The Gwava Group Timeline:

• 1970’s:

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  Beginning in the late 1970s, Gwava Group developed custom software. When the industry began to shift in favor of standardized application packages, Gwava Group began to resell application packages developed by other organizations.

• 1980’s:

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  In 1982, Gwava Group developed and marketed its own order management package for manufacturing companies. For five years, it was the premiere order management package used by clients throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. By 1988, Gwava Group’ business was split almost 50/50 between custom development and the sales and support of commercial application packages. The bulk of Gwava Group customers were either manufacturers or distributors.

• 1990’s:

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  The late 1980s and early 1990s brought the advent of Open Systems Architecture and networking. Gwava Group expanded from application solutions to providing services in the exploding area of technology. During the late 1980s, Gwava Group began the transition from a services and solution package supplier to a services and technology provider.

• 2003:

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  During the summer of 2003 in Chicago, there was an outcry to lower violent crime and murders. Police officials knew they needed to disrupt the activities of gangs and drug dealers. The technology for the job needed to be: Portable since crime does move, Overt so its mere presence would deter crime and Digital to take advantage of emerging technologies in the IP world; and so the PODSS® were born. Gwava Group worked with the local police department to create the nation’s first pole mounted wireless surveillance cameras. This deployment was a culmination of the various expertise developed over the last few decades in software, systems integration, servers, storage and networking. A combination of point-to-point, multi-point and mesh networking technologies were used to wirelessly connect hundreds of cameras and distribute the IP video to police stations and squad cars throughout the city.

  As the pioneers in this space, we became very comfortable with the art of overcoming new challenges, the result has been a cutting edge crime-fighting tool for law enforcement agencies and we’re proud to say that since its inception the city has witnessed a 25% reduction in murders.

• 2004:

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  Protean Solutions was delivering mobile communications platforms for battlefield applications.  When Protean was acquired by Avrio Group Surveillance Systems they brought with them unique battlefield methodology and technologies that expanded the groups focus from enterprise IT solutions to the municipal homeland security market.

• Today:

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  Gwava Group’s PODSS® (Portable Overt Digital Surveillance Systems) have become the model for systems across the country. Thousands of PODSS have been deployed in dozens of cities across the country and have been used to protect high profile events like the Super Bowl, The Democratic National Convention, the Republican National Convention and the Presidential Inauguration.