Video Surveillance
IP-Surveillance is a system that gives users the ability to monitor and record video and/or audio over an IP (Internet Protocol-based) computer network such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) or the Internet. Network-based video solutions allow our clients to access live video at anytime, from any web browser from anywhere in the world. Our network-based video solutions also provide a highly flexible and scalable surveillance platform which fits the needs of any industry client.
Our network-based video solutions save money and lower total cost of ownership compared to an analog-based surveillance system. IP systems offer many non-quantifiable advantages, including improved image quality, better maintenance and service, increased flexibility and systems that are easier to troubleshoot. Management and equipment costs are lower since back-end applications and storage run on industry standard, open systems-based servers—not on proprietary hardware such as a DVR in the case of an analog CCTV system. Additional cost savings come from the infrastructure used. Existing IP-based networks such as LANs, WLANs are much less expensive alternatives than traditional coax and fiber needed for an analog CCTV system.
Analog vs. Digital
What are some of the differences between an analog-based CCTV system and a network-based IP video surveillance system?
Analog video systems use dedicated point-to-point analog cabling from the camera location to the viewing/recording station.
IP-Surveillance uses the IP network technology as backbone for transporting information. Digitized video and/or audio streams can be sent to any location—even around the world, if desired—via a wired and/or wireless IP network.
An analog video system is for the most part a one-directional signal carrier that ends at the recording device.
Network video systems are bi-directional (allowing information to be sent and received). A network camera can send video and audio to a user, as well as receive from the user audio and data instructions that could, for example, activate doors or external alarms. A network video system can communicate with several applications in parallel and perform various tasks such as detecting motion or sending different streams of video.
