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Cloud Video Surveillance Innovator Smartvue Corporation Expands Again
Smartvue Corporation announced the closing of a $3.85 million Series A investment to support its growth as one of the world’s leading cloud video surveillance platform companies. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Smartvue’s expansion includes a dozen newly hired employees and a new, larger office space to meet the demands of its dramatic growth. Smartvue plans […]
How To Choose The Best Network Switch For IP Surveillance
Detektor Security Academy is an educational concept in which Detektor Magazine, together with selected security technology leaders, have cooperated to produce, distribute, and promote essential information about the opportunities that today’s security technology can offer. How to choose a suitable network switch for IP surveillance systems. First, focus on backbone full wired speed, PoE capability, […]
Spectra Logic and SoleraTec Deliver Affordable Long-Term Video Retention
Organizations in many industries are using video surveillance to improve safety and security, protect business assets, meet legal requirements and much more. To meet these needs, organizations are installing more high definition cameras and retaining the video longer. However, higher camera resolutions, higher frame rates, and expanding retention requirements are putting pressure on both storage […]
Veracity USA And Milestone Systems Announce Launch Of COLDSTORE Arcus
Veracity, the surveillance industry leader in IP transmission products and creator of COLDSTORE, the worlds only truly sequential filing storage system, has joined forces with Milestone Systems, a world leading provider of open platform IP video management software (VMS) to create COLDSTORE Arcus. COLDSTORE Arcus will be in full presentation at ISC West 2014 and […]
Pivot3 Announces Graphics Acceleration Options For VDI Environments
Pivot3, a leading supplier of video surveillance and virtual desktop (VDI) converged storage appliances, announced a set of graphics acceleration offerings for its vSTAC R2S desktop virtualization (VDI) solutions suite. The three-tier offerings, designed for the complexities of virtualized environments, deliver a richer graphics experience for desktops running on vSTAC R2S and vSTAC R2SP Cubed […]
Dallmeier Highlights EdgeStorage And SmartBackfill
Loss-free recording even if the network fails. With the function ?EdgeStorage for Emergency Recording with SmartBackfill?, Dallmeier guarantees loss-free recording even in the case of a network failure. All current Dallmeier IP cameras are equipped with a RAM. If the network drops out or becomes overloaded, or if the recording system has to be rebooted, […]
Head In The Clouds Or Feet On The Ground? Cloudview Launches Video IP Cloud Device
By Tom Reeve on March 5, 2014 The developers behind Jabbakam, the cloud-based online video surveillance and security system, have redeveloped and re-launched the product as a corporate-grade surveillance solution under the name Cloudview. I sat down with Cloudview founder James Wickes recently to find out why he thinks his solution will revolutionise the corporate security market. Jabbakam was developed in 2010 as a video management system to allow people to record CCTV surveillance video to an internet server and view the footage online. It also allows users to network IP cameras together and share the footage either privately or with a wider audience. The Jabbakam VMS works with its own brand cameras or a selected range of IP cameras from companies such as Y-Cam and Axis. Despite being designed primarily for the domestic market, Jabbakam attracted a great deal of interest from the corporate market, Wickes said. “On the basis of that, we developed Cloudview and changed the company name.” With Cloudview, the product is first and foremost an analogue camera solution. Using a Cloudview video network adapter (VNA), users can stream analogue cameras to the cloud storage system using automatic event triggers or manual activation. The VNA includes a built-in video encoder, SD card slot for local storage and network adapter as well as a USB slot for plugging in a wireless network adapter or 3G wifi device. Simples Wickes said that Jabbakam had taught him the importance of keeping things simple. “The key challenges highlighted through […]
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WD Launches Purple Line Of HDDs For Surveillance Market
