Motorola Solutions has acquired Calipsa a London-based technology company offering in cloud-native advanced video analytics.
Calipsa’s scalable platform enables businesses to optimise security with AI-powered analytics that verifies alarms, enables content-based searches, detect tampering and assesses the health of cameras in real-time. The solution is relied upon by enterprise and security monitoring customers around the world.
“We believe AI, spanning from the edge to the cloud, is driving the future of video security,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions. “With Calipsa, we can rapidly extend our intelligent analytics across any video security solution and support the accelerating trend of enterprises using cloud technologies to enhance safety and security.”
Calipsa’s unique cloud-based technology allows customers to add AI to existing IP-based cameras without additional hardware, enabling new analytics capabilities on the millions of IP-based cameras already deployed.
“Both Calipsa and Motorola Solutions share the mission of keeping enterprises and communities safe,” said Mohammad Rashid, CEO, Calipsa. “Joining the Motorola Solutions team enables us to accelerate the development and broaden the reach of our innovative technologies that transform video from a retroactive investigative tool into a proactive response tool.”