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With over 60 locations, Manatee County Schools needed a flexible, scalable solution that would help them centralize their security management. By using OpenEye Web Services, they are able to access their surveillance from a single pane of glass for improved campus safety. Manatee County School District, based in Bradenton, FL, oversees 63 locations, 6,000 employees, and over 50,000 students across its schools. Due to the significant growth of their school district in recent years, they needed t...
OpenEye Web Services modernizes security systems for multi-use facilities like Salem Covenant Church with remote monitoring, access control, and real-time alerts. OpenEye Web Services (OWS) offers an innovative and intelligent security solution tailored for multi-use facilities like Salem Covenant Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. By implementing OWS, the church significantly enhanced the efficiency of its security system, allowing for seamless access control and remote monitoring. The OWS pl...
Gonzaga University enhanced its campus security with OpenEye Web Services (OWS), providing a safer environment for students, faculty, and staff. Learn about the benefits of using OWS for school campuses, including scalability, remote access, simplified video management, high-definition cameras, and secure, reliable systems. Gonzaga University, located in Spokane, Washington, is home to a diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. With over 7,800 students enrolled and a sprawling 152-acr...
Bargain Hunt successfully consolidated their security system by selecting Alarm.com for intrusion and access control, and OpenEye Web Services (OWS) for commercial video surveillance. Bargain Hunt is a retail discount store that carries overstock and returned brand-name merchandise at deeply discounted prices. The retail chain operates 85 stores within a 400 mile radius of Nashville, Tennessee. Legacy security systems Bargain Hunt experienced rapid growth in recent years, increasing from 30 t...
Discover how Wheatland Bank enhanced its security operations and increased efficiency by implementing OpenEye video surveillance solutions and OpenEye Web Services, leading to faster video retrieval, streamlined security, and improved productivity. Wheatland Bank, a community bank in the Pacific Northwest, significantly improved its security operations by implementing OpenEye video surveillance solutions and OpenEye Web Services (OWS). Facing challenges with their existing video surveillance sy...
Discover how Dos Toros Taqueria improved its quick-service restaurant operations with OpenEye Web Services, resulting in cost savings and enhanced customer experience. Dos Toros Taqueria, a popular quick-service restaurant chain, partnered with OpenEye Web Services (OWS) to enhance their security and operational efficiency. OWS provided Dos Toros with a comprehensive video security solution that streamlined operations and improved overall safety. The user-friendly interface, coupled with the ab...
B&B Theatres brought their video surveillance under a single platform with OpenEye Web Services (OWS), helping them to more easily manage their security systems across locations. Learn more about how B&B Theatres were able to improve their ROI with a flexible, scalable cloud video solution. With a rich history spanning a century, B&B Theatres is now the fifth largest theatre chain in North America, and the largest privately held operator of cinemas. As B&B Theatres rapidly expan...
Passwords originated in ancient times, used by Roman military forces around the first century BC. Since then, passwords have evolved from physical words to the computer access control tools used today. Passwords are easy to implement, widely supported, and familiar to users. However, they are easily forgotten, stolen through phishing, prone to reuse, and vulnerable to credential-harvesting or brute-force attacks. We asked our Expert Panel: What is the role of passwords in physical security?
For over thirty years, Pallet Logistics of America (PLA) has been providing companies across the United States with easy access to new and recycled pallets. The scale of PLA’s operations and the nature of their work created a need for an advanced and centralized surveillance solution. The organization hoped to achieve greater visibility into floor operations while improving system management. Centralized surveillance solution By working with OpenEye, PLA now utilizes an intelligent clou...
Experiencing consistent growth over several decades while innovating the fashion world, a luxury retailer needed to find a solution that aligned with their company’s success. They wanted a system that could be easily scaled across locations while working with their stores’ most critical systems and devices, whether that was current third-party cameras, inventory management systems, barcode scanners, and other future innovations. Powerful video surveillance By working with OpenEye,...
Based in New York City, NY, Flushing Bank operates 30 branches and has been a staple in their community for nearly 100 years. With a heart for their customers, Flushing Bank needed a solution that could help protect their customers, employees, and assets. Hoping to streamline investigations when incidents occurred, Flushing Bank wanted a system that could optimize video retrieval and sharing. Improving response time By working with OpenEye, this financial institution utilizes an intelligent c...
The University of Idaho is the top public research university in the state, serving as a higher-education school where students across the nation can study and receive both undergraduate and graduate degrees. The University of Idaho’s open campus necessitates a security system that ensures community events are positive and welcoming while maintaining a secure and well-managed environment for all who visit campus. Well-managed environment By working with OpenEye, the University of Idaho...
OpenEye, a provider of open, intelligent, and trusted cloud video solutions, is thrilled to announce its enhanced integration with CHeKT, bringing new capabilities to support more efficient remote video monitoring operations. The new CHeKT Virtual Bridge supports a cloud-to-cloud connection between OpenEye Web Services (OWS) and the CHeKT platform. This integration enables automatic account syncing, OWS virtual arming, and a broader set of site event types to receive alerts on, making it easier...
OpenEye announces advanced new innovations to OpenEye Web Services (OWS) through the addition of AI-powered visual search and alerting, helping enhance operations for modern enterprise organizations. As a core part of the OWS AI Analytics suite, AI Visual Search and AI Visual Check offer businesses innovative and intuitive tools built to improve operations and fortify security. Users can surface video quickly and automate procedures through natural-language inputs, all within an intelligent clo...
OpenEye announces advanced new innovations to OpenEye Web Services (OWS) through the addition of AI-powered visual search and alerting, helping enhance operations for modern enterprise organizations. As a core part of the OWS AI Analytics suite, AI Visual Search and AI Visual Check offer businesses innovative and intuitive tools built to improve operations and fortify security. Users can surface video quickly and automate procedures through natural-language inputs, all within an intelligent clo...
