Thompson School District Adopts exacqVision Security Solution

Problem

The Thompson School District in Loveland, Colorado, has nearly 16,000 students and 2,100 staff members. With over 30 school buildings and administrative facilities, the School District needed a robust solution that was easy to use and easy to install and one that allow adding additional IP cameras as their needs grew. Additionally, well over half of the faculty members use Macintosh computers, so a cross-platform solution would make the system available to everyone.

Solution

Thompson School District has now completed their migration to IP video, recently replacing all but one of their remaining analog cameras with high-definition network cameras. All of the 144 network cameras currently on the exacqVision IP Camera servers are from Axis Communications, including 30 new high-definition cameras. End-users can make use of the client’s digital PTZ functionality in conjunction with high-resolution video from Axis Communications to make positive IDs of vandalized and/or stolen property as well as the perpetrators involved in the incidents. Overall, the presence of the system has resulted in fewer incidents and insurance claims plus an overall feeling of safety and protection in the district.

Products

Software: 

• exacqVision server software running on Windows OS 
• exacqVision webserver

Hardware Configuration: 

• 13 exacqVision 2U Rackmount IP Camera Servers 
• 2 exacqVision 2U Rackmount Hybrid Servers 
• 34 sites connected via Motorola peer-to-peer wireless links 
• HP PoE ProCurve switches 
• Segregated VLAN utilized for physical security network 
• 144 IP Cameras from Axis Communications spread throughout multiple sites
• Web-enabled mobile devices running exacqVision thin-client