Security Products
Smarter Software: The First Line of Defense
Many airports are surrounded by fences, walls and natural barriers, such as oceans or rivers, that may deter intruders who try to enter the airport from anywhere other than through authorized gates and terminal entrances…

Workspace
Security Today and Tomorrow - High-tech solutions and falling prices expand options
Office security has evolved from the basic lock and key to the technologically advanced motion sensors, surveillance cameras, recording units and high-resolution monitors common today. Costs have evolved too…




Electronic Engineering Times
Texas Instruments and ObjectVideo -- Video content analysis algorithms for digital media processors
Biggest hurdle: Limited resources had the team working on the project while moving ahead with individual responsibilities for customer technical support and other product development. The TI and ObjectVideo teams had to cooperate while not sharing proprietary information about their respective companies' technologies…

Government Executive
Private Eyes
When two terrorists detonated a bomb near the hull of the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden, nobody saw it coming. That tragedy, in October 2000 in the Arabian Peninsula, killed at least 17 Americans and injured 35 others…

Government Security News
Two trends reshape video surveillance landscape
Two trends emerging within the video surveillance industry are likely to alter dramatically the way software and hardware are used to capture, process, display and store video images…

History Channel
The History Channel's "Modern Marvels" Surveillance Technologies
Computers in the future will be able to take over many of the surveillance tasks now done by humans. Sensors will be taught specific duties such as detecting when someone is going into an unauthorized area…




Electronicstalk
Digital media processors automate surveillance
New video content analysis algorithms that run on TI's digital media processors will speed the development of digital video surveillance systems.

ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES ASIA
TI, ObjectVideo offer video analysis algorithms
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) and ObjectVideo Inc. have launched video content analysis algorithms to run on TI's digital media processors. The latest technology is expected to make intelligent video surveillance more accessible to the mass market and save OEMs development time in the creation of security applications.

GLOBAL ELECRONICS.NET
Texas Instruments and ObjectVideo drive intelligent video surveillance for embedded applications
Speeding the development of digital video surveillance systems, Texas Instruments and ObjectVideo announced the launch of new video content analysis algorithms to run on TI's digital media processors. The new technology will make intelligent video surveillance more accessible to the mass market and can save original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) significant development time in the creation of security applications

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
Video Surveillance Develops Sharper Sight
So-called intelligent video already is guarding some airports, shipping ports, military bases and factories. The technology also is said to be planned for the streets of Chicago as part of an ambitious — and controversial — public surveillance project meant to reduce crime.

SCOOP
New intelligent video surveillance protects ports
ADT has announced it will become the official partner in New Zealand and Australia with ObjectVideo, the leader in intelligent video surveillance software.

Security Director News
Florida airports select ObjectVideo to provide intelligent video surveillance
ObjectVideo has been selected by Miami International Airport and Key West International Airport to provide both locations with the company’s intelligent video surveillance technology.




CHAIN STORE AGE.com
State-of-the-Art Security
Jersey Gardens Outlets Mall is a leader in surveillance technology. At Jersey Gardens security personnel can monitor the mall's common areas on its 220 cameras. The Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall in Elizabeth, N.J., has one of the most sophisticated camera-surveillance networks in the country.

HOMELAND SECURITY & DEFENSE
Florida Airports to Get Security Upgrades
ObjectVideo, of Reston, Va., will install intelligent video surveillance systems in terminals at Miami International Airport and Key West International Airport, the company said Sept. 22.

GOVERNMENT COMPUTER NEWS and WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY
DARPA funds further work on nighttime surveillance
DARPA has awarded a two-year, $750,000 grant to ObjectVideo Inc. The Reston, Va., company will continue work begun last year under a $100,000 grant.

AVIATION WEEK’S AIRPORTS
ObjectVideo Has Deals For Surveillance Technology At Miami, Key West
ObjectVideo will provide its ObjectVideo VEW technology to Miami and Key West international airports as part of a government program to improve airport terminal security at the facilities, the company said.

Security Products
Intelligent Video -- Full Speed ahead
The security industry makes the move toward intelligent video surveillance




Government Video
On the waterfront Ports take ‘active video’ approach to surveillance
On July 1, the world’s shipping ports were required to meet stringent new security regulations dictated by the U.N.’s International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). Mirrored in the U.S. by the Department of Homeland Security’s Maritime Transportation Protection Security Act of 2002, these regulations have one overarching purpose: to prevent terrorists from staging attacks through ports by beefing up access control, stepping up property patrols, and improving surveillance.

