Group Elephant security specialist Metagrated will lead the Group’s relationship with Octopus, a leader in integrated data fusion command-and-control platforms for security operations, emergency response and smart city infrastructure. The new relationship will fortify Metagrated’s standing in ‘safe city’ enabling technology, automatic number plate recognition, and cybersecurity and compliance, heavily leveraging AI-powered analytics.

‘Octopus technology endows our portfolio with world-class situational awareness and incident management capability’, said Metagrated Managing Director, Zane Strydom. ‘We are able to jointly deploy intelligent, real-time systems that meet the complex needs of clients across urban and remote environments’, he added.

Metagrated has a bespoke integration and orchestration platform, enabling rapid onboarding to the Octopus platform through a prebuilt integration ‘toolbox’ that connects alarm systems, analytics engines, IoT devices and camera technology.