For years, security companies have used the long-standing practice of insurers offering discounts to homeowners who install security systems as a selling point.
In July, Evansville, Ind.-based Data Link Communications will begin work on upgrading the existing IP video system at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which will include replacing an antiquated storage platform that wasn’t working well for the airport with new high-capacity Big Bertha servers from BCDVideo.
Admittedly, in the beginning, video analytics was a technology that was doomed to fall short of the hype and high expectations surrounding it. Let’s face it; when “CSI” became one of the most popular shows on television, it pretty much became the gold standard for video analytics against which almost all solutions — real or make-believe — were judged. So between TV shows, movies and manufacturers who promised more than their solutions could deliver, analytics didn’t stand a chance.
From conception to completion, the integrator faced a number of challenges, including challenging lighting conditions, long wire runs and concrete walls. And in true Hollywood fashion, the company overcame each one to produce a happy ending for the theater.
Whitby, Ont.-based Keyscan, a provider of integrated access control systems, and Affiliated Monitoring of Union, N.J., are collaborating in an effort to allow security dealers to offer cloud-based hosted or managed access control solutions to their customers.
Today’s mobile surveillance solutions suit a mobility trend that is here to stay. Integrators have an obligation to educate end users about all of the many benefits.
In the security industry today, as in the world at large, mobile is no longer a nice-to-have feature; it’s a must-have. Customers want to be able to check in on their businesses (and homes) from wherever they are. With the vast majority of camera and VMS providers on board with this demand, the chances are excellent that there’s an app for that.
As video applications increase, so too, does the need for understanding your options for mounting surveillance monitors and flat-panel TVs. Mounts are an accessory that offers good profit margins, experts say.
In the grand scheme of a security system, monitor mounts are not only not top of mind, they’re all too often an afterthought, believes Keith Fulmer, president of Stensville, Md.-based Video Mount Products. “We’re the red-headed stepchildren,” he says. “We’re the low-tech guys, so people tend to think about us last.”