Audio over IP company Barix announced Paging Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that brings paging into the smartphone-enabled mobile era. Integrating easily with almost all existing paging and public address systems, Paging Cloud records paging messages and sends them directly to registered smartphones, enabling visitors in environments such as schools, museums and airports to hear announcements or emergency information on their own mobile devices.

Held in at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., this year’s MIPS welcomed a record number of attendees, who were treated to two days of keynote addresses and plenty of time to explore solutions from several of Milestone’s technology partners in the exhibit hall while mingling with colleagues and making new connections. 

 Arcules, innovators in integrated video cloud as a service, will host an open house at the company’s headquarters in Irvine, Calif., to provide security and IT leaders, and resellers with the opportunity to learn more about the company.

Dahua Technology announced the wide availability of a cloud-based video platform by OzVision, a video cloud solution platform integrated within Dahua Technology cameras and recorders.

Samsung Techwin America announced a new partnership with cloud provider SmartVue.

Smartvue Corporation, Nashville, announced at Interop, a leading IT and Technology Conference, that it has secured $15 million in financing to support its rapid growth as one of the leading cloud video surveillance and Internet of Things Video (IoTV) platform companies. 

Brivo Systems LLC, Bethesda, Md., and Eagle Eye Networks, Austin, Tex., announced a strategic alliance to integrate Brivo OnAir™ and the Eagle Eye Security Camera VMS, to deliver customers a unified cloud-based access control and video surveillance system. 

Genetec™ will support the newly introduced Microsoft Cloud for Government. 

 In my 37 years working in the industry, I have seen the “race to the bottom” occur with every popular technology that has come into our business. Two examples come quickly to mind: PIR motion detectors and digital communicators.