Paul Shanks

Advancis Software & Services

Advancis is a global leader in the PSIM industry with offices and partners around the globe. The company was founded in 1994 with the goal of developing a command & control management platform to unify disparate security systems and to provide real time incident handling for security control rooms. WinGuard PSIM from Advancis is a highly stable, scalable and sophisticated, open architecture command & control platform for security and building integration. We work closely in partnership with an ever expanding community of security system and equipment manufacturers from around the world to ensure the integration and compatibility with WinGuard. There are already over 500 interfaces available. Our community of certified partners deploys WinGuard to integrate and unify security, automation, IT and communication systems for centralised, real time event management and communication. Most essentially WinGuard provides operators with an instant picture of full situational analysis for decision making, command and control of all systems as well as dynamic and interactive handling procedures for live security incidents via the control room as well as in the field for mobile security agents. WinGuard is sold via a network of security, automation and IP specialists in over 70 countries at projects of various sizes and complexity. Many of these protect national and critical infrastructure or corporate security such as data centres, banks headquarters, correctional facilities, railway infrastructure, airports, pharma, oil & gas and in sports arenas and stadiums. Our mission is to offer the most stable and innovative PSIM solution on the market that provides the benefits of open architecture, cost efficiency and scalability as well as to provide high levels of support throughout a projects life cycle. Advancis is an ISO 9001 certified company.