Archive for October, 2007
Why pure IP solutions are not yet competitive across the board
Our VP of sales outlined for us really clearly why all-IP solutions are not yet competitive for organizations like casinos:
Of course there will come a time when the IP-camera world really will surpass the analog-camera world, but there are many practical reasons why that is not the case today with regard to casinos.
A JDL hybrid [...]
Innovation
The Economist published an interesting series of articles on innovation. Talks a lot about shortening business cycles and the essence of innovation. In many cases, new business models and packaging are the innovation, not the technology. We hope to cover it all by considering ease-of-use as an innovation. Ease of use for the integrator as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Haphazard Deployment Results in Too Many Silos
This article about convergence from SSI by Alan Jain shows why we have always approached security surveillance from a software angle.
Big-picture convergence will ultimately be accomplished in the form of a software layer that covers every physical security event, operation and transaction across all locations of a corporation, in a unique policy-based paradigm.
As data [...]
Price Per Terabyte of Pixels
I think most people agree that things (most things) get cheaper in volume. You know, like a Baker’s Dozen of donuts — if you buy 12 they’re only $11.50, but normally they cost $1.00 each.
Turns out that the same is true of video recordings. It turns out that the higher your frame rate (frames of [...]
An aside as we join WordPress
Just saw that one of a friend’s longtime favorite blogs is #1 among the top WordPress blogs this week.
Awesome!
Is it too ridic to aspire to join them on the list someday? IMO, aspiration = not ridiculous.
1st post: Comment! Join in!
1st Post: Welcome to the DVR Software blog. We started this blog for two reasons:
1 – We want to start open discussion about what a Digital Video Recorder for Security and Surveillance should be like. So, join in — post comments and argue with us! OR agree!
2 – We want to tell the world what [...]
