29 Sep 2011
Verint’s Nextiva enables situational awareness and emergency management 
Verint Nextiva provides a single source for almost every aspect of video surveillance operations

Verint® Systems Inc. recently announced that its Nextiva® IP Video portfolio is continuing to earn wide industry recognition for innovation and value.

Frost & Sullivan "Customer Value Enhancement Award"

In August, Frost & Sullivan presented Verint with a 2011 Customer Value Enhancement Award, citing Verint's ongoing commitment to deliver innovative solutions for optimizing its customers' security investments. According to Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Dilip Sarangan, "The company continues to deliver new functionality that allows companies to not only secure people and property, but to use security video to develop strategies for generating revenue, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty, optimizing the workforce, and operating more effectively." The Frost & Sullivan award specifically recognized Verint's video analytics solutions-including Nextiva Retail Traffic Analytics™, Nextiva Queue Management™ and Nextiva People Counting™-for helping organizations align their operations with their customers' wants and needs. 

Golden Bridge Award for "Innovations in Information Technology"

Also in August, Verint received a 2011 Golden Bridge Award for "Innovations in Information Technology" in the integrated security software category. The award was presented to Verint for Nextiva PSIM™-a physical security information management platform that helps command, control and communications centres increase situational awareness, accelerate response, implement consistent, policy-driven security procedures, and improve operational efficiency. More than 40 judges from around the world participated in selecting winners of this year's Golden Bridge Awards, which are presented annually to companies in a wide range of industries for excellence in various disciplines.

HC360 "Top 10 Foreign Security Brand in China"

In June 2011, Verint was named a "Top 10 Foreign Security Brand in China" by HC360 Security Networks, a B2B ecommerce service provider specializing in physical security solutions for China-based operations. HC360 Security Networks accorded Verint this designation in recognition of the company's brand strength and technology excellence in China's highly competitive physical security market.

Security Products Magazine "Govies Government Security" Award

In April 2011, Security Products Magazine presented Verint with its "Govies Government Security" platinum award in the video management systems category. Designed to recognize security vendors with outstanding solutions for government organizations, the award cited the breadth, effectiveness and functionality of Nextiva PSIM. Specifically designed for government and geographically dispersed operations, Nextiva PSIM leverages information from disparate sensors and systems ranging from access control, intrusion, CCTV, radar, border control, and HVAC systems to GIS, various communication systems, and multiple public and private organizational databases. This tool helps address organizational compliance, enhance operations and optimize security investments.

Info Security Products Guide "Tomorrow's Technology Today"

In March 2011, Verint was the recipient of a "Tomorrow's Technology Today" award from Info Security Products Guide in recognition of Nextiva Retail Traffic Analytics, which delivers information on key indicators critical to retail store success. Designed to help retailers better understand shopper patterns and behaviours in order to optimize store layouts, improve merchandising, enhance staffing efficiencies and heighten in-store customer experiences, the solution enables organizations to further maximize their video security investments, transforming loss prevention and security solutions into impactful marketing and merchandising resources. The award recognizes security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking technologies and solutions that set the bar for innovation in all areas of information security.

Verint and its Nextiva IP video portfolio offer a single source for virtually every facet of video surveillance operations. Nextiva provides the capabilities to enhance situational awareness and emergency management in enterprise and critical infrastructure, fraud detection and investigation in finance and banking, and loss prevention and shrinkage in retail environments, as well as enhance sales, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Ranging from video management, physical security information management, and video analytics software to intelligent network video recorders, IP cameras, wired and wireless encoders, and servers and storage, Nextiva IP video solutions allow customers to optimise their investments by leveraging their legacy video infrastructure and scale their security systems with the growth of their organizations.

According to Debjit Das, Verint Video Intelligence Solutions™ vice president of global marketing, "Ongoing industry recognition of the Nextiva IP video portfolio alongside our customer successes is a testament to the Verint team's passion to provide innovative solutions and world-class service and support to our customers worldwide. We continue to evolve our offerings for our customers to realize enhanced value from their investments in Verint video intelligence solutions."