Amidst market confusion, purveyors seek to differentiate self monitoring, video verification, professional video monitoring By Matt Wickenheiser A few months ago, G4S began referring to its video monitoring service as “remote guarding.” It may not seem like a big change, but in fact it represents an effort several companies in this space are making to [...]

A release from IMS Research predicts the remote video monitoring and surveillance market will see rapid and substantial growth over the next four years…

North America. The report, “The Market for Remote Monitoring Services 2008 – Europe and North America,” predicted revenues for the total North American remote monitoring market would grow from $707.4 million in 2007 to $961.9 million in 2012.

Advances in analytics, infrastructure, have people jumping on board By L. Samuel Pfeifle How well accepted is intelligent video-based monitoring becoming? Despite persistant industry doubt, Chubb Insurance has been equating intelligent video with an in-person guard since 2006. Visentry has been using video analytics to monitor customers like car dealerships since 2004. Stanley Convergent Security [...]