SAIMOS hires a new Regional Manager for the Middle East
Vienna, Austria / Dubai, UAE – August 31, 2021 – SAIMOS by ONG-IT GmbH, the leading Europe based vendor of Intel® CPU/VPU driven Video Analytics, which is seamlessly integrated into Milestone XProtect®, announced today, that SAIMOS hires Hasan Basri as their Regional Manager, Middle East, based in Dubai.
Hasan Basri
With 20+ years’ experience in software sales, especially in the VMS and Video Analytics space and in the physical security sector, Hasan is a big asset to the SAIMOS operations. He’s based in Dubai and will be responsible for the Middle East. Further, Hasan will be supporting our local partners and will create massive growth of SAIMOS product sales in the region.
Hasan works in the region since 2010 and has a massive network and industry know-how, which he will use to further promote SAIMOS with the goal to make SAIMOS the leading Intel® CPU based Video Analytics solution in the region.
“We’re glad being able to secure a caliber like Hasan for our Middle East operations. He’ll further deepen our excellent relation with Milestone and grow our great network of local system integrators as well as all other valuable SAIMOS partners.”, said Karim Elhanafi, founder and CEO of SAIMOS®. “I’m very much excited having Hasan on board and fully trust in his skills to provide our partners the excellent service as they’re already used to receive from SAIMOS.”
Hasan is highly motivated in his role with SAIMOS
„I am extremely excited to take on this new challenge and to be associated with a great organization such as SAIMOS who is a global industry leader in the Video Analytics & Situational Awareness space. I take great pride in sharing the vision the company has”, said Hasan Basri, Regional Manager Middle East. “With governments and private establishments across the Middle East, and specifically GCC region looking for newer and more efficient ways to safeguard its cities, people and assets. The AI-driven analytics market continues to grow exponentially & our presence as a best-in-class Human Machine Interface is already being felt in the region. The value add that we bring with our solution portfolio is extremely compelling for our customers and prospects”
About SAIMOS
SAIMOS® is the leading vendor of Intel CPU/VPU based Video Analytics seamlessly integrated into Milestone XProtect®. We do provide enhanced Situational Awareness by combining Video Analytics with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
SAIMOS® was one of the first vendors integrating Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit into its commercial products to enhance its video analytics architecture and allow the optimized usage of CPU’s and VPU’s combined with traditional computer vision approaches.
Collected metadata from video analytics can be displayed on a GIS map and applying geospatial analytics. Based on GIS, real-time data is integrated as well and put into relation with metadata from video analytics, which provides a new level of business intelligence. Location-based real-time data is received e.g., from LiDAR, radar, weather data (also forecasts), etc. This approach enables the combination and advantages of Milestone System’s VMS, Video Analytics as well as geospatial analytics for enhanced business processes.
SAIMOS modules are scalable and easy to use, applicable in multiple industries, as Security, Critical Infrastructure (Oil & Gas, Power Plants, Distribution Lines, etc.), Transportation (Bus, Metro, Station, Platform, Airport), Retail, Banking, Campus (Educational Facilities, Municipalities), Smart Buildings, Smart / Safe City and many more.
SAIMOS® by ONG-IT GmbH