February 13, 2012—Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP (Internet protocol) security solutions, has released the newest version of its unified security platform, Security Center 5.1.
Security professionals and facilities managers responsible for security are likely to appreciate many of the platform’s enhanced features. According to the company, these include a pioneering health-monitoring engine, directory high availability, support of multiple Active Directory servers for both users and cardholders, a dynamic map editor and viewer called Plan Manager, an auxiliary archiver feature, global cardholder management, and other functionalities destined to improve upgrades and maintenance. This release of Security Center also brings Genetec’s task-based approach to the configuration client application.
Another key addition to the Security Center is its forward and backward compatibility. Customers are now able to upgrade their main server, while leaving their client applications and other server applications at a previous version. This powerful feature facilitates system upgrades, giving Genetec’s customers the freedom and flexibility to upgrade at their own pace and with limited impact on current operations.
The Security Center also supports forward compatibility of its Federation feature. The central monitoring server of a large virtual system can remain at its current version, while remote independent systems can be upgraded to the most current version of Security Center with no impact on central monitoring and reporting.
Further, while supporting standard off-the-shelf clustering solutions, the Security Center now offers its very own embedded directory high availability for the highest level of reliability at a fraction of the cost. More than simply providing automated failover capabilities, the directory high availability feature also supports an application-connection load-balancing mechanism to ensure system load is seamlessly distributed amongst several available servers.
Among the major additions related to video surveillance, customers will find video trickling, uninterrupted video streaming, and auxiliary archiver.
