By Courtney Pedersen
The city of Beverly Hills, Calif., is expanding its video surveillance project, and former mayor Jimmy Delshad wanted an IP video surveillance system as a part of the smart-city initiative. Coming from a technical background, Delshad saw the opportunity in IP video to help the city be the cleanest, safest and most sustainable city it can be.
By Bill McCoy
Although there has only been one true emergency call over the 12-year life of its Code Blue system, Seminole State College of Florida takes security seriously. Seminole State is the fastest-growing college in the state, with campuses in Altamonte Springs, Heathrow, Oviedo and Sanford/Lake Mary. With Code Blue systems installed in parking lots and on campus buildings, students and campus staff have ready access to emergency phones.
By Del V. Salvi
The Stephen S. Wise Temple and Schools in Los Angeles make up one of the largest reform Jewish congregations in the country, with more than 3,000 member families and nearly 1,700 students. The temple and schools take security seriously and have installed a multi-faceted security system to ensure the safety of facilities, members, students, faculty and staff. The video surveillance management and control solution manages networked video from cameras located throughout the facilities and integrates with the institutions’ physical security information system.
By Vince Ricco
From a data networking perspective, this has become an all-too-familiar storyline: a non-networked application encounters the traditional data networking world. The migration to VoIP showed us networking equipment manufacturers want to help integrators handle new applications and make transitions easier.
By Tim Holloway
Much has been said, written and debated regarding why IP video surveillance systems are not more rapidly overtaking analog video surveillance systems in marketshare. One of the top reasons is the actual versus the perceived reliability of IP video surveillance systems.
By Ralph Jensen
Frankly, I’ve always been a little skeptical of analytics. I’m not a naysayer, but I’m someone who has to see, touch and smell something before I’m a true believer. To become a true believer, I decided a little research was in order.