Targeted for expansive areas with manned operations, such as large retail chains, airports, petrochemical, casinos or city surveillance, these 1 and 2 MP Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras can identify a license plate from 900 feet away, and they can continue functioning in -50 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit for challenging outdoor installations as well as indoor applications.
For small and medium-sized facilities with less than 25 cameras, finding an appropriately sized video management program is tricky – you want to have enough power to monitor your assets appropriately, but not so much that half of the system’s capabilities never get used.
When recording surveillance footage within a facility with, say, frequently opened exterior doors, many cameras will be blinded by the light of an opening garage, affecting the quality of video of the indoor setting as well.
Today’s IP video systems have more cameras than ever, and why not? Given the simplicity of installing a camera anywhere on the network, many enterprises are reaping big benefits from additional cameras to provide more video and better visibility into every aspect of enterprise operation.
How far does one camera feed go – to a dispatcher or monitoring station? What if it could go to every security vehicle in an organization – giving security personnel minute-by-minute updates on what’s happening and where their services are most needed? With wireless mesh, it can, and more.
In an effort to state the state more than $13 million, the Michigan Department of Corrections has decided to eliminate the armed officers who protect the perimeter of 27 state prisons. The concern is that no one will be around to stop weapons, drugs, or other items from being thrown over the barbed wire fences to inmates. Instead, surveillance cameras around the perimeters will replace 120 patrol officers.
Small business owners and property managers often have to juggle security and cost, but Arecont Vision’s high-resolution megapixel cameras enable customers to minimize the number of cameras in use without compromising property coverage, contributing to a lower system cost for the same, if not better, coverage.
New software from Canon enables a security camera to be adjusted after they are installed without removing the camera’s dome cover, thus allowing your business to continue on schedule.
ABT Security Systems estimates that approximately 40 percent of all security cameras currently installed in Australian businesses are not working correctly.
