IP Video

Video analytics has the potential to tremendously impact the security industry. By using image processing algorithms to detect, track and analyze specific activities captured in video streams, video analytics software can accurately identify threats in real-time the moment they begin to unfold and alert personnel to take immediate ...

With the price of barrels hitting record highs, it’s a good time to be in the oil business. Just ask Convergint Technologies, which benefited from serving a major petroleum industry client that viewed having the best possible security solution as being ...

Working with CCTV systems typically offers a select number of application technology choices. You can take the old standard route of laying an array of coaxial cable and connecting standard analog cameras or, as we see more and more today, you also have the option of creating a network configuration with category cable, such as ...

Is the convergence trend revolutionizing the fundamental structure of the security industry? Based on everything we know from all the research in the J.P. Freeman Co. 2008 convergence market report, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Looking ahead 10 years, how many changes ...

Davidson College, the nationally-respected liberal arts school located near Charlotte, N.C., is a case-in-point of how IP-based alarm signal communications is hastening the evolution of traditional security and fire/life-safety systems. Strapped with excessive recurring cost to operate its legacy solution, the college turned to ...

The ability to remotely view video of building renovations via an Internet-connected security camera has become a popular innovation in the construction industry. When that renovation involves the home stadium of a major sports team, the use of such technology provides fans with the ability to see the progress unfold ...

The shift to digital technology and IP-based solutions is readily apparent, especially at the big trade shows. Jim Talbot, CEO of Chicago-based Ionit Technologies, a provider of advanced DVR systems, provides his perspective on what security contractors could be doing better to take advantage of sales opportunities beyond legacy infrastructure.

A stock market maxim says that past performance does not necessarily indicate future returns. Nowadays, the same holds true for the ...

Can there be obstacles to growth? Even with the fast-paced growth that IP video is currently enjoying? You bet!

Joe Freeman: Manufacturers identify IP video growth challenges.

Harlem Shake with FLIR!
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Comparing Cox, Time Warner & ADT Security Systems
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Power Home Technologies Steps Up For Break-in Victim
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June 14, 2013
The Joys of PSA-TEC 2013
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June 11, 2013
On the Show Floor at the 2013 NFPA Conference & Expo
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May 8, 2013
A Look at Thermal Imaging
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