Enabling a Fully Integrated, Plug-and-Play Casino Video Surveillance Platform
Glacier Peaks employs Axxon One VMS and NetApp Intelligent Storage solutions to achieve maximum agility, performance, and security in the casino while minimizing infrastructure costs.
Client
Located just minutes from the Glacier National Park in Browning, Montana, Glacier Peaks Casino & Hotel is a premier destination for gaming, dining, and lodging. As a proudly owned and operated establishment by the indigenous Blackfeet Nation, one of the 10 largest tribes in the United States, Glacier Peaks Casino & Hotel takes the safety and security of its patrons, employees, and assets very seriously.
In the casino industry, casino security and surveillance are paramount. Casino cameras surveillance systems play a crucial role in maintaining a secure environment for patrons and employees, as well as protecting the it’s assets.
Business Challenges
With the goal of updating the casino security solution and building it on the Casino’s IT infrastructure, increasing security, business agility and flexibility, and taking advantage of the latest innovation in hybrid cloud solutions, Glacier Peaks realized that it was time to refresh its security infrastructure. Through this installation, the Casino’s goals were as follows:
- Enable easy onboarding and maintenance while also optimizing the security of patrons, employees, and casino assets, using casino surveillance cameras system.
- Gain the ability to produce detailed reports to enhance business insights to support strategic planning and decision making.
- Ensure that casino security system expansion and addition of new sites and features, including AI, are possible at any time without impairing the customer experience or interrupting day-to-day business activities.
Product
Axxon One VMS
Customer
Glacier Peaks Casino & Hotel
Location
Browning, Montana, US
Integration
NetApp, Intel
Partners
TD SYNNEX, Image Bi
Features & Analytics
Intelligent search, real-time video analytics, failover
Solutions
The Perfect Team for Casino Security and Surveillance
To create a robust and efficient casino security and surveillance system, a perfectly orchestrated collaboration was needed. The Glacier Peaks casino and hotel security solution was the result of the meticulously coordinated actions of:
- AxxonSoft, an enterprise-class video-management software company with extensive experience in casino surveillance.
- TD SYNNEX, an IT solution aggregation company and distributor supporting acquisition and logistics.
- NetApp, a data management company specializing in hybrid cloud services.
- Image Bi, a technology consulting and brokerage company facilitating onsite implementation.
As part of its modernization endeavors, Glacier Peaks also needed to reduce the effort involved in hosting and maintaining the video management system and achieve cost savings through on-demand scalability. Video surveillance software lifecycle management automation and scaling capabilities were the key differentiators that led to the decision to use the Axxon One VMS and NetApp Intelligent Storage.
Glacier Peaks Casino and Hotel turned to the high-resolution IP camera and surveillance platform with a fully integrated, plug-and-play IT infrastructure, including NetApp Intelligent Storage, PDUs, rack, servers, UPS, workstations, and monitors.
Results and Benefits
Since implementing the Axxon One VMS and NetApp solutions, Glacier Peaks Casino and Hotel has realized security, performance, and scalability benefits with better business data insights. The real-time casino surveillance with eight-megapixel cameras has helped ensure the safety and security of the venue and its occupants.
An important result of partnering with AxxonSoft, TD SYNNEX, NetApp, and Image Bi is Glacier Peaks’s ability to stitch various systems of IT infrastructure together quickly and easily. Thanks to Axxon One’s integration capabilities, Glacier Peaks was able to cut the time to complete the integrations from months to just weeks.
- The pre-configured video management system is perpetual and requires minimal technical support.
- The plug-and-play framework by NetApp enables the solution to easily grow and change with business needs.
- The low-touch solution design has saved over 100 hours of implementation time and requires minimal IT intervention.
- The casino surveillance system featuring upgraded clarity and dependability provides the customer with video data for superior business intelligence.