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Reducing Bandwidth Through Privacy Masks?

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By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

DIY Alarm Kits Surveyed

When protecting one's home with an alarm system, deciding between professionally installed and DIY offerings is a fundamental choice. DIY options...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

Designing Security Monitoring Stations

Our Security Monitoring Station Guide is an introduction to selecting the right surveillance monitoring console furniture. In it, a number of...

By John Grocke - over 12 years ago

Camera Installation Guide

Camera installation is fundamental to the security industry, but in many cases, little thought is given to planning and installation, leading to...

By Ethan Ace - over 12 years ago

Markups / Margins Tutorial

How much an integrator marks up a product when they sell it to a customer has a big impact on both the total end user cost and the profitability of...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Video Surveillance Storage Duration Average 2012

How long should video surveillance be stored? 1 week, 1 month, 1 year? This is a fundamental question for security systems. Store for too short a...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Success in the Security Industry

Unsuccessful people often wonder why they are so, developing silly theories about what is holding them back. The Women's Security Council is an...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Z-Wave Automation Guide

The smart home automation segment has exploded. Now with Axis releasing a camera integrated with Z-Wave, the technology is taking on a new wrinkle...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

New Product: OCULUS Surveillance Robot

While new innovation in surveillance is sorely lacking, a startup is championing an amitious idea - surveillance robots - using very non...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

PIR Detector Selection Guide

Motion sensors are a frequent source of 'false alarm' headaches in many intrusion systems. 'PIR', or 'Passive Infrared' technology have been widely...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

Security Monitoring Station Guide

Console furniture optimized for security command centers is typically required for surveillance systems installations of 50+ cameras. Those sites...

By John Grocke - over 12 years ago

New Products Reviewed ISC West 2012

Here is what's new in video surveillance and for the ISC West 2012 show. We have aggregated all of our reviews in this directory to make it easy to...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

SD Card For Surveillance Tutorial

Axis's VMS elimination solution uses SD cards to store video on the camera. This makes SD card selection and specification a key part of a...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

Reusing Existing SAN for Surveillance

Free Storage? Reusing an organization's existing Storage Area Network (SAN) for video surveillance can eliminate the need for buying a new storage...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

Video Surveillance Statistics Directory Vol 2

In this report, we aggregate and present numerous statistics about how surveillance is being used in the real world. Recently, we conducted an in...

By John Honovich - over 12 years ago

Preventing Camera Theft

Reports of video surveillance cameras being stolen are surprisingly common. While the crime is ironic, the theft of camera equipment can be costly....

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago

Optimizing Motion Based Recording

Often users will be shocked to find video is being stored only for as half as long as they expected. The #1 problem is typically unoptimized motion...

By Brian Rhodes - over 12 years ago