Thank you for all the contributions to our 25th anniversary social media campaign and competition. Many congratulations to Benjamin Sean, Darren Tan, Peter Villaran, and Xavier Larrosa Arias for their winning entries – enjoy your Amazon vouchers! The celebrations continue with a new website campaign, commemorating the success of our founder and CEO, Y.D. Kim, from when he left Silicon Valley 25 years ago and set out with his vision for IDIS, which soon became the world leader of digital video technology. The company evolved to protect people, building assets and wildlife through multiple patented technologies, the launch of DirectIP®, and end-to-end solutions encompassing deep learning analytics for a range of businesses large and small. And as we look toward the next 25 years, we’re thrilled to share a compilation of special video messages from our partners across the world joining in our anniversary celebrations.

New 8MP and 6MP PTZ cameras that deliver outstanding image quality have been released to extend the company’s comprehensive and trusted, NDAA-compliant line up. The new outdoor ready and vandal-resistant 8MP (DC-S6881HRX and 6MP (DC-S6681HRX) models combine infrared (IR) technology with powerful 31x optical zoom, autofocus lenses and 30 frames per second to provide broad coverage, even in low-light settings. This makes them ideal for town and city center surveillance, street junctions, parking areas, perimeter security, and open areas within shopping malls, sports facilities, hotels, logistics firms, and warehouses.

As brick-and-mortar retailers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa face increased economic pressures, more are looking to video solutions for benefits beyond just security. The new IDIS eBook supports end users, systems integrators, consultants, and VARs understand new ways video tech can be deployed to boost profitability – from improving loss prevention, streamlining back-of-store operations to building customer loyalty. It also explains how video is being used to tackle abuse against staff; how AI-powered analytics are delivering significant new value; how affordable storage is becoming increasingly important, meeting increased compliance requirements; and how today’s video solutions can be designed to deliver rapid return-on-investment. Download this free, one-click eBook here.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Luis Monsante and Larry Lobue to the IDIS America team. Luis has over 20 years of marketing experience and joins as a Marketing Specialist, following more than a decade working for Bell Helicopter. He will apply his considerable knowledge and expertise to video technology to assist with all day-to-day marketing activities and long-term planning. Larry has been appointed as the new Regional Sales Manager for the US South Central market, covering Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, and will be developing existing and new relationships with systems integrators and dealers to target new opportunities. Please join us in welcoming Luis and Larry to the IDIS family.

In a ground-breaking deployment of video technology, an IDIS solution has been utilized to secure and monitor the sustainable habitats of amazing animals from mischievous lemurs to magnificent European brown bears. The high-resolution cameras are also ensuring the safety of visitors, staff, and volunteers at Bristol Zoological Society’s latest visitor attraction, the Wild Place Project. The existing camera system no longer met the Society’s needs so KIS Fire and Security was awarded a contract to design and install an end-to-end IDIS solution. IDIS’s DC-S6283HRXL 2MP 36x Lightmaster PTZ and 5MP IR vandal-resistant dome cameras, a 32-channel NVR and cost-free IDIS Center software have all been deployed to boost safety and security, and support the Wild Place Project expand when it becomes Bristol Zoo’s new home in 2024. To read the customer testimonial, click here.

The hospitality sector was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the lifting of international travel restrictions has seen a welcome resurgence in the market. Lessons learned from the pandemic have caused many people to demand improved security as well as health and safety conditions where they lodge. This is incentivizing hotels to expand their amenities and invest in security solutions and related services to keep them competitive as they bounce back post-pandemic. In this blog, Martin Kwitschau, Chief Executive Officer, Hospitality Resources examines how remote monitoring and virtual guarding capabilities are helping hotels to enhance security for staff and guests whilst saving the expense of employing guards on-site. To understand the full range of benefits provided by remote monitoring services read the guest blog here.

Rahat Jain, Managing Director, IDIS India delves into the latest trends and opportunities in the Indian video tech market. After enduring the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian economy is now going through a seismic economic transformation, fueled by a new high-tech welfare system, a makeover of financial systems as well as a new focus on renewable energy. This has led to a rapid enhancement of the country’s infrastructure, which in turn, is now driving demand for intelligent video systems. To find out more about the growth sectors and opportunities now available in India, read the full blog here.

We are very proud to announce that IDIS has been recognized with two Awards in the 2022 “GOVIES” Government Security Awards competition. The awards honor outstanding government security products in a variety of categories. An independent panel of judges from the security industry selected the top entries in the 2022 categories and named Platinum and Gold winners. We took home the Gold in the NDAA-Compliant Cameras category and our impressive line-up of NDAA-Compliant cameras also earned a Platinum Award in the Video Surveillance Data Storage category. The IDIS NDAA range of cameras includes 2MP, 5MP and 8MP models - bullet, domes, turrets, and fisheye cameras.

In our latest in-depth blog, Jason Burrows, Regional Sales Director, IDIS America details the many benefits that end users can gain from deploying AI Boxes. Accurate deep-learning technology comes complete with a host of new capabilities that extend well beyond the traditional security applications of surveillance cameras. Jason explains how the increased operational efficiency and business intelligence provided by AI is helping end users to overcome challenges such as increasing cost, supply chain disruption and tighter labor markets. Find out how your organization can benefit from an AI Box here.

In his latest blog, Jamie Barnfield, Senior Sales Director at IDIS Europe looks at how improving the customer experience is giving bricks-and-mortar retail an advantage, despite soaring inflation and slow growth, supply chain shortages, and a cost-of-living crisis. Online sales have fallen post-pandemic, while footfall in destination mall and historic towns and cities is on the rise as shoppers seek a feel-good customer experience. Yet to stay competitive and keep customers coming back, ensuring good customer service, and bringing something new to the in-store experience is no longer a question of choice, but a matter of survival. Barnfield explains how AI-powered video that delivers at-a-glance customer and in-store intelligence is set to play a vital role if retailers are to continue to thrive. To gain new insights read the full blog here.

We have a launched a new license plate capture camera that enables users to accurately capture license plates of vehicles worldwide traveling at up to 50mph (80 km/h). The DC-T6224HRXL has a detection range of up to 100 meters in full light and advanced IR to capture flawless images at up to 20 meters. The camera also boasts features including motion detection, active tampering, and trip zones and can be quickly and easily connected to IDIS DirectIP® NVRs. The DC-T6224HRXL is ideal for single lane traffic monitoring and crime prevention with simple operation via a choice of video software as well as IDIS web and mobile applications. Find out more information and download the spec sheet here.