Global cloud-native access control and smart space technologies provider Brivo and global cloud artificial intelligence video surveillance company Eagle Eye Networks will merge, creating a global AI cloud-native physical security operation.
The merged company will operate under the Brivo name and “deliver a truly unified cloud-native security platform,” according to the joint announcement.
“Customers will have one support team, one business relationship and one integrated cloud-native physical security solution,” says Dean Drako, the founder of Eagle Eye Networks and chairman of Brivo, who will also become CEO of Brivo following the acquisition, in the joint announcement. “The Brivo Security Suite brings AI, access control, video intelligence, visitor management and intrusion into a single solution, centralizing security across the enterprise.”
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“The merger cements our leadership position in the market, provides a better solution for our customers and helps resellers grow their businesses more efficiently,” says Brivo founder Steve Van Till, who becomes president of the company as part of the merger. “We have shared the same vision and ownership for a decade, so the merger is about aligning operations so we can move faster and provide better service to our customers.”
Brivo founder Steve Van Till, who becomes president of the company as part of the merger, said the merger “cements our leadership position in the market, provides a better solution for our customers and helps resellers grow their businesses more efficiently.”
The merged company “will maintain its commitment to an open platform and will continue to support other video and access control solutions,” according to the joint announcement. It has U.S. headquarters in Bethesda, Md., and Austin, Texas, and additional offices in Lehi, Utah, Amsterdam, Bangalore and Tokyo.
Eagle Eye Networks Founder on Brivo Merger
In an interview with Craig MacCormack, digital editor for Campus Safety’s sister publication, Security Sales & Integration, Drako answered the question everyone is asking about why he finally brought together the two companies he owns.
“I feel the timing is right now and primarily that’s due to trends in the industry of customers and channel partners wanting a more unified solution,” he says.
The integration has happened gradually in the past 10 years, Van Till tells SSI.
“When when Dean bought Brivo in early 2015, we began integrating Eagle Eye Video into the Brivo platform,” he says. “Over the 10 years, as you can imagine, we’ve had successively deeper and deeper and deeper integration between the two.”
