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Dedicated Micros has expanded its product portfolio as can be seen from the release of its catalogue for 2008/2009. The catalogue features 50 pages of in-depth product information on its complete range of CCTV products. The catalogue can be downloaded from the company's website.
Meanwhile, a couple of interesting articles give an insight into the latest trends in digital video recording and surveillance. There are rapid advances in the field of digital recording and it is undoubtedly very important for people involved in this industry to keep up with these advances, and understand how changes are impacting every aspect of surveillance.
Likewise, while recording leads to the capture of millions of images, the challenge is in being able to use these images effecively to achieve security goals. Increasingly, it is not just about being able to capture lots of images via advanced security cameras, but in being able to process those images intelligently and effectively. There is an important role for business intelligence systems in this regard, as this article says.
Meanwhile, a couple of interesting articles give an insight into the latest trends in digital video recording and surveillance. There are rapid advances in the field of digital recording and it is undoubtedly very important for people involved in this industry to keep up with these advances, and understand how changes are impacting every aspect of surveillance.
Likewise, while recording leads to the capture of millions of images, the challenge is in being able to use these images effecively to achieve security goals. Increasingly, it is not just about being able to capture lots of images via advanced security cameras, but in being able to process those images intelligently and effectively. There is an important role for business intelligence systems in this regard, as this article says.
These are the times for 'open source' and 'collaboration' -- and the security industry is also moving in a similar direction. We hear more and more about companies coming together to come up with a common platform.
In a recent commentary, the marketing chief of Milestone Systems talks about the advantages of using an open platform IP video solution to provide a video surveillance system that can expand without significant addtional cost. The crux of his message: "An open platform IP video solution gives flexibility to mix and match the best components for an optimal system". It is important, he says, that the camera management software should be de-coupled from the camera itself; this is key to ensuring that the user benefits.
Compatibility of the camera software with a range of hardware will ultimately be beneficial to the user as it gives them the flexibility to use a range of products and not be tied to a particular vendor. It is a surefire way to "future-proof" investment in surveillance solutions.
In a recent commentary, the marketing chief of Milestone Systems talks about the advantages of using an open platform IP video solution to provide a video surveillance system that can expand without significant addtional cost. The crux of his message: "An open platform IP video solution gives flexibility to mix and match the best components for an optimal system". It is important, he says, that the camera management software should be de-coupled from the camera itself; this is key to ensuring that the user benefits.
Compatibility of the camera software with a range of hardware will ultimately be beneficial to the user as it gives them the flexibility to use a range of products and not be tied to a particular vendor. It is a surefire way to "future-proof" investment in surveillance solutions.
It seems that the market for video analytics software will be well over hundreds of millions of dollars in the next two and three years. As demand for surveillance in many walks of life continues to grow, albeit with considerable debate, the need for such software is bound to rise. In an in-depth article, video analytics- the new magic solution, Jeremy Kimber of Honeywell discusses this trend of the growth of video analytics in the security industry. One of the advantages that video analytics offers is to enable the use of surveillance devices not only as a deterrent but also as a proactive tool with the use of various rules that be built in. Good use of analytics will also significantly reduce the number of false alarms that are often generated. In fact, the applications are likely to be so widespread that Jeremy predicts that video analytics is likely to be as ubiquitous as video motion detectors within five years!
Overland Storage has formed an alliance with Mobotix Vision Systems to offer video surveillance and archiving solutions for the under-100 camera system market.
As part of the arrangement, Mobotix will offer a bundled solution including Overland's Snap Server network attached storage (NAS) appliance family with the former's line of high-resolution digital, network-based video security solutions.
As part of the arrangement, Mobotix will offer a bundled solution including Overland's Snap Server network attached storage (NAS) appliance family with the former's line of high-resolution digital, network-based video security solutions.
The high-resolution digital images offer much better quality over those offered by analog cameras, thus improving the improving the performance of a variety of security and video analytics applications. Though extremely advantageous for an assortment of security and video analytics applications, high- resolution images require pairing with a storage solution that delivers additional capacity as well as performance, flexibility and scalability with rock-solid reliability.
Cradle Technologies has introduced its enVigil series of networked video surveillance systems (NVSS) that not only offer a wide range of very useful features but also take advantage of the Internet to provide secure, high quality, remote access to the surveillance audio and video, from anywhere, anytime.
This surveillance system will help businesses supervise their factories, warehouses, bank branches, retail shops, offices, franchises or any remote location from anywhere in the world and enable "remote presence".
According to a company press release, the NVSS offers the following features:
1. Secure Access, using virtual private networks
2. Satisfactory remote viewing experience of live audio video streams in spite of Internet bandwidth variations
3. Location independent access to all features and functions remotely or locally
4. Support for mobile devices
5. Local storage and Network Attached Storage (NAS)
6. Local and remote archiving
7. Dynamic DNS to allow use of dynamic IP addresses
8. Variety of user classes to allow management of access authority
9. Real time alerts with snapshots through emails and sms
10. Integration with other IT and Security applications
11. 24x7 availability as surveillance moves into a mission critical role
This surveillance system will help businesses supervise their factories, warehouses, bank branches, retail shops, offices, franchises or any remote location from anywhere in the world and enable "remote presence".
According to a company press release, the NVSS offers the following features:
1. Secure Access, using virtual private networks
2. Satisfactory remote viewing experience of live audio video streams in spite of Internet bandwidth variations
3. Location independent access to all features and functions remotely or locally
4. Support for mobile devices
5. Local storage and Network Attached Storage (NAS)
6. Local and remote archiving
7. Dynamic DNS to allow use of dynamic IP addresses
8. Variety of user classes to allow management of access authority
9. Real time alerts with snapshots through emails and sms
10. Integration with other IT and Security applications
11. 24x7 availability as surveillance moves into a mission critical role