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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 expanded over the past decade, they inherited many disparate and legacy video security systems, creating a need for an improved video security platform. Improved video security platform B&B Theatres partnered with OpenEye to utilize powerful cloud-managed video surveillance, with benefits including: Open Ecosystem: The OWS open ecosystem enables B&B Theatres to integrate their existing cameras and security solutions into OWS. Cybersecurity: OpenEye’s video security platform utilizes cybersecurity best practices for a more secure video platform. Health Monitoring: Automated health monitoring keeps B&B theatres ahead of any pending hardware or system issues. Through working with OpenEye, B&B Theatres is now able to manage their security equipment across multiple locations under a single, convenient platform for improved safety and enhanced operations.

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 now utilizes OpenEye Web Services (OWS), the open, intelligent, and trusted cloud video platform, to help them secure their campus, with benefits including: Greater Reliability and Ease of Use: OWS provides an easy-to-use solution that the University of Idaho team can trust to help them manage large student and community events. Enhanced Search: Powerful search methods within OWS improved the university’s existing search methods, assisting them when locating needed video for investigations. Centralized User Management: The cloud video platform provisions user controls to help manage teams and improve collaboration between the school and local law enforcement. With OWS, the University of Idaho can improve response times through an ideal solution that meets the needs of the school today and tomorrow while being immediately actionable.

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 cloud-managed video platform that improves their workflows while unlocking greater insights into processes across their organization, with benefits including: Improved Warehouse Visibility: PLA deployed powerful OpenEye cameras throughout their facilities to provide better visibility around manufacturing floors, entrances, and exits. Centralized Management: Thanks to the cloud, PLA leverages a centralized video platform which simplifies management of their system’s users, devices, and locations. Ease of Use: OpenEye Web Services (OWS) provides PLA with an easy-to-use solution that has improved investigations thanks to streamlined search functionality and video clip export and sharing, as well as strengthened system health monitoring. With OWS, the organization has optimized operations across multiple teams with a flexible, scalable cloud video surveillance platform.

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?

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 the physical security market? We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: How do changes in the broader economic climate impact physical security?