By Sharon J. Watson
Just a few short years ago, physical access control was mainly about who could go through what doors, while logical access control focused on who got on the corporate network and into data.
By Steven Titch
With IP poised to drive video security market growth over the next five years, camera manufacturers have begun to get serious about developing a standard interface for cameras and video management systems.
By John Honovich
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of security’s convergence with information technology is the arrival of open standards. For far too long, security systems have been dominated by proprietary equipment. This constrained the scope of product choice and limited what users could achieve with their security systems.
By Steven Titch
After a year of anticipation, IP cameras incorporating the H.264 compression standard are finally available. Their bandwidth and storage benefits will be music to the IT department’s ears. But what else do you need to know?
By Peter Wilenius
The growth of the software as a service model is good news for end users eager to reap the benefits of enterprise-class software solutions but unable or unwilling to purchase and host them in-house. Quick to gain traction in mainstream business application markets, the SaaS model is now poised to make its presence felt in the security and loss prevention markets.