Like other disciplines in the world of corporate security, executive protection is evolving from reactive to proactive. Unlike reactive bodyguards, modern executive protection professionals use a proactive approach focused on risk mitigation, advance planning, and threat intelligence to prevent incidents before they happen. What is the role of technology? We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: How can physical security technology promote better executive protection?
At mid-year 2026, the broader economy tells a story of resilience under pressure. Conflict in the Middle East has triggered a shock to the energy supply, driving oil prices up and reigniting global inflation. However, a total downturn has been averted. Exceptional, historic levels of business investment and data center construction are providing a firm floor for growth, offsetting cooler consumer spending and keeping labor markets fundamentally stable. But how are changing economics impacting th...
In the simplest terms, technology modernization accelerates when older systems become too expensive to maintain or fail to support modern standards. Market competition pushes businesses to update their technologies to meet rising customer demands. Additionally, the rapid shift toward cloud-based infrastructures and artificial intelligence creates a fear of missing out, forcing companies to adapt or risk irrelevance. Focusing on the physical security market, we asked our Expert Panel Roundtable:...
OpenEye, a provider of cloud-managed video surveillance solutions, continues to expand their global team with recent additions in Northern Europe and the United Kingdom. With the hiring of Regional Sales Manager Christopher Åkesson, Channel Business Manager Robin Molenaar, Technical Sales Engineer Daniel Barker, and International Marketing Manager Leigh Domingo Hughes, OpenEye adds security experience and support for its cloud video platform across Northern Europe and continued eff...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) had a major presence at the ISC West 2026 show in Las Vegas. Almost every booth offered some variation on AI and how intelligence is transforming the physical security industry. Several industry leaders led the way, showcasing how they are tackling complex security challenges with smarter, more efficient solutions. Obviously, the security industry will never be the same. Milestone Systems: Responsible AI and open platforms Milestone has declared 2026 the "year of...
Alarm.com, the foremost platform for intelligently connected properties, announced it will showcase new AI powered platform advancements and product innovations at ISC West 2026. Following a milestone year surpassing $1 billion in annual revenue, Alarm.com continues to scale its unified platform to meet accelerating global demand for smarter, more connected protection across residential and commercial environments. Single cloud based platform Alarm.com brings security, video, acce...
Modernising a legacy physical security system requires a transition from isolated, hardware-dependent silos to an integrated, data-driven ecosystem. This transition involves shifting toward open architecture and encrypted communication to ensure long-term scalability and resilience. Other elements to facilitate upgrading a legacy system include leveraging cloud and hybrid topologies and ultimately moving toward more predictive analytics. Our Expert Panelists offer plenty of ideas for making the...
OpenEye will be at ISC West 2026 in Las Vegas from March 25th to the 27th, presenting its video intelligence innovations for the new year, including AI-powered search and alerting, new cloud cameras, intelligent video monitoring tools, and more. To find out about these and other product releases, read the complete ISC West press release, and don’t forget to visit their booth #14039 during the show to see these innovations in action. Empower faster, more efficient investigations by quickly...
ISC West (International Security Conference & Exposition), March 25–27, 2026, at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, is widely regarded as the most important event in the security industry. The yearly exhibition serves as the primary launchpad for new technology and as the central meeting point for global security professionals. We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: What will be the big topics of discussion at ISC West 2026?
Historically, physical security systems have protected retail companies’ assets, people, and profits. Security prevents theft (shrinkage), while maintaining order and ensuring a safe environment for customers and staff. Today’s retail business is changing by leaps and bounds, driven in large part by technology advances. Newer physical security systems are finding new ways to deter crime and provide operational data, in the process preserving brand reputation and ensuring the business...
Next-generation (Next-Gen) technologies are products, services, or infrastructures that represent a significant leap forward rather than a small, incremental update. In the physical security industry, NextGen products are those that enable disruptive change, breakthrough performance, and a fundamental change that renders previous products obsolete. We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: What is the next generation of physical security solutions, and how will they change the industry?
When working in the technology marketplace, it’s always good to expect the unexpected. Increasingly, readiness to anticipate and embrace uncertainty is the baseline for survival in the world of technology. If we in the physical security industry know anything, it is that technology is in a state of perpetual disruption. Therefore, looking ahead to the next 12 months, surprises are inevitable. We turn to our Expert Panel Roundtable for guidance, asking our panelists: What will be the bigges...
Physical security innovation is accelerating due to the convergence of AI-driven automation and IoT connectivity. The trend makes you wonder: How far will physical security technologies evolve in the next decade? Already, modern systems are shifting from reactive recording to proactive prevention via real-time analytics. Additionally, the need for hybrid cloud scalability and integration with IT infrastructure is driving rapid hardware-to-software modernisation. We asked our Expert Panel Roundta...
Artificial intelligence (AI) creates efficiencies throughout various industries, from managing teams to operating businesses. Key outcomes include faster investigations, fewer false alerts, automated operational checks, and quicker support experiences. These advancements free up valuable time for users, allowing them to focus on high-impact priorities that drive greater ROI. When it comes to surveillance, AI is most visibly powering a new generation of vision language-powered video analytics,...
Emphasizing proactive rather than reactive security shifts the focus from dealing with crises and damage control to prevention. Advantages of a proactive approach include cost efficiency, better business continuity, and fewer crises that draw attention away from strategic improvements. Staying ahead of threats is a core mission of the security department, and technology has evolved to enable security professionals to deliver on that mission better than ever. We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable:...
