Exploring IBM Video Analytics (Smart Surveillance System)
By John Honovich
IBM offers a unique approach to video analytics. I highly recommend understanding it and its trade offs. While I think most users, outside of the...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Performing analytics at the DVR/NVR is a very popular choice in video surveillance. Reading the trade magazines and viewing marketing materials,...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
While Bruce Schneier is a brilliant security thinker, I find his recent arguments against CCTV to be unfair. This is a critical issue because...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Maximizing simplicity will be a critical factor in IP Video success. In the early days, having a feature was enough. Now, with so many providers...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
While Axis is best known for its cameras, it does provide NVR software (with limited functionalities). Axis recently released a new version of this...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
The biggest concern in using H.264 lies on the impact that H.264 video streams will have on NVR servers and client PCs. If H.264 video...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Automation is a powerful economic force, one that will ultimately make IT irrelevant to physical security. It may seem paradoxical but the same...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
March Networks recently released an extremely detailed strategic report on the future of their product and its positioning. If you are a March...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
H.264 megapixel camera support may be the hottest topic in all of video surveillance today. Nevertheless, details on how H.264 megapixel cameras...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
[NOTE: This report is FAR out of date and is left here simply for historical purposes. See our recent Avigilon coverage.] While megapixel cameras...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
While video analytics holds great promise, people are still asking about the viability of using analytics in the real world. Indeed, as stories of...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
Hybrid NVR/DVRs are appliances (purposed built computers) that can simultaneously support IP cameras and directly connected analog cameras. This...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
CODECs are a critical element of choosing, designing and using video surveillance systems. CODECs can lower the price of overall systems and...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
Many believe security integrators are dead; walking dinosaurs who are oblivious to their impending extinction. Indeed, many new IT entrants...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
[UPDATE: This article is deprecated. The H.264 has now been widely accepted for years and is the surveillance market de facto standard. In 2013,...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
You may notice that your home cable modem offers greater bandwidth going down to your house than going up to the Internet. For instance, while you...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
After years of unfulfilled promises, panoramic cameras look ready to go mainstream. Increased performance, reduced costs and the rise of IP video...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
Megapixel cameras have brought renewed interest in measures to maximize NVR/DVR storage duration and use. Cost is a big factor as the potential...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
What's really interesting about "convergence" is using video for marketing and operation purposes rather than security - IT integration. Today, I...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
This statement may appear absurd because obviously security managers are buying higher resolution cameras, encoders and recorders. I do not doubt...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
Almost all IP video info is vendor marketing. Good decision making requires critically reading and analyzing this material. At first, I did not...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
Understanding what measures are feasible and what measures are extremely expensive or not possible is a key element in planning your network uptime...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
Most new technology fails but when it is successful, the business benefits can be enormous. The challenge then is how to efficiently determine...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
For 2 years now, speculation has been high on Cisco's video surveillance play. The Harrah's announcement magnifies this fear and excitement. To...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
One of the sexiest but riskiest ideas in video surveillance is hiring IT sales people. It's easy to think that we are now moving into IT, the...
By John Honovich - over 16 years ago
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