Azena is announcing that it is continuing to expand its presence in the US market, with a slate of new pilot projects and growing investments in staff and Research and Development (R&D) resources, in order to support its innovative IoT platform for smart cameras.
Leveraging AI and Computer Vision
Leveraging ongoing advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer Vision technologies, the Azena platform enables organisations, such as the Pittsburgh Penguins professional hockey team, to deploy new smart camera technologies for enhanced safety, security and operational efficiency, in order to continually improve the fan experience.
Azena opened its Innovation Accelerator facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2020
A start-up launched in 2018, by Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch Security Systems GmbH), Azena opened its Innovation Accelerator facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2020, in order to further invest in the development of the platform, comprised of the Azena Application Store, with nearly 100 AI-enabled video analytics apps, the world’s largest for open platform cameras, and an Android-based, open operating system (OS) for smart cameras that enables the apps to run directly on the camera, much like a smartphone.
AI innovation and advancements hub
The company now has more than 120 employees worldwide, housed in its Munich headquarters, in Germany, a development hub in The Netherlands and the R&D centre located in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, home to several AI startups and innovation leaders, such as Bosch, Argo AI, Aurora, and Petuum.
Regarded as the epicentre of AI advancement in the US, the city of Pittsburgh was ranked No. 23 on the 2021 Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report, released earlier this month.
Adam Wynne, Director, the Innovation Accelerator at Azena, said “The Pittsburgh area’s incubator community, with its high-quality tech talent pool and innovation mindset is an ideal setting, as we continue to develop our platform, which is based on a creative new business model for cameras,”
AI and Machine Learning enhance security
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be evaluating a variety of innovative solutions from the Azena Application Store
Adam Wynne adds, “We’re excited to expand the possibilities of how AI and Machine Learning can help organisations, like the Pittsburgh Penguins achieve their safety and customer experience goals, using cameras and apps in innovative ways.”
As part of the partnership, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be evaluating a variety of innovative solutions from the Azena Application Store. When installed at PPG Paints Arena, the apps enable several potential ways that Penguins’ staff could more efficiently manage the fan journey.
Pittsburgh Penguins – Azena partnership
“The Pittsburgh Penguins are excited to partner with Azena,” said Erik Watts, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Pittsburgh Penguins, adding “Innovation is in our DNA and partnering with organisations, such as Azena, is a perfect catalyst to continue to enhance our fan experience.”
Azena is providing organisations around the world with applications that can help automate processes, such as conformance to mask requirements for retailers or safety equipment in industrial settings, provide business intelligence data to retailers, in order to adjust staffing levels or reconfigure merchandising displays, by analysing customer traffic and increase security, by detecting the presence of a weapon in a busy hospital emergency room, or a large crowd forming in the parking garage, after a sporting event.
Azena’s solutions used in varied applications
Other US pilot customers include an oil drilling company, which is deploying smart cameras running the Azena OS, so operations staff can remotely monitor any pumping disruptions in the oil fields and a chemical plant using smart cameras and apps, so as to monitor its locations for the presence of smoke, in order to enhance workplace safety measures.
- Network / IP
- Remote surveillance
- Mass surveillance
- Digital video surveillance
- Remote video surveillance
- IP video surveillance
- Electronic security systems
- Application security
- Remote security
- Perimeter security
- Security management
- Security devices
- Security installation
- Security cameras
- Covert cameras
- Security camera systems
- Security monitoring system
- Network monitoring
- Asset tracking
- Video analytics
- Remote video monitoring
- Stadium security
- Stadium surveillance
- Building security
- Facility security
- Network cameras
- IP Surveillance
- Security service
- Sports security
- Sports surveillance
- IP security solutions
- Covert Surveillance
- Event security
- Perimeter protection
- Cyber security
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Central Monitoring
- Data Security
- Smoke Detection
- Incident Management
- Security Assessments
- Cloud security
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Video surveillance
- Smart Cities
- Machine Learning
