UK VSaaS Startup Ocucon

By: Sean Patton, Published on Jul 03, 2018

Decreasing exposure to fraudulent slip-and-fall insurance claims and lawsuits is one of the oldest selling points of video surveillance for retail. Providing video evidence of an incident that happened 4-6 months prior is a challenge for traditional NVR-based solutions.

VSaaS systems, with no-limit cloud-based storage, offer a solution to that challenge.

In this note we profile Ocucon, a UK-based VSaaS startup, who is selling the ability to "See Everything Know Everything", and actively marketing the retail vertical, based on a conversation with the CTO, examining:

  • Company Overview
  • Platform Overview
  • Developed for Retail
  • Face Redaction / GDPR Impact
  • Bundled Internet
  • Pricing
  • Competitors
  • Channel Partners
  • Challenges to US Expansion
  • Growth Plan
  • Outlook

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Company ********

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Platform ********

*** ****** ******** ****** a *** ****** ** view ******** *****, ****** and **** ********/******** ******, **** automated **** ********* *** redaction.

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Face ********* / **** ******

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**** ** *** ***** manual ********/********* ************ *** claimed ** *** ******* in *********** *** ****** be ******** ** ************* 1 *****. ******* ********* *************.

Developed *** ******

****** **** *** ******* reason *** *********** ** their ******** *** * retail ******** ********* * solution *** ****-**** ********* of ***** (*-* ******) for ********* ********** ******* slip-and-fall ********. **** ***** that **** ********* ***** be ************* ********* ** storing ** ***** * months ** *****. **** also **** *** **** that ****** *** ***** of ********** ********* ******** the ********** ***** *** decreases ***** ****.

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Service ******* **** ********

*** ******* *************** ****** to ******'* ***** ***** is ******** ** * 200Mbps **** (******* ** supporting *****) ********* *** the ***** ********* ** the ***** ******** **** the ***** ***** ******* service, *** **** ********* service.

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Pricing **** **** *******

*** ****** *** ***** price ************** **** ****  ~$65 *** *** ****** for ** ******* *** 6 ****** ** ********* to ~$** *** *** camera *** *** ******* with * ****** ** retention. ***** *** ** resolution ** ***** **** limits, *** ******* **** vary *** ***** ***** on *** **** ***** of ***** **** ** recorded *** ***.

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Channel ********

****** ** **** ** the ** ******* * small ***** ** ******* partners.

** *** **, **** have ****** ********* ***-***** ******** ******** integrator, *** * ******* security ********** *** *******. Ocucon **** ****** **** also ** ********* **** 1 *** * **** support *** **-***** ******** and *********, **** **** 3 ***** ******** *** of *** **. **** said **** *** ******** on ******* ** ********** similar ***-***** ******** *** national *********** ** *** US.

Challenges ** ********* ** *** **

***** **** ** ******* 200Mbps ******* ************ ************ within *** ** ** going ** ** * major ********* *** ********** compared ** *** ** market. ******** ******* ** rural ***** (***** ******** are *******) ** ********* limited ** * ** possibly * *********. **** state **** **** *-* major *********. ********** ***** logistics *** ********* ********** will ** * ******** aspect ** **** *** successful.

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Aggressive ****** *******

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Comments (3)

Undisclosed #1

IPVMU Certified | 07/05/18 02:11am

VSaaS systems, with no-limit cloud-based storage, offer a solution to that challenge.

When you say no-limit, you just mean on the incoming bandwidth, not retention, correct?

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Sean Patton

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/05/18 01:05pm

There's no practical or technical size limits on either bandwidth or retention, using any major cloud-based (Google, AWS, Azure, etc..) storage solution.

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Sean Patton

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 07/05/18 01:13pm

Are you asking relative to Ocucon's platform or the cloud storage providers?

My previous response was pertaining to the cloud backend, Ocucon only provides "in-the-box" price estimates up to 12 months retention, but indicated that longer retention periods are available. I will follow up with them regarding any maximum retention limits to their platform.

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