manufactured by B.” “Combining different systems under one makes it extremely user friendly for the end user. Another major advantage is that they have the ability of choosing different hardware and software to make one robust, efficient, seamless monitoring system. Costs can also be controlled in such a situation since the user gets to choose a best of breed solution,” observed Rohini Goradia.
provide a End to End OPEN solution to their customers. The spate of M&A’s in the surveillance industry is being driven with the ambition to be a TOTAL SOLUTION provider.” “With the rising scale and complexity of installations, customers would prefer to deal with a single vendor to support their requirements, with the assurance of OPEN technology and support. From a customer standpoint, the technology now has stabilized and become more mature and they would now prefer to deal with an expert who can provide them a solution and not just fill in the boxes,” suggested Prakash Prabhu. “Being ONVIF in the true sense mean that the systems are open, but with limitations. For tighter and stronger integrations between multiple systems, development effort is required with the SDK’s and API ‘s offered by the OEM’s and other system manufacturer’s, opined Prakash Prabhu. “An open standards platform becomes easy to integrate with devices and systems that are built on the same principles. Building intelligence over this integration layer becomes easy too. The integration also helps in getting all the systems on a single window and this naturally builds a level of intuition to the system. Open standards platform inherently becomes scalable to dynamic requirements,” observed Kamesh Ramamoorthy. He further added, “While a closed
platform may have classical advantages of better levels of security, today it does not serve the OEMs any purpose other than restricting the market access, in addition to increasing inefficiencies in terms of more dependencies. Even the security feature is being bettered today by open platforms that are coming up with unbreachable security layers. In short, there is no reason for OEMs to stick to closed platform solution in this open market era.” “Open software can run on multiple hardware platforms with no proprietary hardware necessary. Open platforms allow developers to freely share intellectual property and increase innovation. Typically, open standard products have better market sustainability. Open platform software tend to be easier and inexpensive to expand and update to meet end users growing needs. Whereas, closed platforms rely on the technology provider to ensure long-term functionality. Overall, open platform VMS software offer users flexibility and convenience. Our solutions are on open platforms – that’s one of the important reasons for the popularity of our cross platform VMS software,” opined Jill Delaney. According to Rohini Goradia, “There are several reasons why Open platform Video Management Systems would be more beneficial than Closed Platform solutions. The first being the simplicity of integration between different hardware and software. For example a hardware manufactured by A can be seamlessly integrated with a software system
She further added, “Open source platforms also make systems ‘future proof’ because the user is no longer dependent on the technology of just one company. Advantage can be taken of innovation and technologies of the entire industry therefore systems remain continuously updated.” “Closed source platforms have the advantage of offering better support when technology fails and are more averse to viruses, however they do not offer the advantage of seamless integration like Open source Video Management Systems,” opined Rohini Goradia. “Converging different possibilities is the key to an open platform, closed platform was the stepping stone to a more digital and open platform. Unlearning the primitive technology is a step towards innovation. There is a huge business shift for you as a customer when you move from lack of data to reliable information, from lack of response to increased awareness, from intel to insight, from independent agencies to agency collaboration. An open platform is more innovative, consistent and efficient,” observed Rahul Walia. He further added, “In GVD, we invest more in the development of such interface which is not only open to include multi agency collaboration but also exclude the threats to stability of the system, creating more value by increasing fault tolerance and load balancing. For any enterprise, multi-site, or standalone we keep the same GUI and interface ending up less training, more user friendly, and value for money.”
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