IF THERE’S ONE TREND IN VIDEO SURVEILLANCEthat may define the last 12 to 18 months, it’s likely the acceleration of cloud video adoption, which came largely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More specifically, this increased demand was a response to the various lockdown requirements that were commonplace beginning early in 2020, as business owners relied more heavily on their video systems to check in on their sites — which often led to disappointments, says Ken Francis, president, Eagle Eye Networks, Austin, Texas. “It was a wake up call; 2020 was the year that end users realized that their video systems were not as good as they thought. This led to a demand to upgrade video all around,” he says.