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John Honovich rated managed video as one of the top 3 emerging technologies in Video Surveillance for 2008.  We here at Envysion are flattered to be mentioned as the segment leader!
I think John has it right that it’s going to take several years before managed video is as big as the general IP video market [...]

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I frequently talk about using data to enhance the usefulness of video, but what about a video composed entirely of data?  Radiohead’s House of Cards video is just that, a video created completely from data.
Radiohead used similar technology that Google uses in Google Earth to capture 3-D models of buildings.
Would 3D video capture be of [...]

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Paradoxically, one of the necessary ways to fight identify theft is to share information about yourself. This is necessary because you can’t prevent someone from pretending to be you unless the person you are communicating with has some information about you.
Using one’s intrinsic physical and behavioral traits to prove your identity is [...]

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There are more ways than ever to communicate using video.  Of course, there is video conferencing, either via a special phone device like a Polycom or software on your computer like Skype.
But whole new segments of video communication have emerged in the last 3-5 years that most of us probably never thought would happen.  YouTube [...]

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What does open architecture mean? Who cares what it means?
An interesting discussion regarding single vendor solutions or “packages” over at ipMarketVideo and Matt Marshall’s SecurityCaffeine made me think about this a bit.
The single biggest reason I can see a customer wanting an open architecture is because they don’t want to be locked into a single [...]

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I am such a geek. To prove it to our sales folks, I used the following “tripartite motto” for the development of Envysion’s products: Easy, Enamor, Stun.
Okay, so I am not a great wordsmith.  At least it kept our sales folks interested, or at least laughing, for a few minutes.  While the terms are [...]

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Ever heard of the airport security program called “CLEAR“? Clear’s customers give out personal identifying information to Clear to help expedite the security check process at airports.
CBS5 news in SanFrancisco reported a laptop containing some information of 33,000 applicants to the CLEAR program was likely stolen for [...]

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How about recording and archiving of town meetings?
A town planning committee in Tremont, Maine installed a single camera video surveillance system with audio for just this purpose.
The purpose of the one camera system is to keep accurate records of their planning meetings according to the article.
Publishing such meetings on the Internet as [...]

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There seems to be confusion over what to call network video components.  There are a number industry terms and lots of jargon in this area.  It’s a relatively new field and is to be expected. As the market figures out which technologies get used where, names will come and go.  But there are a [...]

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How important is having an easy to use application?
If the the amount of dollars going into development of ever easier to use interfaces is any indication, an easy to use application must be VERY important.
Check out Sentinel AVE’s Video Earth application.  It looks like Google maps overlaid with videos that are stitched together from multiple [...]

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