Eagle Eye Networks’ Survey Examines Video, Cloud, IT and Video Usage Trends
Eagle Eye Networks, Austin, Texas, announced the availability of its annual “Video Surveillance Report,” which produced interesting results regarding market trends in video surveillance. This year’s report was collected from video surveillance and information technology (IT) professionals, and the survey topics spanned the usage of video surveillance systems, cloud video surveillance, the role of IT departments and views regarding video surveillance systems’ vulnerability.
One notable trend was a move toward increasing operations support from video surveillance systems. “More than two-thirds of companies now plan to expand their use of video surveillance systems beyond security and into operations improvement,” said Dean Drako, president and chief executive officer at Eagle Eye Networks. “Additionally, there is a deepening involvement of their IT personnel in many aspects of video surveillance activities.” Sixty-eight percent of video surveillance plans will include operations improvements following an upgrade or with the installation of a new system, according to the survey. It is interesting to note that number is more than twice as many as the survey respondents who planned to continue using video surveillance exclusively for protection purposes.