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Irvine, CA,
February 9, 2006 — Adding to its growing list of Technology
Alliance Partners (TAP), Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video Products
Group announced today a strategic partnership with MAXxess Systems,
Inc., a manufacturer of high-level electronic access control and
security systems providing solutions from two-door systems to large
campuses with multi-buildings and to multi-sites managing hundreds
of doors and thousands of badges, to collaborate on the development
of software that integrates Toshiba's digital video recording technologies
with MAXxess' security solutions.
"It is
the goal of Toshiba and MAXxess to offer to the marketplace consolidated
security systems built around robust software that allows for sharing
important information to maximize the value of our companies' hardware
components," said Sergio Collazo, National Sales & Marketing
Manager, Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video Products Group.
The first product
of this partnership is a new Application Programming Interface (API)
software module that adds powerful new verification and consolidated
management control for Toshiba's Surveillix digital video recorders
to MAXxess' solutions including AXxess 202, AXxess NS and EndPoint
management software.
Bringing
It Together
Access control and video surveillance are oftentimes treated
as unique and distinctive systems within a security program, leading
to a loss in overall effectiveness.
The new Application
Programming Interface (API) module developed by Toshiba and MAXxess
addresses customer demand to integrate these two security technologies
so that video viewing, recording, storage, search and playback become
a dynamic, integral component of access control operations. This
functionality not only enables the live viewing of video images,
but the storage of video data within the access control system that
can later be recalled, searched and displayed. Event-activated stored
video data, such as motion detection or contact closure, can also
be logged into the access control database.
"This brings
together video and access control — two related but individually
different technologies — into a more easy-to-use, management
effective, fully-integrated system with superior capabilities,"
says Toshiba's Collazo. "This is an important milestone for
MAXxess and Toshiba, our customers, and the distributors, integrators
and dealers who recommend our products."
"This partnership
is another example of how the security marketplace is moving towards
integrated solutions," said Wes Appleby, President and Chief
Operating Officer of MAXxess. "This cooperative development
will enhance the capabilities of both product lines offering our
customers more fully integrated systems."
Toshiba's Technology
Alliance Partners (TAP) Program is focused on developing strategic
relationships with security technology leaders to create software
interface modules to achieve the seamless integration of products
and systems.
For more information
and the name of a local Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video Products
distributor, call 1-877-696-3822. Or visit www.cctv.toshiba.com.
About
Toshiba America Information Syatems, Inc.
With headquarters
in Irvine, California, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
(TAIS) is comprised of multiple divisions that provide computer,
communications and imaging products and services. Products include
industry leading portable computers, PDAs, mobile computing accessories,
storage subsystems, digital business telephone systems, voice mail,
security systems and projectors. TAIS provides sales, marketing,
services and manufacturing for its wide range of information products
in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating
company owned by Toshiba America Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp.,
which is a world leader in high-technology and integrated manufacturing
of electrical and electronic components, products and systems. Toshiba
has global sales of more than $40 billion and more than 300 subsidiaries
and affiliates worldwide.
About MAXxess
Systems, Inc
MAXxess Systems, Inc is the leading provider of control systems
and information frameworks for the security management market. MAXxess
has been providing modular, scalable security management solutions
to a wide range of customers throughout the world for over three
decades. The MAXxess family of products range from basic access
control systems to large multi-site networked environments with
complete command and control of entire facilities. MAXxess continues
to extend the boundaries of security management with the introduction
of innovative technology to the security industry. For more information,
contact MAXxess at 1-800-842-0221 or go to the MAXxess website at
www.maxxess-systems.com.
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