March Networks announced that the City of Raisio in southwestern Finland is deploying the company's Video Management System (VMS) solution to protect city property, accelerate incident response, and ensure the safety and security of residents.

Security and IT staff selected the solution - which includes the VMS software, March Networks high-definition IP cameras and Edge encoders - because of its strong centralized management capability, high-quality video, and the ability to store archived video in a virtualized environment.

"We are very impressed with the March Networks solution," said Reijo Vasama, Supervisor of Building Technology, City of Raisio.

"In the past, if a crime or other incident occurred on city property, we had to dispatch staff to the site to retrieve the video. Now we can access live or recorded video remotely from our central operations center, which means we can verify what's happening at any networked location immediately and search through recorded video in minutes, rather than hours or days. The solution is much more efficient than our previous surveillance system, and can be expanded easily across our facilities as needed."