Today’s video management systems (VMSs) have powerful capabilities, including the ability to manage video systems installed at multiple locations, to use heat mapping to count people in an area and keep track of how long they stay there and to use analytics and audio to detect left objects, weapons and even bullying behaviors.

Today’s megapixel cameras provide a number of benefits, including their ability to enhance situational awareness by expanding areas of coverage with fewer physical cameras, which can also significantly reduce overall costs associated with both equipment and labor.

In the latest product update of Milestone XProtect 2019 R3 video management software, Milestone Systems introduced several new capabilities. A new centralized search platform makes it possible for users to search for everything in one place.

While camera manufacturers continue to deliver products with higher and higher resolutions, that’s no longer the main goal of video surveillance, purports Laurent Villeneuve, product marketing manager, Genetec, Montreal. Instead, it’s more about expanding the use case for surveillance by increasing end users’ return on investment.

Aiphone Corp., an international manufacturer of intercom and security communication products, now has a mobile app available to new and existing installations of the GT Series multi-tenant video intercom.

As evidenced by the steady stream of news about data breaches coming from companies large and small, cyber crime has become a very real problem in the world today.

The early struggles of video analytics technologies to live up to over-inflated expectations are well documented.

The four-channel DTK-WM4 family of wall-mount network surge protectors provide robust surge protection for any desired combination of Ethernet, PoE and PoE extender circuits, while supporting data speeds up to 10GbE.

Eaton’s high-density rack PDU offers improved outlet counts and the addition of 11 color options for easy identification of A/B power feeds.

Johnson Controls has combined its Tyco Access Control and Video Solutions businesses into a single operational unit to more closely align the two disciplines and optimize future technology developments for cyber resiliency, business efficiency and intelligence.