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Digital Technology & Surveillance, LLC—Nixa, MO
Assisted by:
Small Business Development Center at Southwest Missouri State University

Can you say "OmniOculus"? If not, you'd better learn. This tool could save your children's lives and give them a feeling of safety within their public school system. Digital Technology & Surveillance, LLC, a Nixa, MO-based business, has a mission to provide safe, secure facilities for learning, working and living! DTS was developed by co-founders Daniel Moore and Matt Hartzell and incorporated January 28, 2002.

Dan and Matt were just acquaintances and classmates at Branson High School and probably never imagined they'd end up in business together. However, that's just what happened when they became friends while working within the Mt. Vernon Missouri Public School System. Dan was Information Technology Director for Mt. Vernon schools. Matt was a systems engineer for Ikon Office Solutions.

After the Columbine High School tragedy, Dan realized that if officials could have surveyed the drama unfolding within the school from outside the buildings, it would have allowed them to access and rescue the victims more rapidly. Dan enlisted Matt's programming expertise and the result is "OmniOculus," a unique software designed from scratch that allows for seamless integration of multiple servers.

Using Axis communication cameras and DTS's surveillance software, security personnel can view the interior of a location from any remote computer. There is no special software required for the computer workstations of the end-users.

DTS wrote the software and installs and supports the entire system. Their surveillance allows users to view all of their buildings from one single interface page regardless of geographical location. The system also leverages existing network infrastructure. Live video is streamed at up to 30 frames per second. DTS gives credit to Reeds Spring schools for taking a leap of faith as the first school system to install and begin utilizing the OmniOculus software.

Rayanna Anderson at the Southwest Missouri State University SBDC assisted DTS with the preparation of an SBA loan package. The business was able to quickly secure a loan with the Springfield center's assistance. According to Angel Hartzell, DTS's director of operations, "our experience was outstanding and the approval process was expedited due largely to the assistance of Mrs. Anderson through the SBDC. I would not only recommend, but encourage any small business to seek the assistance of the SBDC."

DTS currently employees four people and plans to increase that to 10 by early 2004, primarily adding technicians to install and service the software contracts. "This is an exciting and significant new use of technology, and the clients have done an excellent job of targeting their potential customers by solving a real need," said Anderson, SBDC assistant director.

DTS created its system specifically for school districts. The company provides key elements that make it ideal for the K-12 environment:

• The system is easy to budget with no hidden costs.
• Districts can add unlimited cameras without hardware restrictions.
• Video is viewed live via a secure web browser.
• Images are automatically archived, date-stamped and easily accessed.
  
• The system is 100 percent digital.
• Districts can choose to provide access to police.
• Police granted access can view images from any location including patrol cars equipped with wireless computers.

Currently, the Missouri School Board Association (MSBA) has partnered with DTS and will assist the company with marketing the system to schools throughout Missouri. The system is already in place in Reeds Spring, Republic, Rogersville and From A Child's View daycare center in Springfield. James Bond-007 has nothing on DTS! Their surveillance system can be utilized as a remote monitoring tool for terrorism, safety, shrinkage, product display, OSHA implications, employee productivity ... and the list goes on and on!

Digital Technology & Surveillance, LLC
Dan Moore, President
Matt Hartzell, CTO
501 North Fort
Nixa, Missouri 65714
417-724-9477
417-724-9282 - Fax
888-886-9555 - Toll Free
www.GETDTS.com

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