Iberia Airlines Ramps Up Security with Agent Vi

Business Wire, July 8, 2008

Highly-Scalable System Delivers Accurate Video Analytics in Challenging Outdoor Environment

DENVER -- As the largest air transport group in Spain, Iberia Airlines was interested in improving safety in aircraft-only areas, heightening security in the wake of a 2006 car bombing, and preventing theft in its 200,000 square meter facilities. Unhappy with its existing closed circuit television (CCTV) security system, the organization turned to video analytics software developer Agent Vi when upgrading its security system.

"In light of recent highly publicized security breaches and attacks at a number of airports, safety remains a primary concern at our operation," said Diana Simon, security manager, Iberia Airlines. "Moving to an all IP-based solution required that we look for a highly-scalable video analytics offering that would allow us to deploy hundreds of cameras while eliminating the need for additional server hardware and keeping operational costs down. Agent Vi's software allowed us to do that, and the analytics have performed extremely well despite the challenging outdoor environment near a busy airport."

Iberia's facilities, near Madrid-Barajas International Airport, include seven hangars and a computer operations center which controls check-in, boarding and reservations processes. Despite passing aircraft and trucks, and even shadows from nearby trees, Agent Vi has given Iberia an easy way to accurately detect objects moving inside a defined area, entering or exiting a closed area, and crossing a virtual line -- tracking both direction and speed, and differentiating among various objects by size and other parameters. Agent Vi-enabled security cameras have become active eyes that automatically report specific behaviors of interest, in real-time and with extreme accuracy.

Agent Vi worked with local integrator, Nordes Prosegur Tecnologia, to install its video analytics software on network video recorders (NVRs) provided by technology partner On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc.(OnSSI).

"As Iberia transitioned from a limited analog CCTV to a full IP solution, the video analytics solution was a critical consideration for the deployment," said Javier Zammaron, manager of Nordes-Prosegur. "Because of Agent Vi's unique architecture, it proved to be the most optimized, cost-effective solution in an all-IP scenario."

About Agent Vi's Video Analytics Solution

Agent Vi's software makes video analytics feasible, affordable and scalable by giving organizations the freedom to deploy our software on any number of cameras using just one server. This approach employs a new class of video analytics for improved security, business intelligence and operational performance.

The power of Agent Vi's video analytics is generated from our software's distributed processing environment. Similar to today's Java(TM)-enabled browsers that access hosted applications, Agent Vi's patented technology flashes a lightweight agent where the video exists, either at the camera or encoder, and then communicates video feature changes to hosted behavioral applications; thus implementing an increasing number of behavioral and activity applications. The result of this unique architecture is dramatically lower installation and operational costs with minimized hardware and network bandwidth environments.

"Our video analytics software brings an unprecedented level of security to Iberia's immense facility," said Ariel Frischoff, vice president of strategic alliances, Agent Vi. "Iberia now has a solution that not only provides a reliable way to detect and track a variety of objects, but it ultimately saves the airline money."

About Agent Vi

Agent Vi is an enterprise video analytics software company that delivers solutions for improved security, business intelligence and operations. Deployed in over 25 countries and in thousands of cameras and edge devices, our technology seamlessly integrates with existing video equipment and IT infrastructure, making video analytics feasible, affordable and scalable. Founded in 2003, Agent Vi has proven deployments worldwide with customers in retail, airports, rail, transportation, education, critical infrastructure, utility, government, financial institutions and metropolitan markets.

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