The Clothing Chain already operated 24 stores throughout Italy and France, and had forecasted to open 27 new locations by December 2015. The 24 existing stores had been protected since 2009 by analogue cameras and level-entry stand-alone 4 input DVRs. The Clothing Chain wanted a new video security partner able to provide both video security experience and new perspectives through innovative solutions.

The Clothing Chain Sourcing Department carried out extensive research for the project and contacted Syac-TB who proposed a retail vertical solution based upon its Digieye Compact, which is particularly suitable for installations requiring privacy compliance, centralisation, integration and intelligent features - such as video content analysis and digital signage, that offer services beyond the traditional pure video security solution.

All the existing and new locations were/will be equipped with a Digieye Compact 8 input model, integrating digital signage, video content analysis and centralisation, and with ONVIF Profile S compliant Digieye IP megapixel  dome cameras that are fully configurable from the Digieye systems. The difference between the existing and new stores is that the existing ones were equipped with the Digieye Compact hybrid DVRs able to support the already installed analogue cameras as well as new IP megapixel cameras, whilst the 27 new locations were/will be equipped with the Digieye Compact IP NVRs.

The Digieye Compact NVR, designed, developed and manufactured in Italy, and despite its diminutive size, ensures, the performance of an advanced digital security management system. The fanless chassis allows silent operation, energy efficiency and maintenance reduction, which means long product life and cost savings as well as environmental friendliness. The hybrid solution has allowed the Clothing Chain to realise the benefits of integrating IP based video technology and cost saving whilst migrating from the current analogue to the new IP based systems.

The integrated digital signage allows for the display of informational and promotional messages - video and audio content which can be uploaded and programmed from remote centres - on the monitors of the video surveillance systems. Besides offering a higher quality/price ratio compared to the traditional advertising media, this communication tool also allows the Clothing Chain to manage the content in a dynamic and pro-active manner, and to send specific messages to targeted customers.

In addition, the Digieye certificate of conformity complies with the requirements of the privacy legislation in force and ensures compliance with the norms and specific measures in the field of video surveillance. The Clothing Chain particularly appreciated the fact that this certification is based upon the European Directive 95/46/CE regarding data processing, and that such compliance applies not only to the Digieye DVRs and NVRs, but also to the centralisation and supervision Digieye Control Center Premium system.

The Digieye Control Center Premium allows complete supervision and total remote management, over IP Networks for any Digieye security system.  The Clothing Chain was mainly interested in particular functions such as, remote configuration, multiple live video connections with cameras from different Digieye systems, playback of recorded video/audio, multi-level graphical maps and management of users with customisable privileges.

The detection of alarm conditions on analogue cameras such as multi-zone motion detection, tamper detection, direction flow and the abandoned object detection have been engineered to be perfected over the years on the Digieye systems. The Digieye video analytics can also be used with any IP camera connected to the Digieye system, regardless of ONVIF compatibility and without requiring special software integration.

The Digieye advanced VCA solutions allow for the detection of a wide range of video alert conditions. The Clothing Chain was particularly interested in the people counting feature - that is to say the processing system able to memorise numerical statistics that can be then easily accessed using web-based reporting tools – to conduct statistical analysis not only for security but also for marketing purposes.

Syac-TB believes that the success of this application was greatly due to the pre- and post-sales assistance provided by both Syac-TB and its local partners. Some of these partners have already suggested that the Clothing Chain might take the Syac-TB fogging systems into consideration, which have been recently integrated via I/O into the Digieye DVRs and NVRs.

Through integration, centralisation, innovative features, privacy compliance and experienced support, Syac-TB believes that is has more than fulfilled the Clothing Chain’s demands for intelligent and reliable solutions that go beyond pure video security applications and preserve the previous investments.