Axis Solutions displays its intelligent security products on its Annual Day

Axis Communications on Axis Solutions Day 2018 has shared implementation details of their large-scale community CCTV Nenu Saitham project in Hyderabad City. The annual event has showcased their integrated smart solutions in IP Audio, Retail Suite and Thermal cameras. Centred on the theme, The Future in Integrated Security Solutions, the event brought to the fore Axis’ recent India success stories and their key takeaways from prestigious surveillance implementations across the country, including the Mysore City Palace project.

The Government of Telangana has been proactive in adopting a one-of-its-kind smart surveillance implementation. With this community CCTV programme, the Hyderabad City Police is encouraging enterprises, public sectors, residential associations and individuals to invest in CCTVs procured from the government-empanelled firms. They will then set up a monitoring centre in their own colonies which, in turn, can be integrated with the nearest police stations and the Central Command Center. This will track, monitor and analyze the video feed for detecting criminal activities, traffic violations and road conditions real time. According to the project, an entity or individual can buy a CCTV system that will cover the premise entry, exit and parking areas to the extent of 50 yards on the road, along with storage and video screen for self-monitoring within the colony. The Government of Telangana will provide the back-end connectivity to the Police Stations, Command Control Centre along with real-time Video Analytics.

M. Mahender Reddy, Director General of Hyderabad Police, asserts, “The impact of CCTV installations in the Hyderabad City police jurisdiction has been astounding, leading to a huge reduction in overall crime rate by 32% in the last three years (2014-17) and reduction of 90.6% in chain-snatchings incidents during this period. Additionally, the Government of Telangana is planning to install 15 lakh cameras across the State in the next three years.”

Sudhindra Holla, Sales Director – India and SAARC, Axis Communications, says, “We are proud to be a partner of choice for The Hyderabad community CCTV project. This is an example of community participation towards building a safer and secured smart city. We have 1,500 camera installations across the city to track, monitor and analyze the video feed for detecting criminal activities, traffic violations, and road conditions. With our strong portfolio of product lineup, we aim to support the authorities to deliver high surveillance and build a model Smart City and eagerly look forward to the phase two implementation.”

Axis “Smart” security implementation not only provides a better quality of life with clean and sustainable environment, but also promises a safer city. Some of the major smart city implementations include Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Kolhapur and Junagadh. In the retail and hospitality segments, Axis smart implementation includes Café Coffee Day and Novotel Goa Shrem Hotels, respectively. One of the prominent installations in the education segment is Dayalbagh Educational Institute. Axis also boasts of the prestigious Mysore Palace (heritage site), surveillance implementation, among many others.

Video surveillance has seen a paradigm shift in India with security becoming a priority for both the Government and enterprises. With an increase in the number of cyberattacks which exposes vulnerabilities, dealing with well-resourced cybercriminals becomes a challenge. The answer is to be proactive and systematic for ensuring that patches are implemented as soon as they are available.