I had an interesting conversation with a potential customer today that reinforced one of the key advantages of MVaaS over traditional video services and made me think of it in a slightly different way. One of the topics we touched on was how easy it is with MVaaS to centrally control who has access to [...]
I found this useful for explaining what one actually has to do to become PCI compliant. Here are the 12 general requirements for PCI Compliance in more or less plain English.
I’m tired of the term ”bailout”. While the origins of the term are varied, in 2009 it has become synonymous in the U.S. with a government-led cash infusion into troubled businesses. We could debate whether the recent government actions should have occurred. That notwithstanding, I have grown weary of hearing about them.
So you would understand my dismay [...]
The acronym MVaaS is meant to be a play off SaaS, where software is hosted and used via the Web. When we coined the term MVaaS we wanted to convey that the video surveillance system is operated by a managed services provider.
A good comparison is a managed telecommunications provider operates corporate networks on behalf of [...]
I routinely peruse other industry blogs as I find them a great source of information regarding emerging trends, competitive landscape and technical insights. One of my favorites, ipvideomarket.info, recently posted a great instructional on the positioning of cameras. The difference between correct and incorrect camera position can truly be the difference between a usable and [...]
If there’s one thing I need in the office, it’s headphones. Headphones piping music straight to my cerebral cortex. One reason is because it can get pretty noisy and when you’re heads down on a problem, trying to tune out a conversation can get distracting. Having said that, I wear headphones even when I’m working [...]
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Compliance with the Purchasing Cardholders Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is required for all merchants that process credit cards. Since MVaaS companies many times integrate with their customers’ POS systems, obtaining certification for PCI compliance has become increasingly important. It likely will become a minimum requirement for video service providers in the [...]
Arthur C. CLarke’s third “law” of prediction states: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
However, these days it seems expectations have risen. Sometimes it seems magic is indistingishable from technology. As a technical person, have you ever been asked to “just make it work”?
How about just making a megapixel IP camera without storage sending [...]
Have you ever heard a requirement or a request from a customer and been tempted to debate with them as to the merits of said request? I’ve seen a lot of people and companies that do exactly that and try to convince someone that what they are asking for doesn’t make any sense. This is [...]
01-14-2009, Louisville CO.
At approximately 3pm this afternoon, Envysion Office Manager, Bridget Hamilton, was notified by a fellow building tenant that a suspicious vehicle was parked in a spot normally reserved for this tenant’s moving truck. After dispelling the implication that the suspect vehicle belonged to anyone at Envysion, Bridget quickly reviewed our parking lot video leveraging [...]
