By Brent Dirks
Just like many organizations in these trying economic times, the Miami-Dade County public school system is trying to do more with less, even when it comes to security. And one school in the district, Northwestern Senior High School, is using technology that is beginning to percolate throughout the security industry -- video analytics -- to help make the campus safer.
By Carla Saavedra
Brigham Young University has long been an early adopter of new technology. In fact, it established the Technology Transfer Office
to facilitate the transfer of university-developed technologies into the general marketplace by protecting any intellectual property
with patents, copyrights and other licensing. So it is no surprise that the university started running its security system on an IP
network in 1998, when many universities were still using VCRs as their primary recorder.
By Steven Titch
A new standards group plans to publish in September a proposed signaling format for transmitting uncompressed high-definition video feeds over existing cabling or twisted-pair infrastructure. The HDcctv Alliance, created by four manufacturers that represent various segments of the chip-camera- DVR supply chain, intends to launch Version 1.0 of the HDcctv specification at the ASIS International Conference and Exhibits in Anaheim, Calif., according to Todd Rockoff, chairman of the alliance. The organization, which opened itself for formal membership in June, seeks to establish a signaling format akin to NTSC or PAL, but for high-definition video transmission.
By Steve Fisher
While security has raced forward with IP video and digital video management, similar bursts are surfacing in the general access control market. Access control hardware first found its way onto IP networks in the early 1990s, but the movement toward any true functionality beyond the basic data gathering panels running on networks is a more recent trend that poses a certain degree of challenge and understanding.
By Ralph C Jensen
Are you ready for some interoperability? The Open Network Video Interface Forum has released a test tool and conformance process, which would lead one to believe that the organization has strengthened its position as the leading standardization measure for network video products.