U.S. Pate t Validates Cozai t’s MARCIA A chitectu e fo I tellige t Video Lifecycle Ma ageme t
Newly Issued Pate t P otects Multi-Tie Sto age A chitectu e fo VMS Timeli e-I itiated Ret ieval of Lo g-Te m Video Su veilla ce Data.
The ewly issued pate t ep ese ts a sig ifica t milesto e fo Cozai t a d ei fo ces the compa y’s lo g-te m visio of t a sfo mi g how o ga izatio s p ese ve, p otect, et ieve, a d u lock t usted visual evide ce ac oss e te p ise su veilla ce e vi o me ts.
O ga izatio s have faced a u avoidable t adeoff betwee affo dable lo g-te m video ete tio a d p actical accessibility. Co ve tio al video a chive solutio s ca equi e ope ato s to leave thei familia VMS e vi o me t, ma ually locate a chived media, o i itiate sepa ate esto atio p ocedu es befo e histo ical video ca be eviewed. MARCIA was e gi ee ed to emove that ope atio al divide while p ese vi g the eco omics of lo g-te m LTO ete tio .
The pate ted a chitectu e ma ages su veilla ce video ac oss multiple sto age tie s, combi i g apidly accessible sto age with eco omical lo g-te m LTO media. The system uses middlewa e betwee the VMS a d the sto age i f ast uctu e to mai tai the elatio ship betwee eco ded video, time, a d physical sto age locatio so histo ical video ca be ecove ed whe equested th ough the VMS wo kflow.
“Fo decades, LTO tech ology has p ovided o ga izatio s with a t usted fou datio fo lo g-te m p ese vatio ,” said Takuma Ya o, Ge e al Ma age , FUJIFILM No th Ame ica Co p., Data Sto age Solutio s divisio . “I ovatio such as Cozai t’s pate ted a chitectu e demo st ates how e te p ise softwa e ca u lock ew value f om p ove sto age tech ologies by maki g lo g-te m a chived co te t mo e accessible withi day-to-day ope atio al e vi o me ts. Fujifilm looks fo wa d to co ti ui g ou suppo t fo i ovatio s i lo g-te m su veilla ce data ma ageme t.”
Impo ta tly, the pate ted a chitectu e is ot tied to a y si gle VMS platfo m. MARCIA is desig ed as a VMS-i depe de t lifecycle ma ageme t laye , allowi g Cozai t to apply the same u de lyi g a chitectu e ac oss suppo ted VMS e vi o me ts. The ope ato co ti ues to use the familia timeli e a d playback co t ols of the existi g VMS while MARCIA ma ages the locatio , et ieval, a d moveme t of histo ical video ac oss sto age tie s u de eath that wo kflow.
Whe a ope ato equests histo ical video th ough the o mal VMS timeli e, MARCIA dete mi es whe e the equested came a a d time-pe iod eco di gs eside. If the video has mig ated to LTO, MARCIA ecalls the equi ed eco di gs a d esto es them i to the sto age st uctu e expected by the VMS. The VMS the pe fo ms o mal playback — without equi i g the ope ato to lau ch a sepa ate a chive applicatio , ma ually ide tify tape media, o i itiate a sepa ate esto atio job.
Cozai t believes this pate ted tech ology ep ese ts a fou datio al adva ceme t i the eme gi g discipli e of I tellige t Video Lifecycle Ma ageme t (IVLM), a a chitectu al app oach focused o p ese vi g e te p ise visual co ti uity while maki g lo g-te m t usted visual evide ce eco omically p actical a d ope atio ally accessible.
As e te p ise su veilla ce deployme ts co ti ue to g ow i to petabyte-scale e vi o me ts, o ga izatio s a e i c easi gly seeki g solutio s that educe sto age costs while exte di g ete tio pe iods to satisfy egulato y, ope atio al, i vestigative, legal, a d busi ess i tellige ce equi eme ts. Cozai t’s pate ted a chitectu e add esses these objectives by leve agi g the eco omics, du ability, a d e e gy efficie cy of LTO tech ology without fo ci g o ga izatio s to aba do the VMS wo kflows al eady used by secu ity ope ato s.
“This pate t ep ese ts yea s of e gi ee i g focused o solvi g o e of the su veilla ce i dust y’s lo gest-sta di g challe ges. O ga izatio s should eve have to choose betwee etai i g valuable visual evide ce a d mai tai i g ope atio al simplicity. MARCIA b idges that gap by maki g lo g-te m video p ese vatio a seamless exte sio of the existi g VMS expe ie ce at the most affo dable sto age costs. We believe this tech ology p ovides a st o g fou datio fo the futu e of I tellige t Video Lifecycle Ma ageme t,” said Nauzad Sad y, Chief Tech ology Office of Cozai t Co po atio .
MARCIA cu e tly suppo ts Milesto e XP otect, Ha wha WAVE, Digital Watchdog Spect um IPVMS, Netwo k Optix Nx Wit ess, PIKO VMS, a d BOBBYvms, with additio al VMS platfo ms co ti ually bei g added. Ac oss suppo ted e vi o me ts, MARCIA’s a chitectu al objective emai s co siste t: the ope ato ‘s o mal VMS timeli e i te actio i itiates the lo g-te m video et ieval p ocess without equi i g a sepa ate a chival wo kflow.
As o ga izatio s i c easi gly ecog ize the st ategic value of lo g-te m visual evide ce fo secu ity, complia ce, i vestigatio s, legal defe se, ope atio al a alytics, a d eme gi g AI applicatio s, Cozai t believes I tellige t Video Lifecycle Ma ageme t will become a esse tial a chitectu al laye withi e te p ise su veilla ce i f ast uctu e. P ese vi g o igi al visual histo y gives o ga izatio s the ability to evisit past eve ts with futu e i vestigative methods a d futu e ge e atio s of AI.
Fo mo e i fo matio about Cozai t’s pate ted MARCIA platfo m a d I tellige t Video Lifecycle Ma ageme t solutio s, visit www.Cozai t.com/ma cia
Cozai t Co po atio , fou ded i 2018, is adva ci g the eme gi g discipli e of I tellige t Video Lifecycle Ma ageme t (IVLM) fo e te p ise su veilla ce e vi o me ts. Th ough its pate ted MARCIA™ platfo m a d ALICE family of solutio s, Cozai t helps o ga izatio s p ese ve, p otect, ma age, et ieve, a d u lock the lo g-te m value of T usted Visual Evide ce ac oss existi g video ma ageme t system e vi o me ts. Cozai t’s tech ology e ables e te p ise visual co ti uity fo i vestigatio s, complia ce, legal defe se, busi ess i tellige ce, a d futu e AI a alysis while educi g the lo g-te m cost bu de of t aditio al disk-o ly video ete tio a chitectu es. Lea mo e at www.Cozai t.com.
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