LAS VEGAS -- Heeding calls from its end-users to improve its video management platform, Lenel has agreed to private-label Ocularis, the popular video management system from On-Net Surveillance Systems (OnSSI), under the name SkyPoint.

"It is an interactive video interface with a touch screen," said Luis Orbegoso, president of Lenel, at a press conference at the ISC West show on Tuesday. "We needed a better interface, and it will enable our customers to monitor and manage large groups of cameras across the enterprise. This augments and complements our digital video offering."

The collaboration of the two companies is intended to be an ongoing one. According to Orbegoso, Lenel, a unit of UTC Fire & Security, plans to continue leveraging the relationship. "We are excited about the promise of a continued collaboration," he said.

Orbegoso's enthusiasm was echoed by OnSSI president and CTO Gadi Piran, who noted that the "this strategic collaboration can influence the marketplace."

SkyPoint is an intelligent, open-architecture IP video platform. It features a simple, intuitive interface for desktop and control room video wall settings. It also offers integration potential with other aspects of security. Lined up next to the former Lenel video management platform at the press conference, it was clear that the new SkyPoint platform offered new features and functionality, including many more screens to view live and recorded video.

Lenel technicians have been cross-trained on the product. "Our goal is to introduce a product that can be easily adopted in the marketplace," Orbegoso said. He added that typical applications would include transportation infrastructure, government facilities and enterprises with many security protection points to safeguard.

Initially, SkyPoint will offer command-and-control of OnSSI's IP-based video management solutions. Future releases of SkyPoint will enable control of Lenel's video solutions. Ultimately, elements of the SkyPoint user interface will be incorporated into the new generation of OnGuard, Lenel's core security management system.

"This is where the industry is going," Piran said. "IP surveillance is happening now and will happen in the future."

In other ISC show news from Lenel, the company has introduced the goEntry standalone access control system, designed for small- to mid-sized businesses.