Pivot3: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for Demanding Video Surveillance Systems

Historically, video surveillance has primarily been used forensically after an incident has occurred, and as a potential deterrent or prevention mechanism. However, security technology has vastly improved with the shift from analog cameras to digital (IP) solutions. Organizations can now use video surveillance for more than just monitoring, loss recovery and deterrence. It can be used to protect organizations from liabilities, to recognize and respond to incidents in real time, for profit-maximizing business intelligence and to prevent interruptions to business operations. “We are seeing the technology being adopted in environments such as retail, manufacturing, hospitality and others, where it can be used to mitigate risk and provide a direct operational and financial benefit,” says Bruce Milne, CMO of Pivot3.

The security functions of organizations, institutions, and government agencies face serious and emerging challenges including increased security risks, business pressure to drive return on security investments, and the rising costs to transport, process, store and protect immense amounts of critical, sensitive data. “There is so much critical data being generated today, that companies need flexible tools to process, analyze and protect the data they accumulate,” says Brandon Reich, Senior Director of Video Surveillance at Pivot3.

Pivot3, the Austin, TX-based hyper-converged infrastructure provider, provides CIOs with a high-performance platform that is capable of handling the demanding, write-intensive workloads of video surveillance, while ensuring that data is stored, protected and always available. The platform can be scaled linearly without disruption to the system so that users can accommodate changing budgets and needs such as higher resolution cameras, new technologies like video analytics and 360-degree cameras, longer retention times and new regulatory requirements. “Our solution is optimized to handle CPU and bandwidth-intensive video, so the platform achieves and sustains extremely high throughput to prevent video loss and image quality degradation,” says Milne. “Additionally, we can mobilize a fully functional client application environment, so authorized personnel can gain immediate access to the information in a highly secure manner.”