Genetec Releases Security Center SaaS
Security Center SaaS from Genetec is a massively scalable, open and unified Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.
Genetec's Security Center SaaS combines access control, video management, forensic search, intrusion monitoring, automation and many other advanced security capabilities. Photo courtesy of Genetec.
Genetec Inc. just announced Security Center SaaS, a massively scalable, open and unified Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. Aligning with today’s pressing market needs, it’s built with cybersecurity and privacy at its core.
Security Center SaaS combines access control, video management, forensic search, intrusion monitoring, automation and many other advanced security capabilities. As such, the company says, it ushers in a new chapter in the technology evolution of the physical security industry.
Genetec is, of course, a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence solutions.
Security Center SaaS: Getting Things Right
“The physical security industry has not been able to get cloud or software as a service quite right, especially for enterprise customers,” says Christian Morin, vice president of product engineering and chief security officer, Genetec Inc. “With Security Center SaaS, organizations are no longer beholden to proprietary or feature-poor as-a-service solutions that needlessly force a choice of either all on-prem or all cloud.”
Notably, the enterprise capabilities and open architecture of Security Center SaaS are designed to enable systems to handle complex workloads where they make the most sense to be deployed.
“This flexibility addresses a longstanding need of end users and fills an important gap in the market,” Morin declares.
As deployments become increasingly sophisticated, end users rely on trusted security professionals to guide them through their transition to cloud and hybrid environments. To bring this new SaaS solution to the market, Genetec transformed its entire approach to procurement, deployment and maintenance. Importantly, the company did so without compromising its solutions’ enterprise-grade capabilities.
As noted in our in-depth feature, “Genetec Underlines Dealer Centricity, Hybrid Approaches,” Genetec is redoubling its commitment to channel partners, whom they see as integral to continuing success.
According to Michel Chalouhi, vice president of global sales, “Current [market] approaches to SaaS have undercut the role of channel partners, whom we see as central to customer and project success. [By contrast], Security Center SaaS represents an important opportunity for our systems integrators.”
He elaborates further, saying, “It means better margins and long-term customer satisfaction, with no additional investment in time or resources on the part of partners.”
Automated Quoting and Ordering Process
With an automated quoting and ordering process, systems can be fully operational within minutes of order placement. The brand-new Genetec Portal makes it easy to quote, order, deploy and manage large deployments so that channel partners can continue growing their business and deliver the technology and ownership options that end users demand.
With the ability to centralize monitoring and management of multiple sites, Security Center SaaS is well suited to meet customer needs in a wide range of verticals. Photo courtesy of Genetec.
With the ability to centralize monitoring and management of multiple sites, Security Center SaaS is well suited to meet customer needs in a wide range of verticals, including retail, education, corporate, banking and healthcare, as well as cities.
It can serve low-density deployments with a handful of direct-to-cloud devices, and it can scale up to thousands of sites and devices with hybrid storage and processing. Operators can manage operations from a Security Operation Center (SOC) or on the go through robust web and mobile applications.
Security Center SaaS is a deployment-agnostic platform that supports a range of configurations. Based on a hybrid-SaaS architecture, the solution allows organizations to move components and sites to the cloud, as their needs and requirements dictate, using a combination of cloud-native services and cloud-managed appliances, with storage and processing at the edge.
Security Center SaaS, of course, leverages an open architecture. Thus, it gives organizations the freedom to choose the devices, cameras and door controllers that work best for their business.
Security Center SaaS Connects Seamlessly
Security Center SaaS can also connect seamlessly with existing on-premises security devices and infrastructure. Access control devices and cameras that are not cloud-ready can easily be connected to Security Center SaaS using Genetec edge appliances.
Available globally this coming April from certified Genetec partners, Security Center SaaS is offered in tiered subscription plans based on the number of device connections required. Genetec will showcase it for the first time at ISC West at Booth #13062.
For additional information, visit the Genetec website.
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Dan Ferrisi, Group Editor, Commercial and Security
Dan Ferrisi has been a B2B editorial professional since November 2004, covering the audio, video, lighting and music industries since the beginning of his career. Getting his start with Sound & Communications, he ascended from assistant editor, to associate editor, to eventually lead editor. He served as editor-in-chief of Commercial Integrator from November 2021 through August 2023 before being promoted to group editor, commercial and security, gaining oversight responsibility of the Security Sales & Integration brand, as well.
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