With advancements in technology, the concept of security in data centers has changed dramatically over the years. As most operations are now performed remotely, physical security must blend with software-based auditing and logging mechanisms to maintain the same security level achieved in the past.
- By Cassandra Cranston
- Oct 02, 2007
The growing popularity of video surveillance over the past 10 years has been fueled by lower costs and user-friendly systems. More and more, enterprises are beginning to employ IP-based components as part of their surveillance systems, and recent numbers suggest this growing trend will become the rule, rather than the exception. Most owners of legacy surveillance systems are implementing IP when expanding the system for new construction or replacing non-functioning equipment -- not in a rip-and-replace scenario.
- By Dr. Bob Banerjee
- Oct 02, 2007
Advancements in technology and increased expectations for wireless sensor networks are driving new developments in the wireless burglary and intrusion marketplace. In response to growing expectations, many wireless sensor network developers have built upon years of experience and previous generations of proven technology to address these new-found demands.
- By Steve Pearlman
- Oct 02, 2007
Axis Communications has signed an agreement with Eptascape to package Eptascape’s MPEG7 encoder with its video surveillance management system.
- By Steven Titch
- Sep 24, 2007
Converging IT and IP disciplines have made their way into the once analog-only video security market.
- By Frank Barbetta
- Sep 18, 2007
With features ranging from a high-tech tufted vinyl carpet to special air filtration systems, the $45 million addition to Jackson High School in Massillon, Ohio, is a state-of-the-art education facility.
- By Sharon J. Watson
- Sep 18, 2007
March Networks, a provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, recently announced the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is expanding its roll-out of the company's mobile video surveillance solution to its entire fleet of public transit vehicles and has also selected the solution for deployment across its Wheel-Trans paratransit fleet.
Seagate Technology recently announced its SV35 Series hard drives, specifically designed for optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems, now have a top capacity of 1 Terabyte, providing 32 full days of high-resolution video streaming.
Conducted by the Aberdeen Group, this study also provides valuable information on the approaches taken to lower operational costs, reduce risk and establish consistent security policies.
WELCOME to the world of Network-Centric Security — where security becomes a mission-critical
business process in the overall enterprise, requiring close-knit cooperation with the corporate IT
department. Today, enterprise security is more than card readers and surveillance cameras at the
entrance, or anti-virus software and firewalls in the computer closet. It’s the strategic combination
in the design, planning and implementation of both in order to protect physical assets as well as
information, intellectual property, product integrity and brand equity. It's where physical security and IT worlds converge.
"I am not a tech guy," said Ken Haverlan, director for security, health and safety at Middletown County Schools in New York. That's why he immediately brought Mike Tuttle, the school district's IT chief, into discussions about a new IP video surveillance network. Although Haverlan's primary goals were capturing identifiable faces and ensuring video was immediately available to first responders, Tuttle recalls his initial question: "How am I going to store all this footage and for how long?"
- By Sharon J. Watson
- Aug 17, 2007
Convergence is not new. The IT networking industry has experienced multiple waves of convergence over the past 20 years. And with each wave, convergence has delivered new capabilities and some unexpected high-impact, even game-changing, innovations.
- By Bob Beliles
- Aug 17, 2007
- By Steven Titch
- Aug 17, 2007