Where IT Security and Physical Security Converge

April 2011

  • Easing the Load: Reduce IP video storage and measurably improve system performance.
  • The Wireless Frontier: 4G may provide the answer for wirelessly transmitting high-definition video.
  • Upscale Fire Protection: Residents enjoy premier amenities, including life-safety equipment.


Features

Upscale Fire Protection

By Beth Welch

Greg Evans, president of Generations Design Construction Inc., planned to build a premier retirement community in National City, Calif. Paradise Village, near the San Diego harbor, opened as an all-inclusive resort, offering its active senior and assisted-living residents an elaborate assortment of convenient amenities. As befits such an upscale development, Generations Inc. was uncompromising in regard to the safety and comfort of the Paradise Village residents


The Wireless Frontier

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Data delivery has long been the pace car in the race to faster, more-advanced security systems. In other words, no matter how snazzy and powerful your endpoint technology is, whether it’s top-tier HD megapixel cameras or state-of-the-art access control units, the way you transport data from point A to point B will more often than not determine what will work on your network. But as the world braces for faster and better cellular networks, that pace car may soon take to the skies with a full tank of rocket fuel.


Slice and Dice It

By John Rasmussen

On first consideration, it is easy to make the mistake of considering video data as you would any other IT or business data. However, there are two aspects that differentiate video surveillance data from other business data.


Better Systems, Better Images

By Raul Calderon

Designers of IP-based video systems have an unprecedented opportunity to improve the performance of their systems. The opportunity involves choosing the right network camera and comes in the form of the superior resolution of megapixel cameras.


Departments

Gone Phishing

By Ralph C. Jensen

After attending RSA Conference 2011, several things became crystal-clear to me. Technology is on its ever-present forward trek, and hackers are still the bane of the IT security world. Phishing still remains one of the biggest problems, as ID thieves continue their efforts to trick people into providing Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, PINs, mothers’ maiden names and other information.


Bridging the Gap

By Jeremy Brecher

In the last several years, the expanding use of security devices connected through Internet Protocol (IP) shows that this technology is earning market acceptance -- and rightfully so.