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SEcUrITY SYSTEmS NEWS march 2015 www.securitysystemsnews.com CommerCial & systems integrators 29 fIrStlIne API advocate alliance: Diebold and Eagle Eye By SSN Staff CANTON, Ohio—Systems inte- grator Diebold has been talking about the importance of APIs for years and cloud-based VMS pro- vider Eagle Eye, which opened its doors one year ago has also been a vocal proponent of APIs. In February, Diebold and Eagle Eye announced a national stra- tegic alliance to deliver cloud- b a s e d v i d e o services. T h e d e a l w i l l a l l o w Diebold cus- t o m e r s t o " s t re a m a n d s t o r e l i v e and recorded video, provide flexible cloud storage, and gen- erate notification and real-time analytics." T h e a l l i a n c e c o m b i n e s Diebold's SaaS solution, called SecureStat, and Eagle Eye's VMS and API interface. The service is "easy to use, scalable, secure and reliable," Diebold says, and it's particu- larly suitable for multi-loca- tion customers who may want to use "local and cloud-based applications that … [integrate] IP-enabled or legacy analog cameras." In a statement, Eagle Eye CEO Dean Drako lauded Diebold as the "first security integrator and alarm services company to lever- age the power of an open API strategy and service offering." He added that this API strat- egy "has revolutionized other industries and will do the same for the security industry." Diebold EVP Tony Byerly in a statement called this strategy "the future of security as we con- tinue to leverage APIs to create a connected security program for work with our clients with engineering and upgrades, [we do the] head end if they add new locations. We're the inte- grator they come to," he said. "We have six engineers on staff, a high ratio to the total employee count [of 55 to 60] and our engineers work with customers directly," Morefeld explained. Firstline works in banking, health care, high-rise home- owners associations and retail. "We anticipate our vertical markets to be very busy this year and for several years to come in San Diego, Anaheim and San Jose," Morefeld said. "We're looking to hire service and installation technicians and looking to hire another engineer." SSN Tony Byerly businesses, starting with easy-to- use cloud-based video services." Diebold will integrate Eagle Eye's cloud VMS at its monitor- ing centers and customers will be able to see showcase demo applications at its Center of Excellence in Elmsford, N.Y. SSN Systems integrator and cloud-based VMS provider announce national strategic alliance Continued from page 28 said. When he purchased ASI, "I bought a company that had been around for 39 years and we brought them 10 years into the future. They had a great customer base and tons of experience," he said. "We brought in new technology [for commercial and residential customers]," he explained. Missouri is ASI's first move into a new market, but Haught says that other new markets will follow, as soon as 2016. SSN Continued from page 28 ASI