The higher price usually has a lot more to do with data integrity than it does performance. The surveillance drives targeted for use with always-on cameras and audio recording need to perform consistently with little room for failure due to wear & tear; so they need to have quality moving parts, better tolerance on the manufacturing specs and survive for a higher number of read/writes more so than be fast. I don’t think this is the right solution to that problem. I just put together a security camera system recently. The software supported initially writing the video files in one location, but archiving it in a different location. I so put a SSD and regular HDD in the system. The video received from the cameras is initially written to the SSD. After 3 days it gets archived (in batch) on the HDD. 1) You don’t typically think of SSDs in this particular application – there’s no need for blazing speed. But there is a need for constant concurrent writes to multiple files, which is something SSDs do a lot better than HDDs. I initially decided to go with the SSD because I noticed the computer frequently stuttered and lagged during competing read requests from the original HDD. 2) The HDD only gets written to about 4-6 times a day. At all other times, it goes to sleep. So I just grabbed a consumer "green" drive. The HDD is going to get less use than a home desktop computer HDD. […]
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Exacq Technologies Networked Storage Servers Offer Unified Video Management
By Brianna Crandall , February 28, 2014— Exacq Technologies , part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, a global manufacturer of video management system (VMS) software and servers used for video surveillance, has released a new line of networked video storage servers. The new S-Series Enterprise line of networked video storage servers allows users to add extended storage and archived storage to any exacqVision server running the exacqVision Professional or Enterprise Video Management System (VMS) software. This single user interface reduces the complexity and cost of integrating disparate solutions, and gives facilities managers and security professionals one unified VMS solution to administer and monitor the storage and recorders. In addition, S-Series Enterprise servers can be used to archive video from exacqVision Edge Internet protocol (IP) cameras. exacqVision Edge is a full-featured video management system (VMS) that runs directly on compatible IP cameras. By using the S-Series to archive video and audio, users can optimize their network load with scheduled archiving, says Exacq Technologies. The S-Series Enterprise includes flexible, user-defined archiving rules to store critical video and audio longer. Additionally, the S-Series allows users to consolidate video archives from multiple exacqVision recorders to one or more S-Series devices. Users can also reportedly extend their exacqVision storage without the need for an additional recorder. The S-Series Enterprise is expandable to 80 terabytes on enterprise-class hard drives utilizing RAID 5 or 6 for maximum hard drive reliability, adds the company. The S-Series Enterprise servers also include redundant power supplies to significantly […]
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Esky C5900 H.264 IP-camera, Internet WiFi Wireless/Wired, Pan Tilt, 2-way Audio
Improved remote monitoring via H.264 compression-5 times bandwidth and storage saving comparing to traditional Motion JPEG compression.-Record 4-5 times longer time on limited local micro SD card storage.-View live video streams on web browsers from PC, Mac, iPad or smart phones.-Free or paid apps for your iphone or Android. Pan/Tilt remote control-Control pan/tilt of the IP camera remotely on PC, Mac, iPad or smart phones.-300° pan and 120° tilt range. Full-fledged surveillance management PC software included for free-One-stop management center managing up to 81 devices.-Instantly turn your PC into a professional surveillance system.-This software is for Windows family OS only. High quality video, night vision-High quality video resolution: 640×480 @ 30 frames per second.-Infrared night vision lets you see in complete darkness, and turns on automatically in low light. Easy set up and configuration-PC software IP Camera Wizard can configure networking parameters of IP camera automatically for you.-Dedicated DDNS server provided to give your camera a fixed domain name even though the IP address of your network is dynamic.-Auto-program most brands of routers to create port forwarding, saving the hassle to configure routers manually. Built-in DVR recording-Included a micro SD slot, saving footage to your own micro SD card even if the camera doesn’t connect to network. Motion-triggered alerts sent to your email or FTP server-A series of consecutive pictures will be sent to your specified email addresses or FTP servers.-TLS/STARTTLS email SMTP server is supported. I.e., Gmail accounts can be configured as sender. IR Cut filter-Automatically turn on […]
San Diego City Council Backs Plan For Cop Cameras
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Video-Ready Servers From Secure Logiq Promise More Performance At Lower Cost
