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VIVOTEK announces today that it would be showcasing its power intelligent video management software, VAST Security Station (VSS), for the first time at Booth 5C42 in Hall 5 of this year’s Security Essen in Germany.

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\"The VSS is an integral component of VIVOTEK’s next-generation video management solutions. It offers intuitive services and mechanisms to search, monitor, and manage surveillance footage easily, helping customers get the most out of their VIVOTEK products,\" asserted Product Planning Director Louis Liao. Regarding features, Louis emphasized, \"The VIVOTEK VSS provides a platform for all AI imaginable and for searching for and connecting to various network cameras while providing a data shield to ensure information security. Users can carry out investigations with Deep Search to maximize search efficiency. Solutions can also be tweaked to meet the distinct needs of different users. What’s more, the VIVOTEK VSS is future-proof, capable of seamless system upgrades at any time without breaking the bank.\"

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Post-hoc video investigation and evidence processes are often long and difficult. The VIVOTEK VSS and its powerful AI analytical tools can significantly enhance evidence identification and collection efficiency. The built-in Deep Search functionality further allows users to run constrained searches by history, scene, or attribute and consolidated searches using data from multiple cameras.

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When running attribute searches, the system converts metadata into quantifiable targets for faster people/vehicle attribute identification, including gender, age (adult/child), apparel color (upper/lower), and accessories (hat/backpack) or vehicle type (car/truck/scooters/bicycle) and color. VIVOTEK leverages edge AI technology to enable image analyzing at the source and enhance video analysis accuracy over time. The VIVOTEK VSS also offers line crossing/loitering/intrusion detection and automated event warning options to facilitate security management.

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A range of essential to advanced IP surveillance solutions centered on the all-new VIVOTEK VSS is scheduled for launch in the first half of 2023.

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For more information, please visit the official VIVOTEK website: www.vivotek.com.

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VORTEX is a Key Component of VIVOTEK’s Development Strategy, Which Focuses on Centralizing Information, Data, and Video Content in a Secure Storage Space and Breaking Free from Conventional Spatiotemporal Restrictions to Enhance Security and Efficiency

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VIVOTEK (TWSE: 3454), the global leading IP surveillance solution provider, has launched its highly anticipated cloud-based video surveillance as a service (VSaaS), VORTEX, in the United States, marking not only the company’s grand debut in the subscriptions market but also its ability to consolidate camera, app, web, cloud, and deep learning technology into a cohesive and powerful AI surveillance solution.

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To celebrate the successful launch of VORTEX and rapidly gain market exposure, VIVOTEK is offering its VORTEX video management software and cloud storage service for a free license with any VORTEX cameras purchased between September 1 and December 31, 2022.

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“VORTEX is a major breakthrough of VIVOTEK end-to-end surveillance solution for VSaaS,” explained ShengFu Cheng, VIVOTEK Vice President of Strategic Business. “It’s also VIVOTEK’s first step in transitioning to a subscription-based model. VORTEX provides intelligent and easy-to-use data analysis services. What’s more, its hybrid cloud architecture allows it to transcend conventional storage frameworks. No dedicated video management software or centralized management systems are required to manage and process video data. Now, video data can be stored and analyzed via edge computing directly within the camera and backup in the cloud, significantly reducing past time, cost, and bandwidth limitations.”

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“Receive push notifications of deep-learning-based events on your smart device in real-time to never miss important messages again. With VORTEX, a highly integrated cloud services, managing a surveillance system is more effective and easier than ever before.”

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The five advantages of VORTEX for SMB expansion:

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Wide Camera Selection: 2-12 MP resolution, bullet, dome, turret, and 360-degree fisheye camera from entry-level to high-end model to meet different budget limitations and installation scenarios.
Crystal Clear Image Quality: Smart IR and WDR technologies greatly elevate visibility in the most demanding environments.
Edge AI Analytics: With real-time notifications, intelligent object recognition technology to accurately detect intrusion, line-crossing, and loitering detection of people and vehicles.
Hassle-Free, Zero Configuration: Install the system app by scanning a QR code and enjoy automatic firmware and AI software updates.
Trustworthy and Reliable: Locally designed, produced, and manufactured in Taiwan, VIVOTEK has built a strong brand reputation over its 22 years in the IP surveillance industry.

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VORTEX features powerful AI video analysis technologies, upgraded real-time detection and post-hoc search functionality, and state-of-the-art deep search algorithms to convert metadata into searchable and quantifiable information and refine the accuracy of people, vehicle, and environment detection over time. In addition to real-time alerts, VORTEX is capable of sieving through big data to identify or follow past events, and its hybrid cloud architecture allows for unlimited cloud archiving, automatic backup, event management, and instant sharing. All of these features are merged seamlessly to maximize operational efficiency and storage reliability while minimizing network interruptions and downtime.

