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Laguna Development Corporation's Route 66 Casino Deploys the Cisco Physical Security Solution to Drive Operational Excellence
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - August 13, 2008) - Route 66
Casino, part of the Laguna Development
Corporation, announced today that it is deploying the Cisco Physical Security Solution to
centralize surveillance, reduce operational expenditures, and streamline
accessibility to information for their security needs. Casino executives at
any of the three associated locations can now log into the Cisco (NASDAQ : CSCO ) Physical Security solution to get a real-time view of any part of any
facility, from any angle using pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras.
In addition, managers now have one-touch ability to determine which of the
casino and hotel employees have access to the various elements of the
security.
Route 66 Casino is also realizing additional operational benefits and
savings with reduced facility costs. They are able to easily extend video surveillance and physical security services to new business locations without
creating new networks and separate infrastructures. At the same time, they
can centrally manage physical security and optimize human resources and
operation staffing levels. The casino security personnel can enjoy full
hardware redundancy and have fail-over recorders, and managers can assign
user rights so that non-gaming employees are able to view only limited
content, per federal law. The casino, themed with Route 66 memorabilia,
offers 1600 slot and video poker machines, 26 table games and a poker room
with 12 tables.
"Cisco is the first company you think of when evaluating IP-based physical
security," said Edward Khader, director of information technology, Laguna
Development Corporation. "We chose the Cisco Physical Security solution for
many reasons, but the primary one was that it allows us to reduce the
amount of time it takes our employees to search for a specific timeframe of
coverage. What literally took us hours to locate on our old-fashioned VHS
tapes now takes us only minutes with our video recorders."
In the past, Route 66 used a completely analog system with videocassette
recorders and VHS tapes. The casino personnel were required to physically
change tapes often, which increased work hours as the casino grew. If an
employee neglected to change a tape at the correct time, valuable
information was lost and there was the risk of overwriting information. In
addition, if material needed to be retrieved, many hours were spent
forwarding and rewinding tapes to get to a specific spot in the coverage.
In 2007, Route 66 installed the Cisco solution. The executives are now more
empowered than ever before, as they are able to look at specific timeframes
from any recorded location from the comfort of their office desk,
completely eliminating the need to travel to remote corporate sites.
Because the Cisco Physical Security solution runs on the Cisco IP network,
already in place, Route 66 has used their existing network investment and
increased ease of use for their executives.
For more information about Cisco physical security solutions, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/go/physicalsecurity
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