Motorola invests in VidSys

Motorola, Inc. through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, has made an equity investment in VidSys, Inc., a leading provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) solutions for safety, security, commercial, surveillance, military and transportation organizations.

PSIM is the marriage of video management for security and surveillance applications with incident and event management. This combination enables security personnel in operations centers to more efficiently manage situations.

“There is a need for a stronger convergence of physical and IT security assets in order to provide better response to public safety incidents and threats,” said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. “With a proven technology and an experienced management team, VidSys is well- positioned to help operations centers glean more intelligence from their security technologies and existing infrastructure to improve incident management.”

“This investment is validation of both the PSIM market and the breakout customer successes VidSys has achieved over the past few months,” said Chuck Teubner, CEO, VidSys. “It supports our aggressive push to provide a powerful, cost-effective platform that allows operations center personnel to focus on protecting people, assets, and infrastructure rather than the underlying technology.”

Founded in 2005, the company’s solutions are deployed in transportation, federal government, enterprise and state and local government applications, including some of the largest state and city command and control centers in the U.S.