CASE STUDY
CONTINUUM IN SOUTH BEACH Miami Beach, Florida, USA
FACTS SAFEGUARDING A PREMIER Customer: Conti nuum LIVING LOCATION Condominiums Built in 2002, Conti nuum in South Beach is a two-tower 38-story resort-style oceanfront condominium, located on the southern-most ti p of Miami Beach in Partner: South Florida. Set on twelve acres of manicured grass, with three clay tennis courts, IdentyTech two pools and an outdoor restaurant, property prices range from $1.5 to $35 Soluti ons ltd. million. The exclusive development is well protected around-the-clock by highly- Verti cal Market: trained personnel, using the very latest video surveillance technology to ensure the Building Security security, privacy and comfort of its residents.
Product: Ocularis THE CHALLENGE
iDentyTech Soluti ons has been the security provider for Conti nuum since 2016. This specialist in intuiti ve Identi ty management products and soluti ons was tasked with implementi ng state-of-the-art biometric access control at the 203-unit North Tower, as well as the common areas. Using the best-in-class Multi Spectral Imaging fi ngerprint and Facial Recogniti on technology, iDentyTech outfi tt ed each door on site with their IDTWallmount.
When iDentyTech came on board as Conti nuum’s security provider, outdated cameras initi ally were in use sporadically across the site, leaving several blind spots and missed areas of coverage. "The support we receive from Qognify is excellent. It provides us with the solid foundati on we need to grow and evolve the security infrastructure at the Conti nuum in South Beach.”
Ross Logan, Director of Support & Customer Relati ons at iDentyTech
THE CHALLENGE (CONT.) THE With iDentyTech’s knowledge and security experti se, iDentyTech CUSTOMER helped Conti nuum identi fy these blind spots and installed new cameras, adding over 100 cameras to the property in 2017 alone. Most recently, The Conti nuum on South iDentyTech has added their Facial Recogniti on platf orm to Conti nuum, Beach are residenti al using the latest AXIS cameras as their preferred Facial Recogniti on skyscrapers in Miami Beach, camera brand. These new AXIS cameras enables Conti nuum to take advantage of iDentyTech’s powerful in-moti on facial recogniti on Florida's South Beach. The soft ware capabiliti es, being installed at entry points to the property, south tower, which opened and now being off ered to control elevators allowing residents to be in 2002, is 471 ft (143 m) tall immediately authenti cated and then taken directly to their fl oor - all and has 40 fl oors. The north without needing to push a single butt on. To date, iDentyTech has upgraded all of Conti nuum’s 230 internal and external surveillance tower, which opened in cameras that monitor every angle of the site. 2008, has 37 fl oors. Situated on a 12 acres oceanfront THE SOLUTION property, the Conti nuum has unobstructed views of the To opti mise the performance of the new all IP network surveillance Atlanti c Ocean to the east, camera infrastructure (including a combinati on of outdoor dome, wide angle, multi -directi onal, bullet and 4K resoluti on cameras), a powerful, Fisher Island to the South, scalable and high availability video management system (VMS) was city of Miami Beach to the required. Qognify being an AXIS partner with many fi eld proven North and parti al view of the integrati ons and a recognised leader in the VMS market, was the obvious downtown Miami skyline to choice. Furthermore, with Ocularis off ering support for more than 5,000 diff erent devices from over 80 diff erent hardware manufactures, the west. it provides the scalability and futureproofi ng required for a site that demands the latest and very best security technology.
Ross Logan is Director of Support & Customer Relati ons at iDentyTech and he states: “iDentyTech already had a long and trusted relati onship with Qognify. In fact, Ocularis was the fi rst offi cial VMS integrati on with our own THE SOLUTION (CONT.) identity management software, IdentyManage. It was the obvious choice for the North Tower project.” Qognify’s award-winning Ocularis 5.4 Ultimate was specified and deployed at Continuum on South Beach’s state-of-the-art on-site Command Center and currently manages 264 channels, however that number is growing. It is the perfect VMS for such an environment where the emphasis is on tactical real-time operations and live visualization. The Command Center is manned 24/7/365 by skilled security operators, who monitor every camera feed from three workstations, via a video wall make up of six 50-inch 4K monitors in a two by three grid. Combined with Ocularis, the IdentyTech C4I solution on site currently manages all of the following: access control, video surveillance, LPR, visitor management, vehicle entry and all amenities.
THE RESULT
Continuum on South Beach’s surveillance system made the headlines in August 2018, for aiding the police when its cameras captured footage of a suspect connected with a killing in Alabama, who was in turn arrested. Logan adds: “The combination of Axis cameras and Ocularis truly presents the best of what is possible in high-quality video surveillance, allowing us to provide the security, privacy and protection our customer expects.” He continues: “The integrated system is also important to the comfort of residents. Cameras are trained on every access-controlled door and constantly monitored, ensuring those permitted to enter and exist these areas are not impeded.”
Mr. Logan concludes: “The feedback from the Command Center team, regarding their day-to-day experience of using Ocularis is excellent. It gives them a single user-friendly interface that they can rely on for real-time surveillance monitoring, flagging, playback, instantaneous investigation and alert management.”
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