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Pelco has released a free camera design tool with Google Earth integration. The tool is in beta and has nowhere near as many Read more...
With significant tech blog coverage, Vitamin D has generated widespread interest in using their video analytics. Two of the most commonly cited points Read more...
As video management software matures, complaints increase about its high price. Even a small deployment of 16 cameras in a single site can cost $1,500 Read more...
Sony is well known and respected in the consumer market for its electronic products. The question, though, is how well does that carry over into Read more...
Exacq provides VMS software and multiple lines of DVR/NVR appliances. While not as well known as some VMS providers, Read more...
In this test, we examine’s Panasonic WV-NP502 megapixel camera. The camera provides a number of advanced features including wide dynamic range optimization (their Super Dynamic Read more...
IP camera standards are a hot topic. Determining how, when and with whom these ’standards’ will work are key questions.
IQinVision was the Read more...
One of the key selling points for IP Video software is its greater scalability, flexibility and advanced functionality compared to traditional DVRs.
This test of Read more...
Videofied has gained significant attention for tightly integrating video monitoring/recording into an intrusion detection system. The most commonly cited differentiator is the lack Read more...
Wireless IP video surveillance has plenty of hype (claims of 300 Mb/s city wide meshes) and also significant challenges (repeated deployment nightmares). Recently, we helped Read more...
According to IMS Research, over the next four years, enterprise and IP storage used for video surveillance is forecast to garner Read more...
Start Date: Feb. 23
End Date: Mar. 10
Short Answer: A recent trend finds product certifications increasing in importance–and price. Are you willing Read more...
By Daniel Gelinas
A Feb. 18 report from the Homeland Security Research Corporation reports the failed Christmas day bombing of Northwest flight 253 revealed lapses Read more...
By Daniel Gelinas
A recent report from Memoori examined the recent global growth in mergers and acquisitions in the security market and forecasted continued growth Read more...
The following graphs report the results from the PSIA and TechSec Survey on Standards in Physical Security. 107 respondents from the security industry took the Read more...
By IMS Research
Over the past few years, growth for ASDs has centered on the electronic data processing and telecommunication industries. Increasingly, ASDs are now Read more...
Residential market flat, integration market off considerably; How will ADT/Broadview affect the market, and what will P1 sell for?
By Martha Entwistle
PALM BEACH. Fla.—During Read more...
By Daniel Gelinas
A December study from ABI Research shows increasing opportunity for security companies through bundling their services with other service providers into home Read more...
Start Date: Dec. 18, 2009
End Date: Jan. 10, 2010
Short Answer: Are you installing IP-based panels in the home? What IP-based services Read more...
In a recently published report, IMS Research forecasts the Middle East market for video surveillance equipment will outperform the global video surveillance Read more...
Louder? How about lower?
Studies show lower frequency alarms are easier to hear; carries implications for new sounders, power supplies and mass notification systems
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By Daniel Gelinas
YARMOUTH, Maine—In an IP world, where advances in technology lead to more frequent improvements in the cloud and better hosted services, it’s Read more...
Bandwidth savings touted, but unpredictability, limitations acknowledged
By L. Samuel Pfeifle
At IFSEC 2007, when the video compression standard H.264 was starting to be touted Read more...
Make space on the wall: Product certifications are going to increase in importance and value—and that’s why you’ll need to pay for them
By L. Read more...
Faster, cheaper and easier (in relative terms): Wireless providers tackle asset tracking, HD, new pricing models
By L. Samuel Pfeifle
The use of wireless communication Read more...
It’s more than just cables: Manufacturers try to make you think more about infrastructure
By L. Samuel Pfeifle
Unsurprisingly, the increasing shift to IP communication Read more...
It’s complicated, expensive and full of headaches, but it’s very likely necessary for business survival
By Daniel Gelinas
IP technology has been “coming” to security—mostly Read more...
By L. Samuel Pfeifle
NAPA, Calif.—Napa Valley is known the world over for its wine production, but less well known is those same wine makers’ Read more...
Thoughts from a banker, a broker, an analyst, and an alarm company CEO
By L. Samuel Pfeifle
On Sept. 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings filed Read more...
Though the ranks are growing, there are still efforts that can be made
By Martha Entwistle
When young girls dream of high-powered careers, a glam Read more...
