By Ajay Jain
Higher education presents a multitude of challenges regarding physical identity and access management. Multiple campuses and buildings, restricted areas such as research laboratories, higher levels of security integration in dormitories and a wide variety of staff can create significant hurdles to efficient identity management and related physical access.
By Jumbi Edulbehram
In today’s market, both end users and resellers are searching out new technologies that make security programs more effective, make businesses and employees more efficient, and build revenue streams. Remote management services are gaining significant attention as an emerging solution to meet these needs. End users are interested in adding remote management to streamline security operations and make security systems more of an operational expense. Overall, these valued-added offerings are creating industry buzz. But where does the buzz end and the value begin? What proven capabilities do these services bring to the security community?
By Francis Lachance
More than ever before, digital security technology is changing the way commercial and industrial organizations manage physical security. Early adopters of IP security technology in markets such as transportation, education, government and retail are seeking to benefit from the constant release of cutting- edge functionalities offered by manufacturers of IP video systems, cameras and other digital solutions. But what about the gaming industry?
A new security product with features well ahead of the competition caught the eyes of officials at Company A. Soon after, the nationwide organization with hundreds of locations had its integrator purchase and install thousands of the units. But, unexpectedly, the manufacturer decided to head in a different direction and phase out support for the product.
By Ralph C. Jensen
IP-based video surveillance solutions have been around since 1996, yet analog technology is still a vital part of some markets and segments. Some reasons for this include long replacement cycles and a tendency to do partial security system upgrades. According to a cost-comparison study of analog and IP-based video surveillance from officials at Axis Communications, there still may be knowledge gaps among installers, and there is a perception that IP cameras cost more than an analog solution would.
By Lee Caswell
Data protection can be a confusing topic for newcomers to the topic of data storage. There are many technical terms and nuances in implementation that confuse those unfamiliar with the process. To make matters more difficult, today more newcomers are charged with data protection at the same time machine-generated data, such as video footage from surveillance cameras, is growing exponentially. On average, stored data capacity expands at a rate of more than 30 percent annually.