Verint® Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT) announced that the city of Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador, is experiencing significant benefits after expanding its network of Verint IP-based video surveillance technologies last year.

As a critical component of the city?s proactive Safe City initiative, the Verint platform delivers tangible benefits, including expedited investigations, the ease of sharing of information with first responders and a reduction in criminal activities.

Officials directly involved with these advances consider the solution a necessity to conduct business and help ensure the safety of the city.

As the nation?s principal commercial and manufacturing center and home to 3.74 million people, Guayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River and is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas.

Security and safety initiatives are spearheaded by the Guayaquil Corporation for Public Safety (Corporaci