Taxis Receive New Specifications For In-Vehicle Cameras
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has announced that new specifications have been approved for In-Vehicle Camera Systems (IVCS) currently in use by TLC-licensed medallion taxicab and for-hire vehicles in place of bullet-resistant partitions....
Video Surveillance Forecast Down, But Storage To Soar
According to a recent report from IMS Research, the U.S. market for network cameras, video servers and NVRs this year will not likely grow as fast as it did in 2007, where it is estimated to have increased by 45 percent....
Video Surveillance Software Revenue To Grow Fourfold by 2013
Video surveillance systems have existed for many years, but until recently, extracting useful information from them was labor-intensive, time-consuming and tedious. Now, however, the quickening transition from analog to digital video has made it possible to use software for detection and analysis....
Emerging Network Video Interface Standard To Offer Flexibility
Three suppliers of IP video technologies—Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corp.—will cooperate to create an open forum aimed at developing a standard for the interface of network video products. ...
European Retail Rolling Out More Security Pilot Programs
Retailers in Europe are beginning to warm to the idea of network video surveillance and video content analysis, with a number highlighting 2008 as the year that they will begin rolling out new installations and pilot programs. ...
On A Higher Plane
With an estimated 29 million domestic and international passengers passing through its terminals each year and nearly 2 tons of cargo handled annually,...
Keep the Presses Rolling
By Wendy Revell
Every day, more than a million Denver-area readers count on the latest issue of the Rocky Mountain News or the Denver Post for news and information. When...
Where ON THE NETWORK?
By Ashley Roe and Stephanie Silk
The last few years have seen a shift in how video analytics technology is viewed in the security marketplace. Simply stated, the shift has been from does...
The IT Perspective On Video Analytics
By Nik Gagvani
As IT professionals weigh in on video analytics systems, they should consider bandwidth issues and network configuration....
What's Next For IP Video
The new direction for video surveillance systems has offered challenges to the industry's suppliers as well as for end-users. One of the industry's biggest...
Setting A Security Standard
BY CAROL CAREY
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg has spearheaded a groundbreaking sports security management program that it expects to go...
Water Valley is Game for IP Video
Water Valley Independent School District in midwest Texas may be a little district it is home to 350 students in grades K-12 but it is big on technology....
Visual Society
BY STEPHANIE SILK
The phrase I can't be in two places at once may be close to extinct. Now, with live video feeds through the Internet, it is possible to be at home and...
From The Field
EDUCATION California's Shasta Union High School District Reduces Theft and Vandalism With IP Video With recent incidents ranging from fights and vandalism...
Raising An Eyebrow At Surveillance
No less than The Washington Post has offered its opinion of the video surveillance trend, and according to its editorial staff, it may be time to rethink where -- and why -- a person's image is being recorded.
According to the Post, there are no federal laws governing how these images can be used, where they should be stored, with whom they may be shared and when they must be destroyed. This may raise the question of where the image may reappear -- be it on TV or the Internet. ...
Storage A Challenge With Today's Surveillance Cameras
With digital video on the rise in enterprises, IT storage teams will play a key role in accommodating the petabytes of data that can be generated by video surveillance systems.
With falling costs of digital video surveillance systems, organizations can now buy additional IP video technology and do more with video data. In addition to combating fraud and crime, companies are applying analytics to video data to aid merchandising, operations and customer service. "The advent of IP video is one of the key things that changed surveillance video from a sleepy technology backwater to something that IT needs to get involved in," says Steven Norall, senior analyst and consultant at Taneja Group....
Megapixel Security Camera Market To Grow
In its latest report on the world video surveillance market, IMS Research predicts that over the next three years, the market for megapixel cameras will grow at a compound annual growth rate in excess of 100 percent. By 2009 it is forecast that over half a million units will be shipped a year. Industry analysts say that the market has overcome a number of hurdles to get to this position.
A big issue that megapixel cameras have notoriously faced is how to cope with the volume of data produced, which demands more bandwidth and storage volume. However, improved compression algorithms, more widespread gigabit Ethernet deployments and reductions in storage prices prove that these issues are being addressed....
The Business Benefit Of Video Analytics
Buddy Flerl
What if your video surveillance system could not only issue accurate alerts as soon as security threats begin, but also tell you when a customer queue...
More Than Meets The Eye
By Stephanie Silk
Double Your Surveillance RECORDING VIDEO has never smelled so good. The PI-CamStick is a high-resolution real-time digital recorder that can fit into...
No Stress With IP
BY Ashley Roe
Situated within walking distance of Montreal's whirlwind financial district, Embassy Suites Montreal opened its doors to patrons last August. With its...
Tech Watch
Whether they are placed in frigid temperatures, sweltering heat, water-ridden facilities or chemically infused environments, these cameras function without...
A New Wave of Security
A new network-based video system monitoring San Diego's famed Mission Beach is helping public safety officials battle a recent escalation in violent crime....
The Math Behind Megapixels
By Paul Bodell
Megapixel camera technology is a fast-growing option for users with video surveillance applications. Yet many users might find themselves in the dark...
Learn The Latest On IP
Realizing the potential of IP technology is the focus of the IIPSEC 2008 International IP in Security Exhibition and Conference, Jan. 29-31 in Stoneleigh...
Everyday Analytics
By Stephanie Silk
Aplace that can be as much fun as it may be unsafe is a swimming pool. Along with the uses of video analytics familiar to those in the security market,...
