Vol.1 No.4 2007

OnGuard Video Feature

Ready to Implement a Digital Video Solution, but Need a Little Help? Look no Further than OnGuard GO!

When choosing to deploy an advanced, video-enabled, full-featured security solution, it can be difficult to know where to start. OnGuard GO! by Lenel puts you on the fast track to utilizing the most powerful security platform in the industry, while saving valuable IT resources, time and money.

Customers with security requirements ranging from access control and identity management to advanced digital video can start with one simple, efficient application to create a framework that offers the ultimate in future-proof expandability. When requirements change and become more advanced, or when new technologies are introduced to the market, OnGuard GO! insures that each customer is ready to meet any future security challenge.

What exactly is OnGuard GO!?  It’s an all-in-one, commercial off the shelf security solution “in a box” that provides the foundation for any security implementation, be it large or small. GO! includes access control, identity management, and digital video functionality in a preconfigured solution that’s up and running in no time. Who knew security could be so easy?

OnGuard GO! can meet customers’ needs today and into the future. GO! is designed to provide entry-level access, identity management, and video functionality for those with basic requirements who also want world-class functionality and product support. It’s a simple process for GO! customers to expand on their initial investments and upgrade to more powerful OnGuard system environments  Lenel’s highly-trained support and installation advisors will be there every step of the way to ensure that GO! systems function optimally even in the most demanding future implementations.

Customers seeking a single video solution that’s easy to install, configure and maintain, yet that provides the power and stability of the world’s most advanced video technologies, can start with an OnGuard GO! system. OnGuard GO! stand-alone video configurations can use any Lenel digital video recorder. By placing the administrative applications and database directly on the video recorder, the GO! system saves time and money because a separate security server is not required. Any of Lenel’s robust product offerings—from access control to fire and intrusion, building systems to alarm monitoring, visitor management to intelligent video, even integration into converged physical and logical data systems—can be added to a single GO! video recorder. GO! is ready to perform with the latest IP and network video capabilities on the market, further ensuring a totally future-proof Lenel solution.

How easy is it to integrate GO! with other systems? OnGuard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) can be employed to help customers best utilize crucial information. This can be information from third-party systems that can be used in OnGuard, and information from OnGuard that can be of value to third-party systems. Many customers have been successful in integrating their OnGuard GO! systems with the corporate information infrastructure, including ERP systems, human resource database programs, LDAP systems and logical security systems.

For those customers who need large-scale functionality on a small-scale budget, the GO! system can be distributed across vast, multiregional environments, with each component utilizing a dedicated PC to balance the work of the entire system.  Because GO! is already configured to handle the most requested security operations, all GO! systems in the enterprise will work together to provide a complete solution for even the most demanding security needs on a budget.

An OnGuard GO! system can be deployed on a single, preconfigured PC that’s ready to use right out of the box. It brings the power of OnGuard’s seamless security management solution to applications in the most cost-conscious markets, including education, healthcare, retail, small home and office. Using GO! systems, even the most advanced security requirements can be achieved quickly, effectively and cost-efficiently.

For more information on this topic, please contact: productmanagement@lenel.com