EMC sets up surveillance lab in India

Technology major EMC has set up a surveillance lab in Bangalore as it looks to tap into the billion dollar global surveillance market, especially in India.
This is EMC's second such facility globally after the US.
EMC will offer testing and certification services to organisations in Asia Pacific region and help them reduce deployment risk and support requirements through the facility in Bangalore.
"With the government of India's increased emphasis on the development of smart cities, safety has become a major concern for all the stakeholders. This makes the role of technology extremely crucial, especially surveillance technology," EMC Global Practice Lead Surveillance and Security Michael Gallant told PTI.

In the present scenario, video surveillance has become the largest and fastest-growing component of the physical security industry in India and EMC is looking at tapping that opportunity, he added.
The company did not disclose any investment details.

According to a report by IHS Technology, sales of video surveillance equipment is expected to reach USD 26 billion in 2018, growing two times faster than the overall IT market.
Transportation, government agencies and citywide surveillance are the top three users of video surveillance and it is these areas EMC is focussing on, Gallant said.
"As India strides towards developing smart cities, the pressure to develop scalable and proven security solutions is massive. The Lab offers private security vendors a platform that is open, flexible, cost-effective and is analytics-ready," he said.

It will offer solutions documentation for field sales, delivery teams and partners, Reference Architectures (RAs), white papers, technical notes and sizing guidelines, as well as technical presentations to customers, he added.
The lab will have a dedicated engineering team and offer partner testing and validation, proof of concept and test to fail philosophy, he said.