As the New Year approaches, I take time to reflect, learn from the past and set goals for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, I am not alone in this practice as everyone with a journalistic outlet tends to publicly do the same across every topic from pop culture to Wall Street.
However, I did come across two [...]
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If you have a network (and who doesn’t these days?) IP cameras sure are a lot easier to access than analog cameras. But this ease of access also makes it easier for un-authorized users to access IP cameras . Imagine if someone in the back alley could stream video of your back office [...]
Today begins the post-Christmas retailing season. While sales have been sluggish (understatement?), retailers will no doubt be inundated this weekend by those looking to scoop up bargains or return/exchange merchandise.
I’ve had the displeasure of being part of this annual tradition in the past. The returns desk takes on the look of a busy dry-cleaning store, with unfolded clothing draped over empty [...]
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In case you’ve missed the annual airings of these Christmas classics, here are a couple of my personal favorites (linked from YouTube).
Linus in “Charlie Brown Christmas”
George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
Don’t hesitate to spread the cheer. Please comment with your favorites.
To our readers, on behalf of all of our contributors, here’s [...]
This just in from the North Pole – Santa Claus has chosen Envysion Video to deploy its state of the art MVaaS solution to all of the toy making facilities at the North Pole.
The North Pole Toy Facility is a complex of over 25 separate toy making locations spread out over 100 square miles. The facility has over 5,000 elves [...]
I’m always glad to see business owners fully leveraging the power of video surveillance. This happened about a month ago in a Denver suburb and highlights a successful theft recovery effort made possible through the use of recorded video.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/14/deputies-seize-85-bottles-suspected-stolen-wine/
Retail shrink is expected to increase over the coming year. Envysion’s MVaaS technology is a great tool [...]
An old-skool RFC for those of you who remember such things…I present to you RFC 968 by Vint Cerf.
Twas the night before start-up and all through the net,
not a packet was moving; no bit nor octet.
The engineers rattled their cards in despair,
hoping a bad chip would blow with a flare.
The salesmen were nestled [...]
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One of the early adopters of MVaaS technology has been the restaurant industry. As such, the economic strength of the segment is of particular importance to vendors in the space.
On Friday the National Restaurant Association released its forecast for 2009. It is encouraging. While concerns about the overall economy continue, the NRA forecasts only a [...]
On January 1, 2009, the State of Colorado will impose an hourly wage increase on businesses from $7.02 to $7.28. The reason behind the increase stems from legislation passed in 2006 which measures the CPI of Denver, Boulder and Greeley. The CPI measurement from the first half of 2007 through the first half of 2008 [...]
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Envysion Chairman and Zayo CEO Dan Caruso, in a series of posts (I, II, III, IV), retells an interesting story from his early days at MFS. Jim Crowe, then CEO of MFS, introduces the “internet” to his senior executive team. Dan describes the event as career-altering. Think about when this meeting occurred – only13 years ago! Mr. Crowe was [...]
