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In-Sights: Video Surveillance Systems on the Move to IP
In-Stat/MDR, Dec 2006, Pages: 7
Historically, video surveillance has operated over a closed-circuit, analog system that is separately designed, procured, deployed, and supported in an organization. Additionally, the majority of these deployments were based on proprietary, single-vendor solutions, with little to no interoperability with other systems.
As security risks have changed, the demand for improved and more scalable systems has increased. Today, surveillance technology is changing in both application and architecture.
Video surveillance products are moving to a standards-based, Internet protocol (IP) architecture. IP-based technologies provide an easy way to capture and distribute surveillance data over any type of IP network, including Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), or the Internet.
IP-based deployments enable businesses to build best-of-breed systems that optimize price, performance, and function, as well as leverage the advanced features and functions of the IP network infrastructure.
An influx of vendors has recently entered the market, including industry behemoths that made key physical security acquisitions and product announcements in 2006. According to industry experts, the network-based video surveillance market reached $2 billion in 2006 and is expected to grow by at least 40% over the next five years.
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