The restaurant industry is experiencing the most difficult business climate in recent memory. When you combine food, fuel and labor, there’s not much room for error as each are going up at alarming rates. What is causing food to rise so sharply? Is it all due to Mother Nature? Let’s have a look at corn [...]
Envysion has a new look. While a logo in and of itself won’t secure more customers or increase stakeholder value, it can be meaningful as an expression of the brand. The new Envysion logo is intended to communicate a sophisticated, clean, confident look that bespeaks our positioning as an innovator in video surveillance. Old logo: [...]
Image via Wikipedia A couple days ago Matt Steinfort posted on the significant investment dollars that are funding both start-up and well established companies in the broader video market. Is this another case of irrational exuberance? Not by a long shot. Capital infusions of this significance are not executed on a whim. The investors conduct extensive research on [...]
I received a fair amount of feedback from a recent post, “MVaaS – Worth its Weight in Cheese”. One question, posted in a comment by John Honovich, asked “Can you explain how this is different than a normal DVR?”. It’s a great question that I’m not only happy to answer but even more excited to [...]
In any business, knowing your entire ecosystem is critical, regardless of industry segment. Coming in cold to the MVaaS world, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. As a managed video as a service provider, I knew we sold cameras, provided EnVRs, installed systems, required broadband or satellite and integrated with Point of Sale (POS) providers. Using these [...]
Image by doublelibra via Flickr I read a good post by Brad Feld dealing with a recent accounting pronouncement (Feld Thoughts – FAS 157 – Another Annoying Accounting Provision). He promises more on the subject, and I’m looking forward to the posts to come. Now that I’ve mentioned accounting, I’ll pause briefly, allowing you to complete your yawn. . . but [...]
The venture capital market is clearly still bullish on the broad video market as the dollars keep flowing into both start-up and well established companies. It is interesting to watch where the dollars are going – there has been a lot of investment in video analytics companies, IP camera manufacturers, video management software providers (primarily [...]
That is a good question that many restaurant owners have to deal with on a regular basis. It can also be difficult to prove who it is that actually is taking the cookie from the jar. By integrating Envysion Video with POS systems we give the business owner an incredible tool that can tie every [...]
John Honovich, who has a very good blog/news site dedicated to IP video, posted a good comment a couple weeks back on why he believes it is unlikely traditional DVR manufacturers and video providers will develop standards around how they can be accessed. I’m still trying to figure out how to link to his comment [...]
I just read a popular article on where to deploy video analytics at Security Info Watch, Axis: Video Analytics at the Edge. The article written by Fredrik Nilsson of Axis Communications does a great job of describing different deployment options for deploying video analytics. While I agree with the bandwidth advantages and improved analytic performance [...]