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
TO take advantage of the powerful and ubiquitous TCP/IP communication platform, manufacturers of security products, such as network video cameras, gate access controllers, biometric scanners, perimeter fencing systems and mobile/covert monitoring solutions, are gradually migrating analog-based products to a digital Ethernet platform.
- By Ray Shilling
- Jul 16, 2007
TO take advantage of the powerful and ubiquitous TCP/IP communication platform, manufacturers of security products such as network video cameras, gate access controllers, biometric scanners, perimeter fencing systems and mobile covert monitoring solutions are gradually migrating products to a digital platform. In many cases, a wireline network connection is not available at all locations in the facility. Wireless alternatives are increasingly being considered to deploy these Ethernet devices.
- By Ray Shilling
- May 31, 2007