Network Optix have recently released Nx Enterprise Video Operating System. Nx EVOS is a versatile platform designed to streamline data management and empower innovation across diverse enterprise applications. It offers a range of features and capabilities that cater to both developers and business leaders.
What are the Five Components of an Nx EVOS System?
Nx Toolkit: Formerly known as Nx Developer Tools, is a component of Nx EVOS, designed for developers to rapidly create customized, enterprise-grade intelligent video solutions.
Nx Desktop Client: A powerful desktop application available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, featuring an extensive suite of powerful features and tools designed to enhance your workflow and operations.
Nx Cloud: Access your systems from anywhere, at any time, with a secure web-based portal. Manage your surveillance systems remotely with complete control and oversight.
Nx Server: The backbone of Nx EVOS, designed to be highly efficient and scalable. Our server application supports a wide range of hardware, ensuring reliable and uninterrupted performance across all deployments, from small and simple to large and complex.
Nx Mobile: Stay connected on the go with our mobile apps for iOS and Android. Monitor live feeds, review recorded footage, and receive instant alerts directly on your mobile device, no matter where you are.
What are the benefits of Nx EVOS?
Flexible Data Management: Nx EVOS provides a robust framework for storing and accessing data, supporting both on-premise and cloud-based solutions. It also incorporates failover and redundancy mechanisms to ensure high availability and reliability.
Customization and Innovation: The platform enables developers to tailor solutions to specific business needs, fostering creativity and adaptability.
Scalability and Performance: Nx EVOS is designed to handle large-scale deployments and demanding workloads, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
Security and Compliance: The platform prioritizes data security and privacy, adhering to industry standards and regulations.
What are Nx EVOS Core Features?
Automatically Discover 99% of IP Cameras: Nx EVOS supports almost all IP cameras (ONVIF or other) out of the box.
Snappy Video Playback and Management: Nx EVOS’s Desktop, Browser, and Mobile clients for fast review, control, and playback of live or recorded video with low-latency and no need for expensive GPUs.
Advanced Rules Engine: Nx EVOS has a built-in IFTT rules engine that allows operators to create rules for automatically responding to system events with actions.
Connect From Anywhere: The Nx EVOS Cloud service makes it simple to connect to your systems from anywhere, anytime, over any type of network from Desktop, Tablet, or Mobile devices.
Redundancy with Server Hive: Nx EVOS’s unique Server Hive Architecture means your system will have no single point of failure with built-in automatic camera failover.
Reliable Video Recording: Schedule recording of any connected IP Camera, RTSP/HTTP/UDP stream, or even offline capture device.
What does Nx Toolkit Include?
Nx AI Manager: A universal model pipeline that optimizes any AI model to run on any accelerator with customisable pre- and post-processing configuration.
Metadata SDK: A low-level SDK to store AI manager inferences (and other data) and seamlessly synchronise them with the video streams.
Video Source SDK: Enables integration of any video source (live or archived) into the system.
Storage SDK: Enables the integration of 3rd party hardware and software-based storage solutions.
HTTP Server API: An open, comprehensively documented RESTful HTTP Server API that provides developers the ability to access nearly every feature available in the system’s thick client.
Nx Connect API: A single system to manage your resellers and installers, manage licenses to your software, and ensure appropriate billing.
Nx Cloud API: A key part of our product stack that makes it simple to connect and manage systems from anywhere, anytime.
Open-Source Client: A fully open-source client that is publicly available for developers to modify to their specific application.
Where has Nx EVOS been used?
Video Surveillance and Security: Powering intelligent video analytics and surveillance systems.
Retail and Logistics: Optimizing supply chain operations and enhancing customer experiences.
Healthcare: Improving patient care and streamlining administrative processes.
Smart Cities: Enabling efficient urban management and public safety initiatives.
Who is Nx EVOS for and how will it help?
For AI Accelerator Chip and SoC Makers: Nx Toolkit integrates the specific AI chip conversion toolchain and runtime, such that AI developers experience native performance when building any video + AI application using Nx Toolkit. AI Chip makers can use the Nx Toolkit logo and ensure adoption of their hardware through.
• A Production-ready software ecosystem
• A community of creators
• Standardized toolchain and runtime integration
• No R&D cost and time spent on software tools
• Faster chip adoption and customer scale
• Broad device manufacturer support
For AI Developers, Data Scientists, and Consultants: AI Developers can develop and deploy robust end-to-end video + AI applications across all common AI architectures using Nx Toolkit. Nx Toolkit reduces development time and cost, leading to faster AI solution monetization. Using Nx Toolkit, AI developers benefit from.
• A standardized cross-AI-architecture software toolkit
• Feature-rich, enterprise-scale, robust, secure, and stable
• AI chip & device-optimized video decode and interference
• Reduced deployment time and cost
• Recurring revenue instant monetisation
For AI Device Manufacturers: Device manufacturers can include the Nx Toolkit in their device development kit, such that AI developers can easily and quickly build solutions. The Nx AI Toolkit can be fully white-labeled and rebranded. Device manufacturers can use the “Nx AI Toolkit” logo.
• Offer an OEM-able software package
• Include a production-ready software ecosystem
• Tap into a community of creators
• Capture increased value from customers
• Increase customer loyalty
• Generate recurring revenue
For AI Model Platforms: AI Developers can easily use model training tools or pre-trained models from AI model platform partners through the Nx Toolkit. Model platforms can promote their tools and models on the Nx Toolkit cloud and by using the “Nx Toolkit” logo. AI model partners benefit from Nx Toolkit through.
• Access to a community of creators
• Integration in a feature-rich end-to-end video software
• Standardized model definition and output
• Rapid growth of models and training tool users
• Broad scale device manufacturer support
• Generation of recurring revenue for instant monetization