There’s a new technology on the block in the digital video surveillance world and it’s getting a fair amount of attention. I’m referring to the H.264 compression standard that

In the next couple of weeks, ISC West 2008 will be upon us and all the manufacturers will be there to show off and demonstrate their new products.  It’s

IP-based video surveillance technology was surely one of the most talked about and written about topics in our industry in 2007, and I fully expect that trend to continue and

To say that the advances in security and surveillance technology over the past number of years have been truly revolutionary does not fully do justice to the innovative and ground

Selecting the display device for a video surveillance system may seem like one of the easier aspects in designing a video surveillance system, but giving short shrift to this essential

As I write this month’s column, ASIS has just issued a press release stating that their exhibit space for the 2007 ASIS show in Las Vegas was sold out and

The evolution of physical and video security systems from standalone analog devices to network friendly systems running on open platforms is causing traditional boundaries within the industry to crumble. This

With all the buzz about networking, there still seems to be a great deal of discussion on where, when and why networked systems are most effective. Although opinions differ on

There seem to be two different perceptions of and definitions for “convergence” in the industry. Physical security professionals, for the most part, define convergence in terms of integrating previously disparate

If one were to take a sample poll for the definition of convergence, it’s quite likely there would be as many variations in the responses as the number of individuals