BCDVideo Grows
Whether you really know BCDVideo, you better not underestimate them nor ignore their impact on our industry. BCDVideo has become the security integrator’s choice for IP video surveillance solutions. Maybe flying just under the radar of many top-flight players in the physical security industry, BCDVideo has seen some impressive growth. Formed in 1999, BCDVideo is a physical security vendor that has seen some incredible growth over the past decade and a half. Late in 2017, BCDVideo made a major upgrade when they moved into their new, spacious company headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
BCDVideo Named To Inc. 5000 List Of Fastest-Growing Private Companies
BCDVideo, the industry-leading purpose-built video surveillance storage solution manufacturer, was named to the Inc. 5000 list for the second time. The 36th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment – its independent small and midsized businesses.
Perry Levine Joins BCDVideo Executive Management Team
BCDVideo introduced 35-year security industry veteran Perry Levine as Director of Strategic Alliances. The newest member of BCDVideo’s Executive Team, Levine will be responsible for articulating the BCDVideo technology message and product platform to National and local security integrators, camera manufacturers, Video Management Software companies, distributors, industry associations, and all technical partners associated with BCDVideo.
BCDVideo & Sentry360 Partner To Create Turnkey Body Worn Cam Storage Solution
BCDVideo announced their collaboration with Sentry360 (Plainfield, IL) on a turnkey, multi-camera body cam solution with on-premises storage capabilities offering up to three years of video retention. In addition to the obvious use for law enforcement for both officer and citizen accountability, body-worn cameras are being utilized in commercial environments, hospitals for compliance regulations, the service industry for training purposes, retail locations, and countless other markets and applications. Sentry360 is a well-established leader developing sophisticated panoramic and high-definition surveillance solutions for law enforcement, medical, transportation, retail, and commercial vertical markets.
BCDVideo Delivers New Avaya-Based Shortest Path Bridging Network Switches: And Why You Should Care
Some technical professionals may take offense to the following statement, but our technical tendency whenever a server/NVR starts to drop frames or “go black” is to start dropping camera resolutions, drop frame rates, or drop camera bitrates, and/or add more servers/NVRs. So little attention, historically, has been paid to the actual ‘network’ equipment in these network video recording solutions. Not so un-noticed, video surveillance puts such a tremendous load on I.P. networks (just ask the corporate network admin) and has been a major bottleneck component since the first network surveillance camera came online. Where typical corporate networks have been more plug-and-play in their usage, video surveillance pushes the geek level of network management to a much higher level of sophistication. If we are honest with ourselves, this intimidates many physical security/video surveillance professionals. To be fair, these security professionals are not computer networking experts. Trying to understand the impact RTSP has on a network or the importance of every frame making it from end-to-end has not been as important to some smaller installations. However, when keeping a video feed pumping with no interruption is important then it becomes vital to understand the network configurations.
BCDVideo, Avaya Simplify Networking For Video Surveillance With Titan Switches
BCDVideo and Avaya have partnered together to create Titan Networking. This new line of video surveillance switches will be powered by Avaya’s network operating system software (NOS) Avaya Fabric Connect. BCDVideo is the first system integrator to adopt Avaya NOS software for private label distribution. “Until this point, the only option available to the video […]
BCDVideo’s Orion Series for OnSSI
BCDVideo and On-Net Surveillance Systems (OnSSI) have partnered together to provide a complete software and hardware appliance for security integrators. The BCDVideo Orion Series will provide a complete catalog of turn-key solutions, all pre-loaded with Ocularis 5.0 – Professional.
BCDVideo Now Shipping Version 2.0 of SMARTControl
BCDVideo has announced the release of their second-generation of its SMARTcontrol Management Suite. The system-monitoring package comes standard on all of BCDVideo’s enterprise access control and video recording platforms. SMARTcontrol 2.0 takes system monitoring to the next level – simply and proactively.
BCDVideo: How to Succeed in a Fast Changing Video Surveillance Market
Jeff Burgess is the President and CEO of BCDVideo out of the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, IL. With the rapid growth of the overall IP-video surveillance market, BCDVideo is experiencing significant growth by generating a 30% CAGR over the past two years and has become one of the most trusted names in video surveillance system building. BCDVideo has been involved in some of the largest IP-based video surveillance installations with their solutions recording video on six continents, in 33 countries, and in a number of different vertical markets. SecurityHive caught up with Burgess to discuss the rise of BCDVideo and where he sees the video surveillance / physical security industry headed.
