Tag: video surveillance systems

I don’t have a fun or whimsical title for this week’s blog. I changed it once already because the original title listed too close to something repugnant that I’d rather not invoke. I can’t have any fun with this one this week because I’m talking about school shootings. On Oct. 24, a former student assaulted the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis Missouri killing two and injuring an additional seven people. It follows in the wake of the tragedy...

DALLAS—A recently released MarketsandMarkets report predicts the video surveillance systems and service market will be worth $36.28 billion by 2018. Advances in technology, growing use of cloud-based services and an increasing need to deter crime are driving market growth, the report says. While hosted video is a cost-effective solution, increased awareness of surveillance could lead to further growth in the industry, according to the analysis. IP surveillance is expected to experience substantial...

DALLAS—XL Protection, a guard, monitoring and surveillance company, is now installing video surveillance systems in Dallas, the company announced recently. The company installs dome, bullet and pan tilt zoom cameras as well as digital video recorders, according to its website. In addition to surveillance installation, XL Protection provides armed and unarmed guards, patrols and monitoring services.