Examining OnSSI's OpenSight Federated Management
OnSSI has announced a new feature for its Ocularis product line called OpenSight. OpenSight enables federated management/access to multiple independent Ocularis systems. It has a similar design goal to Genetec's Federation (see our Genetec test result details) and...
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