled with the video-optimized PowerProtect hardware platform, scales from entry level to enterprise deployments. This combination provides everything required to manage a multi-server, multi-site video surveillance installation from a single desktop, laptop or mobile device. 

 EagleEyeNetworksInc. announcedthatMSDCapitalL.P.,the private investmentfirmforMichael S.Dellandhis family, hasmadeamulti-milliondollargrowth capital investment in Eagle EyeNetworks.TheSeriesBfunds will beusedto furtherexpand theEagleEyesecuritycameravideo management system(VMS)infrastructuretomeettherapidlygrowingcustomerdemand. 

G4S Technology, Omaha, Neb., was awarded a $1.8 million contract to upgrade security for the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport located in Killeen, Texas. The contract, signed in May 2014, includes a command and control center, access control, integration with the city’s existing video management system, and a five-year maintenance agreement on the system, spare parts and back-up servers.

The software platform is now fully compatible with innovative facial recognition and access control solutions from Herta Security.

Eagle Eye Networks, Austin, Texas, announced the availability of its annual “Video Surveillance Report,” which produced interesting results regarding market trends in video surveillance. This year’s report was collected from video surveillance and information technology (IT) professionals, and the survey topics spanned the usage of video surveillance systems, cloud video surveillance, the role of IT departments and views regarding video surveillance systems’ vulnerability. 

Hikvision USA, a North American provider of video surveillance technology, and Milestone Systems, a designer of open-platform IP video management software (VMS), announced the successful implementation of a large-scale project that aims to provide secure environments for hundreds of schools throughout Montreal.