Pivot3 Wins Best In Show At SIA’s New Product Showcase

Pivot3 won SIA’s Best in Show Award at the 2009 New Product Showcase for its Serverless Computer storage solution at ISC West. Pivot3 provides clustered architecture that delivers large-scale, high-bandwidth storage using off-the-shelf hardware components combined with specialized software.

Serverless Computing consolidates server applications into an IP SAN platform. The product line’s server consolidations is ideal for I/O-intensive, CPU-heavy applications and delivers significant savings in power, cooling, rack space and cost

GE Security’s Vigilant V Series life safety system received the Judges’ Innovation Award. The Vigilant product line is a single-source solution designed for small- to mid-sized building life safety needs. Products include a range of stand-alone or networkable control panels with optional voice evacuation, as well as intelligent detectors, modules and accessories.

The NPS category winners include:

Monitoring: Broadband Discovery Systems’ Merlin LE.
Video Storage and Distribution: Pivot3’ Serverless Computing.
Access Control: EC Key’s EK 4 Enterprise Relay.
Integrated Software, Products and Systems: Vidsys’ RiskShield.
Intrusion Detection: Designed Security’s Entry Sentry Tailgate Detection System.
Fire and Life Safety: (tie) FireLite Alarms by Honeywell’s IPDACT-2UD FireWatch Series IP Communicator; System Sensor’s CO1224T CO Detector with RealTest.
OEM: Pentax’s Megapixel Varifocal Plus Lens.
False Alarm Solutions: Nascom’s Universal Flip Switch.
IP Device, Products and Software: Panasonic’s iPro WV-NP502 Megapixel Fixed Network Camera.
Video Devices: TimeSight Systems’ Video Surveillance Appliances.
Video Analytics: Behavioral Recognition Systems’ AISight.

The SIA New Product Showcase is an annual awards program to recognize new and innovative security products and services.

Security Products would like to congratulate all the winners.

About the Author

Sherleen Mahoney is a Web managing editor at 1105 Media.

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