When a surveillance field is interrupted by privacy masks or a target passes behind a stationary object, surveillance cameras might not be able to predict that target’s next move and lose track of it.

For some retail enterprises, Big Data can include smaller steps such as the integration of security video into a sprawling mall of information. Another pet from the information technology arena, Big Data is a loosely-defined term describing data sets so large and complex that they become awkward to work with using traditional database management tools.

Just as today’s cell phones have evolved from a basic communication device to a sophisticated multimedia tool, similar shifts have taken place with today’s video surveillance cameras.

From monitoring new video feeds with analytics to the ability to access complex systems from anywhere within a computer network, improvements in technology are a driving force to help customers protect their people, facilities and assets.

Melissa Maddox has a lot of visitors, a lot of very important visitors, who stop in to view their very expensive assets in a very expansive facility.

The NLSS Gateways 4000 and 5000 combine multiple subsystems including video management, access control and video analytics into a single, easy-to-use networked platform.

Law enforcement, NFL and stadium security will coordinate photo and video data to including patrols and a new command center. But exploding street manholes could provide a security twist.

At the 2007 IMS Analytics Conference in Amsterdam, it was forecasted that the VCA (Video Content Analytics) market would penetrate 40 percent of the security video market. This forecast obviously was prior to the great worldwide recession, however it still proves that there is such a thing as a “hype curve of growth.” This estimate was obviously higher than what has been realized over the past four years.

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A majority of security professionals believe that there is much to gain by integrating data from traditional physical security devices and systems, including access control, video, RFID, GPS, sensors and building management systems, in to one common operating picture.