 Commend's R&D and production offices in Salzburg, Austria | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Intercom: security solutions |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | R&D and Production offices in Salzburg, Austria |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Intercom and security hardware & software |
| Number of employees | Salzburg: 250, worldwide: 600 |
| Parent | TKH Group N. V. |
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| Subsidiaries | 23 sales offices worldwide |
| Website | commend |
Commend International is an Austrian-based technology provider that specialises in intercom audio/video security systems.
Company history
Commend was established in 1971 with a focus on research and inventions for intercom automation and background noise suppression.
Products
- In the early 2000s, Commend introduced OpenDuplex as a further development of full duplex speech transmission technology.
- In 2012 Commend ventured into virtual server technology with a software-based Intercom server, marketed under the name "VirtuoSIS".
- In 2023 Commend launched an AI-driven voice assistant for call centres under the name "Ivy". It won a New Products & Solutions Award ("Communications & Networking" category) from the Security Industry Association (SIA) upon its launch at the ISC West 2023 security technology trade show.
Projects
- City of Nice (Southern France): large-scale city-wide network of "yellow button" emergency call points; they proved helpful during the 2020 terrorist attack on the city
- "London Underground": large-scale network of help point terminals at stations
- Indian Smart Cities: emergency call systems for the country's "Smart Cities Mission" initiative (136 emergency call boxes at strategic junctions PAN City)
- Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio (Gruppo San Donato): extensive communication network for a major hospital/medical & health care centre near Milan, Italy
References
- "Weltmeister beim Verstehen". Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 28 Jun 2024.
- "Tenth anniversary for natural Intercom conversation with OpenDuplex® by Commend". www.parking.net. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Commend UK to showcase the first virtual intercom server at IFSEC 2012". www.sourcesecurity.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Ivy Virtual Assistant for Intercoms". Security Info Watch. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- Klein, Kara (2023-03-29). "Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA New Products & Solutions Awards". Security Industry Association. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Hey Ivy! World's First 'Conversational AI' Intercom Voice Assistant From Commend Speaks As Humans Would – And Wins Award at Most Important US Security Trade Fair ISC West in Las Vegas". Easy Engineering Magazine International. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Wenn KI Notrufe besser verständlich macht: Salzburger Firma gewinnt Preis in Las Vegas". Salzburger Nachrichten. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- "Künstliche Intelligenz: Salzburgs Version von ChatGPT gewann Auszeichnung in Las Vegas". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
- "La borne d'appel d'urgence... Quel est cet outil qui a permis d'appréhender rapidement le terroriste de Nice?". Nice-Matin (in French). 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Secrets of the London Underground: Series 4 - Stockwell".
- "Salzburger Firma Commend macht Indiens Städte smart". Salzburger Nachrichten. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- "Indian Smart Cities". ICCC.
- "Commend per la comunicazione interna del IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio". ImpresaCity.
- "Soluzioni Commend per la sicurezza e la comunicazione all'IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio". Tecno Medicina. 3 September 2024.
- "IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio". Sanità Digitale. 3 September 2024.