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Updated: June 28th, 2010 09:27 AM GMT-05:00
Banco de Cordoba implements Cisco Physical Security Solutions
Argentinian bank deploys 2,500 Cisco IP cameras and Cisco software
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Banco de Cordoba, one of the most important banks in Argentina, has chosen Cisco to update its network platform, migrate to a Cisco Unified Communications platform and renew its video surveillance system, becoming one of the first banks to deploy the Cisco Physical Security solutions in Latin America. The process began in 2007 with the aim of improving its business, providing excellent service to the customers, using new products, changing the commercial platform and increasing the productivity of its branches, using a new network of 400 ATMs. Additionally, the bank was aiming to consolidate its service providers to optimize resources. To that end, the bank developed a general plan to modernize its technological infrastructure that would reduce operating and maintenance costs while converging telephony, video surveillance and data on a network that supported critical applications. Key Facts Cisco Physical Security software and hardware facilitates the capture, transmission, viewing, recording, archiving, and management of analog and IP video sources and provides electronic access control. Currently the bank has deployed Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 IP cameras and Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager software to organize sequences of digitalized video. These are transferred through a network that allows the remote monitoring of 50 branches and the bank's headquarters. To test the technology, a pilot program of the Cisco Physical Security solution was carried out in four branches. During this stage two situations were resolved. In the first episode, a person cashed a $ 10,000 check, exceeding his cash limit. Thanks to the new system, the person was identified. In the second case, a crime against a bank customer was thwarted using the functions of the system. Having successfully finished the pilot stage, Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 IP Cameras were installed in 46 branches. The definition of the cameras exceeds the requirements established by the Central Bank. In addition, the system obtains two different streams, while only one is required. |
