Municipal Wireless Supports Corpus Christi’s Public Safety

By Steven Titch · October 23, 2007

Municipal Wireless Supports Corpus Christi’s Public Safety

Municipal wireless networks can pay enormous dividends for public safety, but success depends on building awareness and consensus within city departments and effectively managing expectations.


Podcast: Axis Communications

October 11, 2007

In Copenhagen, Denmark, Security Products editor Ralph Jensen sits down with Axis Communications founder Martin Gren to discuss the network video market.


Heathrow Biometric Trial Scores Big

By Steven Titch · October 10, 2007

Heathrow Biometric Trial Scores Big

Open and interoperable systems, combined with new standards for biometric encryption, have reached a point in their development where network-centric solutions promise to make passenger identity authentication less of a hassle for travelers, yet more foolproof for security.


In the Mix

By Cassandra Cranston · October 2007

Physical and virtual security must blend together to maintain high standards

With advancements in technology, the concept of security in data centers has changed dramatically over the years. As most operations are now performed remotely, physical security must blend with software-based auditing and logging mechanisms to maintain the same security level achieved in the past.


Taking Wireless to the Bank

By Steve Pearlman · October 2007

Taking Wireless to the Bank

Advancements in technology and increased expectations for wireless sensor networks are driving new developments in the wireless burglary and intrusion marketplace. In response to growing expectations, many wireless sensor network developers have built upon years of experience and previous generations of proven technology to address these new-found demands.


The Art of Smart

By Megan Weadock · October 2007

Intelligent video solutions stop data theft in its tracks

The Art of Smart

It's a terrifying thought -- a hacker breaks past a company's firewall and has unlimited access to a jackpot of data, from employee information to trade secrets and financial details.


The Road to IP

By Dr. Bob Banerjee · October 2007

More enterprises are hitching a ride on the IP bandwagon

The Road to IP

The growing popularity of video surveillance over the past 10 years has been fueled by lower costs and user-friendly systems. More and more, enterprises are beginning to employ IP-based components as part of their surveillance systems, and recent numbers suggest this growing trend will become the rule, rather than the exception. Most owners of legacy surveillance systems are implementing IP when expanding the system for new construction or replacing non-functioning equipment -- not in a rip-and-replace scenario.


Podcast: North American Video

September 26, 2007

On the second day of ASIS, Security Products editor Ralph Jensen talks to North American Video president Cynthia Freschi about integration and the future of analog security devices.


Eptascape, ioimage Take Analytics To Broader Market

By Steven Titch · September 24, 2007

Axis Communications has signed an agreement with Eptascape to package Eptascape’s MPEG7 encoder with its video surveillance management system.


Open But Secure

By Sharon J. Watson · September 18, 2007

One high school's lessons in IP-based video

Open But Secure

With features ranging from a high-tech tufted vinyl carpet to special air filtration systems, the $45 million addition to Jackson High School in Massillon, Ohio, is a state-of-the-art education facility.


Emergency Comm.

Case Study: MITOC

Regardless of the scope and scale, when disaster strikes, first responders need a rapid and effective way to collect and communicate information in the early moments.

Poll

With an estimated security budget of more than $300 million, is the Chinese government doing enough to protect the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing?