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Video Surveillance Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly tr ...

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, Steelbox Networks Inc. was a privately owned company that engineered devices to distribute, store and retrieve large amounts of video data across IP networks. The company was noted for revolutionizing the

video surveillance Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly tr ...

industry through the development of a specialized digital operating system (RTIK) addressing specific needs of video security networks such as problems with large scale storage and playback control. The technology provides secure paths to distribute, store and playback large amounts of live and recorded video. Its primary customer base was businesses and organizations that use video monitoring systems, such as law enforcement,

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Corporate history

Steelbox was founded in 2003 in

by six engineers most of whom have worked together for 20 years and completed projects for

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Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec, ...

. The core team developed the operating system behind the

Cisco PIX Cisco PIX (Private Internet eXchange) was a popular IP firewall and network address translation (NAT) appliance. It was one of the first products in this market segment. In 2005, Cisco introduced the neweCisco Adaptive Security Appliance(Cisco ...

Firewall, which is widely used throughout the world today. The team also developed the concept of load balancing, a technology that speeds up the flow of information over the Internet by determining the best way to route data requests to the most appropriate sources. Prior to Steelbox, the founders worked for

Pharsalia Technologies Pharsalia Technologies, Inc. was founded in December 1999, located in Roswell, Georgia, as an emerging company developing network infrastructure products for the Internet market. Led by a team of over 28 software engineers, Pharsalia focused on d ...

, which was led by Steelbox CEO, Richard "Chip" Howes. Howes holds 30 patents for designs related to securing and speeding the flow of information over the Internet.

Founders

Richard "Chip" Howes
Bill LeBlanc
Jim Jordan
Tom Bohannon
Scott Higgins
Bill Vaughan

Sample of Customers

*UK Highways Agency *

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*National Roads Telecommunication Services *Port of Oostende, Belgium Products/ Solutions

A Critic

"The New York City Transit Authority purchased 36 of these units along with a DMSS for each, and had nothing but problems. After a multitude of firmware updates, visits by their field engineers, and failures in the field, they wished they had gone with another vendor such as

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or Teleste. It is not surprising that the company is now closed.(Robert Marshall, CTA, NYCTA)" The units described in this quote are the 5600 NAS. This was a new product built explicitly for the NYCTA because of their cabinet depth requirement. The 5600s were Linux NAS units, not Steelbox switches (DMSS). Companies established in 2003 Companies based in Atlanta Networking companies