Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]
The best technical standards are ones that are actually used. And which standards are more likely to be used? How about standards that do the following: – Proven to work because code exists that actually implements the stands and actually works – Consists of a collection of tools of which only a few are “must [...]
When dealing with video surveillance from across the globe, figuring out what time it is can be a complicated thing, or at least hurt your brain a little bit. Can’t we just run everything in metric time? Oh, on second thought, I’m not sure that’s any easier. At Envysion, when you search for video and [...]
Cisco announced they are investing $100M in product development, service and support for businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Part of this investment includes the formation of a new business unit called the small business technology group. You can see this groups new website at “Cisco Services of Small Business”. There you can find a [...]
The discussion around “Should You Use Software-Only Video Management Systems” at ipmarketvideo.info got me thinking about a feature we’ve been talking about over here at Envysion for a couple of years now, the “Downloadable NVR”. A downloadable NVR appliance may offer a valuable mix of “software only” and appliance hardware. Given the number of software [...]
DARPA (The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has originated several technologies that have become widely use outside of military applications, including the communications protocol used by the Internet itself. The DARPA project called VIRAT is a relatively new project for a video analytics search engine. This type of research could very well lead to [...]
Congratulations to Timesight who recently received $4.5M in new funding. It looks like they’ve recently launched a Video storage appliance which implements “Video Lifecycle Management (VLM)”. It seems that VLM boils down to reducing the frame rate and resolution of stored video images over time. Ie: the older a video is, the lower the [...]
When it comes to software, best of breed is a great goal, but usually carries a high price tag that is very difficult to estimate; so unknown that often it’s not done. Or so expensive that sometimes building capabilities into existing applications is less expensive than performing an integration in the first place. Right now [...]
I played around with Amazon’s calculator for their Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service). All I can say is, “Woah!” S3 is not cost effective for video surveillance storage. If it were possible to store all the video recorded at Envysion’s customer locations centrally in the Amazon S3 service, the monthly charge just for storage is [...]
We talk a lot about Software as a Service (SaaS) for video here. But how about a different take? Service with Software or SwihS! Perhaps “Service with Software” emphasizes that Service comes first. I say this as sometimes SaaS is viewed as scheme to apply a monthly recurring charge for software versus a “perpetual license” [...]