Telstra has made an equity investment in Taiwan-based Gorilla Technology Group, which specializes in video analytics for business intelligence, security, enterprise unified communications, education, broadcast media and entertainment.
Tim Chen, Telstra International president, said Gorilla’s software solutions would enable business customers to convert raw video into searchable data and real-time searchable video cataloguing.
Chen said the retail, security, broadcast and government industries will benefit from Gorilla’s solutions for scheduling and management and its video analytics software in intelligent security and forensics.
“Telstra’s equity investment in Gorilla will also allow the company to integrate its software into our network, and provide Gorilla the opportunity to resell the integrated solution to enterprise and government customers worldwide through our international connectivity and data centers,” he said.
Gorilla CEO Spincer Koh said that in tackling the huge demand for software-driven value-added services – especially in industries such as retail, security and broadcast – Telstra is a very good match for Gorilla’s expertise in video big data and analytics.
“Telstra’s state-of-the-art cloud and telco infrastructure and Gorilla’s software platforms and applications offer synergies for both companies to leverage in creating new business opportunities globally,” said Koh.