LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb. 3, 2010 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced the
Honeywell Open Technology Alliance, a group of global security manufacturers
that will collaborate to increase interoperability between third-party IP
systems and help businesses more easily secure and protect their facilities. As
part of the initiative, Honeywell will work with security manufacturers to
integrate their IP cameras and systems with its flagship MAXPRO®
VMS video management system, as well as make its own devices more-easily
compatible with other vendors’ management platforms.
The Honeywell Open Technology Alliance currently includes North America and
Europe-based manufacturers such as Milestone Systems, OnSSI, Heitel and IproNet
Sistemas S.A.
“Because security needs are becoming more complex and unique, we’re seeing
more companies and organizations today using technology from multiple
manufacturers to create the solutions they require,” said Don Roberts, Strategic
Corporate Accounts, Honeywell Security Group. “The goal of the Honeywell Open
Technology Alliance is to give these companies and their integrators more
choices when designing their security systems, and to make the process easier.”
Currently in use at several major sites, MAXPRO VMS simplifies security by
helping personnel control video subsystems dispersed across multiple facilities,
and by enabling IP and analog systems to seamlessly work together. With MAXPRO
VMS, security personnel only need to learn a single program to control the
various subsystems, which can include virtual switchers, multiplexers and
monitors. MAXPRO VMS – which integrates with several high-profile Honeywell
systems such as its Pro-Watch®
security management system and Rapid
Eye™ and Fusion digital video recorders – displays data to security staff
through a customizable graphical user interface. This common user interface
gives operators the advantage of a similar look and feel across the disparate
video components.
In addition to helping manufacturers integrate their products with MAXPRO
VMS, Honeywell will offer software development kits (SDKs) to enable its growing
portfolio of IP cameras to integrate with other third-party video management
systems (VMS).
"Honeywell strongly supports open architecture, and now our open technology
alliance formalizes our processes and commits additional resources to developing
strategic relationships that will bring IP solutions to market faster and drive
value for our customers,” said Scott Harkins, vice president and general manager
of Honeywell’s Video Systems business.
For more information about the Honeywell Open Technology Alliance, MAXPRO VMS
and Honeywell’s IP offering, please visit www.honeywell.com/security.
