Drako is a parallel entrepreneur, investor and engineer. In addition to his role as owner and chairman of Brivo, he is founder, president and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, delivering the first on-demand cloud-based security and operations VMS with both cloud and on-premise recording. Click Here to read the article.
Because Brivo and Eagle Eye are both cloud-based, the combined solution uniquely offers flexible deployment, with scalability and cyber-secure remote management, according to Drako. “One of the motivators for some of our customers moving to Brivo is the cybersecurity-IT interface. Every company wants to remotely manage their access control system.
The move will allow Eagle Eye Networks to provide what executives said is the first 100 percent cloud-based integrated offering for access control and video surveillance from a single vendor. The combined companies will solve a challenge faced by video surveillance offerings by correlating the video with activity measured at
Bethesda-based Brivo, whose cloud-based access-control systems have more than 6 million users, has been acquired by Dean Drako, president and CEO of Austin-based Eagle Eye Networks, for $50 million. Click Here to read the article. Hans Kahler
With this acquisition, Drako will apply the strategy and execution processes he used at his other successful companies, including Barracuda Networks, to leverage Brivo’s technology lead and growth trajectory. In particular, Drako sees the opportunity to accelerate the cloud technology shift already underway in the physical security industry by combining
Drako said he will leverage his experience in the physical security market to drive the acceleration of cloud technology throughout the industry. Under his leadership, Brivo will begin selling an integrated solution that combines the Brivo OnAir cloud-based access control system with Eagle Eye Networks‘ cloud security camera system. Click Here
“Brivo’s true cloud architecture and open API approach put it a generation ahead of other access control systems. Cloud solutions provide exceptional benefits and Brivo is clearly the market and technology leader,” Drako said. “Brivo has also been committed to strong, long-standing relationships with its channel partners, which I believe
Dean Drako, owner of Eagle Eye Networks, has just announced that he has acquired Brivo. Mr. Drako, the serial entrepreneur behind Barracuda and Eagle Eye, has received much press over the years, including a write up here at CloudWedge. Brivo is a leading company in the cloud based access control field. Click Here to read
Drako is currently president and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, a company he founded in 2012. Eagle Eye, which provides a cloud-based video surveillance service, received a “multimillion-dollar” venture round in 2014 from Michael Dell’s private investment fund, MSD Capital. Click Here to read the article. Hans Kahler
Brivo on Thursday announced that the company has been acquired by Dean Drako, the founder, president and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, for $50 million. As the owner, Drako will serve as Brivo’s chairman moving forward while Steve Van Till, Brivo’s president and CEO, will continue to lead the company.
[John Mack] believes that the news that Dean Drako, owner of cloud-based VMS provider Eagle Eye and founder of Barracuda Networks, has purchased Brivo, the original cloud-based access control system, may help propel the emergence of a new kind of security dealer. “These guys will be the leader,” he said.
“It was too much of an opportunity to pass up,” Drako told Security Systems News. Plus, he said Eagle Eye Networks is “getting more and more requests to integrate its video system with access control.” Click Here to read the article. Hans Kahler
I just read the white paper, 12 Security Camera System Best Practices – Cyber Safe, by Dean Drako of Eagle Eye Networks…These subjects and recommended best practices appear to be timely and very useful. Subscription required to read more. Hans Kahler
Eagle Eye Networks has released its “12 Security Camera System Best Practices for Cyber Protection” white paper. The report covers the major vulnerabilities for security camera systems and the twelve corresponding cyber security best practices. The best practices are designated according to whether the system is a true cloud solution
“Our physical security systems – access control, fire alarms and video surveillance systems – basically have all kind of quietly become internet-connected,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks. “When you’re going to expose a machine to the internet, there’s a certain set of responsibilities that go
