Tagged: video surveillance

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Arcsoft’s Simplicam now comes with facial recognition feature

Candice So

Published: January 6th, 2015

4 things to consider before you install IP video surveillance

Back in August, we started examining the Top 10 issues and trends affecting IP surveillance. In our first installment, we looked at bandwidth, storage, and security issues; our second dealt with hardware issues,

Published on: September 5th, 2014 Robert Moore

Dell leads funding round for cloud video surveillance firm

A fundraising round for a cloud-based video surveillance system has attracted an unlikely pair of investors in Michael Dell and Enrique Salem. Austin, Texas-based Eagle Eye Networks Inc. announced this morning that MSD

Published on: July 31st, 2014 Brian Jackson

Why Moore’s Law won’t result in pixel perfect CCTV

Moore’s Law, an off-the-cuff surmise by Intel Corp.’s Gordon Moore back in the 1960s, has come to take on the same credibility as a law of physics. Laws of physics are based on

Published on: July 15th, 2014 Robert Moore

Panasonic launches video surveillance system for SMBs

Panasonic Canada Inc. has released a video surveillance system aimed at small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), giving them more options for digital video recording. Built to complement Panasonic’s existing WJ-NV200 recorder, the new

Published on: July 7th, 2014 Candice So

The untapped potential of the surveillance camera

Don’t call them security cameras. Closed-circuit television cameras suffer from typecasting: the grainy VHS footage, shoplifters caught on camera, suspects leaving the scene of a crime. Of course, I certainly won’t deny or

Published on: July 4th, 2014 Robert Moore

Video cameras not just for surveillance, survey respondents say

Businesses using digital video cameras aren’t just using them for surveillance purposes – they’re also planning to expand those cameras into other areas of operation, according to new survey results. Eagle Eye Networks

Published on: June 25th, 2014 Candice So

Eagle Eye Networks launches API for video surveillance

Eagle Eye Networks Inc., a digital video surveillance management solutions provider, has launched a new tool for businesses looking to add video to their other applications. Based in Austin, Tex., Eagle Eye Networks’

Published on: May 27th, 2014 Candice So

And the winner of the D-Link networking makeover contest is…

The Rusty Horseshoe Ranch has won D-Link Systems Inc.'s Extreme SMB Networking Makeover contest – and it’s netted a grand prize of $10,000 in networking gear. “I’m very stoked,” said Chris Pettican, owner

Published on: December 20th, 2013 Candice So

Bublcam raises more than $300,000 on Kickstarter

Two years ago, Sean Ramsay decided he wanted to build a camera that could record images and video not just from the front and from the back – but one that would be

Published on: December 12th, 2013 Candice So

All Hands on Tech: Dropcam

Are you looking for a low-cost, DIY security system? Do you wonder what your pets are doing at home all day long? Do you want a great way to prank your coworkers? Get

Published on: November 22nd, 2013 Brian Jackson

Second ‘Extreme Makeover’ finalist: Kalaway Bay Resort Ltd.

Kalaway Bay Resort Ltd. has been named the second of three finalists in D-Link's Extreme SMB Networking Makeover contest, which gives a small business $10,000 in networking tools to revamp its network. Based

Published on: November 6th, 2013 Candice So
Video surveillance industry coming to grips with digital transition

Video surveillance industry coming to grips with digital transition

The video surveillance industry is undergoing a sea change as older analog systems give way to IP-based systems. The change involves more than just physical layer communications. New high resolution IP cameras offer

Published on: September 17th, 2010 Michael Tennefoss
Toronto firm outfits Texas mega-school with video surveillance

Toronto firm outfits Texas mega-school with video surveillance

When Vy Hoang won a contract to supply hundreds of surveillance video cameras to a mega-school being built just north of Dallas, Texas he didn't bargain the installation would come with some megal

Published on: May 6th, 2010 Brian Jackson