Editorial: When Only The Best Will Do

IN this month’s issue our feature, Challenges of the IP Future, found that, generally, the industry retains respect for quality brands that offer strong performance and are well supported by manufacturers and local distributors.

Our Open Systems Paradox

STRIVING each month to concoct an erudite summation of some pivotal aspect of the electronic security industry is made more difficult when the suspicion rises in one’s mind that a particular topic of consideration is senseless.

Security Electronics: IP or not IP?

IN this month’s issue, consultant Les Simmonds, has made some very firm points about the changing nature of the video surveillance industry that have ramifications for access control and alarms people, too. The question is, are these points correct? Is CCTV increasingly a part of the IT industry? And what does this mean for security people in areas like training and licensing?

All change

NETWORKED security solutions have reached a key point in their development. But where will they go from here and is senior management prepared to pay to take such systems global? While most end users and integrators are awake to the advantages of globally networked IP solutions, it’s going to be very interesting to see where the digital revolution takes us next – if anywhere.

Security 2009 Expo Sydney: Full report

There may not have been revolution in the air at Security 2009 but there were plenty of good products to play with. In this feature SE&N takes a walk around Australia’s biggest security expo and checks out the latest and greatest.

State of diffusion

INTEGRATORS and installers will win a momentary reprieve in the IP changeover thanks to current economic conditions, but it will be shortlived and confined to jobs in public infrastructure where existing legacy gear will continue be leveraged to ease capital expenditure.

Distributed architecture

SCIENTISTS in the U.S. have developed a technique that could allow more than a terabyte of video to be stored on a button-sized device, a discovery that could finally open the door to truly distributed architecture in video surveillance solutions.

Central Security Distribution

Launched last month, Central Security Distribution is pitching into a competitive electronic security wholesale market. John ADAMS speaks to VIN LOPES about CSD and what it means for the Australian wholesale market.

Driving a hybrid

Now we’ve reached the mid-pint of 2008 it’s becoming clear that the electronic security industry is going to be a hybrid for some time. As a result our techs are going to need to be able to handle analog electronics and IT environments equally well

Clouds on the horizon

JASON Calacanis, the founder of the people-powered search engine Mahalo recently claimed a new online storage service is coming from Google. What’s more, according to Calacanis, the service will be free. It’s a development that could have ramifications for CCTV people further down the track.

3-D CCTV

IN a world of ever contracting margins, the key to success is technological superiority. Users are happy to pay a premium for the latest and the best electronic security devices. Taking this into account, the development of 3-D camera technology that allows full focus scenes with 3-D modeling is interesting news.

Analysis

Big Brother Watch Over Us

11 June 2013 | Email this article

We’ve had a few terror attacks in the past couple of months after which we’ve seen predictions of an increase in sales in various parts of the electronic security business – namely video surveillance and public address systems.

Analysis

Analysis: Windows Chelan For CCTV Cameras

17 May 2013 | Email this article

ISD may have struck a harder blow for open platform video surveillance solutions than ONVIF ever did with its release of Lynx, a 1080p HD dome camera that offers multi-streaming at 30ips in an IP66-rated housing. That’s because this camera is an edge device running Microsoft’s Chelan.

Analysis

Security Market Growing Up

11 April 2013 | Email this article

THERE’S increasing IT maturity taking place in the electronic and networked security industry and it’s extremely good to see. We need to see more of this maturity and I don’t think it matters how installers come to embrace the IT ecosystem, as long as they embrace it.

Analysis

Analysis: Now Is The Future

16 March 2013 | Email this article

THERE’S something delightful about the way so many of this year’s new products are so communicative. The pervasive nature of smart devices ensured that before long we’d be chatting with security systems in real time but the speed this is happening, given the plodding pace of technological shifts in the networked electronic security industry is more than a little surprising.

Analysis

Trends In The Electronic Security Industry In 2013

09 February 2013 | Email this article

WHAT will some key trends of 2013 be? Where is technology heading? What can end users and installers expect from the next 12 months and what might the trends of the next year tell us about the medium term future of the networked electronic security industry?