Tech Data (News - Alert) Corporation, a distributor of IT hardware and software products has announced it will provide its IT resellers with two of the channel’s fastest-growing networking applications, namely IP physical security and video conferencing.

 

The company has included an IP video surveillance control station it its enhanced 5,500-square-foot solutions center. The station will be used to showcase cameras and software from leading physical security vendors. Tech Data has also refreshed its video conferencing suite with new solutions from Polycom (News - Alert).

 

The IP video surveillance station replicates a security console from which guards or other personnel can monitor footage from multiple IP cameras.

 

All the hardware and software products necessary to create a comprehensive video surveillance installation are included in the station, such as cameras, enclosures, workstation, software, network video recorders, storage solutions, displays, mounts etc.

 

Tech Data has attached more than 20 IP cameras to the video surveillance station from its vendors such as Axis Communications, D-Link (News - Alert), Linksys, Sony and Toshiba etc. The cameras demonstrate different capabilities and resolutions.

 

The IP Video Surveillance (News - Alert) solutions by Tech Data deploy software from Axis, D-Link, Milestone, Toshiba and OnSSI to demonstrate advanced analytics, recording and management capabilities.

 

Keith A. Karlsen (News - Alert), executive vice president of D-Link Systems, Inc. commented that Tech Data’s video surveillance station is a great sales tool, and D-Link encourages its VAR partners to take advantage of it.

 

Karlsen noted that by bringing their customers to the Tech Data solutions center, VARs can demonstrate those capabilities and show off D-Link cameras as part of a fully functioning security installation.

 

With the assistance from Polycom, Tech Data has updated the solution center’s visual communication suite with new high definition video conferencing solutions.

 

Now, the suite comprises of Polycom's HDX 9004 solution with its People On Content feature, which enables presenters to place themselves over video, slides and other content while standing in front of a green screen. Polycom HDX 8002 XL and HDX 4000 video conferencing solutions mainly suite small and medium businesses (SMBs).

 

Tech Data deploys its Physical Security and Telephony specialized business units (SBUs) to support the resellers deploying video surveillance installations and video conferencing solutions. Each SBU provides resellers with access to dedicated sales and technical resources offering specialized support for each technology.