Finding Video Surveillance Information
By John Honovich
This guide offers recommendations on how to find video surveillance information -- whether you are just getting started or are an expert looking...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
IMS recently released a report/survey on IT decision making in the security industry. The key themes is that IT is playing a greater role than ever...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Is the Intransa introduction of Genetec/Milestone/OnSSI NVRs the real disruptive force? A number of important security industry people tell me they...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
In the July 2009 Security Products magazine, FLIR published two articles - a Q&A and a survey of applications using FLIR cameras. The most...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
The big IP video software providers have historically been software only - meaning that you could install their software on regular computers...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
HDcctv - the move to non-IP megapixel - is gaining an immense amount of media attention. However, how strong will it be against IP, megapixel and...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
In conversations with over a dozen manufacturers, the consistent theme I hear is a preference for ONVIF. Interestingly, the reason is always about...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Intergraph is considered by many security people to be a PSIM provider. Intergraph's PSIM solution tends to be more complex with greater focus on...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Traditional video surveillance manufacturer has released documentation on their own line of IP Fixed Cameras (min-dome and box) and IP encoders (4...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
It is getting to the point where ever VMS provider offers LPR. This week, Vicon shared details on their integration with LPR provider INEX [link no...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Though popular, PTZ cameras often create a false sense of security. They make for great demonstrations but are often underutilized or misused. The...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
This week, Intergraph published their Annual Financial Review and s short Financial Fact Sheet. Intergraph is a very large and profitable company...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Exaq has released product page [link no longer available] and technical specifications [link no longer available] for their new HDVR. Linux based,...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
The poll from our free IP video software report provided interesting results. Of 126 responses, over 50% said they sometimes or always recommend...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Raytec has released an interesting demo of white light LEDs in use [link no longer available]. The use of White light LEDs is still fairly new in...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Cisco is making a major push into the small business market. As part of this, Cisco is increasing both their product offerings and marketing of...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Samsung GVI is talking to the trade magazine about their A1 chip and analog cctv camera advances (listen to a podcast on A1 from SIW [link no...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Not all video is the same. Indeed, ideal solutions for one video application can be a waste and completely inappropriate for another...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
VMS vendors and integrators are both looking for new services to offer (recurring revenue, etc.) VideoInsight released a series of interesting...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Getting good images at night is one of the most challenging problems in video surveillance. Making this worse is that generally you cannot trust...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
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Acoording to the NRF, shrink is up significantly between 2007 and 2008 (rising from $34.8 M USD to $36.5 M USD). The report also has a breakdown of...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
A new survey article from Telcom magazine [link no longer available] provides advice to VoIP service providers about entering the video...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
94 respondents answered our IP camera survey. Here are some highlights of the results: 73% believe standards are very important while only 4%...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
This week, Thermal/IR manufacturer Axsys was acquired by General Dynamics [link no longer available] for $643 M USD. That's a high sum for a...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
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