Tag: Internet Protocol (IP)
ONVIF reports milestones in products, new access control profile
September 28, 2015SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF now has nearly 5,000 compliant IP-based physical security products and more than 500 member companies across six continents and has developed its fifth profile speculation—Profile A for advanced access control.
ONVIF, a global and open industry forum to standardize communication between IP-based physical security products to ensure their interoperability and facilitate their integration, said in a prepared statement that its continued growth signifies its “development...
SecureNet launches cloud-based platform
October 16, 2013Leif Kothe
A few developments surfaced today out of the SecureNet Technologies camp. The Longwood, Fla.-based company, which provides video monitoring services and interactive home features, announced the launch of the SecureNet platform, a system that gives alarm providers a cloud-based management service.
The system is designed to increase the speed of alarm responses while improving their accuracy by eliminating errors caused by traditional notes-based dispatching systems, the company noted in a news release.
As...
The value of an IP address
August 5, 2013Leif Kothe
As promised in my last blog, I'm going to touch on another service discussed in Ken Kirschenbaum's new technology seminar, held last Friday, that could offer some significant benefits to monitoring companies.
The company, called Keep Your IP, is an IP forwarding service that allows dealers to retain their IP addresses, giving companies the ability to move from one central station to another without sacrificing the value they've built within their organization. Davin Roos, president of Keep Your IP,...
LAPD to deploy Axis IP cameras for Endeavour transport
October 11, 2012SSN Staff
CHELMSFORD, Mass.—The Los Angeles Police Department will rely on IP video surveillance cameras from Axis Communications to safeguard the space shuttle Endeavour's final journey, a 12-mile ground transport to the California Science Center, where the shuttle will dock a final time.
The HDTV-quality pan/tilt/zoom cameras will be deployed using a “leap-frog” strategy, whereby cameras are uninstalled and reinstalled in new positions as the shuttle proceeds on its course. Video will be...
Monitronics embraces Wi-Fi for IP alarms
July 11, 2012Rich Miller
DALLAS—Monitronics International has begun accommodating Wi-Fi for IP alarm communications, paving the way for what the company says will be easier installations and lower service costs for customers and dealers.
Bruce Mungiguerra, vice president of Monitronics' sales and dealer program, said that since more than 60 percent of U.S. homes have wireless broadband, it makes sense to use it for alarm signals.
“It should reduce the overall cost of service because IP communication...
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Help for “fear of IP” sufferers!
March 20, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
Dealers, do you have a fear of IP? If so, Honeywell has a cure for you.
The industry is transitioning from analog to IP, but some dealers are a bit fearful of the new technology, according to
Shannon Wilson, marketing manager for Honeywell Systems.
“Maybe they think it's hard to set up; it's too complicated; they don't know the IP address of the camera, or they're just not sure how to do it,” she wrote in a posting today on the Honeywell's “The Security...