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Video Surveillance Market Global Forecast To 2022

The Video Surveillance market was valued at US$30.37 Billion in 2016 and is projected to reach US$75.64 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 15.4% between 2017 and 2022, according to research published by published by MarketsandMarkets. The base year considered for the study is 2016 and the forecast period is from 2017 to 2022. Implementation of video analytics, increased installation of video surveillance systems, usage of cloud-based services for centralized data, use of high-definition cameras, and the need for physical security are the major factors driving the growth of the video surveillance market. Growing safety and security concerns, rising crime rates, and increasing terror attacks are some of the factors driving the growth of the camera subsegment of the hardware segment. Continuously decreasing prices of cameras have resulted in an increase in the adoption of surveillance cameras across the globe. With the increasing use of cameras, the servers, storage devices, and monitors subsegments of the hardware segment are also growing at a significant rate.

NYPD Sent Video Teams To Record Occupy And BLM Protests Over 400 Times, Documents Reveal

New York City Police Department documents obtained by The Verge show that police camera teams were deployed to hundreds of Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street protests from 2011?2013 and 2016. Originally acquired through a Freedom of Information Law request by New York attorney David Thompson of Stecklow, Cohen & Thompson, the records are job reports from the NYPD’s Technical Assistance Response Unit (TARU) that document over 400 instances in which the unit?s video team attended, and sometimes filmed, demonstrations. More important than the records the NYPD turned over, however, are those that it claims it cannot find: namely, any documents demonstrating that legal reviews and authorizations of these surveillance operations took place.

Comcast Business Developing Video Surveillance, Storage Product

Count this one among the no-brainers for Comcast: the cable giant is preparing a new offering called Comcast Business SmartOffice, which bundles IP-cameras for video surveillance with a cloud storage service and professional installation. It’s a simple package that appears to be targeted at small-to-midsized businesses needing basic video security. Users can view live and recorded video on a web-based platform or through mobile apps. Pricing is listed as starting at $140 per month for a package that includes four cameras and 30 days of cloud storage.

For Surveillance Cameras To Be Kept In Line, Rules Will Need To Keep Pace With Technology

It has been said that Britain has more surveillance cameras than any other country in the world. This proliferation of CCTV cameras led the government to establish a surveillance camera commissioner responsible for overseeing their governance ? the only country in the world to do so. In another first, the commissioner has now released a national strategy for England and Wales to set out how CCTV should be operated and to ensure that cameras are used in the public interest.

Advances Propel Storage Technology To New Markets

LTO storage technology expanded its reach in 2016 effectively addressing many data intensive markets including cloud, entertainment, video surveillance, hyperscale data centers, High Performance Computing (HPC), and the Internet along with large-scale data intensive applications such as big data, backup, recovery, long-term archive, disaster recovery, and government compliance while positioning for the unknown appetite of the IoT. The LTO tape industry has been fueled by a decade of strong technological development and continues to play a major role for its traditional backup and disaster recovery services in addition to effectively addressing many new large-scale storage requirements. Demand for LTO tape is being fueled by unrelenting data growth, significant technological advancements, LTO tape?s highly favorable economics, low energy requirements, and the growing regulatory and business requirements to maintain ?access to data forever.? Steady improvements have made LTO tape technology the most reliable storage medium available, now surpassing the reliability of HDDs by three orders of magnitude. Disk technology has been advancing, but LTO tape’s progress over the last ten years has been even greater.

VMS Vendors Invited To Video Storage Technology Roundtable At ISC West

As part of this year?s ISC West expo, BDT Products will host a separate technology roundtable for VMS software manufacturers. This technology roundtable will discuss viable video surveillance storage techniques and how VMS software vendors could enable the utilization of time-tested storage technologies. An industry that mimics the video surveillance market, Hollywood?s Media and Entertainment industry, has been using these types of video storage technologies for over a decade. Unfortunately, the video surveillance industry seems intent on learning things the hard way and has yet to embrace such long-term, viable, low-cost, storage platforms. BDT invites VMS software vendors to join them at ISC West, Las Vegas, NV, April 5, at 3:00pm. Contact Douglas Bass at Douglas_Bass@bdtp.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.

Video Storage Solutions Showcased At ISC West 2017

BDT Products, a data storage automation original equipment manufacturer celebrating its 50th anniversary delivering quality engineered products, will highlight a video surveillance storage solution that utilizes low-cost LTO technology at this year?s ISC West. This video surveillance storage solution focuses on customers that have larger camera counts, implementing higher resolution levels, and/or needing longer-term retention. Typically, a storage challenge for such situations but BDT will share their expertise and technology with visitors to booth 30110 at ISC West 2017 expo in Las Vegas.

HPC And Object Storage Helping Companies Intelligently Manage Video Surveillance Data

The adoption of high-definition cameras, increasing device connectivity, and the shift from analog to IP technologies are causing complex stores of video surveillance data to expand at an exponential pace. As the costs and complexity of video surveillance storage architectures grow at the same rate as the data itself, organizations are seeking new ways to intelligently store and manage these rising data volumes. However, many organizations struggle to adapt to the evolving storage requirements associated with exploding data volumes, advancing camera technologies, and an expanding number of cutting-edge use cases.

Bosch Security Systems And Sony Corporation Video Surveillance Partnership Finalized

After the official approval of the antitrust authorities, the business partnership of Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation in the field of video security solutions became effective by February 1, 2017. Both companies will now focus on strengthening their collaboration that was first announced in November 2016. The partnership entails both a sales and marketing cooperation as well as a technical collaboration. As part of the sales and marketing partnership, Sony’s video security sales and marketing associates joined a newly formed dedicated team within the Bosch Security System organization. Sony’s video security customers, in all markets except Japan, will be served and supported by this sales and marketing team.

