Cost and Technology Benefits of IP Surveillance on the Converged Network
Friday, February 19, 2010
IP Surveillance is another way that an organization can take full advantage of their investment in existing network technology. Using the power of the network, CCTV can now be fully integrated with access control, telephony, physical security, and building management systems.
In this article for the February 23 issue of the New York Real Estate Journal, BBH Solutions' Director of Sales Layne Frank discusses some of the technology and cost benefits of integrating an IP system into the converged network:
"Since the mid 1960’s CCTV systems have guarded real estate against intrusion, asset loss, and vandalism. Surveillance cameras have provided law enforcement with information that has aided in the apprehension and conviction of those that have destroyed property and caused physical harm to others.
In 1996, Swedish technology company Axis Communications revolutionized the world of CCTV with the introduction of the first IP video camera, the Axis 200. The addition of this traditional stand-alone application to the converged network offers cost-saving benefits as well as the quality and scalability factors that are associated with the converged IP network. Many property and business owners have found the switch from conventional CCTV to IP surveillance systems to be simple and productive."