SECURITY MANAGEMENT
Video Analysis (Marketplace)
ObjectVideo Forensics can scan extensive quantities of video footage within minutes, providing critical intelligence in time-sensitive cases and detecting patterns. New from ObjectVideo of Reston, Virginia, the video forensics software allows security and law enforcement professionals to collect critical intelligence about the security environment based on past events.

Security Products
Intelligent Video -- Full Speed Ahead
At ISC West 2004 held in March, the term intelligent video was spoken time and time again by both manufacturers and buyers alike. As he sat in on presentations from several different manufacturers, Brian Eckert, vice president of marketing for ObjectVideo, found it interesting that significant portions of the presentations were focused on intelligent video.




InformationWeek
Vote for I.T.
In one unusual day last month, President Bush delivered his most concise address to date on the topic of business technology to a gathering in Washington. On the other side of the country, Democratic presidential challenger and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry made technology the focus of an address at San Jose State University. The message from both candidates was clear: IT matters in business, the economy, and the upcoming election.

Washingtonpost.com
Party Time for Tech Sector
Companies Celebrate Rebound and Honor 5 Rising Stars

Washingtonpost.com
The Download
Tech Boom Veterans Return, Quietly

USA Today
Money
CEOs take a lesson from tennis: Unforced errors can be fatal




Government Enterprise
On The Border Of Technology's Reach
For years, U.S. borders were monitored by various combinations of video cameras and sound and motion detectors, as well as lots of people. Those people came from several federal agencies--the Customs Bureau, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Border Patrol, and Agriculture Department among them --that had sometimes overlapping border-monitoring and entry-screening responsibilities.

InfoWorld
Bush details broadband goals
U.S. President George Bush on Thursday renewed his call to make broadband Internet available nationwide by 2007, promoting high-speed access via both power-line and wireless technology in an effort to give residents of the country choice in their broadband offerings. Bush, during a speech at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., promoted nationwide broadband access as a way to help U.S. workers become more productive and improve the country's economy.

CongressDaily/A.M.
ONE IN A VERMILLION
Stephen Vermillion, chief of staff to Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., is leaving Capitol Hill for the Old Dominion. Vermillion, chief of staff since 1993, will join the Reston, Va.-based security software company Object Video as vice president of government affairs on June 14.

Government Enterprise
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE -- On The Border Of Technology's Reach
For years, U.S. borders were monitored by various combinations of video cameras and sound and motion detectors, as well as lots of people. Those people came from several federal agencies-the Customs Bureau, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Border Patrol, and Agriculture Department among them-that had sometimes overlapping bordermonitoring and entry-screening responsibilities.

The Miami Herald
A virtual tripwire: Drawing the line -- on water
Port Everglades has signed a deal to install software that will let cameras monitor an area and determine whether someone -- or something -- poses a threat.

Sarasota Herald Tribune
Smart surveillance; Computer-driven security systems are learning what to look for
If security director Jerry Simon could find the perfect guard for Port Canaveral, the mployee would be able to tell the difference between an inflated boat and a whitecap at 1,500 yards and never get tired of looking at the port's 72 video camera views.

InfoWorld
Bush details broadband goals
Speech promotes nationwide broadband to boost productivity, U.S. economy

Roll Call
Long-Time Staffer Bids Hill Adieu
After 20 years of work on national security issues and 15 years of civil service, Vermillion, 43, is leaving Capitol Hill next week to become vice president for government affairs at Object Video in Reston, Va.

Security Director News
Jaxport secures waterfront with virtual perimeters
The Jacksonville Port Authority has decided to monitor and protect the perimeter of its Blount Island, Tallyrand and Dames Point marine terminals with Object Video's intelligent video software.

Security Systems News
ObjectVideo sails onward with another port contract
ObjectVideo has announced that Port Everglades, located in Broward County, Fla., has selected ObjectVideo VEW for its video tripwire technology.

Security Director News
ObjectVideo unveils new version of VEW
ObjectVideo has launched ObjectVideo VEW 2.0, a new version of the software that will provide channel partners with an integrator toolkit to design, deploy and maintain customer sites.

South Florida Business Journal
Port Everglades chooses security video vendor
Reston, Va.-based ObjectVideo said Broward County's Port Everglades has chosen its video surveillance software to protect the perimeter of the seaport.