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VORTEX is a comprehensive end-to-end AI surveillance solution that seamlessly integrates deep-learning-based network cameras and clouds video management software and caters to the diverse needs of VIVOTEK customers. Product training courses are also available to ensure the best surveillance experience.

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For more information, please visit the official VORTEX website: https://vortex.vivotek.com/

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In January, life sciences technology vendor Veeva held a new year kickoff for its North American employees in Orlando, Fla. A few weeks later, the company held a similar event for its Asia-based employees – except instead of everyone meeting in Tokyo as planned, the coronavirus outbreak forced workers to dial into Zoom.

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The differences between the two events were stark.

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The would-be Tokyo attendees sat alone on their computers. In Orlando, colleagues shared meals and dance floors. They visited an amusement park one evening. And by gathering more than 1,000 people in the same place, the company generated a palpable enthusiasm for its vision and goals.

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"There is a little bit lost, for sure, in a remote meeting compared to a face-to-face meeting," said Paul Shawah, Veeva's senior vice president for commercial cloud strategy.

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Businesses like Veeva are increasingly turning to video conferencing services like Zoom and Cisco Webex to avoid travel in response to the growing threat of the new coronavirus, COVID-19. The disease had sickened nearly 100,000 people worldwide as of March 5, including more than 200 people in the United States, where 14 have died.

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Video conferencing apps are providing a convenient alternative to face-to-face meetings during the outbreak. But companies are also missing chances to connect on a more personal level with customers, partners and employees.

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Theory Studios, a boutique entertainment company, generates most of its business by attending conferences. The studio scrambled to schedule Zoom meetings after the last-minute cancellation of Google I/O and the postponement of the Game Developers Conference.

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"At the end of the day, nothing beats in-person [meetings]," said David Andrade, co-founder of Theory Studios. "It's the joy of sharing a meal – or maybe the client wanting to tour you around their office – that turns a regular meeting into a personal, long-lasting connection." At the same time, Andrade has used Zoom to build meaningful relationships long before meeting in person, he said.

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Similarly, salespeople for electronics manufacturer ViewSonic are watching closely as premier sponsors begin to withdraw from Enterprise Connect, a trade show scheduled for late March. Some of ViewSonic's customers have also temporarily banned salespeople from their campuses.

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"As a sales leader … I would always like to think that travel is essential to business," said Chris Graefe, ViewSonic's director of enterprise sales. "A face-to-face meeting is preferred, obviously." Video conferencing, however, will help maintain relationships amid the travel restrictions, he said.

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For Veeva, holding its Asia kickoff on Zoom was "the next best thing," Shawah said. The format even brought some benefits. For example, everything was recorded, allowing those who missed the meeting to catch up. Also, Zoom's chat feature facilitated a robust Q&A session, Shawah said.

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Tech Vendors Capitalise On Coronavirus Outbreak

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Video conferencing providers have responded to the increased need for their services by extending the capabilities of their free offerings.

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Cisco is now allowing meetings of unlimited length for up to 100 participants on the free version of Webex. Microsoft is giving out six-month licenses to Office 365 that provide access to a more robust version of Microsoft Teams than is usually available for free. Zoom has lifted the 40-minute cap on free meetings in China.

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The vendors hope the uptick in usage will continue even after fears about the virus subside. Free offerings can be an effective way to generate paying customers.

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In a conference call with investors Wednesday, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan predicted the outbreak would demonstrate the benefits of Zoom and lead to higher usage among companies. "This will dramatically change the landscape."

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Zoom's stock is up more than 50% since late January. Video conferencing vendors, including hardware makers, are expected to rake in $13.8 billion in revenue by 2023, up from $7.8 billion in 2018, according to Frost & Sullivan.

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Because so many employees are temporarily working from home, cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has begun hosting company-wide Zoom calls twice a week. Some hope the practice will continue even after people return to the company's offices around the world.

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"With this concern happening, and people increasing their use of collaboration tools, I do think it's going to have a lasting effect," said Leah MacMillan, Trend Micro's chief marketing officer.

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AI is changing video and the video industry will never be the same again

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Video technology is evolving at a furious pace. And artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are the major drivers behind this.

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Both AI and machine learning have enormous potential to transform video technology and how they will be used to fundamentally change the way we live, work and even shop.

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One example will illustrate this. In 2018, Thailand’s biggest convenience store chain 7-Eleven implemented facial recognition video technology in its 11,000 stores across Thailand. The technology is used to identify the chain’s loyalty programme members, analyse in-store traffic, suggest purchases and even measure shoppers’ emotion.

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The chain is also using the technology to allow managers to single out loyalty programme members for promotions. Essentially, the chain views video as not merely a surveillance tool but also a marketing tool, a tool to better understand customers, a tool to improve staff efficiency and, potentially, a tool to customise shoppers’ in-store experience.

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In the healthcare industry, institutions are beginning to use video analytics to improve patientcare. Videos for example, are being programmed to alert staff if a patient has gone too long without being checked, or to signal that a patient has fallen and needs assistance.

