“Astra is already in the final stages of on-site beta testing with several clients,” said Ken LaMarca, CEO, Active Intelligence. “The global reaction to Astra has been even better than we anticipated, with inquiries coming from a wide range of private business and public organisations.”

To further validate Astra’s effectiveness, Active Intelligence is offering a free 60 day trial to qualified users. “The best way for us to provide proof of performance is to let prospective customers take Astr for a test run on their own video system,” said LaMarca. “There have been so many claims made about video analytics by so many companies over the years, we want to definitively prove to potential customers that Astra delivers on its promise.”

Active Intelligence will be showcasing Astra at ISC West in Las Vegas, where isitors will have the opportunity to witness the potential of this proprietary anomaly detection solution and apply for the free 60 day demo in person. Integrations with Milestone Xprotect, Qognify Ocularis, and Genetec Security Center will be featured.

Active Intelligence’s Astra takes a modern approach to video security, detecting both known and unknown threats by identifying statistical anomalies in video feeds. The software, powered by AI and Machine Learning algorithms, first learns what is normal in a specific camera’s field of view over a short period of time, and then detects abnormalities and alerts security operators when an anomaly is present.

According to the company, unlike conventional rules-based video analytics, Astra’s anomaly detection offers infinite detection capabilities, including events like a person in distress, physical violence, fire and smoke, pedestrians walking in front of moving vehicles, theft, vandalism, traffic jams, wrong way driving, and much more. The unlimited detection capabilities also make Astra ideally suited for a wide range of commercial and industrial business intelligence applications.