iRa C3 Mobile version 2.1 is now live in the iTunes Store and should automatically update for existing users.  The update includes:

• Substantially improved control of Milestone PTZ cameras
• When in caching mode, background updates no longer reset your UI to the first group
• When switching groups the UI will now reset to the first page of cameras for the new group
• Bug fix where groups were not downloaded on the first login after entering credentials

Lextech Labs is now a client of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) and a recipient of their matching grant program.

The purpose of the program is to assist businesses with high-growth potential in obtaining professional services that will assist in the acquisition of capital, increase in revenue or other accelerated support services. Award funding must be used for the successful achievement of a significant business milestone.

Below are excerpts from the Network Centric Security article, "iPhone App Shrinks, Simplifies IP Video Management" by Brent Dirks. Read the full article here.

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Chris Wyller, North Central sale manager for Milestone, said the mobile nature of the application is helping to bring a new type of customer to the world of IP video surveillance.

“The mobile application is something that has always been defined but never truly tested,” he said. “For the majority of people who use video surveillance on the IP side, it’s neglected on how they are going to view that video. Now we can powerfully enable video with a very intuitive device and bring our software to someone who leaves a site and give them the same features, functionality, and command and control as if they were in their own LAN.”

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Associate Editor, Heather Klotz wrote the article, titled "Lextech Labs' iRa Pro Makes Mobile Video a Reality." See the full article below.

by Alex Bratton, Lextech Labs CEO

We just got back from an amazing trip to Reston, Virginia where we had a chance to present iRa C3 at two separate briefings to leaders in the enterprise and government sectors.  Apple and AT&T put on a great iPhone briefing event and asked a few enterprise solution focused teams to present, including Lextech Labs. The iRa C3 Mobile solution really helped show the iPhone's ease of use and the power of the platform.

Alex (behind monitor far left) and Jeff (presenting just to the left of the screen) demonstrate iRa C3 to an eager audience.

I'm very excited by what our team has continued to deliver in usability and innovation and the excellent feedback we regularly receive from the community of first responders and others needing mobile operational video. It was very flattering to hear from one government user, "that solution is the reason I'm here today".

Geoff Kohl, Editor-in-Chief of SecurityInfoWatch.com, highlights the benefits of Lextech Labs’ new managed service, iRa C3.  The new business model caters to the app’s target audience that typically require multiple licenses and volume discounts.

Read the article at SecurityInfoWatch.com.

Lextech Labs is pleased to announce that our award-winning mobile surveillance app, iRa Pro, will be demonstrated in 8 booths at the International Security Conference and Expo (ISC West) next week in Las Vegas, NV.

You can visit any of the booths below to view iRa Pro in action.

Anixter - 25069
Axis - 18051
Canon - 24051
JVC - 8109
Milestone - 10064
MOOG - 1123
OnSSI - 8074
VidSys - 8052

Alex Bratton, Lextech Labs President & CEO, appears as an industry expert in the Apple Seminar, Mac for Video Security: Protect people, assets, and critical infrastructure while decreasing security costs.

Watch the video seminar by registering at the link below.
http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/videosecurity/apple/index.html

The Apple Seminar website describes the video as follows:

The proprietary and expensive analog video security solutions of the past are rapidly giving way to a new paradigm. Today, forward-thinking security experts are embracing open, IP-based security systems that integrate seamlessly with their organization’s existing IT infrastructure. These new solutions empower video security professionals to do their jobs faster, easier, and more cost-effectively—whether in the control center or the field.

JVC put out the following press release about the instant integration between iRa and JVC's NVR at MIPS:

MILESTONE MIPS 2009 SUCCESS FOR JVC

View Live Video on JVC Video Surveillance Systems with iPhone/iPod touch 

In the article MIPS event gives inside look at Milestone Systems by Geoff Kohl, editor-in-chief of SecurityInfoWatch.com, he writes the following about the interaction between JVC and Lextech Labs at the Milestone Integration Platform Symposium (MIPS) in Las Vegas Nevada: