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Video Management Software Round-up


The latest in a series of product round-ups in which we invite our Affiliate (Company) Members to submit the products that in their view are the most innovative.


March Networks S.p.A


via Lavoratori Autobianchi 1 Ed.23 Desio (MB) Zip / Post Code: 20832 Italy Telephone: 0039 0362 17935


March Networks Command


Product Description: Command is March Networks’ next-generation video management software (VMS) solution. Command builds on our extensive heritage in IT networking and enterprise-class scalability to deliver the industry's most comprehensive IP video management platform.


With Command, you benefit from:


• An easy-to-use and highly-customizable browser-based interface • The flexibility to run on


Windows or Mac operating systems • Server-to- server video gateway technology, which can reduce your WAN bandwidth consumption by as much as 90 percent!


• Innovative Shadow Archiving technology that ensures video is never lost – even when the network goes down • Scalability – up to 128,000 cameras. To accommodate your surveillance environment, Command comes in two versions – each with powerful features, the same user interface, and ability to scale as your organizations grows.


Command Enterprise • For multiple-server environments • Supports up to 128,000 cameras


• Delivers enterprise-class features, including centralized user authentication, device mass configuration and firmware management • Integrates with existing hybrid recorders, including our 7532 Hybrid NVR, 4000 C Series NVRs and 3000 Series DVRs


Command Professional • For single-server environments • Supports up to 128 cameras


• Can be seamlessly integrated into a Command Enterprise solution should your organization continue to grow.


Round-up


Video Surveillance Thwarts Solar Panel Thieves


With the assistance of March Networks, Italian Systems Integrator crafts a solution to secure solar panel farms and prevents theft.


The Challenge:


Solar energy farms located in remote rural areas of southern Italy were magnets for thieves hoping to make some easy money from the sale of solar panels and copper scrap. Armed with flashlights and wrenches, they’d show up in the middle of the night and be long gone by morning.


The Solution:


Italian security systems integrator Campus s.r.l. of Bari came up with a solution using March Networks Video Management System software, IP cameras and Edge 4 encoders for 50 solar farms. Industry leading compression algorithms and event-driven video transmission overcomes the challenge of limited bandwidth and expensive satellite tariff plans.


Italian security systems integrator Campus s.r.l has selected a March Networks® video surveillance solution for 50 solar farms in sunny southern Italy. Typically located in isolated rural areas, the sites are prime targets for thieves hoping to make some easy money from the sale of solar panels and copper scrap. Unlike cattle rustlers of times past, these modern day thieves are armed with flashlights and wrenches. They show up at two or three o’clock in the morning, disassemble as many panels as they can carry off and disappear into the night. With solar energy production in Italy on the rise, Campus saw a need for a security system capable of addressing the


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cameras and Edge 4 encoders featuring both H.264 and MPEG-4 video compression provided Campus with the required bandwidth economies, while March Networks’ intrusion detection video analytics kept live video streaming to a minimum. “When alerts are confirmed by recorded images or when there is real- time evidence, monitoring staff are able to react quickly,” said Paolo Matarrese, a Campus sales representative. “We saw the need for a security system capable of addressing the vulnerability of solar farms and offered our 40 years of experience to the sector,” he added. “We researched the best technologies available on the market and that led us to our partnership with March Networks.”


risks faced by the major national and international renewable energy producers attracted to Italy by the country’s generous feed-in tariffs.


The hybrid solution selected by Campus includes a mix of analog and IP cameras, March Networks Edge 4 encoders and Video Management System software running on industry standard servers. Video is transmitted to monitoring stations on alarms triggered by March Networks’ video analytics software, alerting security staff hundreds of kilometres away to potential intruders.


The use of ADSL connectivity via satellite posed a major challenge. Faced with typical upload bandwidths of 256 kb/s and expensive tariff plans, the systems integrator required industry leading compression algorithms and event-driven video transmission. The March Networks XDome IP


Italy ranks as the second largest solar market in the world and is aiming for an installed capacity of 8,000 megawatts by 2020. The 50 solar farms currently equipped with March Networks video surveillance systems range in size from 1 MW to 10 MW. March Networks SiteManager software and decode stations are used by security companies to monitor video from the solar farms and to respond to alerts, while Campus staff based at the company’s head office in Bari oversee system performance.


“We are proud to be Campus’s partner in such an important and strategic market,” said Fabrizio Colciago, March Networks Chief Technology Officer. “Campus’s experience matches perfectly with our drive to technological innovation and with the focus on customer service that has always been part of our commitment to the market.”


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