(PRWEB) April 1, 2006 -- Ortega InfoSystems announces the availability of VideoSm@rt™, the company’s latest offering that provides a powerful, complete IP video solution for today’s mission-critical security applications. Based on Ortega’s industry-leading mapping and video management software, the VideoSmart solution has all the software and hardware components needed to easily set up, access, and manage IP video anywhere from a single Web browser. The comprehensive and fully-configured system makes it ideal for environments with constrained support and installation resources.

At the heart of the VideoSm@rt solution is powerful, highly-flexible management and control software that allows all user operations to be managed through an Internet browser that features a rich, map-based Graphical User Interface (GUI). This GUI design gives the operator a high level of control over crucial video information in systems ranging from tens to thousands of cameras geographically dispersed. VideoSm@rt’s new network video recording (NVR) component allows video data to be captured and recorded at a substantially lower cost.

Key product features of VideoSmart software include the following:
• Geographic mapping via web-based user interface
• Live and recorded video management
• Event/alarm management
• PTZ control
• Network storage management (NVR)
• Virtual switching
• IP device management
• Live/Recorded Audio

The complete VideoSm@rt IP Video System combines Ortega’s management software with high-performance MPEG-4 IP video components, enabling a complete, fully-integrated
solution that can be configured and installed quickly and easily.

Key Ortega hardware elements include:
• MPEG-4 fixed IP Cameras
• MPEG-4 IP Dome Cameras
• MPEG-4 Video Servers – IP Encoders
• MPEG-4 Trancoders – IP Decoders
• MxDC MPEG-4 Matrix Display Controller
• NDC MPEG-4 Network Display Controller
• VideoSm@rt Cube – Application appliance

Each IP hardware component includes a software channel license that allows straightforward integration within the VideoSmart system. All hardware and software components are thoroughly tested and validated to ensure the highest level of interoperability and performance.

Additionally, support for popular third-party devices (cameras, DVRs, etc.) is provided via optional SmartNode modules, thereby protecting customers’ investment in existing video installations.

Build a system from the ground up or migrate an existing CCTV installation using Ortega integrated components. The cost-effective Ortega solution provides flexibility and scalability both today and tomorrow.

About Ortega:
Established in 1998, Ortega InfoSystems Inc. is a leading software developer for Web-enabled facility control, digital CCTV, and physical security management. Ortega’s core competencies come from years of engineering experience developing factory and building control systems for Silicon Valley customers such as Applied Materials, Hewlett Packard, and Sun Microsystems. Our engineers pride themselves on providing excellence during all stages of development and production. From building automation, CCTV, access control, intrusion, and HVAC systems, Ortega InfoSystems’s GUI (graphical
user interface) and CCTV solutions provide our customers with complete security and control.

Ortega’s security software solutions have been installed in over 1,000 institutions worldwide with excellent results.