ONVIF Hits Milestone of More Than 2,000 Conformant Products

SAN RAMON, CA. – September 18, 2012. ONVIF, the leading global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, announced that more than 2,000 products are now certified as conformant with the ONVIF interoperability specification. This milestone of security industry adoption demonstrates the crucial role such interoperability specifications play in the process of selecting,installing and integrating IP-based security technology as part of an overall system.

The 2,000 productsmilestone for ONVIF also represents a two-fold increase in conformant products over the last 12 months, with overall ONVIF membership ranks swelling to more than 400 individual companies. The membership roster represents a cross section of manufacturers and other security technology companies from many corners of he globe and of varying sizes and scopes.

“Achieving this milestone of more than 2,000 conformant products, more than half of those within the last year,is an important marker in the movement to adopt interoperability standards on an industry-wide basis,” said Jonas Andersson, Chairman, Steering Committee,ONVIF. “By continuing to make investments in test tools to streamline ONVIF conformance, we can maintain this healthy momentum as our organizationcontinues to expand.”

To help end users, systemsintegrators and consultants learn more about ONVIF, including the recent launchof Profile S, which addresses common functionalities between devices in an IPvideo surveillance system, ONVIF has launched an online training webinar. Thewebinar course, which can be accessed free of charge, is designed to provide abasic overview of the current security industry standards landscape, andadditional details about the mission and objectives of ONVIF and the corespecification and the conformance process.

"Themyriad of networking products available in the marketplace today presents ourindustry with a real paradox," said Paul Tennent, Director of Tavcom Training,which developed the webinar. “The enormous choices we are now offered havenever been more exciting but, without effective global standards to ensuresmooth and easy interoperability, that same benefit can quickly become anightmare."

To further simplify theimplementation of ONVIF, Profile S has been added into the ONVIF conformanceprocess and a test tool has been provided to the conformance process. Profile Sdescribes common functionalities shared by ONVIF conformant video managementsystems and devices such as IP cameras or encoders that send, configure,request or control the streaming of media data over an IP network. The testtool, as well as guidelines on Profile S and the ONVIF Profile Policy, isavailable in the Documents section of ONVIF’s website.

Further information aboutONVIF conformant products, including the guidelines on Profile S and the ONVIFProfile Policy, are available in the Documents section of ONVIF’s website: www.onvif.org.

About ONVIF
Established in2008 by Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation, ONVIFis a global and open industry forum that is committed to standards communicationbetween network devices and ensure interoperability between network productsfor the security market. ONVIF’s mission is to facilitate the integration ofnetwork security and safety devices using a global open standard. ONVIFmembership is open to manufacturers, software developers, consultants, systemintegrators, end-users and other interest groups that wish to participate inthe activities of ONVIF.