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The Houston Airport System Selects Oncam Grandeye 360-Degree Technology for William P. Hobby and Bush Intercontinental AirportsLOWELL, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Oncam Grandeye, the leader in 360-degree technology, has been awarded a contract by the Houston Airport System (HAS) to provide Evolution 360 cameras for Hobby and Bush International Airports. 
The main lobby in Houston's William P. Hobby airport. (Photo: Business Wire) The equipment will be integrated into the Honeywell (News - Alert) MaxPro System by Preferred Technologies, a Houston-based systems integrator. "The Houston Airport System team had the objective of creating a cutting-edge deployment that highlighted the unique value of 360-degree technology in critical infrastructure, video-system design," said Steve Donovan, Oncam Grandeye's director of sales for the Americas. "We are pleased that HAS chose Oncam Grandeye as a key ingredient to its critically needed security solution." The cameras will be utilized at security check points, gate areas, large, general aeas such as lobbies and waiting lounges, and in hallways. Because of the superior visuals obtained with 360-degree technology, only one Oncam Grandeye camera is needed to easily cover multiple views, which would generally require multiple fixed cameras. HAS decided upon the 360-degree experience from Oncam Grandeye because it offers many advantages. The airport system will save money by reduced camera counts, and the technology allows for retrospection, which means that managers can go back to any event and go inside an image to find a person or an incident because the camera gives them 24/7/365 situational awareness, and the de-warping software makes an image taken with a fisheye lens smooth and readily discernible. "By deploying hundreds of 360 cameras, HAS will achieve maximized situational awareness, superior wide-area coverage with reduced blind spots, and a valuable and efficient forensic tool for critical investigations," said Shaun Castillo, president of Preferred Technologies. About Oncam Grandeye Oncam Grandeye was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. Oncam Grandeye is an independent, specialized, security and technology company with a reputation for being one of the most innovative firms in today's market. Oncam designs, delivers and deploys total security solutions from customized designs - including award-winning 360-degree cameras and technologies - bringing it from the solution's delivery and installation, to its full and tested deployment. From regional hubs in the U.K., United States, Turkey, South East Asia, UAE and India, Oncam provides security and technology solutions to customers in many countries around the world and is recognized as the global industry leader in total situational awareness. http://www.oncamgrandeye.com/ Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20140304005388/en/ |
