Remote building security in the age of mobile tech: Datawatch launches Hosted VideoWatch

Gone are the days when you get up from the couch to switch channels on your TV. Despite the fact that sometimes you can't often find the "hiding" remote, current generations can't even remember that television sets used to be operated manually! But remote control technology is everywhere - from robots, to toys to iPhone apps that remotely control everything from airline boarding passes to retrieving movie tickets. Equally, remotely-managed access control is the 21st century, state-of-the-art trend in the commercial office building security industry. As a leading provider of remotely-managed access control systems, Datawatch Systems understands how important mobility is, and how crucial timing is, when it comes to handling a security breach within a commercial office setting. Mobile apps are the key to just about everything in our lives now - transforming the way we live, how we access information, how we entertain ourselves, navigate on foot or in vehicles, as well as how we obtain a plethora of other kinds of crucial information. Enter Hosted VideoWatch, a mobile application that Datawatch Systems launched earlier this year to much critical acclaim from both our existing and new clients. This new state-of-the-art and cost effective video app enables our clients to visually monitor the secured areas within their office space remotely and instantaneously. The Hosted VideoWatch app has been developed to dovetail with how we live and work now. Every time you leave your office, which thanks to our mobile devices is more frequently than ever, you can no longer see what is happening in that space. With Hosted VideoWatch, however, you become privy to who might be there downloading confidential information from one of your servers, and who might be slipping into the space at night to steal office supplies or vandalize the break room. To be sure, office owners, managers and end users certainly want to keep their eyes on this space - for these and other reasons. Yet losing sleep over potential scenarios like these is completely avoidable. Hosted VideoWatch offers an advanced video management solution designed to meet both basic recording needs and high-security installations, thus allowing clients to gain real-time situational awareness and investigate incidents. What's more, Hosted VideoWatch empowers individuals to collaborate with local law enforcement in a seamless manner in the event of an incident that requires some form of police response. It's obvious that the Internet has changed the way that we operate professionally and socially. The world of business is less and less driven by physical interaction, which has given us the freedom to conduct our work from any location at any time. With this freedom also comes the risk that our physical office locations are thinly-staffed and, by extension, more vulnerable to being burglarized or infiltrated by intruders. Hosted VideoWatch is a real-time solution to this conundrum that also makes us all more operationally efficient. For Datawatch Systems, Hosted VideoWatch is the latest example of how we consistently provide our customers with the most highly developed, state-of-the art tools that help them protect their valuable assets, namely intellectual property and bricks and mortar. Visit http://www.datawatchsystems.com/hosted-video for more information. William Peel, III, is the CEO of Datawatch Systems, Bethesda, MD.