February 2015
- Taking the Mystery Out of Video-in-the-Cloud
- 3 Trends in Biometrics You Can't Ignore
- Bus Lanes Get Makeover
- Mission Possible
- Firewall Protection
- Growing the Role of Analytics in Video Surveillance
Features
By Brian Carle
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 Patrick E. Craig
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 Jennifer Bruce
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 Jeremy Krinitt
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 Keven Marier
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 Michael Zuidema
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 Nick Simon
At the corporate facility of the world’s largest automotive manufacturer, both authorized and unauthorized personnel were coming and going with little accountability.
By Rodrick Cross
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 Charles McCready
The situations that call for intelligent video, also referred to as video content analysis and video analytics, are growing by the day.
Networking Security
By Brian McIlravey
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 Ralph C. Jensen
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 Ajay Jain
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.
By Nicole Segura
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 Bud Broomhead
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.