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Boch Automotive Rolls out Intransa Surveillance Solution
SAN JOSE, Calif. & NORWOOD, Mass. --(Business Wire)--
Intransa, the leader in video data management and retention solutions for physical security, today announced it has been selected by Boch Automotive, a leading northeast automotive group, to upgrade the company's surveillance systems.
Boch Automotive is a premier automotive group, dedicated to providing exceptional sales and service. As the number one Toyota dealer in New England as well as the region's only Subaru, Ferrari and Maserati distributorship, and the number one Honda dealer in the United States, Boch has a complex and extremely valuable retail inventory to protect, in addition to customers, personnel, parts and facilities.
"With one comprehensive solution, we were able to immediately address the growing risk of theft and loss, while providing increased coverage, improved image quality, longer retention times and greater reliability," said Ernie Boch, Jr., CEO and president of Boch Enterprises. "We've also been able to drive better accuracy for investigations and claims, while delivering tangible business value."
Prior to upgrading to the surveillance system, architected and installed by CC-Teknologies with Intransa video retention, Milestone Systems video management system, and Arecont Vision IP cameras, Boch's analog CCTV surveillance systems were no longer able to meet the demands of the high profile automotive group.
In the past, the company had experienced the theft of costly vehicle parts, components and accessories and that, in addition to the volume of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the Boch lots, required a deeper look at minor collisions and other personal claims. The existing analog cameras delivered sparse coverage, fuzzy images, and had limited retention capacity for video analytics and incident replay. Reliability issues of the DVRs used in the CCTV systems also proved to be a growing challenge for Boch.
Integrator CC-Teknologies, a member of the Intransa StorPartner program, provided a complete, cost-effective solution which supports the new Ferrari store as well as the existing Toyota, Subaru, Rentals and New To You locations in Norwood, MA and Honda and Toyota South in North Attleboro, MA.
To improve video coverage and image quality, CC-Teknologies installed over one hundred Arecont Vision 5 megapixel and Arecont Vision 180 Degree megapixel IP cameras, supported by Intransa video data management and retention platforms with an initial capacity of 142 terabytes (TB). A standalone network designed and implemented by CC-Teknologies using Bosch Fibre Optic modules supports the deployment. The Milestone XProtect Enterprise video management system, running on four commodity platforms with eight VMware virtual servers, provides a new level of video management and control to meet Boch's needs for both live stream monitoring and video archiving capabilities. Milestone Systems, Arecont Vision and Bosch products are among the more than 150 physical security, imaging, and technology solutions that have been certified for risk-free integration by the Intransa StorAlliance Technology Labs.
Three Intransa video data management and systems each provide 39TB of non-stop video retention and instant playback for Boch, while a fourth provides 25TB. The Intransa retention systems can be further expanded modularly when needed, without halting recording, to meet Boch's future requirements for increased recording capacity for additional IP cameras, extended video retention periods or support for new applications.
The fault-resilient Intransa video retention platforms deliver advanced RAID protection to eliminate the risk of lost video that plagued the original CCTV environment. Hot-swap technology further ensures non-stop recording, with unattended operation supported by email alerts. The Intransa platforms also eliminate the need for ongoing administration or scheduled downtime for maintenance.
Access to the surveillance solution's live and recorded video as well as to system management tasks can be performed as needed from any authorized location with network access, providing increased flexibility and reduced administration for Boch.
A more detailed description of the Boch Automotive solution can also be downloaded from the Intransa case study library online.
Later this week at ISC West, attendees can see Intransa video data management and retention solutions integrated with solutions from several StorAlliance members throughout the show floor. These include AMAG Technology, Inc. (booth 14097), Exacq Technologies (booth 24135), JDS Digital Video (booth 18135), Milestone Systems (booth 10064) and Time Sight Systems (booth 8054).
VIDEOProtein and Veracity share the Intransa booth, 8129, which includes three hands-on demos - a Smart CCTV DVR Upgrade with a major brand DVR, a Smart All-IP Surveillance Solution integrated with Milestone Enterprise XProtect VMS, and a Smart Hybrid Solution simultaneously supporting another major brand DVR as well as VIDEOProtein 3.0 VMS.
The exposition is open Wednesday, April 1st through Friday, April 3rd at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. To pre-schedule an appointment at ISC West with Intransa executives and technical team members or to reserve a hands-on demonstration, please call 408.678.8600 or 866.446.8726, or email sales@intransa.com.
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About Intransa
Intransa, Inc. is the leading innovator of video data management and retention (VDMR) solutions for physical security for future-proof, greener surveillance. Intransa security-grade video solutions increase reliability and video retention, providing critical information to security practitioners, and dramatically reducing physical security cost.
Beginning as a spin-off from Fortune 500 company and networking pioneer 3Com, Intransa customers have benefited worldwide since 2003. Intransa's ground-breaking Video Storage Administrator (VSA) eliminates the need for extensive IT knowledge and security operator retraining, while delivering all the benefits of IP technology to existing CCTV systems and new IP-based deployments. The Intransa Sharable Security Platform enables physical security vendors to deploy their solutions without complicated server technology that can add cost and complexity, while leveraging the full line of Intransa shared, external retention solutions designed for physical security.
Advanced, patented Intransa technology is certified with over 150 physical security, imaging and IT applications by the StorAlliance Technology Labs, including DVRs, NVRs, video management systems, IP and surveillance cameras, physical security information managers, infrastructure providers, video analytics, physical security utilities, authentication, access control, imaging, and biometrics.
Intransa believes in and supports industry standards and green technology. A member of the US. Green Building Council and a supporter of its LEEDs initiative, Intransa is also a member of the Security Industry Association, the American Correctional Association, The Green Grid consortium for advancing energy efficiency in computing ecosystems, and the Storage Networking Industry Association and its Green Storage Initiative. Intransa employees are also supporters of ASIS International and the ASIS Physical Security Council.
Intransa physical security solutions benefit customers worldwide in an ever growing mix of hotels and casinos, correctional facilities, police departments and law enforcement agencies, financial institutions and insurance providers, airports, hospitals and medical centers, managed service providers, telecommunications vendors, retailers and shopping centers, auto dealers, transit authorities, ports and shipping hubs, pharmaceutical makers, Native American organizations, colleges, universities and school districts, digital entertainment providers, energy, utilities and resources companies, and a wide variety of government users.
For more information about Intransa, to locate a StorPartner offering Intransa solutions, or to join the StorAlliance Technology Partner program, please visit us at www.intransa.com.
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