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Video Analytics Overview and Recommended Reports

Video analytics is the practice of using computers to automatically identify things of interest without an operator having to view the video.  The most commonly used types of video analytics professionally deployed are perimeter violation, license plate recognition and people counting.  The commercial use of video analytics commenced in 2003. In the last few years, enthusiam for video analytics has waned as numerous projects around the world failed. At the same time, only modest technological progress has been made in video analytics in the last 3 years.  Nonetheless, video analytics continues to be deployed with some projects successfully.  Read more about the key challenges in using video analytics.

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Most Recent Coverage on Video Analytics
What do Manufacturers Think About the Future of Video Analytics? on Apr 06, 2010
"A recent STE print supplement carried an interview with video surveillance manufacturers. Below i..."
Does Video Analytics Reduce Security Spending by 67% on Apr 06, 2010
"An analyst report on video analytics implies that the use of video analytics can reduce total sec..."
Do Video Analytic Providers Have to Sell Products? on Apr 02, 2010
"A CEO of a video analytics company makes the case that video analytic providers must sell product..."
Debunking V/B Research's Absurd Analytic Projections on Apr 01, 2010
"In December 2010, V/B Research caused a stir by issuing extremely bullish video analytic projecti..."
Why Education is Not Enough for Video Analytics on Mar 29, 2010
"While industry consensus of video analytic's disappointing market performance has been reached, o..."
Analytics Bashing Goes Mainstream on Mar 11, 2010
"Industry insiders know that video analytics suffers a bad reputation. However, the backlash conti..."
Using LPR to Repossess Automobiles on Mar 11, 2010
"In another sign of how License Plate Recognition is the most mature and widely accepted video ana..."
Testing Vitamin D Video Analytics Software on Mar 06, 2010
"With significant tech blog coverage, Vitamin D has generated widespread interest in using their v..."
VitaminD Video Analytics Examined on Feb 11, 2010
"VitaminD's video analytics release offers a new market focus and business model for the video ana..."
Video Analytics Company Says They Are Not Video Analytics on Jan 28, 2010
"The poor state of video analytics is exemplified by video analytic manufacturers that deny they a..."
False Alarms are Through the Roof on Jan 21, 2010
"We repeatedly stress how false alarms are the most important weakness of the video analytics mark..."
What does the DVTel-ioimage deal say about the video analytics market? on Jan 14, 2010
"IP Video Market poll respondents are heavily divided about the meaning of the DVTel-ioimage deal ..."
Is Bundling Video Analytics a Good Strategy? on Jan 12, 2010
"While increasingly adopted, we believe bundling video analytics with cameras and recorders is a r..."
Can Video Analytics Stop Suicide? on Jan 06, 2010
"A metropolitan subway station is evaluating the use video analytics to identify and sto..."
Fragility of Video Analytics on Dec 23, 2009
"The December 2009 uproar over 'racist' facial recognition from HP demonstrates an important risk ..."
Samurai UK Video Analytics Project Examined on Dec 23, 2009
"Samurai is a UK based project to develop behavioral / advanced video analytics to detec..."
Video Analytics to be $1 Billion in 2012 on Dec 19, 2009
"An extremely bullish but wildly misleading projection for the video analytics market has been mad..."
Long Term Video Analytics Outlook Examined on Dec 09, 2009
"With the market perception of video analytics severely weakened (see our polls and discussions), ..."
High Accuracy Facial Surveillance Face Finder on Dec 07, 2009
"Sagem Securite's Safran Group announced a new product that can significantly increase face findin..."
Video Analytics in Europe Surveyed on Nov 19, 2009
"Frost & Sullivan has released a presentation and projections for video analytics in the EMEA ..."
GunShot Analytics Demoed on Nov 11, 2009
"A manufacturer of gunshot analytics, SpotShotter, has released a 3 minute video demo that ov..."
FBI Expert Sees No Point in Facial Recognition on Nov 05, 2009
"The FBI comments on facial recognition: "The algorithms just do not exist to deliver the highly r..."
City Wide Mesh Wireless and Analytic Claims Examined on Nov 05, 2009
"At a recent ISC West panel discussion, presenters discussed the strength of video analytics techn..."
The Ratio of False to Valid Alerts is Key on Oct 21, 2009
"While false alerts rightfully receives the majority of attention in video analytic performance cr..."
Burden of Proof Falling on Video Analytic Manufacturers on Oct 17, 2009
"A public rejection of video analytics by an ADT systems designer is a good example of the decline..."
Can the UK Predict Crimes on Buses? on Sep 26, 2009
"Though many are criticizing a UK research project, a deeper look shows that the project is techni..."
Should Video Analytics be Bundled with VMS? on Sep 17, 2009
"Despite lip service manufacturers give to open systems, the clear preferred path is selling end t..."
