CBORD and Pelco Partner for Integrated Access Control and Video Security, Storage Solutions

For Immediate Release

Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc., the leading provider of campus card systems and access control solutions to colleges and universities, and Pelco, a world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of video security systems and equipment, are pleased to announce a new partnership that will integrate CBORD’s CS Access™ IP-based access control solution with Pelco’s DX8100 DVR platform.

The integration will provide customers with single-click live video playback through the CS Access user interface, greatly enhancing situational awareness and enabling quick responses to security events. The resulting solution will connect technology platforms across campus for elegant data flow between access control systems, alarm management software, campus card solutions, point-of-sale systems, and more.

“CS Access combines industry-leading IP-based access control technology with powerful alarm management triggers such as notifications, live video display, lockdown, and more,” says Cindy McCall, Vice President, Marketing, The CBORD Group, Inc. “Pelco’s video security and storage solutions take this package to the next level by bringing complete campus security management directly to operators’ fingertips. We are very pleased to announce this valuable collaboration.”

"The CBORD-Pelco collaboration brings together the leaders in security and video technology, as each company has vast experience in college, university, healthcare, restaurant, and supermarket security,” says Steve Nibbelink, Pelco Industry Manager, Campus Markets. “The new integration of CBORD's CS Access solution and Pelco's DX8100 Digital Video Security system provides a productive, safe, and secure environment for our customers.”

“The integration between CS Access and the Pelco solution works well,” says Gary Conley, Facilities and Systems Engineer, University of Virginia. “Our security staff appreciates integrated video display, video capture, and remote door control from a single console. The ability to see the door and cycle the lock from a single interface has been particularly well received.”

About The CBORD Group, Inc.

The CBORD Group serves colleges and universities, corporations, healthcare facilities, chain restaurants, supermarkets, and a host of other market segments. CBORD’s products are used in access control, integrated security solutions, campus ID card privilege control, food service, housing services, cashless dining, catering, nutrition services, online ordering, and other institution-wide activities. The CBORD Group serves more than 6,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Australia.

The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 450 professionals. To learn more about CBORD, visit us at www.cbord.com.

About Pelco

Pelco, Inc., is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of video and security systems and equipment ideal for any industry. Pelco produces the security industry’s most respected offering of discreet camera domes and enclosures, electronic access control, video matrix systems, next generation digital video recorders, IP solutions, and fiber optic transmission systems for video/data—and much more. For additional product or company information, please visit www.pelco.com.

“That CBORD has an active User's Group is one of the more impressive aspects of our interaction with the organization.”

— Ehrai Adams, Asst. Dir., Housing Administration
Oberlin College