Video Surveillance By The Book

Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM

A free, online book offers security managers a guide to video surveillance technologies and products. “Security Manager's Guide to Video Surveillance” is available for download from IP Video Market Info (ipvideomarket.info), a Web site dedicated to providing information on video surveillance. IP Video Market Info says the book makes security managers' jobs easier by providing tutorials, research and analysis on IP cameras, megapixel cameras, video analytics, NVRs, DVRs, storage, wireless, physical security information management and IT convergence.

The book's 130 pages center on three main ideas:

1. Communicating key technical concepts in a non-technical manner and focusing on the security benefits of each technology using extensive tutorials.

2. Analyzing key trends and products to allow security managers to learn what is new and how such technologies might be valuable to their organizations.

3. Reviewing how to assess new technologies and how to ensure that vendors deliver on their promises.

Vendors covered in the book include 3VR Security, Arecont Vision, Avigilon, Axis Communications, Cieffe, Cisco, Dedicated Micros, DVTel, Exacq, Genetec, IQinVision, Firetide, FluidMesh, IBM, Immervision, Intellivid, Intransa, ioimage, Milestone Systems, Mobotix, ObjectVideo, Pelco, Pivot3 and Vidsys.

IP Video Market Info allows readers to use the provided content for their own non-commercial use. Security managers can freely share, modify and include this research and analysis in their own presentations, analysis and reports.

“Quality information on video surveillance for security managers is limited and expensive,” says John Honovich, author of the guide and founder of IP Video Market Info. “Making this book free and open is essential to giving back to the security community and allowing anyone to learn without restrictions. I look forward to updating and ensuring that the book stays relevant.”

Future editions of the book will be released frequently to ensure that information is always timely and relevant to the changing evolution of video surveillance technology.

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