Genetec, the Canadian IP security product company, has announced new features and a reduced pricing plan for Stratocast, its cloud-based video surveillance-as-a-service (VSaaS), powered by the Microsoft Azure cloud-computing platform.
The company says Stratocast is designed to meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses that require CCTV without the expenses and complexities typically associated with installing and managing on-premise surveillance systems. The new features and pricing model are expected to be available mid-April 2014, including support for multi-channel encoders, a health-monitoring dashboard, integrator branding options, and geo-redundant storage. Genetec demonstrated Stratocast at ISC West 2014 in Las Vegas.
After the recent price reduction of Microsoft Azure storage costs, Genetec is extending the savings to its customers by lowering the price of its Stratocast annual subscriptions by as much as 20 percent.
Christian Morin director of the Stratocast product group at Genetec. He said: “Since introducing Stratocast to the market in 2013, the global adoption of cloud-based services has grown in volume and demand, allowing large public cloud infrastructure providers like Microsoft Azure to reduce the cost of cloud-based storage as their system volume and efficiency increased. We’re pleased to pass these savings on to our Stratocast customers and invite new customers to take advantage of new features and an even-more-affordable cloud-based VMS.”
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Support for Axis multi-channel encoders will allow customers to migrate their analog system to Stratocast, while preserving their investment in analogue cameras that continue to be serviceable. For a list of supported devices, visit http://www.stratocast.com/supported-devices.
A new health monitoring dashboard will provide warnings of system events and information about the client and cameras that are affected, allowing channel partners to monitor and facilitate rapid troubleshooting and remote assistance.
Geo-redundancy in Stratocast provides a failover mechanism in the unlikely event of a failure at the main data centre. This option provides greater resiliency and redundancy by replicating recordings to a secondary data centre hundreds of miles away from a user’s location, while remaining within the same region.
In-app branding allows Stratocast Partners to add their logo within the Stratocast client, as well as customise their Stratocast landing page.
For more about Genetec, visit: www.genetec.com