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In almost every sector, AI-powered video technology is already being used to simplify everyday processes, from enabling easier security checks at the airport to allowing passengers to pay for purchases with a smile.

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From here on, the tide will only rise, with the projection of one billion video cameras connected to artificial intelligence platforms by 2020[1].

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Why AI Is So Potent Today: The Ability To Learn Deeply

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AI is the ability of a machine or a computer programme to think, act and learn like humans. Previously limitations of hardware processing power means that machine learning – an application of AI – could only deploy shallow learning of very large data sets, which looks at data in just three dimensions.

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With recent, significant advances in processing power of graphical processing units such as a new coding technique known as parallelisation, we can now utilise a deep learning approach where we can look at data in many more levels or dimensions. Hence the word “deep”.

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Software parallelisation is a coding technique for breaking a single problem into hundreds of smaller problems. The software can then run those 100 or 1,000 processes into 1,000 processing cores, instead of waiting for one core to process the data 1,000 times.

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With parallelisation, there is a quantum leap forward in how fast we can solve a problem. Having the ability to solve problems faster allows us to go deeper with a problem and process larger, more complex data sets. As the world’s data is set to grow tenfold by 2020[2], for businesses, being able to process data faster and deeper will become a defining factor in whether they can stay ahead of the business curve.

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Bringing The Potential Of AI Augmentation To Life

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One of the greatest application of AI and machine learning is in performing low-cognitive functions. AI-enabled devices and machines are able to master and perform tasks that humans cannot do very well. With proper aggregation of information, machines can be better at low-cognitive tasks and often deliver a better quality of service than humans.

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For example, humans cannot sit and watch two or more video cameras simultaneously. Our attention span simply does not work that way. However, machines are extremely good and detailed at this. While we see objects, the machine sees the smallest finite details – that is, each and every single pixel. Within the pixel, the machine can see even more details: the shade of colours of that image.

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By aggregating data and by allowing machines to automate responses and solutions, we can boost humans’ interaction with their environment.

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Here is one example. Imagine a scenario where a law enforcement officer is viewing a large surveillance screen. Between the officer and the large screen is an additional clear screen which can also have video and data cast onto it. Finally, the officer is wearing smart glasses that can project information onto its lenses.

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In a surveillance situation, a video feed can be shown on the main screen, while the screen in the medium distance will augment the main screen by appearing to layer extra visuals on top, for instance the face of a suspect. The smart glasses will then show detailed text data, for instance car licence plates or descriptions of suspects. The live video, augmented visuals and text data will work in concert. Data on the main viewing screen can even change to show information according to what the officer is seeing through his smart glasses’ lens. While this may sound rather futuristic, it is actually possible today.

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With AI, there will be massive advancements in how we review and utilise video and data.

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The City of Hartford in Connecticut, United States of America, is a great case study of how technology can be turned into a force multiplier. Working in tandem with local law enforcement and partners BriefCam and Axis, Milestone Systems was able to enhance the City’s C4 Crime Center and significantly upgrade the Hartford Police department’s ability to prevent and effectively respond to incidents throughout the city.

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The Crime Center features the Milestone XProtect Smart Wall, which has thirty 55-inch, 4K video monitors connected to a high-powered workstation, which runs the Milestone XProtect Smart Client on every screen. The Center is staffed almost round-the-clock by civilian crime analysts who monitor the 450 PTZ video network cameras from Axis Communications that are located throughout the city.

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With this centre, instead of spending 30 hours doing low-cognitive, manual tasks such as freezing on a rooftop monitoring a drug house all day and night, the City of Hartford’s officers now sit at their desk and within just a few minutes, know exactly where a drug house is by seeing an augmented reality of foot traffic over time.

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With the enhanced system, officers can simply go into the data and extract the problem with precision and efficiency. Not only are many crimes now solvable, the video technology is changing how police work will be done in the future.

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An Intelligent Industrial Revolution

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Having machines take over low-cognitive tasks will be a significant game changer for years to come.

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Take Amazon. The online retail giant is applying this to its retail stores where the concept of a checkout is being replaced by customers simply walking out. By using data from smartphones, cameras, sensors, purchase histories and other data points, Amazon is making it possible for its customers to walk into a store, pick up what they need and walk out. Everything else is taken care of by machines. This type of thinking and tool creation is in its earliest infancy but will continue to address areas where value can be added to our lives.

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In the book The Inevitable, author Kevin Keely says the next 10,000 startups will be based on finding applications for AI, similar to what happened with electrification during the second industrial revolution. The intelligent industrial revolution is beginning to happen all around us. It will be very disruptive within the security and surveillance industry. But it will also be insightful and liberating as it will free humans to perform higher cognitive processes.

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[1] Cloud-To-Edge Inference For Smarter Ai Cities, NVIDIA, 2018

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[2] Data Age 2025: The Evolution of Data to Life-Critical, SeaGate, 2017

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