Archive for the ‘IPVS – IP Video Surveillance’ Category

Separating the facts from fiction in the industry. In the last few years, demand for digital megapixel cameras has exploded. The trend started in the late 1990s with consumer digital still cameras and started to gain traction in the surveillance industry in 2002 with megapixel IP network cameras. Today, millions of consumer digital still cameras… Read more >>

This year you’ll lose 5% of your revenue to employee theft and shoplifting according to the recent National Retail Security Survey. So if you have $500,000 in annual sales, that’s a $25,000 loss. But you can avoid losing a big portion of it by equipping your store with a state-of-the-art video security system. With the… Read more >>

The use of infrared with video cameras has been a proven partner for military, law enforcement, aviation and scientific research for several decades. But traditionally, due to higher costs and lack of awareness, IR technology has not been widely used for business and home applications. In recent years, however, I’ve seen explosive growth in use… Read more >>

Over the past 20 years, literally thousands of customers have told us: “I can’t understand how I’ve lived without a video security system for so long.” In addition to catching criminals, a well-designed system offers countless benefits that will protect your assets, result in a safer environment, and help you more effectively manage your business… Read more >>

How do you patrol nearly 2,000 households over a 7.2 square mile area? The Trenton Housing Authority (THA) in Trenton, N.J. was relying on 11 unarmed security guards to do the job, until it realized that, due to the prevalence of drugs and guns in the area, that method was dangerous for both the unarmed… Read more >>

So you want or need a video surveillance camera for the security of your home or for your business? Or perhaps, as the security manager at your company, you are looking to improve your existing surveillance system? Hopefully the following brief article will assist in your investigation so you can avoid having to do a… Read more >>

Wireless security cameras are generally a part of any quality home security system. They provide more substantial protection than motion detectors, are less annoying than elaborate alarm systems, and provide additional benefits associated with video surveillance. The best security systems almost always employ multiple home security features, but if you’re trying to get the most… Read more >>

Introduction Networked video is today’s generation in video surveillance and can provide numerous advantages over analog and digital video recorder based systems. Networked video systems (NVS) are developed to utilize Internet Protocol (IP) enabled devices such as computers, network switches, IP cameras. Internet Protocols are a collection of standardized and globally accepted protocols for information… Read more >>

Integration of security systems is a priority for retail sector managers With the assumed digitalisation happening on the end-user side, progressive security systems integrators stress the importance of changing the business concept from being installers to being service and solution providers. However, less is known about the details of this process on the end-user side,… Read more >>

Separating the facts from fiction in the industry. In the last few years, demand for digital megapixel cameras has exploded. The trend started in the late 1990s with consumer digital still cameras and started to gain traction in the surveillance industry in 2002 with megapixel IP network cameras. Today, millions of consumer digital still cameras… Read more >>