Pivot3 Wins Top Prize at New Product Showcase
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 2, 2009
CONTACT:
Ron Hawkins
Security Industry Association
(703) 647-8485
rhawkins@siaonline.org
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Pivot3 on Wednesday was honored with the Best in Show Award at the 2009 New Product Showcase for its Serverless Computing storage solution.
Serverless Computing, according to Pivot3, consolidates resources to reduce power, cooling, rack space and cost dramatically.
GE Security’s Vigilant V-Series life safety system received the NPS Judges’ Innovation Award.
The New Product Showcase (NPS), which is sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), is held annually in conjunction with ISC West at the Sands Expo and Convention Center to recognize the best security product innovations. This year’s competition included 76 entrants.
“The Security Industry Association is proud to promote the development of products that make our world safer,” SIA Chief Executive Officer Richard Chace said. “We congratulate each of the winners for their impressive technological achievements, and we thank all of the competitors for their important contributions to the industry.”
The NPS category winners included:
Monitoring: Broadband Discovery Systems for the Merlin LE
Video Storage and Distribution: Pivot3 for Serverless Computing
Access Control: ECKey for the EK4 Enterprise Relay
Integrated Software, Products and Systems: Vidsys for RiskShield
Intrusion Detection: Designed Security for the Entry Sentry Tailgate Detection System
Fire and Life Safety: (tie) FireLite Alarms by Honeywell for the IPDACT-2UD FireWatch Series IP Communicator; System Sensor for the CO1224T CO Detector with RealTest
OEM: Pentax for the 1.3 Megapixel Varifocal Plus Lens
False Alarm Solutions: Nascom for the Universal Flip Switch
IP Devices, Products and Software: Panasonic for the iPro WV-NP502 Megapixel Fixed Network Camera
Video Devices: TimeSight Systems for Video Surveillance Appliances
Video Analytics: Behavioral Recognition Systems for AISight
More information about the New Product Showcase is available at www.sianps.com.
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