The iSOC will provide comprehensive as well as individual vendor video surveillance and advanced Point of Sale (POS) integration. Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi International Airport is set to open at the end of this month, and the King Power facility will comprise 43,000 square feet (4,000 square meters) of luxury duty-free shopping.
The DVTel iSOC platform, with the Network Video Management System (NVMS) at its core, provides IP network video surveillance and serves as the management software for what will eventually number thousands of surveillance cameras located throughout the airport's passenger terminals, concourse buildings, parking areas, baggage inspection rooms, and baggage conveyor areas. Upon viewing the iSOC in action, King Power management choose the DVTel solution for their facility, which now numbers more than 100 stores, eventually increasing to 180 individual stores. King Power staff were especially impressed with the performance and quality of the DVTel PTZ cameras, and they look to deploy more than 500 cameras throughout the duty-free shopping areas.
King Power will maintain a central surveillance operation and each of their retail customers will also be able to manage surveillance for their own store or stores. This "layered management" approach ensures excellent coverage and response and redundant monitoring. In addition to surveillance, the iSOC will be integrated with a POS system in which transaction data (credit card or cash) and boarding pass information will be time-stamped onto the appropriate video. King Power expects such security and data management capabilities will provide their customers better service and individual shop owners will, in turn, have better protection against theft and improved inventory control.
DVTel President and CEO, Eli Gorovici, commented, "Along with our integrator partner, Semple Cochrane (Asia), led by Managing Director Johnny Trivitayakhun, we have been working with Bangkok Airport for a number of years now and the results have been truly impressive. The level of system coverage and integration of this end-to-end IP system is a testament to the vision of the airport authority management. To date, the iSOC encompasses over 16 subsystems, including their advanced building automation and flight information systems. Their commitment to the most advanced technology is King Power's gain since the best system and one they can integrate fully with was literally right outside their doors. In the future, I see an entire airport complex unified by the DVTel iSOC, a system with unlimited power to manage, integrate and expand."