Eagle Eye Networks today announced the availability of its first annual Video Surveillance Report. This year?s report covers the results of multiple 250-500 respondent surveys of Video Surveillance and Information Technology (IT) professionals. The survey topics spanned targeted use of video surveillance systems, cloud video surveillance, IT?s role, and view of video surveillance system vulnerability.

?More than two-thirds of companies now plan to expand their use of video surveillance systems beyond security and into operations improvement,? said Dean Drako, President and CEO at Eagle Eye Networks. ?Additionally, there is a deepening involvement of their IT personnel in many aspects of video surveillance activities.?

The findings from the industry-wide 1H 2014 independent, anonymous survey include:

Business Plans for Video Surveillance:

• Video Surveillance usage plans: Protection versus Operations Improvement

• Video Surveillance operations improvement analytics expected to be deployed

Cloud Video Surveillance:

• Video recording location preference: On-premise versus the Cloud

• Top drivers for cloud-managed video Surveillance

• Top hurdles to cloud-based video surveillance system deployment

• Top frustrations with current video surveillance systems

IT Section:

• Portion of IT folks now involved in Video Surveillance

• IT specific role/duties in video surveillance

• Video Surveillance system vulnerability to Cyber Attack