http://managedvideoblog.com The place to learn about and discuss Managed Video as a Service Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:26:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Envysion recently introduced support for ACTi IP cameras.  In particular our customers are demanding a mid to low priced camera that offers megapixel resolution. Our customers needed a reliable, high resolution camera option at the lowest possible price.  ACTi's megapixel cameras supply good quality images that exceed our customer's requirements.  Our ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/07/01/acti-cameras-supported-for-envysion/ Is IT governance a problem?  Using internal charge back schemes to manage costs for IT?  A simpler solution might just be SaaS.  Check out RSR's article on IT Chargebacks: Tools for Business Alignment or Past their Prime? I agree with them that internal chargebacks for IT have past their prime.  SaaS ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/06/26/it-governance-a-problem-in-retail/ Not sure if you've been paying attention, but it appears that there are a host of players and investors that share our bullish view of the opportunity in the restaurant and retail space - despite the gloomy economy. By my informal count, $35 million has been invested in video providers that ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/06/25/who-says-the-restaurantretail-market-is-bad/ Image via Wikipedia I've been thinking a bit about operations science and quality assurance for a few weeks now.  I think there could be some parallels to performing loss prevention. If no one counted the cash at the end of the day, how much would go missing?  The answer: ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/06/12/ops-science-quality-assurance-and-loss-prevention/ Last week I wrote a post decribing how broadband service providers (BSPs) are doing much better as a channel for MVaaS than traditional security integrators.  This raises a couple of obvious questions:  what is driving the early disparity in traction and is this advantage sustainable over time? In order to understand ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/06/10/bsps-vs-security-integrators-in-mvaas/ I've posted before on the various channel partners that I believe are good fits for our service and for MVaaS in general.  There are a lot of potential partners that are interested in adding a recurring, managed service to their portfolio, particularly one that is differentiated and has a very ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/06/05/broadband-providers-leading-security-integrators-as-mvaas-channel/ Have you ever heard of the Hawthorne Effect? The Hawthorne Effect is a term from psychology that describes the tendency of people to act differently when they know they are being studied.  The concept was named by Henry Landsberger, who was busy in the 1950's analyzing experiments from the 1920's at ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/06/01/the-hawthorne-effect/ I was recently asked by a customer if I could help him pull 30 minutes of video from 4 different cameras and then send it to him.  The problem with sending video clips is that the size of the file can be very large making it difficult to email.  A ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/05/28/the-right-tool-for-the-job/ Fredrik Nilsson of Axis wrote an article at SecurityInfoWatch about how SaaS is taking off in video surveillance.  It's a good article and highlights some of the reasons that SaaS is gaining momentum, although as you would expect it is definitely told from the IP camera manufacturers perspective. A key point ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/05/26/axis-talks-about-saas-benefits/ Image via Wikipedia Over at IP Video Market Info John Honovich has a good discussion going regarding megapixel without IP.  The topic might also be labeled: "What's the best way to retrofit an existing analog system for megapixel video?" Currently megapixel requires IP cameras which can be a costly upgrade if you ... http://managedvideoblog.com/2009/05/20/retrofiting-an-existing-analog-system-for-megapixel-video/