By Tom Reeve on February 26, 2014 SecureLogiq, manufacturer of high specification video servers, has relaunched its product range to provide 12 off-the-shelf server solutions for HD video applications. Previously the company specialised in bespoke solutions including its top-end server configuration that is 4U high and can record 1000 HD CCTV cameras (1080p) at full frame rate continuously and store the images for 30 days. The company’s servers have been used on projects such as the London 2012 Olympics, the London Shard ANPR system, Cross Rail and Mersey ferries. We spoke to SecureLogiq sales director Robin Hughes, formerly business development director at Avigilon for over six years. Robin Hughes Hughes told us that the new product range has been designed to provide customers with an easy to understand range of products that would scale up from entry level according to their needs. The product range comprises 1U, 2U and 3U servers which have been fitted out with high specification components and fine tuned for handling high quality HD video. As a result, the machines are able to record more channels at a faster rate and store it for longer than comparable size servers. Hughes said the company is responding to a requirement in the market for high spec servers that wasn’t being addressed by traditional IT servers. “The feedback we have had from the market is that this is the missing piece in the HD jigsaw puzzle,” said Hughes. “People are telling us that they want a less expensive, […]
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Seagate Releases Surveillance HDD Exclusively For Video Surveillance Market
Seagate, a globally recognized American storage vendor has announced the release of its Surveillance HDD, which is a 7 th generation drive, engineered specifically for video surveillance and video analytics applications. Seagate Surveillance hard disk drives are available in 3.5 inches dimension and in a 4TB storage capacity which can store up to 480 hours of HD content. Seagate Surveillance Hard disks are incorporated with rotational vibration sensors and can reliably perform in systems with up to 16 drives. These drives can perform excellently in environments where camera count is plenty and can support write workloads from up to 32 channels. Moreover, Seagate Surveillance hard disk drives are manufactured in such a way that users can customize power settings and better support motion-activated cameras, without a miss of a single frame. Seagate Surveillance HDDs are being offered with 1 million hour MTBF and consume less power and emit less heat with greater design flexibility. Seagate Surveillance Hard Disks are exclusively designed for all 24×7 security applications and are available from the second week of March 2014 worldwide. The price of the Seagate Surveillance Hard Disk drives with 4TB capacity is $137.
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Dahua Announces Technology Partnership With Synology
Published on 25 Feb, 2014 Dahua Technology caters to distinctive market demands and its network camera lineup offers megapixel cameras in various sizes and shape Synology has integrated its NVRs with Dahua’s full range of network cameras, including Dahua’s PTZ domes Dahua Technology , a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance products headquartered in Hangzhou, China announced to build up collaborative relationship with Synology leading provider of Network Video Recording Solutions. Synology integrated its NVRs with Dahua’s full range of network cameras , including Dahua Pan–tilt–zoom (PTZ) domes. With the collaboration between Dahua and Synology, multi-sites and industry-level surveillance management is now intuitive and cost-effective. Dahua Technology caters to distinctive market demands and its network camera lineup offers megapixel cameras in various sizes and shapes, which delivers superb image quality and strong functionality. Synology, a professional IP-based video surveillance solution, combining the functionality of advanced NVR and NAS (network attached storage), aiming to deliver a scalable, future proof, user-friendly NVR solutions and solid customer service to satisfy the needs of business, individual users and our partners. Synology Surveillance Station, running on all Synology NVRs, is integrated NVR management software dedicated to facilitate the reliable surveillance architecture. Featuring easy and intuitive navigation, Synology Central Management System (CMS) offers large-scale, multi-sites deployment a scalable and unified point of control. “While the flexibility of multi-sites and large-scale deployment are highly-valued, Synology answers exactly users’ needs.” pointed Chad Jiang, Product Manager of Synology. “ We are excited to see this collaboration as […]
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High-Capacity Digital Surveillance Storage: The Economies of Scale
