Systems integration firm Convergint Technologies, Schaumberg, Ill., recently signed on as a value added reseller for Houston-based Behavioral Recognition Systems’ (BRS Labs) AISight, a self-learning artificial intelligence system that identifies potential threats in real-time across multiple video feeds and locations.

In the past, if you wanted to compete for a project in license plate recognition (LPR), you were restricted to quoting camera systems specifically designed for LPR applications. However, as general network cameras have continued to advance, it has opened up the possibility to use them for LPR functions.

Choosing a lens for a camera is not a new skill for integrators who have worked in the video space for any length of time. However, the parameters have changed. Some things have gotten simpler; others are more complicated.Choosing a lens for a camera is not a new skill for integrators who have worked in the video space for any length of time. However, the parameters have changed. Some things have gotten simpler; others are more complicated.

While most people who pass through McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas are on their way to gamble, the airport’s security team has doubled-down on its video surveillance by expanding its existing Pelco by Schneider Electric Endura IP video management system (VMS) in the newly opened Terminal 3.

General Dynamics selected ergonomic ViewPoint Consoles, scalable VisionFrame video walls and equipment rack systems from Middle Atlantic Products, Fairfield, N.J., for inclusion in its Information Technology Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) and Customer Integration Lab.

Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution, based in Woodbury, N.Y., announced a partnership with Denver-based structured cabling solutions manufacturer comCables to take advantage of each company’s high-profile position in the IP convergence space.