Aimetis Receives Award for Growth in Video Surveillance Software Market

Business Wire, Sept 19, 2007

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Aimetis for its Visionary and Customer Oriented Growth Strategies in Embedded Video Analytics

WATERLOO, Canada -- Based on its recent analysis of the North American video surveillance software markets, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Aimetis Corp. with the 2007 Growth Excellence of the Year Award. This Award recognizes Aimetis for its technological innovation in embedding video analytics into digital signal processors (DSP) for edge devices, long before the market realized their importance.

"Analytics in video surveillance is experiencing explosive growth and one of the most important trends is the move to embed analytics into edge devices such as IP cameras and encoders," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst George C. Paul. "Aimetis is one of the few companies to have embedded video analytics on a DSP, having done so since 2004. Aimetis video analytics algorithms run on Texas Instruments' DM642 for camera solutions and Freescale's 8144 for multi-channel devices."

The company's intelligent video software includes the VE Series of video analytics algorithms, as well as Aimetis' open IP-surveillance software, AIRA v5.0, for robust video management. AIRA v5.0 is the first open software platform for video management to support "smart" cameras and encoders with video analytics embedded in the device.

In Frost & Sullivan's research, Aimetis was one of the few players that consistently received positive feedback on the reliability of its products. "The accuracy rates for some Aimetis applications such as people counting are as high as 95 percent, and advanced motion tracking algorithm with the VE250 is as high as 99 percent accurate," notes Paul. "In addition, Aimetis protects its reliability by ensuring that its sales process, from the manufacturer to the distribution partner, sets expectations appropriately regarding the abilities of the software."

"We work hard to ensure our products and services are aligned to market requirements and our embedded solutions will continue to be a big part of our growth strategy," adds Marc Holtenhoff, CEO of Aimetis. "We are pleased and proud that Frost & Sullivan has recognized Aimetis for its performance and execution in this area."

Each year Frost & Sullivan presents the Growth Excellence of the Year award to the company that has demonstrated excellence in implementing and sustaining growth through unique growth strategies in its respective industry. Frost & Sullivan, through an exhaustive selection process, seeks to identify a company that has exhibited excellence in all its functional areas; resulting in sustained financial growth and concluded that Aimetis best exhibited that excellence in 2007.

About Aimetis Corp.

Aimetis develops open technologies for intelligent video applications and transforms them into value for customers. The company helps its customers protect their physical infrastructure, environment and people by delivering software and services that address risks to security and gaps in business intelligence. Serving a worldwide customer base, Aimetis offers open technologies for intelligent video applications including the VE Series of video analytics for surveillance and business intelligence, AIRA Open IP-Surveillance software and professional services to vendors and end-users to assist in deploying reliable and cost-effective solutions. Aimetis has distribution and integration partners in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and works closely with all major camera and DSP manufacturers in the security industry. For more information visit www.aimetis.com

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.awards.frost.com.