"The electronic security industry has not been able to fully bring the cloud or software as a service to market, especially to enterprise customers," says Christian Morin, Vice President of Product Engineering and CSO of Genetec Inc. "With Security Center SaaS, organizations are no longer tied to proprietary or feature-poor as-a-service solutions that unnecessarily force them to choose between all-on-premises or all-cloud. Security Center SaaS's enterprise capabilities and open architecture are designed to enable systems to handle complex workloads wherever it makes the most sense to deploy them. This flexibility addresses a long-standing need among end users and fills a significant gap in the market."he assures.
A hybrid SaaS solution built for channel partners
As deployments become increasingly sophisticated, end users rely on trusted security professionals to guide them through their transition to cloud and hybrid environments. To bring this new SaaS solution to market, Genetec has transformed its entire approach to acquisition, deployment, and maintenance without compromising the enterprise capabilities for which its solutions are known.
“Current SaaS approaches are diminishing the role of channel partners, whom we consider fundamental to the success of our customers and projects. Security Center SaaS represents a significant opportunity for our systems integrators. It means better margins and long-term customer satisfaction, without any additional investment of time or resources from our partners,” explains Michel Chalouhi, Vice President of Global Sales at Genetec Inc.
With an automated quoting and ordering process, systems can be fully operational within minutes of ordering. Genetec’s new portal simplifies quoting, ordering, deployment, and managing large-scale implementations so channel partners can continue to grow their business and deliver the technology and ownership options their end users demand.
Business experience in the cloud
With the ability to centralize the monitoring and management of multiple sites, Security Center SaaS is ideal for meeting the needs of customers across a wide range of verticals, including retail, education, corporate campuses, banking, healthcare, and cities. It can support low-density deployments with a range of direct-to-cloud devices and scale to thousands of sites and devices with hybrid storage and compute. Operators can manage operations from a Security Operations Center (SOC) or on the go via robust web and mobile applications.
A complete evolution to the cloud, Security Center SaaS is a deployment-agnostic platform that supports diverse configurations. Based on a hybrid SaaS architecture, the new solution allows organizations to move components and sites to the cloud based on their needs and requirements through a combination of cloud-native services and cloud-managed devices, with storage and processing at the edge. Thanks to its open architecture, Security Center SaaS gives organizations the freedom to choose the devices, cameras, and controllers that best suit their business. Security Center SaaS can also seamlessly connect with existing on-premises security devices and infrastructure. Access control devices and cameras that are not cloud-ready can easily connect to Security Center SaaS using Genetec edge devices. Availability: Available globally in April 2024 through Genetec's certified partners, Security Center SaaS can be purchased through tiered subscription plans based on the number of device connections required.