The Hill
LOBBYING WORLD
After a decade as chief of staff to Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Stephen Vermillion is leaving Capitol Hill for the lobbying world. Vermillion will be vice president of government affairs for Object Video, a Reston, Va.-based software developer.

USA Today
Port Everglades to install 'smart' cameras to monitor area
Port Everglades plans to install smart video cameras that can detect unauthorized people or vessels moving next to a ship or unattended baggage in a cruise terminal, and then automatically notify security personnel.

Washington Technology
Smart video surveillance makes gains
As the nation's land and seaports upgrade security to protect against terrorist attacks, more of them are turning to intelligent video surveillance software. Broward County, Fla.'s Port Everglades selected ObjectVideo VEW software, from Reston, Va.-based ObjectVideo Inc., to protect its perimeter, the company said this week.

Government Security
Automated Eyes
Video surveillance technology teaches computers to monitor cameras and alert security officers of potential threats.

Security Director News
Securing the Infrastructure Government Seeks Details of Private Security
A federal initiative that seeks to ultimately improve security measures surrounding the country's critical infrastructure is asking the private sector to file its company-specific security plans with the government.




Security Director News
Securing the Infrastructure Government Seeks Details of Private Security
A federal initiative that seeks to ultimately improve security measures surrounding the country's critical infrastructure is asking the private sector to file its company-specific security plans with the government.

Hispanic Business Magazine
The King of Comebacks
Remember when portal, browser, and e-mail were new concepts? When Internet traffic was doubling every few months? Three Hispanic pioneers of the Internet share what they learned from the boom-bust cycle - with lessons that can help every entrepreneur today.

Hoover’s Online
ObjectVideo
ObjectVideo provides video surveillance software used for a variety of physcial security applications. Customers such as government agencies and private sector clients (including airports, refineries, and chemical and nuclear plants) use ObjectVideo's software to detect, analyze, classify, and track security threats. The company was founded in 1998 and has received funding from firms including Novak Biddle, Updata Partners, and ABS Ventures.

Law Enforcement Technology
Surveillance Showcase
The open architecture of the upgraded ObjectVideo VEW 2.0 enables it to be easily integrated into existing video surveillance infrastructures. With a new integrator toolkit, security experts can optimize configuration and performance through tools such as parameter configuration, camera placement and object sizing, as well as a management tool to easily upgrade, maintain, and adjust the software according to the customer’s operational requirements.

Virginia Newswire
In the Right Place at the Right Time
ObjectVideo's intelligent video surveillance software took years to develop. But it was just what Homeland Security needed to protect America's vital infrastructure.

Public Venue Security
Low-Risk High-Rise – Evaluating Security & Safety Towers
THE TRAGEDY OF THE ATTACKS on the World Trade Center have focused attention on security at landmark high-rise buildings in every metropolitan area.

Public Venue Security Online
ObjectVideo Security “Video Tripwire” Patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded ObjectVideo Inc. a patent for its "video tripwire" technology. The patent applies to the company’s system for setting and controlling security perimeters virtually, using ObjectVideo’s video surveillance software, VEW.

Security Products
Got Intelligence? Video surveillance software improves physical security at nuclear plants
According to polls conducted by Fox News and CNN, the majority of the American public believes nuclear power plants are prime targets. Given the fact that diagrams of nuclear facilities were discovered in Al-Qaeda hide-outs and that more than half of the nation's 103 reactors are near metropolitan areas, Americans have reason to worry.

New York Times
Dot-Com Survivor Hits on Right Plan
The burials received the most attention when the dot-com bubble burst nearly four years ago, but some companies stuck it out, retooling, reinventing and repackaging themselves, sometimes painfully, to survive in an industry of short product cycles. One was Intranets.com of Woburn, Mass.

ELECTRONIC TALK
Digital media processors automate surveillance
New video content analysis algorithms that run on TI's digital media processors will speed the development of digital video surveillance systems.

Time Magazine
Eye on the Border
The night really does have a thousand eyes. To keep bad guys from sneaking across the U.S. border at remote, undermanned checkpoints, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is deploying an intelligent-videosurveillance system across the nation’s 7,240 miles of borders with Canada and Mexico.




Digital Ship
Integrated solutions technology
DS Video picture analysers, CCTV and integrated systems - some of the new technology which might help improve shipboard security.

