VIDSYS RECOGNIZED IN ITS-NY'S PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Company's PSIM Software is Heart of the Transportation Management Project of the Year at NY's Joint Transportation Management Center
Vienna, VA, June 29, 2009 ─ VidSys, the leading provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software that allows organizations to resolve business and security situations in real time, today announced that the Joint Transportation Management Center (JTMC), which leverages VidSys PSIM software as its common operating platform, was recognized with the Project of The Year - Transportation Management award by ITS-NY. A non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) within New York State, ITS-NY announced its 2009 Project of the Year winners at its Sixteenth Annual Meeting, which took place June 11 - 12 in Saratoga Springs, NY.
The JTMC is a new state-of-the-art center in Long Island City, New York which, among many things, monitors and manages incidents utilizing ITS technologies. The VidSys PSIM software is at the heart of the JTMC, where it collects, correlates and analyzes information from across multiple devices from different vendors and presents intelligent views of the situation to the center operators. It also provides a common operating picture, empowering the JTMC operators to effectively manage complex technologies and emergencies by enabling them to focus on the management of situations instead of technologies.
"VidSys played a key role in the creation of the JTMC as our technology made it possible to integrate existing field devices along with technologies including wide ranging data sources and automated situation management to improve the performance of the overall traffic network," explained James Chong, CTO of VidSys and program executive for the JTMC. "Together with the other initiative members, we worked tirelessly to build and open this cutting-edge transportation command center and are greatly honored for this recognition from ITS-NY."
The JTMC's multi-team member initiative involved the NYSDOT, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), the New York Police Department, FHWA, Jacobs Civil Consultants, Inc., JHK Engineering PC/TransCore ITS LLC, Parsons and VidSys.
"By aligning personnel, procedures and policies on top of a comprehensive technology platform that leverages both new and existing infrastructure assets, we're able to get the most timely and important information in the hands of decision makers when they need it," said Adam Levine of JTMC. "With a common operating picture, we're better equipped to achieve our objective of safely and efficiently moving people, goods, services and information throughout the city and state of New York - and VidSys PSIM software is the glue that brings the entire technology infrastructure together."
The winning projects highlight the use of ITS technologies to improve the mobility and safety of NYS travelers, enhance the efficiency of NYS transportation networks and modes including public transportation, and provide positive environmental and energy benefits to NYS. The projects also have a high degree of multiagency coordination and collaboration.
About VidSys
VidSys is the leading provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software that enables organizations to reduce operational costs and improve situation response times while reducing risks and increasing safety, security, and asset protection. Its award-winning Open PSIM PlatformTM and multi-vendor video and situation management software, VidShieldTM and RiskShieldTM respectively, are running in numerous command centers including some of the largest in North America. The company works closely with its customers in federal, state and local government as well as enterprises in the high tech, financial services, and transportation industries. VidSys is also the founding member of http://www.psimtrends.com/, a thought leadership site dedicated to discussing the PSIM industry. Privately funded by Flybridge Capital Partners, Motorola Ventures, and JVax Investment Group, principal offices are located in Marlborough, Massachusetts and Vienna, Virginia. For more information, please visit http://www.vidsys.com/.