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IBM Smart Surveillance Solution for education
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The goal
Enhance compatibility
The IBM Smart Surveillance Solution for education is a comprehensive video capture, storage and retrieval solution. Our robust, cost-effective solution can help improve campus security with a host of proven and new features—compatibility with third-party products your school or university may already have in place or plan to implement; accessibility to analytics to turn data into usable information; flexibility to work with existing systems; and scalability to grow with your institution.

The advantage
Work with the leader in the industry
The IBM Smart Surveillance Solution is designed specifically for both K-12 and higher education institutions. Our experienced education industry consultants can help you develop the appropriate solution that addresses your need for both stationary and mobile site surveillance.
  • We have 1,500 digital media specialists devoted to creating innovative solutions for the high-quality capture, storage and content management of digital assets.
  • IBM has a tradition of providing technology that preserves your investment in existing infrastructure; the digital video surveillance solution can redeploy analog video cameras and cabling you now have in place.
  • Experience integrating physical surveillance with IT systems.
  • End-to-end capabilities from solution design to full integration with IBM and other vendor software, storage and networks.
  • Open architecture for easy integration and scalability.

The benefits
Reduce cost and safeguard privacy
The IBM Smart Surveillance Solution provides educational institutions with rapid access to, and retrieval of, digital video content. By integrating digital video surveillance with facility access security, our solution could offer you a more comprehensive view of campus, using less manpower.

For example, a single surveillance system can provide remote video viewing from anywhere on the network. It can begin automatic recording based on events, such as intrusion, fire alarm or motion detectors. The system can then trigger an automated sequence of activities, such as contacting police, fire department or other authorities.

The IBM Smart Surveillance Solution can help:
  • Improve security—faster response time, automated alerts, and data sharing over networks and across agencies.
  • Lower total cost of ownership as a result of reduced need for manual review, guards and monitors, and data storage.
  • Enhance organizational flexibility—scalable platforms and the ability to integrate existing, multi-vendor and future technology.
  • Increase capabilities for proactive decision making as a result of advanced analytics that extract business and security information from your video.

The approach
Expand to meet evolving needs
The IBM Smart Surveillance Solution can help improve campus security by automating surveillance and video archiving processes, so you can redirect personnel to more critical security issues. It also can help eliminate the time-consuming and labor-intensive tasks associated with traditional analog surveillance capture, storage, retrieval and management.

One educational institution came to IBM with 140,000 videotapes in storage; an additional 30,000 tapes were being added every year. IBM created a custom digital surveillance solution that helped that customer leverage its existing system, while eliminating a massive video storage issue. IBM digital surveillance can help:
  • Reduce or remove the cost of moving, storing, duplicating and managing videotapes.
  • Expand security services to meet changing needs.
  • Improve the speed of processing and retrieving surveillance footage.

The financial advantage
Improve flexibility and response time
IBM Smart Surveillance Solutions can help schools and universities save money and use digital footage more effectively by integrating data from multiple sources. These elements increase the flexibility and scope of your campus surveillance solution.
  • Enables it to help gather more information, increase security and response capabilities, and provide better intelligence.
  • Automatically prioritizes critical events.
  • Virtually eliminates the need to store data that does not meet the criteria.
  • Reduces long-term storage costs and the need to manually review videotapes.

Next steps
 
Questions about this solution? Contact an IBM education specialist.