ONVIF held an Open Reception in conjunction with the ASIS trade show. The 146 participants from 58 companies heard ONVIF Chairman Jonas Andersson talk about the forum’s accomplishments during its first year of operations and its outlook for 2010. The highlight of the event was the show plug fest, where nine companies demonstrated 14 interoperable network video products.
 
“We demonstrated our IP cameras as ONVIF compliant at this plug-fest as part of 10 different IP cameras sharing the same network, being recorded and viewed on four different video management systems,” explained Dr. Bob Banerjee, Product Marketing Manager for Bosch Security Systems. “It was eye-opening to see arch competitors proudly working together on the same table top. We’ve waited a year and a half to reach the tipping point: this event was it! The market will demand that providers of video management systems and hybrid recorders be able to handle these edge devices. Major players know that and are planning ahead.”
 
In a peer-to-peer set up, AVerMedia, Axis, Bosch, Canon, IndigoVision, Lilin, Panasonic, Sony, and Vivotek proved the successful implementation of the ONVIF core specification 1.0 into a total of 10 network cameras and four software clients.
 
Established in 2008 by Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation, ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) is a global and open industry forum that is committed to the adoption of network video in the security market. ONVIF’s mission is to facilitate the development and use of a global open standard for the interface of network video products. ONVIF membership is open to manufacturers, software developers, consultants, system integrators, end-users and other interest groups that wish to participate in the activities of ONVIF.