Massive Storage Capacities Introduction Savvy security professionals are migrating to digital video solutions in droves, and with good reason: surveillance digital video recorders (SDVR) boast an unprecedented combination of video quality, storage capacity and flexibility, enabling SDVR-based systems to deliver an impressive range of enhanced capabilities: Higher image resolution More active cameras Longer archival periods Intelligent video recognition Abundant storage capacity is a fundamental enabler of such capabilities, and it is here that some video surveillance deployments can go amiss. In an effort to minimize costs, some SDVR systems may utilize multiple low-cost, low-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) to meet their storage requirements. On its surface, this approach appears to be a viable option to reduce storage expenditures. But initial purchase price is only one part of total cost of ownership, and in other respects this budget-drive approach actually inflates SDVR system costs. Specifically, deploying a plethora of inexpensive desktop-class drives consumes more drive slots, requires more power (while producing more unwanted heat) and significantly reduces system reliability. In many SDVRs there are only a limited number of drive slots available, and budget drives lack sufficient capacity for more and/or higher-quality video streams or longer retention of video data. The solution? Scale up capacity with a smaller number of large (1TB, 2TB or 3TB) HDDs , purpose-built for surveillance storage duty. The benefits of this approach are both significant and multifold: Compact, more space-efficient SDVR systems can meet the elevated capacity needs of sophisticated surveillance environments, power consumption and […]
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PROMISE Technology?s Vess A2000 Validated With Genetec’s Security Center For IP video Surveillance
Published on 23 Feb, 2014 PROMISE Technology, Inc., a leading developer of high-performance storage solutions optimised for the requirements of video surveillance, recently announced that the Vess A2000 Series NVR storage appliance is validated with Security Center, the powerful unified security platform from Genetec. Security Center seamlessly blends Omnicast video management systems (VMS), Synergis access control, and AutoVu license plate recognition (LPR) systems, presenting physical security information to end users through a single intuitive interface designed to standardise workflows for greater efficiency, faster response time and an over-all higher level of security. PROMISE Technology’s validation of the Vess A2000 Series for Security Center ensures the solution has been tested to deliver scalability, flexibility, value, and quality to meet the security needs of small to medium sized and enterprise-class businesses. Vess A2000 NVR storage appliances for IP video surveillance reduce the complexity and costs of surveillance deployments while delivering powerful, reliable, efficient and optimised storage designed to support growing security requirements. The Vess A2000 offers a validated integration with Security Center, streamlining installation and configuration which helps simplify surveillance deployments and lower the total cost of ownership. Additionally, the solution delivers optimised performance for many workloads which enables the Vess recording server to maintain stability and provide consistent throughput without dropping frames. “A robust surveillance infrastructure requires industry leading solutions to work together in unison,” said Jack Yang, Senior Product Planning and Marketing Manager, PROMISE Technology. “We are pleased that the Vess A2000 Series is validated with Genetec Security Center, […]
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Eagle Eye Debuts Partner Program For Cloud-Based Video Surveillance
The days of storing your video surveillance footage on a hard drive or disc may soon be coming to an end—especially if the folks at Eagle Eye Networks have anything to say about it. Eagle Eye has taken the wraps off a new channel partner program, which will allow its VARs to sell the company’s line of home and business surveillance software to customers throughout North America. Eagle Eye Networks is one of the first surveillance companies to offer its VARs access to an on-demand cloud-based security and operations video management system (VMS) surveillance software, according to company CEO Dean Drako. “Video surveillance, which has traditionally been kind of a traditional security business, is becoming much more of an IT business,” said Drako in an interview with The VAR Guy. “We’re saying, ‘Hey, let’s do to this business what Dropbox did to the file service business.’” Eagle Eye Networks’ resellers and end users simply install a device called a Bridge in each location they wish to be monitored and connect their cameras to the cloud via a monthly subscription service. Users connect ONVIF or analog cameras to the Eagle Eye Bridge, which then stores and uploads footage to the cloud. All of the data can be accessed remotely and managed from central website. Drako is the former founder and CEO of Barracuda Networks (CUDA), a company specializing in IT security, network an application delivery and data storage, including the company’s popular spam filter appliance. Drako and his team began […]
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Apexis Launched PIR IP-camera
