AST Digital Magazine May 2016 | Page 7

Volume 4 prehensive, multi-sensor solution in Graydient with a number of broad-based applications across a number of business lines,” said Giant Gray President and CEO Steve S. Sulgrove. “We thought our next-generation approach to our products beyond BRS Labs deserved the energy and excitement of a new name, as well as a new strategic direction moving our company forward into the next decade of product innovation.” The Graydient platform is designed for the big data and “Internet of Things” vision, supporting businesses and government agencies of all sizes across a range of industries. Graydient helps reduce costs and simplify usage and maintenance by teaching itself from observing data – and it excels at detecting the unexpected and providing improved context across an enterprise by correlating various, disconnected data sources often siloed within business lines. When anomalous activity occurs, Graydient issues an alert, providing real-time insights that allow customers to make operational adjustments before the early-warning signals grow into true incidents that impact safety, security and business operations. May 2016 Edition Littleton Relies on 3xLOGIC to Improve School Safety Colorado school district continues to roll out cameras and hybrid NVRs en route to comprehensive PSIM system Scalable and easily integrated into and compatible with current monitoring systems, Graydient addresses limitations of existing machine learning analytics and monitoring technologies without requiring predefined rules, models, custom programming or data analytics expertise. Graydient also stands apart from traditional machine learning analytics with its artificial cognitive neurolinguistics approach, meaning it creates a custom language to describe the data from scratch and is not limited to primitive, baseline behavior models from the start. This patented approach to identifying the subtle, unpredictable and often-overlooked blips in the data stream that serve as early indicators to potential incidents, is the Giant Gray difference. “We are confident that the new Giant Gray brand will be a powerful, enduring brand indicative of the forward-thinking, nextgeneration products of our company,” Mr. Sulgrove said. For more information about Giant Gray and its products, visit http://www.giantgray.com/. Littleton Public Schools (LPS) in Colorado, continue to roll out new cameras and 3xLOGIC hybrid NVRs as they move toward their ambitious goal of creating a district-wide, comprehensive Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) system. Upon completion, the new system will oversee and coordinate security for approximately 15,000 students and staff at LPS’ 28 school and administrative buildings. “Our overall goal is pretty simple,” said Guy Grace, LPS Director of Security & Emergency Preparedness, “we must have quality technology delivering quality results, because we cannot have a successful educational experience without safety and security taken care of, and taken care of well.” In late 2012, Guy Grace came to an important conclusion, “I was so frustrated with our DVRs that we’d been installing since the last bond issue approval. At first, they were meeting our needs, they could handle the PTZ cameras and motion detection, but over time the supplier started eliminating basic functions we needed. It was making our jobs harder than they needed to be.” Around this time, Grace was introduced to 3xLOGIC at a tradeshow. “I fo und out the company was local and was doing real good things. I decided to learn more.” A few months later, LPS had another bond referendum. “We selected 3xLOGIC as a vendor for that bond issue, and in early 2013, we began purchasing NVRs and cameras. What I really liked was the hybrid NVR allowed me to incorporate existing analog cameras and add new IP cameras whenever I wanted. This is a life saver, because I can eliminate older tech and migrate to IP at my pace. This also allows us to have compatibility across all our schools, and that’s crucial.” In December 2013, LPS suffered a fatal shooting at their Arapahoe High School. “The shooting caused us to expedite everthing and 3xLOGIC responded well to our sped-up time- 7