Securing Public Safety and Urban Mobility in Pattaya

Company Biography

Pattaya is a bustling coastal city that rose to prominence in the early 1980s and has since remained one of Thailand's most popular vacation spots. Pattaya City is a self-governing municipal jurisdiction that includes smaller districts. Pattaya is known for its unspoilt nature, beautiful islands and beaches, and tranquil forests, in addition to its exotic nightlife. Each of the beaches has its own distinct feature and vibe and there is a wide range of beaches to choose from. After dusk, the nightlife is something that is worth witnessing, where the streets of Pattaya get all lit up. Today, hundreds of thousands of visitors are drawn each year to Pattaya to windsurf, water ski, swim, sunbathe, snorkel, sail, or take Trips to nearby Islands.

The local authority have been improving the public safety through CCTV system. Originally the CCTV system was purchased to manage traffic in Pattaya. However, during the years that have followed it has been expanded to provide increased security for the millions that visit every year on vacation. The system keeps expanding to covers parks, beaches and shopping areas. Recently, the system has also encompassed schools, places of worship and a hospital.

The project has been carried out as part of the cooperation between the city government, Point IT Consulting Co. Ltd. and QSAN. Point IT Consulting Co. Ltd, are the professional solutions provider in Thailand with more than 13 years experience in IT business and has delivered a solution from a ‘one stop shop’ that has greatly improved the efficiency of the city government’s capabilities to carry out their duty of care.

The Challenge

As the need to carry the entire Pattaya City under 24-hour surveillance to build a stable, resilient and flexible CCTV platform that can be used by the Pattaya City Hall control room, an extremely reliable SAN solution with high availability is vital to sustain high capacity and high read-write performance to prevent frame loss in camera image collection particularly in the new stage of massively deploying 2,000 pcs of CCTV cameras. The goal of this upgraded CCTV system is to dramatically enhance the services of public safety and urban mobility.