Taipei, Taiwan – VIVOTEK, a global IP surveillance provider, and Cathexis, a South African based leading electronic and software systems development, and manufacturing company, today announced a partnership in technology and integration. Both companies have worked closely and allocated resources into the integration of the latest H.265/HEVC solution, which deliver significant value to mutual customers and expand their project scalability in the South Africa and Middle East markets.

To create comprehensive surveillance solutions and meet the diversified needs of users, VIVOTEK launched its Solution Integration Alliance (SIA) program to effectively cooperate with global partners with different expertise in different areas. Through this program, VIVOTEK and Cathexis solve this challenge together by offering seamless integration between VIVOTEK’s network cameras and Cathexis’s software platform. This partnership enables both parties to leverage their core technologies and complete numerous vertical projects in South Africa and the Middle East.

“Cathexis prides itself in being responsive to its customer’s needs, and that is why we cooperate with VIVOTEK, a professional and flexible IP surveillance provider.” said Daryl Buhrmann, Product Manager, Cathexis Technologies. “Foremost, we share the same vision of providing exceptional support and product enhancement to satisfy market requirement. The capability of our software to easily integrate deeply with partners’ products, like network cameras, access control, alarm and fire panels, fence monitoring systems, logistics scanning systems, and many others enable us to supply systems to our channel partners that offer holistic solutions beyond security. ” added Daryl.

William Ku, Vice President Brand Business Division, VIVOTEK said: “Today’s IP surveillance is ever-changing, this announcement further reinforces VIVOTEK’s capability towards global partner integration. We are pleased to welcome Cathexis as one of our strategic partners as we continue to offer even more powerful solutions for partners and accelerate more customer values. This partnership allows both companies to drive their engineering expertise and investments to deliver value for users in South Africa and Middle East. We look forward that it will drive growth for both companies, and accelerate the development of new applications.”

For more information about VIVOTEK and its comprehensive product line, please visit www.vivotek.com.

About Cathexis (Pty) Ltd

Cathexis Technologies is an electronic and software systems development company, specialising in sophisticated, enterprise I.P Video Surveillance Management Solutions for the international market. The company has been developing solutions for the industry for more than 20 years, and has significant blue-chip customers across the globe. Cathexis’ video surveillance solutions can be found in many diverse vertical markets, including; Retail, Manufacturing, Banking, Healthcare, Mining, Education, Transport, Residential Estates, Business parks, City surveillance, Government, Remote-monitoring, Shopping malls, Commercial property, and Mobile In-Vehicle Fleet Monitoring solutions.

The company’s flagship product is the CathexisVision I.P Video Surveillance software which is an “open platform” software that can run on most hardware and integrates with many I.P camera brands. For more information, please visit www.cathexisvideo.com.

About VIVOTEK

VIVOTEK, established in 2000, has quickly taken its place as a leading brand in the security industry. Known for delivering world-class IP surveillance solutions, VIVOTEK specializes in system applications and integration. With innovative R&D teams adopting ground-breaking codec technologies, VIVOTEK provides a wide range of products, including network cameras, video servers, video receivers, network video recorders, central management software, and PoE solutions. VIVOTEK (TAIEX: 3454) was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2011. In 2008, a branch office was set up in California, USA. VIVOTEK established Europe branch office in Almere, the Netherlands in 2013, India office in Delhi in 2014, and Middle East office in Dubai in 2015. VIVOTEK is currently working with more than 183 authorized distributors in over 116 countries. For more information, please visit www.vivotek.com.