VIDSYS AND COLEMAN TECHNOLOGIES PARTNER TO IMPROVE SITUATION AWARENESS AND MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES
Coleman to Extend Value of its Incident Response System By Leveraging VidSys' PSIM Software as the Common Operating Platform
Vienna, Va. - February 10, 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 its global partnership with Coleman Technologies, Inc. (CTI), a leading systems engineering provider that provides advanced technology solutions to both the public and private sectors. As part of the agreement, Coleman will have a dedicated sales team responsible for offering the Coleman Incident Response System (CIRS), which leverages the VidSys PSIM software as the common operating platform for situation management.
"With today's ever changing security threats, we strive to provide our clients with technology solutions that help them prepare for the unexpected," explained Jim Crim, vice president, Federal Information Technologies at Coleman. "Through our partnership with VidSys, we're providing our clients with the ability to leverage information from multiple systems, including legacy technology, in one common platform so it can be quickly correlated and acted upon, resulting in reduced response time."
CIRS provides advanced, customized, intelligent safety and security detection and notification capabilities scalable to any size facility and organization to help maximize safety and minimize risk. Through its integration with the VidSys PSIM software platform - which integrates security information from any device or system, applies rules and policies to identify critical situations, and presents the information to applications that can help the operators verify and manage the situation - CTI can deliver a complete, integrated PSIM software solution to its customers in a number of industries including higher education, federal facility protection and public sector facility protection.
"For security professionals in any industry sector, the need for continuous improvements in situation management never ceases," said Eric Sansonetti, vice president, worldwide sales at VidSys. "To address this ever-present demand, we strive to work with experienced companies like CTI that share our vision for providing the tools for real-time situation management. We are excited about partnering with this industry leader that understands the market and knows what organizations really need when it comes to protecting its assets."
A Cisco Gold VAR, CTI is working with Cisco Technology Development Partner VidSys as part of the Cisco Open Platform for Safety and Security (COPSS) program. The VidSys PSIM software is a part of COPSS, a platform architecture that proactively protects assets, employees and citizens through a scalable, tested network design.
About Coleman Technologies
Coleman Technologies, Inc. is an employee owned business founded in 1995 to provide information technology and systems engineering services built on corporate experience in aerospace systems engineering. Headquartered in Orlando, FL, CTI currently employs more than 350 IT professionals in 11 states throughout the country. Please go to http://www.ctiusa.com/ for more information.
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, is 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/.
Kelly Fiedler
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