WHERE THE MARCH NETWORKS RESHUFFLE FORCES A LOOK

Delta + VIVOTEK merger. CloudSight to VORTEX. VAST 2 EoM. Quote-only.

Brand and partner-programme consolidation in flight

The March Networks + VIVOTEK operational merger was announced on 23 March 2026 with a mid-April 2026 close contingent on Delta completing the VIVOTEK take-private (signed 1 December 2025, EGM 16 January 2026, tentative effective 27 March 2026). Both brand names remain in market in the short term, but North American sales orgs are already consolidating and an integrated partner programme is planned for 2027. The roadmap and partner economics will sit inside Delta's smart-building portfolio rather than two independent companies.

CloudSight unifying into VORTEX later in 2026

March Networks CloudSight (the prior camera-to-cloud product) and VIVOTEK VORTEX are being unified under the VORTEX brand later in 2026 - VIVOTEK has been the OEM behind CloudSight for several years, so the engineering substrate already overlaps. The visible change is sales motion, billing and the customer-facing brand. Customers on CloudSight will, over time, be migrated.

VIVOTEK VAST 2 End-of-Maintenance on the manufacturer side

VIVOTEK VAST 2 (the long-running Windows software VMS that sits alongside the March Networks Command stack under the merged entity) is End-of-Maintenance. Customers are being pushed onto VSS (paid per-channel on-prem) or VORTEX (per-camera cloud). VORTEX cloud recording requires VORTEX-branded camera models and the subscription has a whole-account tier lock (xLite / xStd / xPro applies to every device on the account).

Command Enterprise is Windows-server VMS, not cloud-native

March Networks Command Enterprise is a Windows-server VMS licensed per channel with a Software Maintenance Agreement (the annual fee that keeps updates and support active) and Windows-server infrastructure on top. Searchlight Cloud bolts cloud analytics over the top, but the core platform is on-prem - not a cloud-native architecture in the sense Verkada, Rhombus or TetherX use the term.

Searchlight strong in banking and retail, narrower elsewhere

March Networks' enterprise strength is concentrated in banking (1,000+ financial institutions cited), retail (300+ retailers) and transit, with Searchlight Cloud designed around POS / ATM / transaction correlation. Sites outside those verticals get a less differentiated product. The 2025-26 Western VSaaS feature race - plain-English AI search across the whole estate - is shipping faster on the cloud-native side.

Quote-only across the stack

March Networks does not publish list prices. Command Enterprise, Searchlight Cloud, Insight monitoring and Evidence Vault are all channel-quoted. VORTEX has published SKU pricing on the VIVOTEK side; the merged company has not signalled when (or whether) the same transparency will apply to the March Networks line. Pricing transparency at renewal is the inbound a published-price competitor receives.

MARCH NETWORKS vs TETHERX

Enterprise Windows-VMS + cloud reshuffle vs cloud-native that keeps your cameras.

Both serve installer-led security deployments. The honest read on where each one wins and where each one costs you something.

March Networks

Strengths

25 years of banking-vertical heritage - Searchlight Cloud POS / ATM / transaction-correlation analytics at 1,000+ financial-institution scale

Delta Electronics parent (since Dec 2021) - large smart-building conglomerate backing the long-term roadmap

VIVOTEK consolidation (April 2026) integrates camera manufacturer and VMS under one vendor

Trade-offs

Command Enterprise is Windows-server VMS - per-channel licence + annual Software Maintenance Agreement, not cloud-native

CloudSight migrating into VIVOTEK VORTEX later in 2026 and VAST 2 End-of-Maintenance - active migration window for existing customers

TetherX

Strengths

Cloud-native architecture - no Windows server tax, no manual patching, no migration window from one cloud product to another

March Networks and VIVOTEK cameras stay in place over ONVIF - no rip-and-replace

Cloud recording optional per camera - local-only, cloud-only or both, all in one platform

Trade-offs

If the customer is a bank or large multi-site retailer needing POS / ATM / transaction-correlation analytics integrated with video evidence at scale (1,000+ financial-institution-style deployments), March Networks Searchlight remains the deeper banking-vertical VMS

Pricing figures, ownership, acquisition dates and product behaviour cited on this page are point-in-time and drawn from public sources - see the disclaimer at the bottom of this page for sourcing, "as of" date, and how to flag corrections.

FAQ

Questions before you migrate off Command or CloudSight

March Networks Command Enterprise is a Windows-server VMS licensed per channel with a Software Maintenance Agreement (the annual fee that keeps updates and support active). Searchlight Cloud, the analytics layer, is purpose-built for POS / ATM / transaction correlation in banking, retail and transit - sharp inside those verticals, narrower outside them.

The cloud side is in motion. CloudSight (the prior camera-to-cloud product) is being unified into VIVOTEK VORTEX later in 2026 under the merged Delta-owned organisation, and VIVOTEK VAST 2 is End-of-Maintenance with customers pushed onto VSS (paid per-channel on-prem) or VORTEX. TetherX is the cloud-native, channel-only alternative that keeps the existing cameras in place across the reshuffle - see the company history section near the bottom of this page for the corporate timeline.

