Case Study: Seminole State College of Florida achieves $65,000 hardware savings and centralized multi‑campus security with Genetec Security Center

Multi-campus college makes affordable upgrade to Genetec IP access control

Seminole State College of Florida, a multi‑campus institution serving more than 32,000 students, faced an unstable and costly legacy security platform that strained IT resources and required expensive server processing for video. Seeking a reliable, unified solution that would allow affordable, phased growth, the college worked with integrator SiteSecure to standardize on Genetec’s unified security platform — Genetec Security Center with Synergis access control and Omnicast video.

Genetec implemented Security Center with Synergis and the Synergis Master Controller, virtualized servers and retained existing door hardware to avoid a full rip‑and‑replace. The pilot connected 14 doors (with a roll‑out of another ~320 planned), supported over 300 IP cameras, centralized monitoring across campuses via leased fiber, and yielded an estimated $65,000 savings in door hardware. Seminole State reports faster, more reliable operations, less maintenance and server downtime, and clear ROI from the Genetec deployment.

Seminole State College of Florida

Bill McCoy

Senior Network Analyst