Network Cameras: Preparing Companies Move to Digital
Without a doubt, network-based video is quickly gaining ground. Research firm Frost & Sullivan predicts that the combined global network camera and video server market is expected to reach approximately $791 million by 2005, up from $73 million in 2000—a ten-fold increase in five years.
For some time now, it has been possible to build 100-percent digital, network-based systems for security, surveillance and remote monitoring. Nonetheless, there are still a few concerns regarding this move toward digital technology—what are its advantages over analog closed-circuit television (CCTV), how difficult is it to install and maintain and how can companies cost-effectively migrate from analog to digital technology?