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might be found at the center at any given time to ensure that the facil- ity is humming along quietly and efficiently. The Amsterdam-based Eagle Eye staff is responsible for Europe, the Middle East, Asia and India. That will grow as other data centers and offices are brought on line. Eagle Eye Europe is currently working on expanding operations in Germany and France.
One of Eagle Eye Networks’ channel partners, Fortezza Security Systems’ Stefan de Haas works just outside of Amsterdam, but has plenty of work in the city. He said offering “true” cloud video surveil- lance and being able to provide cyber security in the offering makes all the difference.
“Our goal as a security company is to protect the infrastructure and update constantly,” de Haas said. “We monitor what’s happening with our end user’s networks, engage with them and manage their security protocols. We work closely with Eagle Eye to ensure that we are offering the latest cloud features, and that our customers are taking advantage of the cloud to save money and get better service.”
Engineering the Cloud
Everything that Drako and his team are doing is what they characterize as “True Cloud.” According to Francis, “a True Cloud system is spe- cifically engineered for cloud computing and, offered as a pay-for-what- you-use subscription model. It affordably and securely provides scalable system capabilities that can’t possibly be achieved in on-site systems.”
In terms of what’s next for Eagle Eye Networks, Drako says the company has a few areas of focus to continue geographic expansion; South America and the Caribbean states. He also describes what sounds like yet another large investment in the company’s future;
based on machine learning and AI (artificial intelligence).
The application of artificial intelligence to video surveillance, specifically, AI applications need the global data centers to provide the necessary computational power and AI applications are being de- veloped to improve the data centers themselves. So, data centers are
both serving and being served by artificial intelligence.
“Our goal is to be the global provider of choice for video surveil- lance in the security industry,” Drako said. “We fully expect to expand to mobile camera solutions, act as the premier provider of cloud video
surveillance and manage all of this safely and cyber securely.” Ambitious? Perhaps.
Drako is meeting these goals by building out a global infrastruc-
ture well in advance of selling products or services. With a global infrastructure, localized languages for each country, and local sup- port and data centers, Eagle Eye is able to comply with local video surveillance regulations and provide a local product. Local integra- tors can latch onto cloud video surveillance by offering an end user a secure remotely accessible cloud solution and gaining recurring monthly revenue.
In the minds’ eye, data center, video storage and all that comes with it, including AI, deep learning, and ma-
chine learning are all fitting nicely in a security
package. Technology is changing fast in the vid-
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eo surveillance space. You better start moving to the cloud.
Ralph C. Jensen is the editor in chief of Security Today magazine.
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