Surveillance cameras are playing an increasingly important role in the prevention and investigation of crime phenomena. Cameras are increasingly being seen in public places for crime prevention, traffic control and other public safety fields. The rapid development of technology is the reason to promote the community to increase investment in video surveillance. Apexis has recently introduced a new IP camera APM-HP803-MPC-WP, this camera not only supports plug and play, but also built-in PIR detection sensors, accurate detection human body(in the indoor 100% accurate trigger !, zero false positives. Following is a specific feature of this camera: > PIR supported > Iphone and android APP > Support Plug and Play,easy to set up > Support IR-Cut > 1.0MegaPixel,720P > H.264 video compression format > SD2.0 standard, maximum storage upto 32GB > Support two-way audio function > Freely control upload image to FTP > Freely control Pan/Tilt angle by software > Freely control Pan/Tilt speed by software > Freely control network indicator LED on/off > Support up to 9 users online simultaneously > Motion detection alert with snapshots via email > Wi-Fi compliant with wireless standards IEEE 802.11b/g/n > Support both WEP & WPA WPA2 encryption for wireless > Support IE, Safari, Firefox, Google chrome browser or any other standard browsers
H.265 Compression Set To Make A Mark On IP Video Surveillance
H.265/HEVC could enable IP cameras with even larger megapixel counts The emergence last year of a new format for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is poised to have a huge impact on IP video surveillance cameras over the next few years. Among the benefits of the new H.265/HEVC coding format over the legacy H.264/MPEG-4 is a 40 percent or more bit rate reduction at the same visual quality. Therefore, a camera could provide either better visual quality than H.264 with existing network and storage requirements, or it could provide the same visual quality with 40 percent less network and storage needs. H.265/HEVC could enable IP cameras with even larger megapixel counts – 20 megapixel cameras, for example – to operate more efficiently without overwhelming network infrastructures. H.265/HEVC also brings improvements in noise levels, colour spaces and, most importantly for surveillance, an enhanced dynamic range. H.265 implementation inevitable but some years away Implementation of the new standard in most IP video cameras, however, is still years away. As with other video standards, the security market inherits the H.265/HEVC format from the much larger consumer electronics market. Typically, after standards are developed, it takes several years for their use to make its way into various markets, starting with the consumer video market and later into security and other smaller markets. Currently, the leading video coding format is H.264/MPEG-4, which was initially developed in 1999 and has only recently become the de facto standard in the security/surveillance market, more than a decade […]
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Taipei Airport Administration Bureau Deploys Surveon Megapixel Solutions
18-02-2014 As one of the top ten international airports, its administration bureau carries important functions in terms of managing daily operations. Deploying security at the highest level is a must for the bureau and megapixel surveillance is the obvious choice. Since conventional analogue solutions cannot meet the surveillance requirements in terms of resolution and central management, megapixel solutions are a must. However, high resolution could potentially weigh down the recording performance and cause reliability issues. Any video loss is unacceptable. In addition, integration and flexible surveillance controls are also required to ensure safety, security and cost-efficiency. The Surveon CAM4365, 3 megapixel WDR dome, offers high resolution of 2048×1536 and excellent image quality; its industrial-grade, ruggedised IP66 design, vandal proof, and auto focus features also make it suitable for outdoor use. In addition, Surveon’s latest CAM4471 camera expands real-time/30 FPS performance to 3 megapixel while maintaining true HDR with over 100dB to ensure higher quality. Compared with the conventional all-in-one NVR, the Surveon NVR2100 with pre-integrated SAS subsystem storage is capable of continuous megapixel recording and allows applications and networks to work independently and reduces the possibility of malfunctioning caused by them interfering with each other. It is professionally designed for mission-critical security applications because of its high performance and reliability. The Surveon VMS Enterprise software offers levels of user privileges for different authorities, allowing one single login to VMS with a flexible control. The intuitive UI also simplifies the complicated video management, requiring only minimal trainings to fully control and conduct the VMS. Built on the open […]
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