Security Technology & Design
The Progress of Port Security
Port security is clearly moving in the direction of high-tech. The number of technology companies entering the maritime market can attest to that. Two vendors in particular—Ingersoll Rand Security and Safety Solutions and ObjectVideo—have been active in pursuing port security business throughout the country.

Time Online Edition
Time
Eye on the Border ObjectVideo's cameras can distinguish man from animal. The night really does have a thousand eyes. To keep bad guys from sneaking across the U.S. border at remote, undermanned checkpoints, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is deploying an intelligent- video-surveillance system across the nation's 7,240 miles of borders with Canada and Mexico.




Computerworld
Q&A
ObjectVideo provides intelligent video surveillance software used at airports, seaports, U.S. borders, oil refineries, chemical and nuclear plants, and public water supply facilities.

Computer Reseller News
Let's Get Physical
Government integrator GTSI last week emerged as the catalyst behind an intriguing new security alliance. But this effort isn't all about firewalls. In fact, GTSI has assembled more than 15 companies with technology and integration expertise in video surveillance, identity management and biometrics, data storage, communications, and detection of weapons of mass destruction. Members of the group, dubbed the Physical Security Alliance (PSA), had to pass a certification process to join.

The Washington Post
The Apprentice; Our group of experts takes a gander at the TV hit and sees business losing the game.
Everyone, it seems, is watching, or at least hearing about, \\\"The Apprentice,\\\" the reality TV show from \\\"Survivor\\\" producer Mark Burnett and the developer Donald Trump. In it, 16 aspiring entrepreneurs face business challenges, starting with something as basic as selling lemonade, as they compete to become president of one of Trump\\\'s companies. This past week, we sat seven Washington leaders down to watch Episode 2.

The Hill
Tech Sector Shows a Pulse - Executives of Battered Businesses Are
Robert W. Lewis believes the worst is over. These days Lewis, president of Ashburn-based Enterworks Inc., isn't asking employees to hang in there while people in neighboring cubicles are being laid off. Dozens of new customers have signed on in recent months.

Washingtonpost.com
Employees Need a T.O., as Well
Chicago Firm Says Tournament Good for Morale in Workplace

Washington Business Journal
IPO market may flourish once again Blackboard, TNS kick off new round of public offerings
ObjectVideo, where Fernandez now is chairman and CEO, like Blackboard, is backed by Novak Biddle Venture Partners. It, too, is considered a candidate to go public.

Potomac TechWire
Reston-Based ObjectVideo Lands $100,000 NSF Grant
ObjectVideo, a Reston-based maker of intelligent video surveillance software, said on Monday that it has received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to research "environment learning" techniques.




Wireless News
People in Wireless News: Peter Currie Joins Critical Path Board
Critical Path also announced that Raul J. Fernandez and William S. Cohen have left the Board. Fernandez, a special advisor to General Atlantic Partners, is stepping down to devote more time to his new role as chief executive officer of ObjectVideo, a provider of intelligent video surveillance software.

Washington Business Journal
D.C. Funding Fair Draws Hundreds
More than 200 entrepreneurs and venture capitalists gathered Friday to discuss the region's venture capital market at the fifth annual Early Stage Capital Forum in D.C.

The New York Times
Dot-Com Survivor Hits on Right Plan
The burials received the most attention when the dot-com bubble burst nearly four years ago, but some companies stuck it out, retooling, reinventing and repackaging themselves, sometimes painfully, to survive in an industry of short product cycles. One was Intranets.com of Woburn, Mass.




Access Control & Security Systems
Site Reports
Andrews Air Force Base (AFB) in Washington, D.C., home of Air Force One, has chosen intelligent video security software from ObjectVideo, Reston, Va., to better safeguard flightline operations— or all procedures such as maintenance, fueling and loading that occur when a plane is on the ground.

Washingtonpost.com
ObjectVideo Sees Bright Future with New CEO
Well-known local technology entrepreneur Raul Fernandez took over as chief executive of ObjectVideo Inc. earlier this month, a move that significantly raises the profile of the small Northern Virginia start-up as it moves aggressively into the homeland security market.

Washington Business Journal
ObjectVideo Elevates Fernandez
Reston-based ObjectVideo Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Raul Fernandez to the chief executive position.

Washingtonpost.com
Innovators Find Alternative To Venture Capital
When Paul Brewer, co-founder of high-tech security company ObjectVideo, gave speeches to business school students about how to find funding, he used to focus about 80 percent of his talk on the art of landing venture capital. Now he spends most of his time on how to attract federal government funding, especially through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.



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