Bytes Systems Integration has appointed Johan Crause to head up its Bytes CCTV department as CCTV sales and technical analyst.
Crause has more than 15 years of industry-related experience and is highly qualified.
“Johan has all the relevant industry credentials and, more than that, he has worked his way up through the ranks so he has an inside view of the business,” says David Hunter, divisional MD of Kronos at Bytes Systems Integration, a wholly owned division of JSE-listed Altron.
Crause spent five years at Micros Fidelio as a software support technician, three years at Impro Distribution as a software integration engineer, was the regional manager of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga at Inhep Electronics, was the country manager for sub-Saharan Africa for three years at Visonic, and came to Bytes Systems Integration from Elvey International, owned by Hudaco, where he was new business development manager.
He has an A+, MCSE, diploma in hospitality management, and he is currently completing his BA Law.
“My primary role will be sales of CCTV-as-a-service and as a solution to SMEs and large corporates, with the intention of growing the division, and to promote Bytes Systems Integration as the turnkey solution of choice,” Crause says.
Bytes Systems Integration has extensive experience and expertise in the design, implementation and operational management of customised IT solutions through the integration of hardware and software systems from global technology leaders such as Kronos.
The CCTV division specialises in industrial, corporate and retail security system solutions for large facilities and conducts thorough, on-site risk analyses to build integrated, cost-saving solutions to safeguard sites based on an understanding of clients' markets and operational processes.
The solutions reduce stock shrinkage and losses because they monitor warehouses, security guards, control collusion, watch parking areas, reduce laptop theft, and provide up-to-date technology. For example, the newest CCTV systems employ intelligent cameras and software that can recognise not only human shapes and forms, but also human behaviour. The cameras can recognise when a person is trying to climb a fence or enter a restricted area, for example, and alert a guard or sound an alarm.
“That reduces load on camera operators,” says Crause, “and ensures you never have a situation where a guard falls asleep, loses concentration, or isn't paying attention because the software and the camera are doing all the leg work. All the guard must do is confirm what the camera system is reporting and then take appropriate remedial action.”
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