How IT is Transforming the Security Business Review from
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on Nov 12 While technical skill sets and competencies dominate the discussions surrounding "convergence," it is the differences in the channels of product delivery between the IT and Security industries that will have the...
Should Manufacturers Sell Direct to End Users? Review from
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on Nov 10 An insane idea today will become reality over the next 10 years. Driven by the Internet and accelerated by the recession, the role of the integrator as powerful intermediary will diminish greatly. This wil...
Top 3 Problems with Choosing Open Systems Review from
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on Aug 21 While being 'open' is the trend, 'openness' is vague, claimed by all and underestimated in its difficulty to achieve. If you are buying or specifying video management systems, you need to carefully consider this...
Understanding Video Surveillance APIs Review from
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on Aug 15 While APIs are the key to open platforms, they are a frequently misunderstood and over-hyped aspect of physical security. While APIs can provide great benefits, using them is much more complex than often mentio...
Why IT will not Take Over Security Review from
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on Jun 25 Automation is a powerful economic force, one that will ultimately make IT irrelevant to physical security. It may seem paradoxical but the same force that makes information technology ubiquitous will make IT ir...
Will Security Integrators Survive IT Convergence? Review from
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on Jun 12 Many believe security integrators are dead; walking dinosaurs who are oblivious to their impending extinction. Indeed, many new IT entrants certainly wish that security integrators (and physical security manage...
Bandwidth Tutorial for IP Video Surveillance Systems Review from
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on Jun 08 When using IP cameras, Megapixel cameras, NVRs or even DVRs, understanding the basics about how much bandwidth is available and how much is needed is critical in planning, designing and deploying IP video survei...
Why Asymmetric Bandwidth is Important to IP Video Syste Review from
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on Jun 08 You may notice that your home cable modem offers greater bandwidth going down to your house than going up to the Internet. For instance, while you may have 3 Mb/s download, you can only upload at 384 Kb/s. This...
How to Read Marketing Material Review from
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on May 28 Almost all IP video info is vendor marketing. Good decision making requires critically reading and analyzing this material.At first, I did not believe that most information was vendor marketing material. Obvio...
How to Evaluate New Technology Review from
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on May 23 Most new technology fails but when it is successful, the business benefits can be enormous. The challenge then is how to efficiently determine what new technology is legit so that you simultaneously avoid disas...
Risk of Hiring IT Sales People Review from
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on May 17 One of the sexiest but riskiest ideas in video surveillance is hiring IT sales people. It's easy to think that we are now moving into IT, the technology is new, the problems are different, the industry is being ...
How to Calculate Video Surveillance ROIs Review from
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on May 16 ROI calculations are powerful but can be distorted. While they hold the promise of identifying objective value, they can often obscure the truth.
The goal of this review is to help the security manager better ...
The Value of IBM Video Surveillance? Review from
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on May 15 Two years since the entrance of IBM into video surveillance, the value of IBM is less clear than ever. Today, SecurityInfoWatch reports on the state of IBM video surveillance
IT is not transforming Security Review from
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on May 03 IT professionals evidently believe the Patriots should replace Belichick with the trainer. According to IT professionals, because injuries are so prevalent in football, salaries are so high and health is so imp...
Breaking Standards is Good Review from
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on Apr 26 Attacking proprietary systems is en vogue but it's only breaking from standards where innovation occurs. The irony is IT players entering physical security have most seriously broken standards and their breakin...
PSIM Problems Review from
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on Apr 22 PSIM is a great concept but has major structural problems that may limit its utility to the very largest security organizations. Expect video and access systems to continue to add features that provide the most...
Criticizing Old Boy Network of Honeywell and Tyco Article from
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on Nov 12 Steve Hunt Criticizes large incumbent manufacturers for not listening to end users; Hunt: These sales channels lock in customers and dont allow for a lot of freedom or flexibility to build a best-of-breed soluti...
Addressing the IT Buyer: Your Best Foot Forward - Artic Article from
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on Sep 12 with security directors. “We generally like to do a show-and-tell at that point, and take a network camera out and hook it up, and show them how they can control the bandwidth that is transmitted over the netw...
