Tag: ONVIF
ONVIF names Leo Levit new Steering Committee chairman
February 26, 2021SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF, a leading global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Leo Levit as the new chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee.
Levit serves as Director of System Integration at Axis Communications and brings to the chairman’s role a strong technical background and more than a decade of product management, marketing and sales experience. Levit takes over from Per Björkdahl, who is stepping down...
ONVIF streamlines, expands interoperability work with open source development
July 31, 2020SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. —ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, announces it is implementing open source for its network interface specifications for physical security technology.
The move will streamline administrative and collaborative processes while also leveraging the collective ingenuity of the global developer community. ONVIF interoperability specifications are already publicly available as open standards and are widely used as common communication...
ONVIF streamlines, expands interoperability with open source
July 21, 2020SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF is implementing open source for its network interface specifications for physical security technology, streamlining administrative and collaborative processes while also leveraging the collective ingenuity of the global developer community. The use of GitHub, an online open source development platform, will allow for easier contribution and collaboration on ONVIF specifications by applying state-of-the-art software development tools to specification engineering. This...
ONVIF hosts 21st Developers' Plugfest in Rome
January 14, 2020SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its 21st Developers' Plugfest late last year in Rome, an event that highlighted the continued demand for interoperable solutions.
More than 30 developers and engineers from 18 ONVIF member companies gathered for this multi-day event, which featured 164 hours of testing. Attendees tested their implementations of ONVIF profiles along with other ONVIF profile-conformant products. Developers...
ONVIF reflects on 2019 activities in annual meeting
December 12, 2019SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, held its annual membership meeting in November, providing ONVIF members with an overview of important activities of 2019 and plans for the year ahead.
Attendees heard presentations on the growth of ONVIF, as well as plans for new profile development. ONVIF Chairman Per Björkdahl highlighted the forum's achievements over the past year, particularly the market's continued support for the profile...
ONVIF celebrates 10th anniversary
December 5, 2018Paul Ragusa, Editor
ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, celebrated its 10th anniversary at its annual membership meeting in early November, reflecting on its past while looking to the future.
Attendees heard presentations on the final release of Profile T in 2018, an advancement that represents how ONVIF keeps pace with technological advancements that affect product development and interoperability between IP-based physical security products.
In an acknowledgement of its...
The future of IoT: Taming security's wild west
March 29, 2017Spencer Ives
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—A lot is being done when it comes to ensuring that IoT devices are cybersecure, integrated and valuable to end users. Five panelists at a TechSec Solutions session explored exactly what the industry is doing to rein in the technology.Paul Ragusa, editor of Security Systems News and the panel's moderator, asked each of the panelists to say what the term IoT means to them.“The Internet of Things is a broad [term],” Dorrier Coleman, co-founder and CTO of TEQ Charging,...
ONVIF helps industry leverage standards
September 21, 2016Paul Ragusa, Editor
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, has released Profile Q, the specification that features quick and easy discovery, set-up and configuration of conformant devices as well as advanced security features.Jonathan Lewit, the new chair of ONVIF's Communication Committee and director of technology leadership for Pelco, told Security Systems News that Profile Q addresses the initial set-up concerns when installing cameras on VMS systems.“Profile...
ONVIF reports milestones in products, new access control profile
September 28, 2015SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF now has nearly 5,000 compliant IP-based physical security products and more than 500 member companies across six continents and has developed its fifth profile speculation—Profile A for advanced access control.
ONVIF, a global and open industry forum to standardize communication between IP-based physical security products to ensure their interoperability and facilitate their integration, said in a prepared statement that its continued growth signifies its “development...
Video companies branching out into access control
October 10, 2014Martha Entwistle
YARMOUTH, Maine—In the past 18 months, three major video surveillance companies have expanded into access control. There are many reasons why Axis Communications, Panasonic and Avigilon made this move, but the main reason, they say, is because of demand.“More and more customers are looking for integration [of their video systems] with access control,” said Bruce Stewart, business development manager, access control, Axis Communications.Willem Ryan, product marketing manager, Avigilon,...