The Edwardsville Community Unit School District, which encompasses 185 square miles of the suburban St. Louis town of Edwardsville, Ill., is one of the oldest school districts in the state. It serves 7,500 K-12 students at 14 schools.
- By Wendi Burke
- Nov 01, 2011
Today, businesses can’t do without large investments in camera infrastructure, and up until now, video surveillance has existed for the sole purpose of security.
- By Sherleen Mahoney
- Nov 01, 2011
Next week, I’ll be traveling to New York City to attend ISC Solutions, the northeast security event for dealers, integrators, installers and end users.
- By Sherleen Mahoney
- Oct 26, 2011
Thanks to a Mobotix camera, watch real-time video from the top of Mount Everest right from the comfort of the home computer.
ONVIF, provider of standardization initiatives for IP-based physical security products, recently announced that it has released a new set of tools designed to aid member companies in designing and releasing new ONVIF conformant products to the physical security market.
Seneca 's xVault server is optimized for use with Ocularis, OnSSI's flagship video surveillance software.
Organizations of all sizes are migrating from analog to IP-based physical access control solutions, drawn by increased security, increased operational efficiency and better availability.
- By Dan O’Malley
- Oct 01, 2011
This need for better image quality led GMU directly to IP-based megapixel camera technology. The university evaluated several wellknown camera suppliers before deciding on Arecont Vision.
- By Del V. Salvi
- Oct 01, 2011
It’s well-documented that effectively monitoring security cameras is difficult. Human operators routinely suffer from fatigue and lack of focus, even after short periods of time, which results in missed events.
- By Mahesh Saptharishi, Ph.D.
- Oct 01, 2011
When a golf cart went missing at CordeValle, a 44-room Rosewood golf resort on 1,700 acres in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains about 25 miles south of San Jose, Calif., it was a wakeup call about the resort’s need to upgrade its aging video surveillance system.
- By Del V. Salvi
- Oct 01, 2011
IMS Research surveillance market analysis reports Milestone is again the world leader for open platform IP video management software.
Optiview now offers IP cameras from Sony, Vivotek and Samsung.
Axis Communications recently announced its first installation with newest hosted video solution provider partner ADT Commercial at Alco Watch & Jewelry in New York City. ADT Hosted Video, which makes its debut at ASIS 2011 in Orlando, utilizes Axis network cameras along with the AXIS Video Hosting System (AVHS) platform to provide video recording and management that is centrally managed by ADT and allows anytime, anywhere video access without the need for an onsite DVR.
Milestone Systems’ new additions to its IP video product portfolio are designed to address the growing needs in the mid-range surveillance market.
IndigoVision, manufacturer of end-to-end IP Video security, introduces Audio Forensics to its management system. High-quality, two-way, fully synchronised audio is streamed and recorded alongside video and can now be searched using audio as well as video analytics to quickly locate incidents.
Panasonic System Networks Co. of America introduced several new products at ASIS 2011, including PTZ cameras with privacy-protecting "eyelids," or as Bill Taylor, president of Panasonic System Networks Co. of America, likes to call them, "peekaboo" cameras.
- By Sherleen Mahoney
- Sep 22, 2011
VideoIQ recently announced that it has partnered with FLIR to create a premium solution to provide analytics, edge NVR storage, and IP video encoding optimized for FLIR's range of high-performance thermal cameras.
Ocean Presence Technologies, the Santa Cruz, California‐based underwater camera manufacturer, will be utilizing Sony Security's SNCER580 FULL HD (1080P) network surveillance camera in the company's third‐generation "OceanCam" designed for research, conservation, education, entertainment and emerging underwater security applications.
Orlando's Orange County Convention Center, site of the 2011 ASIS International seminar and exhibits, is also the site of an IP-based video surveillance system running Ocularis software by OnSSI.