Examining Avigilon's First H.264 Camera Offerings
Avigilon has announced an HD H.264 camera line. Previous Avigilon cameras only supported JPEG200.Another significant addition for this line is...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Avigilon has announced an HD H.264 camera line. Previous Avigilon cameras only supported JPEG200.Another significant addition for this line is...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Video Management Software is undergoing a violent transformation. Evolving from its niche beginnings, VMS has matured into a core component of...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
While we all speak lovingly about the goodness of standards, the fights to set and control standards can be severe. Indeed, a battle may be...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
With dozens of options and novel issues in migrating from appliances to software, using and selecting VMS systems can be a challenge. In our recent...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
ONVIF adoption is far outpacing PSIA in almost 1 year of manufacturer announcements for 'standards' production support. As of July 2010, according...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
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In the past, video management was quite expensive. Now, increasingly, it is becoming free. Just a few years ago, it was commonplace for a 16...
By John Honovich - almost 14 years ago
From our testing and review with Axis, an important and non-obvious procedure is necessary to ensure ONVIF support is implemented directly. As Axis...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Every time a terrorist event or attempt happens, numerous vendors flood the market with claims that they can solve or prevent them. Preventing is...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
Lots of press releases and happy talk but major questions remain about what specific products are ready for real-world use of IP camera...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
ONVIF continues its plans to expand beyond IP cameras, with a timetable for releasing an interoperability specification for video recording. In...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
While IP cameras were the first battleground for establishing standards, the fight is now expanding into access control. ONVIF, the group led by...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
In our first 3 tests of IP camera 'standards', we have run into problems with 2 of them. In the Sony-Milestone integration using ONVIF, the...
By John Honovich - about 14 years ago
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While APIs and XML are useful for integrating security systems, their value and ease of use are routinely over-stated. This is nicely demonstrated...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
FLIR has announced the availability of network thermal cameras starting as low as $3,495 USD MSRP. These cameras are additions to the F (fixed) and...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
IMS has released Top 10 video surveillance predictions for 2010. We think it's useful to consider but important to appreciate the timing and...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
While IP has many advantages over analog, ease of installation is not one of them. IP cameras are far harder to install even if the installer has...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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Milestone has released production support for both ONVIF and PSIA in their 4.6 device pack [link no longer available]. We have already tested the...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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The January 2010 Mobotix Installer magazine posts a series of criticisms and concerns [link no longer available] on the developing PSIA and ONVIF...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
Security Squared posted a long video featuring interviews with key members of the ONVIF and PSIA standards groups [link no longer available]. In...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
NLSS is developing an all-in-one NVR, access control and intrusion server with built-in analytics in an appliance smaller than your cable box at a...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
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