The focus was a problem most schools share: how to gain modern, cloud-based security without replacing a camera fleet that still works.
Keep the cameras, change everything else
Verkada Command Connector sits between the cameras a school already owns and the Verkada Command platform. The cameras stay on the walls. What changes is everything around them: footage becomes searchable from a browser, separate sites appear in one place, and staff can check a camera from home on a Sunday night without a VPN or a call to IT.
For a business manager, that turns a capital replacement project into a staged one. For an ICT manager, it removes a server from the list of things to patch and back up. Both are usually more persuasive than any feature list.
It raises fair questions, and schools asked them: which cameras are supported, what happens to footage already recorded, and how a rollout works across a campus without disrupting the school day. With a Verkada engineer in the room, those answers came first-hand rather than from a brochure.
What we covered
The conversation ranged well beyond cameras:
- One integrated system. Cameras, access control, sensors, intercom and alarms working together in a single platform rather than four disconnected systems.
- Hybrid cloud security. Footage stored securely on site, managed from the cloud.
- AI-powered search. Finding people, vehicles and events across footage in seconds instead of scrubbing through hours of recordings.
- Unified timelines. Following a person across multiple cameras in one synchronised timeline.
- AI-powered alarm deterrence. Responding to genuine after-hours threats while cutting down false alarms.
- Air quality sensors. Monitoring air quality across campus, including vape detection in bathrooms and locker areas.
- Cloud-managed access control. Managing doors, credentials and schedules from anywhere.
As an AISWA Pillar Partner and Verkada Gold Partner, Omnia Global works with independent schools across Western Australia on security, networking and unified communications.
Want to see what this could look like at your school?
We are offering two ways to get started:
- A free security audit. We review your current cameras and setup, confirm what can move into Verkada Command, and give you clear, practical recommendations. No cost and no obligation.
- A 60-day free trial. Try Verkada cameras, sensors and intercom at your school for 60 days, free of charge.
To book either, contact us at team@omniaglobal.com.au.
