How Computer Components Corporation Turned 60 Years of Guesswork Into Real Evidence
Claims settled with real footage
Hybrid storage, no bandwidth strain
Hours of footage searched in seconds
A Six-Decade Manufacturer Running Security as Old as the Building
Computer Components Corporation has fabricated sheet metal in northeast Philadelphia since 1964, building electronic enclosures for defense, aerospace, medical, and industrial customers. Frank Cettina, the company's vice president of operations, runs the plant floor, including its security. For most of the company's history, the camera watching that floor was almost as old as the building. When something happened, the record was thin: grainy footage, or just an account written down after the fact.
That gap gets expensive fast in a manufacturing plant. Frank's example: a worker claims he slipped and fell five minutes after clocking in and files an injury claim. Without footage, the only answer to "did anyone see him come in, was he okay" is "I don't know." Years of that exposure finally pushed Frank to replace the system.
A Hybrid System Built Around Real Bandwidth Constraints
Frank ran a full evaluation: local, two hybrid options, and full-cloud solution, alongside Coram. The plant's Internet can't easily expand, so pushing everything to the cloud risked day-to-day bandwidth. Coram's hybrid model settled it.
- Hybrid Deployment: Footage stored on site, pulled remotely when needed.
- AI Search: Find a camera and time window in seconds, not hours.
- Automatic Camera Detection: Add a camera without a manual setup process.
- Remote Access: Check footage from anywhere, no dedicated workstation.
- Straightforward Rollout: 37 cameras online with two people, no dedicated security staff.
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From Reasonable Doubt to Real Evidence
A physical security platform answering questions that used to go unanswered.
- Verify Injury Claims: Check for signs of injury before a claim is filed.
- Confirm Deliveries: Check a loading dock and time window for a no-show vendor.
- Narrow a Shift Fast: Turn hours of activity into a short list of who was there.
- Build a Record That Holds Up: Replace "so-and-so said that's what happened" with footage that backs up or contradicts it.
- Skip the Training Wait: Add cameras, rename them, and run searches before formal training even starts.
It's not the terminology of AI that made me want it. It's the functionality, zeroing in on something fast. Camera three, nine to ten o'clock. Boom, here's the four people.
