City of Guayaquil leverages integrated surveillance platform to share intelligence across agencies, expedite investigations and mitigate crime.
DVR offers unparalleled image quality at an affordable cost.
The flaw could have potentially allowed hackers to open car doors.
- By Matt Holden
- Feb 02, 2015
The themes for VMS product development can be summarized as bigger, better and faster. In 2015, look for capabilities that range from those which deliver more information to architectures that optimize VMS performance on purpose built hardware offerings.
- By Brian Carle
- Feb 01, 2015
In a recent Hollywood comedy, Jason Segel’s character uttered the famous line, “Nobody understands the cloud. It’s a mystery.” And yet, all of us have been using the cloud for years: for online banking, online shopping, social media, email, sharing family photos and a host of other activities.
- By Jennifer Bruce
- Feb 01, 2015
Money Movers Inc. is a fully PCI DSS compliant Electronic Funds Transfer Gateway processor. In plain English, that means we move a lot of data over a network.
- By Patrick E. Craig
- Feb 01, 2015
Today’s integrated systems are generating more data than ever before. For some perspective on just how much data we’re talking about, consider that from the dawn of civilization to 2003, humankind created two exabytes of data.
- By Brian McIlravey
- Feb 01, 2015
Broadly speaking, 2014 was a year full of exciting technological innovations, and 2015 shouldn’t be any different. If anything, we’ll see further and accelerated improvements in all things technology.
- By Jeremy Krinitt
- Feb 01, 2015
The best way to make any decision is by collecting as much data as possible. The more information you have, the better your decision will be.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2015
The network-based physical security industry has matured rapidly over the past few years. As the technology and other components of security solutions have advanced, so too have the customer’s expectations.
- By Keven Marier
- Feb 01, 2015
All security decisions are based on data. So, it would stand to reason that the more data organizations are able to collect, the more informed their security teams will be and, by extension, the better the decisions they make will be.
Often taken for granted—as video surveillance cameras and systems can be found in virtually any public space—the ability to deliver quality live and recorded video is a complex mechanism requiring hardware, software and networking.
- By Nicole Segura
- Feb 01, 2015
The Rapid bus system in Grand Rapids, Mich. has had its share of heated debates over the past several years, with detractors bemoaning its lack of use and proponents promising major economic benefits with expansion.
- By Michael Zuidema
- Feb 01, 2015
Defining FLIR as a “fantastic company,” Gaw eventually got the entrepreneurial “itch” to do something new. So, going back to his roots, he took the plunge into entrepreneurship once again.
- By Ginger Hill
- Feb 01, 2015
The New York City marathon is hosted the first week of November with more than 2 million spectators, 50,000 runners, and thousands of staff and volunteers. When it came time to planning the logistics for a successful event for the world’s largest marathon, safety and preventive actions were the most important criteria.
- By Sarah Colson
- Feb 01, 2015
The past few years have been unlike any period we’ve experienced in the professional security industry. The journey from the first IP cameras to the present day is now rapidly accelerating.
- By Bud Broomhead
- Feb 01, 2015
Security in the cruise ship industry remains relatively soft, in comparison. This has changed in 2015. The Coast Guard expects to increase screening requirements for passengers and their baggage.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2015
At the corporate facility of the world’s largest automotive manufacturer, both authorized and unauthorized personnel were coming and going with little accountability.
- By Nick Simon
- Feb 01, 2015
Recent terrorist attacks on substations and the potential for simultaneous attacks across the United States put the entire country at serious risk for major power interruption.
- By Rodrick Cross
- Feb 01, 2015
The situations that call for intelligent video, also referred to as video content analysis and video analytics, are growing by the day.
- By Charles McCready
- Feb 01, 2015