Recently, SDM Magazine had the chance to speak with Keith Jentoft, president of Videofied, White Bear Lake, Minn., regarding the burglar alarm market for the SDM February cover story: “State of the Market: Alarm Systems.” Jentoft touched on many aspects of the alarm market, including what he describes as its “crown jewel” — alarm response. Here’s what he had to say:
ADT Security Services, Boca Raton, Fla. installed surveillance cameras and other security equipment to help protect Kennedy Place Apartments, a new 108-unit public housing community built and managed by the Houston Housing Authority in Houston.
There are exciting things happening in the DVR and NVR business, many of which are shaping the future of video surveillance. Unfortunately, wherever excitement goes, it often brings with it a degree of misunderstanding. Video industry professionals talk about what they say are the top three most common misconceptions about DVR and NVR technology and system selection.
Las Vegas sets the bar on use of security video and storage. The new CityCenter property boasts more than 3,700 cameras that demand vast storage and quick image retrieval. In today’s
Wireless is ideal for remote locations such as the Usibelli Coal Mine in Healy, Alaska, where a wired infrastructure would be cost-prohibitive.The use of wireless technologies in security systems is
If the quality of security video depends on the quality of the camera that captures it, then how important is the lens that’s attached to that camera? Because all light
Analog and megapixel HD cameras coexist at Canada’s Vancouver Community College with the design aimed at bringing in digital video while also respecting the legacy technology.Let’s face it. The analog
Images captured by a conventional camera lack the sharpness and clarity that is produced by LPR-specific cameras such as the Bosch REG LPR camera.A license plate is essentially the DNA
Intelligent edge devices are ideally suited for highly secure facilities such as airports, where a larger number of entities need access to video from cameras. Sony’s Miguel Lazatin says having
With video encoders, converted analog video can be used side-by-side with digital video in multiplex applications.Over the last few years, “convergence” has become a buzzword that has been invoked thousands
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