Case study of Spartan Stores
Freed up time for central officers to monitor real time video
Gained capabilities to improve merchandising and staffing
Identifying cameras instantly when they are not working to prevent loss of
goods
Case Study of Del Papa
Del Papa set out to build a new 27-acre headquarters, company leaders
thought about how technology could contribute to its greatness. They
wanted the new distribution center to have a single, secure network which
they could use for physical security, communications, collaboration, and
even monitoring the temperature of our inventory.
Highly secure Cisco IP network. It
connects
Video surveillance cameras
Physical access controls for gates and doors
Wired and wireless IP phones
Cisco TelePresence systems for in-person collaboration across office
Digital signage for employee communications
Temperature sensors in the warehouse and keg vaults
The same network can also connect any other systems that Del Papa adds
in the
future
The Internet of Things is here today, says Stephen Lurie, Vice President,
Internet of Things (IoT) for Zones. For Del Papa Distributing, connecting
the unconnected helped to increase physical security and improve
business processes.To protect employees and inventory, 60 highdefinition Cisco Video Surveillance IP Cameras monitor the property
perimeter, the 100,000-square-foot warehouse, office corridors, and all
delivery gates. Gates and doors lock and unlock automatically, according
to a schedule. Zones integrated the video surveillance system, physical
access control system, and Cisco phones. If a door to a restricted area is
open, employees receive an alert with a link to the video so they can see
whats going on, says Holtsclaw. And employees who monitor entrances
can open doors by pressing a button on their Cisco Unified IP Phone.
Transwestern Customer Case Study
Challenge
Transwestern is a privately held real estate firm whose many specialties
include property and facilities
management and sustainability.
The number and diversity of network-connected point in Pennzoil Place
and 95,000 sensors and data points connected to the network, including
fire alarms, wireless access points, video surveillance cameras,
temperature sensors, air conditioning units, and monitoring points.
Solution
To transform property management by automating processes from
temperature controls to work-order management, helping to increase
tenant satisfaction, lower energy costs, and make more efficient use of
staff time by speeding up response to tenant requests.
Result
Increased building efficiency and staff efficiency: Building engineers now
monitor and manage air conditioning, lighting, and other building systems
from wireless tablets. This capability enables them to adjust the schedule
to automatically turn off lights instead of walking back and forth to a
management console, for example. Mobile employees can reach each
other anywhere in the building at their usual number, using Cisco Unified
Wireless IP Phones
University of San Francisco Customer Case Study
Controlling access to college residence halls is a notorious challenge.
Students tend to move around campus in groups, says Jason Rossi,
director of One Card and Campus Security Systems for University of San
Francisco (USF). When one student uses an ID card to open the front door,
a mob of others might follow without presenting their own cards.
Tailgating is very common, and difficult to control,
Rossi says. That makes it hard to know who is in the residence hall at any
given time.
Solution
Now USF has an accurate record of who entered the residence hall.
Students did not need to change their behavior. They still walk into the
building in a group after one person opens the door. But now any student
who lives in the residence hall is automatically checked in. Their face
works like an access card, Rossi says. And if someone walks in who
doesnt live in the residence hall, the front-desk attendant is shown their
image and alerted to ask for their ID. Now the attendant only needs to
ask for ID from people who the system doesnt recognize, says Rossi.
Weve made an unmanageable situation manageable.
The solution is built from USFs existing Cisco Video Surveillance system,
the existing CBORD ID card system, and new facial recognition software
from iOmniscient. We already had a video surveillance camera at the
residence hall entrance, Rossi says. Now its doing double-duty. We still
use it for incident review. And now we also use it for facial recognition.
To cost effectively connect door alarms to the system, the institute
integrated VSM with Cisco Physical Access Manager. This approach
simplifies installation and lowers deployment costs by enabling door
controls with Power over Ethernet (PoE). The system currently monitors
around 20 doors and lets one instantly inspect any event. And again its
very easy to expand, Chottiner notes. Cisco Physical Access
Manager can be pre-configured prior to implementation and linked with
access control policies or human resources and security databases.
Genetec
Case Study
King Edward Memorial Hospital
Genesis Integration chose to use an open format security platform that
was capable of working with multiple systems, many of which were never
designed to work with an open architecture system. Genesis worked
closely with Genetec professional engineering and custom solutions team
for over a year to come up with interfaces for nursecall, duress, IP
intercoms, threat management, access control, CCTV, LPR, and fire alarm.
Abhishek Gupta IIM A
Rajiv Keshri IIMK
shirish goyal SP Jain
Tarun Gupta- IIM B/IIT Kgp
Siddarth Aggarwal- ISB
Utsav Kheria Kolkata / IIM A
Yogesh Dokania West Bengal/ISB/ NIT Dgp
Vaibhav Dusad IIT Chennai / ISB Hyd
Cisco Video Surveillance solution, engaging Midstate Security Company,
a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, for design and implementation services
The ease of managing the Cisco Video Surveillance solution provides
ongoing operational cost savings, and we have a high comfort level with
Cisco and Midstate
If a camera failed immediately after the wellness check, the team might
not discover the outage for another 1.5 days. "A delay in discovering a
camera malfunction can be costly if a shoplifting incident or in-store injury
occurs during the outage," Bartkowiak says. "Cisco Video Surveillance
system reduces risk by continually checking the health of video
surveillance cameras and automatically alerting appropriate personnel if a
camera is not online or recording."
