The word integration here means much more than simply treating cameras as just one more element of a system. In a fully integrated system, the video camera has an intelligent communication link with the alarm or access control components; multiple devices can work as intelligent team members to provide valuable new capabilities.
“What it gives you is the ability to not only know something took place, but to identify who, what, when and where,†says Joseph Riotto, president of Advanced Video Surveillance Inc., Fairfield, N.J.