The basics work. Both March Networks and VIVOTEK IP cameras are broadly ONVIF Profile S/G/T compliant and TetherX supports them as standard - the existing fleet keeps streaming on TetherX with no rip-and-replace.

Be aware of the camera-OEM-VMS reality. Like most enterprise VMS platforms, deeper functions such as edge analytics, two-way audio, PTZ presets and motion-zone configuration are richest with the manufacturer's own software and are partially exposed over ONVIF. For pure live + recorded video, search and event review across a mixed fleet this is not an issue; for a single-vendor estate that relies on March Networks or VIVOTEK edge analytics, validate the exact features you need before committing.

March Networks CloudSight and VIVOTEK VORTEX are being merged under the VORTEX brand later in 2026. VIVOTEK has been the OEM behind CloudSight, so the engineering substrate already overlaps; the visible change is sales motion, billing and the customer-facing brand on the dashboard. Customers on CloudSight will, over time, be migrated onto VORTEX. The contract length, pricing transition and feature parity between the two are the practical questions to put to the channel manager before renewal.

Brand-and-platform unifications are a natural moment to step back and ask whether the cloud platform is the right one for the next renewal cycle. TetherX is an independent UK + AU cloud VMS - no consolidation roadmap, no portfolio-rationalisation risk, ringfences the cameras behind a TetherBox over an outbound-only encrypted tunnel so any future security bug on any camera or middleware is contained.

March Networks does not publish a list price. Command Enterprise is licensed per channel with a Software Maintenance Agreement (the annual fee that keeps updates and support active) and Windows-server infrastructure on top. Searchlight Cloud is sold on a per-site / per-camera basis through the channel, with the POS / transaction analytics tier priced separately. On the VIVOTEK side, VORTEX published 2026 SKUs (per camera per year): VX-XSTD-1Y $49 list / $36.75 sale, VX-XPRO-1Y $99 list / $74.25 sale, with a separate cloud-recording add-on per camera and a whole-account tier lock (mixing tiers across the same customer account is not supported). TetherX is an annual platform subscription priced by channel count (from £80/site/year) through your installer partner, with cloud recording, AI search and ARC integration as optional per-camera services. No whole-account tier lock and no need to use a specific camera model for cloud recording.

Delta Electronics is a Taiwanese listed conglomerate (TWSE: 2308, founded 1971) covering power electronics, EV infrastructure and industrial automation. Delta acquired March Networks in December 2021 and has been majority owner of VIVOTEK since 2017. Delta signed its 100% take-private of VIVOTEK on 1 December 2025 (~NT$3.73B / US$118.8M); the VIVOTEK extraordinary general meeting was held 16 January 2026 with a tentative effective date of 27 March 2026. The March Networks + VIVOTEK operational merger was announced on 23 March 2026, with a mid-April close contingent on the Delta take-private completing.

The combined organisation runs across 75+ countries with 1,300+ channel partners and distributors and 300+ R&D engineers across four global centres. Both brand names remain in market in the short term; near-term integration is sales-org consolidation (done in early May 2026 in North America) and the CloudSight-into-VORTEX cloud move later in 2026, with the integrated partner programme planned for 2027. For customers the practical question is which products get the engineering investment under the merged entity. The manufacturer's site is the authoritative source for current product status.

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COMPANY HISTORY

March Networks, VIVOTEK and the Delta Electronics merger

March Networks was founded in Ottawa in 2000 and built its enterprise install base across banking, retail and transit. Delta Electronics (TWSE: 2308, Taiwanese, founded 1971) acquired March Networks in December 2021. Delta has been majority owner of VIVOTEK since 2017; Delta signed its 100% take-private of VIVOTEK on 1 December 2025 (~NT$3.73B / US$118.8M), held the EGM on 16 January 2026, with a tentative effective date of 27 March 2026. The March Networks + VIVOTEK operational merger was announced 23 March 2026 with a mid-April close contingent on the Delta take-private completing.

North American sales organisations were consolidated by early May 2026. The combined organisation now runs across 75+ countries with 1,300+ channel partners and distributors and 300+ R&D engineers across four global centres. March Networks lists 1,000+ financial institutions, 300+ retailers and 800+ commercial / industrial customers. Both brand names remain in market in the short term; the integrated partner programme is planned for 2027.

On the cloud side, March Networks CloudSight and VIVOTEK VORTEX are being unified under the VORTEX brand later in 2026 - VIVOTEK has been the original equipment manufacturer behind CloudSight for several years, so the engineering substrate already overlaps. On the on-prem side, VIVOTEK VAST 2 is End-of-Maintenance with customers being pushed to VSS or VORTEX; March Networks Command Enterprise, Searchlight Cloud, Insight and Evidence Vault continue. The manufacturer's site is the authoritative source for current product status.

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