Examining Video Analytic Management Test on Sep 16, 2009
"Steve Hunt has published test results comparing Aimetis, Milestone and Verint as 'video analytics..."
Vendor on Limitations and Cost of Video Analytics on Sep 02, 2009
"The CEO of a video analytics vendor, VCA Technologies, has posted an interesting and frank analys..."
Video Analytics Survey Results and Recommendations on Aug 18, 2009
"Results are in for our 2 poll questions, "Do Video Analytics Work?" and "What, if any, improvemen..."
Video Analytics as Complex as ERP Software? on Aug 15, 2009
"ObjectVideo is developing a very interesting blog where they post thought provoking/deb..."
Do Video Analytics Work? - Survey on Aug 11, 2009
"The question, "Do Video Analytics Work?" is currently receiving a lot of attention. Such a questi..."
Everyone Convinced Video Analytics Does Not Work? on Aug 10, 2009
"A new blog on video analytics has been added. In it, an individual listed on LinkedIn a..."
Server Based Video Analytics Financial Performance on Aug 03, 2009
"In a video analytics survey article, an IMS analyst states, "Everyone thought edge [sol..."
Examining Retail Video Analytic Success on Aug 01, 2009
"An interesting video of a Cisco account manager demoing retail video analytics has been..."
Video Analytics 2009 Mid-Year Market Review on Jul 13, 2009
"The last six months were rough for video analytics. Little good news and lots of public recogniti..."
For Remote Monitoring on Jun 04, 2009
"Remote video continues to be a popular topic for video analytic vendors. In the past few weeks, w..."
Video Analytics Survey on May 26, 2009
"SSN has published an article interviewing CEOs of a number of video analytics companies. The..."
Limitations in Facial Recognition and LPR on May 25, 2009
"While facial recognition for identification verification (like Driver's Licenses) continues to&nb..."
Cut Guards? on May 09, 2009
"A security management blog ran a series of posts on the use of video analytics to eliminate guard..."
Intelligent Video - State of the Market 2009 on May 06, 2009
"With so much hype and now so much disappointment, the state and future of intelligent video can b..."
Sign of Failure on Apr 29, 2009
"When trade magazines run negative articles, you know a technology is in trouble. This month, SDM ..."
Camera Positioning Key to Video Analytics on Apr 14, 2009
"A routinely overlooked but key aspect to using video analytics is camera positioning. Not simply ..."
How to Select Video Analytics on Apr 14, 2009
"Selecting video analytics can be difficult because many factors impact the choice. In this report..."
IMS Comments on Mar 26, 2009
"At the IMS conference, Geoff from SecurityInfoWatch reported on video analytics progress. Money q..."
Is Bosch Over-Selling Video Analytics? on Mar 25, 2009
"Analysts and pundits agree that video analytics has been significantly over-sold in the last few ..."
Texas Instruments Simplifying Smart Cameras on Dec 07, 2008
"To date, smart cameras are more promise than reality. While smart cameras receive significant pre..."
On-Site Optimization Key to Quality Video Analytic Systems on Oct 20, 2008
"There are very good analytic software packages on the market because they have excellent engineer..."
Does Lower Expectations Solve Video Analytics Problems? on Oct 09, 2008
"An increasingly popular but dangerous trend is the argument that expectations for video analytics..."
Analytics - To Lead or Not to Lead on Sep 19, 2008
"I'm not much for Shakespeare, but this is a good question. Over the past few years, many security..."
Video Analytic's Greatest Value - Storage Reduction on Sep 07, 2008
"While video analytic promotion focuses on stopping and solving crime, the greatest value for vide..."
Do Video Analytics Work? on Sep 01, 2008
"Manufacturers say video analytics work.  Customers and integrators often say they do not.&nb..."
Using Video Analytics for Building Automation on Aug 13, 2008
"Using video analytics beyond security may be the most important trend in video analytics.  W..."
Exploring IBM Video Analytics (Smart Surveillance System) on Jul 07, 2008
"IBM offers a unique approach to video analytics. I highly recommend understanding it and its trad..."
Why Customers Choose Centralized Analytics on Jul 05, 2008
"Performing analytics at the DVR/NVR is a very popular choice in video surveillance. Reading the ..."
Top 3 Problems Limiting the Use and Growth of Video Analytics on Jun 19, 2008
"While video analytics holds great promise, people are still asking about the viability of using a..."
Video Analytic False Claims on May 09, 2008
"Numerous wildly inaccurate claims on video analytics were made in today's Dallas News.The negativ..."
Realities of License Plate Recognition (LPR) on May 08, 2008
"LPR is a very demanding application that can only succeed in limited operational conditions deplo..."
The Key Challenge for Video Analytics on May 07, 2008
"It's all about false positives. Catching the bad guy is pretty easy for today's perimeter violat..."
Outrageous Claims Hurt the Industry on Apr 16, 2008
"I just watched a video clip of an interview and demonstration of VideoIQ's abilities. While the f..."

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