Hikvision, the world’s leading provider of innovative security products and solutions, in association with Red Dot Distribution, Africa’s leading ICT distributor, highlighted their commitment to providing cutting edge products and solutions in order to boost the security sector in the African continent.
At a corporate event hosted at the Hotel Neelkanth Sarovar Premiere, Lusaka, Zambia on September 11 2019, Alex Xia (Sales Manager), Julien Li (Senior Technical Manager), Wallace Yang (Technical Manager) and Jackie Shen (Pre-sales Engineer) from Hikvision as well as Satish Upadhyay (Head of International Sales) and Milton Ziwira (Country Manager – Zambia) from Red Dot Distribution presented and showcased the latest security and surveillance products and solutions that are fit for various applications.
As threats continue to evolve from simple attacks on one’s device to advanced attacks on large networks, it is clear that traditional security isn’t going to be enough in this age of digitalization. As a result, Hikvision has been at the forefront of developing a product that integrates artificial intelligence (AI), placing them at the top of the list in the sector.
The world’s largest supplier of video surveillance products has been showing support in the foreign direct investment of African countries such as Zambia. The country has been one of the nations in the Southern African region to show interest in including ICT in their national development plans. Despite the same interest in many developing countries, they face constraints, such as inadequate technical infrastructure, limited human skills to use available networks and services, high cost of communications equipment, and poor policy and regulatory environments, that cause them not to reach their full potential.
As an evolution in tech security takes place around the world, the advancement in AI means the surveillance sector is facing a prosperous period. Hikvision’s R&D department is at the forefront as they are able to offer next-level AI products which further improve intelligent surveillance for customers in a wide range of applications.
With the current global evolution in tech security, the surveillance industry is in exciting times with the advances in AI. HIKVISION’s R&D department is at the forefront of this and they are proud to be able to offer the next level AI products which further improve intelligent surveillance for customers in a wide range of applications. Apart from video surveillance, the company has also invested in access control solution, video-intercom solution, alarm solutions and transmission and display solution.
Hikvision advances the core technologies of audio and video encoding, video image processing, and related data storage, as well as forward-looking technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and deep learning. Over the past several years, Hikvision deepened its knowledge and experience in meeting customer needs in various vertical markets, including public security, transportation, education, healthcare, financial institutions, and energy, as well as intelligent buildings.
Accordingly, the company provides professional and customized solutions to meet diverse market requirements. In addition to the video surveillance industry, Hikvision extended its business to smart home tech, industrial automation, and automotive electronics industries — all based on video intelligence technology — to explore channels for sustaining long-term development.
Red Dot Distribution is a leading ICT Distribution Company, born out of an ideology to provide “Technology with a Difference.” From humble beginnings, starting with a small team based in Tanzania, within no time Red Dot has expanded its operations across the Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa East & Southern Africa.
The leading IT distributors in Africa are national distributors for HIKVISION and other leading global brands and offer uncompromising focus on customer service, regular partner training programs, continuous marketing support, and a world-class logistics model. To promote the use of ICT in Africa with a view to bridge the gap in the use of technology, Red Dot ensures that it has adequate local stocks at competitive pricing.
