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NEWS AgilityGrid partners with Intransa for video surveillance storage solutions across EMEA A gilityGrid, a Dubai-based Value Added Distributor that provides IP CCTV security solutions for businesses and government bodies across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Australia, has signed an agreement with Intransa, an award-winning platform delivering solutions for video surveillance, to represent it in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). With this alliance, AgilityGrid will incorporate the complete range of Intransa’s award- winning servers and storage platforms into its customised security solutions for its partners and their customers across the region. Costa Boukouvalas, CEO, AgilityGrid said, “We are very pleased to represent Instransa in the EMEA region. In keeping with our business ethos, we always want to stay with technology that not only innovates but also delivers the solutions that a dynamic region like the EMEA demands. Intransa’s award-winning products are designed to deliver simplicity, reliability and total cost savings.” Intransa has a long history of innovation and technology leadership in the security industry and was the founder of the iSCSi protocol and the concept of the IPSAN for IP video surveillance. With the alliance with AgilityGrid, Intransa will spearhead its growth and expansion in the EMEA region offering its servers, storage and appliance platforms based on its award-winning technology to security customers across the region. ¢ Costa Boukouvalas, CEO, AgilityGrid. UAE-based NXN to offer Vidsys safety and security as managed service V idsys, a global software technology manufacturer of physical security information management (PSIM) and converged security and information management (CSIM) software, has announced that the NXN Group, a leading smart city advisory and managed services provider based in the UAE, will be offering Smart Safety and Security as a service, leveraging Vidsys’ CSIM multi-tenant cloud-based solution. The NXN Group specialises in extending smart city technology solutions as a service to governments, real estate and enterprise customers across the region and has been actively involved in flagship projects such as Smart Dubai and 8 Smart Riyadh, contributing its regional consulting expertise and in-country Smart City managed services. Through the new solution offering, NXN Group’s customers will have access to Smart Safety and Security as a managed service with customisation based on individual business needs. The platform is part of a broader Smart City initiative across the NXN Group’s Middle East network. The Middle East and North Africa digital transformation market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 15.1 per cent from 2014 to 2020. Countries, including the UAE, are increasingly introducing e-Government and smart city initiatives, with the objective to transform themselves into digitally-enabled countries. Vidsys is hardware, protocol and device agnostic, and offers a bi-directional, browser-based platform with industry- specific features and functions that allows sensors, devices, systems, subsystems and services to be interconnected via open architecture. The platform collects, correlates and converts vast amounts of data into meaningful and actionable information, based on the organisation’s risk policy, standards and compliance requirements. By leveraging mobile and web-based technology, the software can be rapidly deployed and provides real-time situational awareness and information management capabilities. ¢ Issue 06 INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS