CheckMySystems has seen enquiries for its CheckMyCCTV solution soar by an unprecedented 400% month-on-month thanks to the company’s attendance at IFSEC International 2012, which was held at the NEC in Birmingham from 14-17 May.
As a first time exhibitor at IFSEC International, the company’s key focus was to demonstrate and promote the capabilities of its advanced CheckMyCCTV software solution, including a range of new features.
CheckMyCCTV is designed to automatically identify and report specific CCTV faults from multiple remote locations as soon as they’re detected, whether those faults are due to a camera, hard disk, recording or network connection failure. This ensures that issues can be flagged-up through a unique on-screen ‘traffic light’ warning system and then resolved before they can have a negative impact on the operation of the video surveillance infrastructure.
Already, many of the UK’s leading Remote Video Response Centres (RVRCs) are offering – or looking to offer – CheckMyCCTV’s health monitoring capabilities as a value-added service for their customers.
This trend continued at IFSEC International 2012, with the welcome announcement that IMDS (Intelligent Monitoring and Data Solutions) has signed-up as a key monitoring centre partner.
Security installers are also recognising the advantages of proactive maintenance of remote CCTV systems to reduce costs and to provide a higher level of service above and beyond traditional scheduled visits.
Making progress in the retail arena
Another pivotal deal announced last month by CheckMySystems at IFSEC International was with retail security specialist CSG UK plc who will now act as an integrator partner. This should help to unlock the potential of the CheckMyCCTV health and operation monitoring solution across the lucrative retail sector, with CSG starting to roll out the set-up across a number of major high street chains. This will allow them to save money on their maintenance costs while providing their customers with an improved proactive service.
Darren Rewston, managing director of CheckMySystems, explained: “We were expecting to see interest grow thanks to IFSEC International but we’d certainly not anticipated that it would be on this scale. May was a phenomenal month for us, and certainly the best we’ve have had since starting out two years ago.”
Rewston continued: “Thanks to the organisers of IFSEC International, and the help of our partners on our stand, we now have hundreds of new sites that are going to be covered by our CheckMyCCTV solution. Many more are in the pipeline.”
In conclusion, a very positive Rewston stated: “The attention we’re receiving serves to underline the growing recognition out there that CCTV systems cannot be viewed as simply ‘fit and forget’. To put this in perspective, the snapshot survey results we unveiled at IFSEC International showed that 75% of the 300 UK sites we tested had issues with their video surveillance systems.”