Qognify, the leader in big data solutions for physical security and operations, today announced, that it has been presented with Security & Fire Excellence Award for a second consecutive year, with Qognify Extend winning Communication Product of the Year 2017.

The prestigious award was presented to Qognify’s Regional Vice President Sales UK, Nordics & Southern Europe, Enrico Montagnino, at a formal ceremony attended by more than 1,000 security professionals, at the Hilton Park Lane in London on Wednesday, November 22nd. This is the second consecutive year that Qognify’s product innovation has been recognised by the judges of Security & Fire Excellence Awards. Last year, VisionHub won the CCTV System of the year (excluding camera and lens) award.

During the presentation, it was explained why Qognify Extend was chosen to top the category: “The judges thought this was an interesting, innovative and forward-thinking solution, with impressive emphasis and effectiveness towards personal safety”.

Launched earlier this year, Qognify Extend is a suite of integrated mobile solutions that empowers organizations to leverage field resources and responders to increase situational awareness. Powered by CloudScann, Qognify Extend is a cloud-based solution that effectively extends the reach, coverage and effectiveness of an enterprise’s control room and operations, by enabling personnel — and their smartphones — to become powerful sensors.

Moti Shabtai, Qognify’s CEO and President states: “Qognify Extend capitalises on the ubiquity of mobile devices, harnessing their rich feature sets including location tracking, the ability to capture and share high quality video, audio and photos, and of course communicate. In doing so, it helps to improve the safety and security of employees, citizens and infrastructure. We are proud that Qognify Extend has been recognised for this prestigious award, and that this is the second consecutive year in which Qognify has been recognised for product innovation.”

Owned by UBM, organizers of IFSEC International & FIREX International the Security & Fire Excellence Awards highlight the very best people, projects and processes that the security and fire sectors have to offer.