Company Overview

Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Fremont, California, Presto Networks is devoted to advancing the security industry through innovative solutions addressing immediate issues in the IP video surveillance market by significantly increasing network security and scalability, simplifying installation and integration, decreasing the capital outlay and installation time, while meeting the different needs of both the IT department and the security department.

Designed exclusively for IP video surveillance application, Presto’s flagship product, PrestoGate, is the industry’s first intelligent appliance, which integrates both network and video management. PrestoGate creates a camera edge network, handles all network needs of the connected cameras, delivers power to the cameras, records video streams, and at the same time, serving live or recorded video streams upon user request from the data network.

Why We Exist

·         Security:  Existing data network firewalls are designed to prevent external attacks (such as Internet), treating the local area network (LAN) as a trusted network. IP cameras are part of that trusted network but physically reside outside the trusted environment; that is, outside the firewall.  As a result, the entire surveillance LAN is open to outside. Surveillance networks need to protect from both Internet and Intranet sources.  In addition, video surveillance systems have many special needs to protect cameras or recording devices from Denial of Services (DoS) attacks, network jamming attacks, and unauthorized access, etc.  "The security industry urgently needs devices designed exclusively for surveillance installations to address network security." (AS International, 04/06)

·         Simplicity:  Existing network video surveillance systems involve multiple network devices from multiple vendors.  Each requires its own installation, operation, and maintenance. The amount of training involved can keep security and IT personnel out of the field for several weeks in a year.  Add to that the extra burden of remembering the different protocols for each device (even when performing similar functions) and what should be a simple process becomes a serious drop in productivity.

·         Scalability:  Video over the network consumes a large amount of bandwidth and the network can be easily overwhelmed as the number of cameras increases, especially when mega-pixel cameras are installed on the network. Data networks treat all packets the same; leaving administrators the dubious choice of compromising between bandwidth, video quality, and the number of cameras supported or choosing to only transmit video over the data network only when certain criteria trigger an alarm.

·         Different Needs from IT and Security Departments:  The IT department and security department have different and some times contradictory requirements. IT department needs to maintain the security and integrity of the network, therefore requires standard protocol and the ability to control and monitor the bandwidth through standard network management tools. The security department wants to view high-quality video, which demands high bandwidth, from cameras from different vendors, locally and remotely. In addition, the interoperability between various devices can become problematic because each security vendor has unique protocols, many of which do not meet IT requirements.

Presto Networks is pioneering an integrated approach which has a number of distinct and practical advantages, including lowered cost, faster upgrades, and complementary to a wide variety of existing video technologies.

Our Vision

Presto is "The Network Company" of the video surveillance industry.

Our Mission

Presto is created to to be the fill the urgent market gaps that no other company is addressing.

·         To provide the most secure, simple, and scalable network infrastructure for IP video surveillance systems.

·         To accelerate the convergence of IT and physical security by serving the needs of both masters.

Our Business Model

Presto supports an authorized global network of partners to sell and implement Presto IP video solutions. Presto also licenses its technologies to OEM/ODM partners.