Technology migration can be tricky to predict, but it seems safe to say most video analytics will be deployed in the cloud within the next couple years or so.
Already, a good number of companies are seeing the benefits of analytics, whether in the cloud or at the edge. Chris Brown, vice president central stations, SureView Systems, Tampa, Fla., says out of the customers SureView works with, which is a majority of the mid-size to large central stations, he sees probably 65 percent of customers engaging in some type of analytics.