IP Video / Surveillance

What’s the profile of a typical electronic security systems integration business? If you’re in that line of work, the odds are your company is 20 years old or less (73 percent); has 25 or fewer full-time employees (64 percent); has in excess of $1 million in annual gross revenue (62 percent); derives most of its business from the commercial and industrial markets (81 percent); and specializes in CCTV and access control (59 percent).

Most of the time apartment security only becomes an option once a tragedy has taken place. The owners of East River Landing decided to take the proactive approach, contracting with Nortronics for an interactive, fully integrated, IP-based access control and video surveillance system.

Seemingly each year, security industry prognosticators proclaim the year ahead will be the year of the IP camera. Could 2006 be the year they finally get it right?

The false alarm problem is one of the most serious issues facing the electronic security industry. Remote video for the purpose of video verification is a promising response tool that not only aids security dealers in the fight against crime, but also reduces false alarms while providing an additional source of recurring revenue. Still a significant number of alarm dealers have failed to buy into the technology.

A new public CCTV system monitors one of the most famous streets in the world, but it isn’t the cameras and wireless routers that clamor for a close-up. The “HOC” that keeps Hollywood Boulevard safe shines as an example of teamwork between a security firm, business and police.

Expansion is made all the easier when security dealers and systems integrators diversify into horizontal markets that center on video surveillance that goes beyond traditional security applications. In most cases, a security firm already possesses most of the skills necessary to succeed in these markets.

Joe Freeman: Phone lines used by Regional Bell Operating Companies' (RBOCs) customers have dropped by almost 20 percent in the past four years, while Internet phone use tripled from 2003 to 2004 and is expected to continue to grow.

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