Tyco Security Products Brings Multi-Site, Integrated Security To The Edge

Tyco Security Products, part of Johnson Controls, introduces the iSTAR Ultra Video, a palm-sized solution that delivers integrated, small site security scaled for enterprise management and performance. Using C?CURE 9000 Security and Event Management software from Software House or American Dynamics? victor Unified client, iSTAR Ultra Video brings access control and video recording to the edge, allowing users to remotely control up to eight doors and eight IP video cameras using a single appliance, without the need for server software at each site.

Apollo Video Technology Named Market Leader In Transit Bus Video Surveillance

Apollo Video Technology, a leading manufacturer of mobile video surveillance and fleet management solutions, has been named the transit bus market leader in the Americas in the 2017 edition of the Mobile Video Surveillance and Body Worn Cameras Report. Apollo Video has maintained its position as market leader in the Americas since 2010. The report released by IHS Markit, a global business information and analytics provider, ranks companies based on annual sales revenue.

SoCal School District Selects Nexsan For Petabyte Video Storage Project

Nexsan™ announced that Corona-Norco Unified School District has deployed Nexsan’s E-Series Model E60™ solution to meet increasing storage demands and accommodate the s chool districts new video surveillance mandate. CNUSD expects these projects to exceed a petabyte of storage. Corona-Norco has more than 20,000 desktops to protect and growing volumes of data, including data generated from a large new video surveillance implementation, the district continued to face difficulties with its existing Fibre Channel-based storage infrastructure and associated high cost per terabyte.

Arteco Announces Integration With SANS Technology To Increase Video Storage Options

Arteco, a global provider of video event management solutions, announced its integration with SANS Technology?s enterprise-class storage solution Syneto. The technology partnership ensures the Arteco Video Event Management System (VEMS) is optimized for robust performance and reliability when hosted on the SANS-Syneto storage appliance. The integration helps ensure video data is stored and protected, while video management capabilities are readily available for video monitoring, security, and operational purposes. Clients and integrator partners benefit from this proven integration that increases storage and video management options for those seeking to protect video data in mission-critical surveillance environments.

City Of Houston Deploys Siklu Radios To Deliver Video Surveillance At Super Bowl LIVE Event

Siklu Inc., the global market leader in millimeter-wave solutions, announced that it had been selected by the city of Houston to provide wireless connectivity for the video surveillance system to be used at Super Bowl LIVE, a 10-day outdoor event in Houston that is expected to draw more than one million visitors as part of the pre-game festivities. Siklu?s EH-600TX radios will be used to transmit video surveillance from the east side of downtown Houston, which will host the Super Bowl LIVE festivities from January 28 to February 5. The outdoor event will include entertainment, music and games and will be held over several city blocks near a 12-acre urban park.

Quantum Extends Video Surveillance Solutions Portfolio, Grows Partner Ecosystem

Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) announced expansions to its storage solutions family and technology partner ecosystem for video surveillance and security. With the new Xcellis™ Application Director E, customers in low camera-count environments can now run video management systems (VMS) or analytic applications with directly attached storage.

Surveon Upgrades Hospital Security With Complete Solution

While the aging population rises with the declining birth rate, healthcare has become a crucial issue all over the world. Security in and around the healthcare institution is always a major concern due to the open nature of these places and the sensitivity of hospital operations. To protect the staff, patients, visitors, as well as the assets in many areas in the hospital, the security requirements are much more stringent than those in regular surveillance applications. Being a professional solution provider in vertical application, Surveon offers complete healthcare solutions, including high-resolution cameras, enterprise hardware RAID NVR, as well as enterprise VMS with real-time video analytics (VA) to detect forbidden area access like patient rooms,

Total Recall Releases New Crimeeye-Rd-2 Unit

Total Recall Corporation, a Convergint Technologies Company, has released the CrimeEye-RD-2 rapid deployment portable video surveillance system, the latest in its CrimeEye® line of digital video surveillance solutions. The unique features of the CrimeEye-RD-2 make it a perfect video surveillance solution for marathons, parades, street fairs, concerts, or any other temporary security deployment.

IHS Markit Releases Annual Video Surveillance Top Trends Whitepaper

Demand for video surveillance equipment is likely to continue growing rapidly in 2017, however, price competition will remain intense. In its complimentary whitepaper, IHS Markit forecasts the world market will grow at an annual rate of less than 7%. Competition will not make it easy for vendors to grow revenues and margins. Some will fail in this regard and further consolidation of the supply base is inevitable. However, there will be opportunities for well-placed vendors and some end-user sectors will also grow quickly. So, what will be the big stories in 2017? Get your copy of this complimentary report.

Viakoo Awarded US Patent For Validating Retention Times Of Surveillance Data

Viakoo, the leader in automated verification of physical security system performance, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued its U.S. Patent No. 9,456,190. The patent covers methods for independently calculating the actual time period of retention for an individual video data stream on a recording system. Viakoo has implemented this patent in its products to automatically detect, track, and validate Video Retention Compliance (VRC) as a key performance metric.

Germany Approves Regulation To Allow Expansion Of Video Surveillance Network

Germany’s strict privacy laws prevent the widespread usage of surveillance cameras, but the coalition government on Wednesday approved regulation that could change things. Germany would allow more video surveillance in public places, under a draft law passed by the cabinet on Wednesday, reflecting growing security fears in a country that has for decades been wary of police intrusion. The bill was agreed in principle by the parties in Angela Merkel’s coalition last month, well before Monday’s deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that was claimed by Islamic State.