Commend, a worldwide leader and supplier of security and communication systems, and Genetec, a top provider of unified IP security solutions, declared a strategic technology collaboration. In this relationship, Commend will become a preferred technology hardware associate for Genetec end-users with its worldwide deployed intercom system, leveraging session initiation protocol (SIP) for superior voice and video over internet protocol (VOIP) communication.

With incorporation into Genetec Security Center, a unified security platform that seamlessly blends IP security surveillance systems within a single intuitive interface, the Commend intercom control systems will enable Genetec end-users to install useful VOIP and analog intercom and video connectivity within any facility.

Thanks to the flexibility of Commend s Intercom solutions, incorporation is not restricted to SIP technology and holds the capacity for integrating a huge variety of powerful Intercom features and functions in the future.

Apart from the existing range of hardware-based Intercom Servers, the integrated Commend solution also aids VirtuoSIS®, the globe’s first and only software-based Intercom Server.

Designed to aid the latest high-end in Intercom technology, the servers built-in SIP abilities even cater to users who require more than just basic SIP support.

This includes clients with existing virtual server environments who can take full benefit by VirtuoSIS.

Additonally, Security Center end-users will be able to advantage from Commend s range of SIP terminals, which take SIP technology to a whole new level by improving it with Commend s powerful call management, customization and security features that incorporate 40 years of innovation.