BCDVideo Releases Value Series of Video Recorders
BCDVideo released an entry-level video storage line —the Value Series— offering integrators a platform perfect for retail rollouts, small business applications, and other sites needing localized storage solutions.
BCDVideo’s Burgess Named to HP’S OEM Customer Advisory Board
BCDVideo, a global manufacturer of IP video surveillance storage solutions, announced today that company president and founder Jeff Burgess was named to HP’s 2015 OEM Customer Advisory Board. This small group of selected individuals will be meeting in Palo Alto in June.
BCDVideo Leads With HP Networking for the Video Market
Partnering with HP Networking has enabled BCDVideo to offer a wide selection of networking products and capabilities – from inexpensive Power-over-Ethernet (POE) switches for smaller video surveillance projects all the way up to enterprise chassis based network switches. The HP Network architecture brings consistent and open standards-based networking to deliver performance to both enterprise surveillance networks and smaller venues.
BCDVideo Is Now Storing IP Video on Six Continents
From oil fields in Venezuela, supply chain shipping lines in the Caribbean, datacenters in Thailand, transit systems in the Netherlands, airports in Canada, an embassy in North Africa, smartphone/tablet manufacturer in China, and a sports club in Qatar, BCDVideo is now on every continent except Antarctica. The second half of 2014 saw 295 new sites storing video on BCDVideo recorders, a 20% increase over first half of 2014.
Milestone Certifies BCDVideo Nova Series on XProtect
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has now tested and reported performance component certification of BCDVideo’s Nova Server and Storage Series. To address this, Milestone worked closely with BCDVideo to ensure that their systems can be optimized for the Milestone XProtect® software portfolio, helping implementations to be specified, built and delivered as optimal systems for each customer’s technical environment.
BCDVideo Unveils Intelligent Video Recorders
SMARTcontrol Management Software now standard on Nova Series. BCDVideo announced the release of their SMARTcontrol Management Software (SMS). SMS is an evolution in health monitoring for physical security technology for both BCDVideo’s video recorder and access control server platforms.
BCDVideo Servers: 500 Mbps And/or 500 Cameras
The Genetec Product Teams (PLM and PMM) have announced the increase of archiving performance with selected BCDVideo servers. After extensive testing with Genetec’s Security Center Omnicast, we are excited to raise our existing server specifications and now provide you with the industry’s highest throughput certifications. The server is certified to support up to 500 cameras and/or 500Mpbs in continuous recording, and provide an additional 200Mbps dedicated for video redirection.
SeeTec VMS and BCDVideo NVR Integration
SeeTec AG and BCDVideo, a global manufacturer of high-performance IP recording systems for the video surveillance market, announced their Technology Partnership for SeeTec Cayuga and the BCDVideo product family. As both companies are leading in their segment the cooperation provides high standard for video surveillance projects of any size.
U.K.’s Mayflex to Distribute BCDVideo’s Milestone-Ready NVRs
Mayflex, the U.K. cabling infrastructure, networking and electronic security solutions distributor, has signed an agreement to distribute the BCDVideo family of recording, directory, and access control servers, client viewing stations, and networking products to their customers in both the UK and United Arab Emirates regions.
BCDVideo Expands Video Storage Product Line
BCDVideo has expanded its enterprise-grade product line of Video Recording Platforms (VRPs) with HP’s introduction of 6TB hard drives. The Nova Series now boasts new models as well as 150% greater storage capacities on existing VRPs.
BCDVideo Releases 84TB 2U Video Recording Storage Server
BCDVideo released an 84TB model of their Nova Series video recording storage platform. This new capability allows BCDVideo’s BCD380V8-M system to manage up to 73TB of RAID 5 useable internal video storage —a 150% capacity increase— while still only using two rack spaces. The BCDVideo Nova Series is manufactured specifically for Enterprise IP Video Surveillance applications. The Nova Series is our newest-generation platform utilizing 6G SAS technology which enables more high-megapixel cameras per system than traditional SATA-based servers. BCDVideo’s recorders are designed with Intel® Xeon® processors, offering superior system performance. This video recording platform is built with scalability, reliability, and longevity in mind.