Cisco Virtualizing Video Surveillance
Cisco's big surveillance announcement for Spring 2012 is virtualizing VMS software. Last Fall, Cisco announced a strategy shift to focus on large scale surveillance projects. In this note, we examine how virtualizing VMS software fits into this approach, how it compares to virtualized offerings from Intransa and Pivot3 and what this signifies for Cisco's future in the surveillance ...
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