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Episode 40: The Latin American Security Market

rhammond — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:37:03 -0400

George Fletcher speaks with SecurityInfoWatch.com editor Geoff Kohl about the 2009 Expo Seguridad Mexico tradeshow and then speaks about the business climate for security systems and integration services in the Latin American market. We look at the different manufacturers, entry barriers vs. entrepreneurial environments, political climate, overall security needs, residential alarm service adoption. This interview is a great primer on the security and alarm market in Latin American market; it is a must-listen for any business considering expanding into Mexico, or other Central and South American nations.

Episode 39: SIA New Product Showcase winner Pivot3

rhammond — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:38:27 -0400

In episode 39 of the SecurityInfoWatch.com podcast series SIW Radio, SIW's Geoff Kohl speaks with Lee Caswell of Pivot3 about high-volume storage of video surveillance data. Pivot3 recently won the Security Industry Association's New Product Showcase Best in Show Award for their "Serverless Computing" offering for video surveillance data storage. Caswell discusses the award, the company's product and trends in storage solutions for video surveillance systems.

Episode 38: Hosted video and more at ISC West

rhammond — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:48:33 -0400

Focus on hosted video and central station video monitoring, plus quick looks at access control and high-end video

Episode 37: The Pre-ISC West

rhammond — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:55:02 -0400

In episode 37 of SIW Radio, SIW's Geoff Kohl catches up with Ed Nichols, show manager for ISC West, to discuss keynotes, training sessions, the exhibit floor and all things related to the tradeshow.Â Highlights include an update on the IP Institute, info on the keynote address, discussions of new tech companies exhibiting, and Nichols' goal to improve the quality of education available from ISC. We then catch up with Ray Bernard, a California-based security consultant and tech guru, to discuss how integrators and end-users can approach the tradeshow floor. Ray also invites attendees to join him on Tuesday before the exhibit floor opens for a reception (see invitation) hosted by a vendor (free drinks!) where you can discuss industry issues in a one-on-one format with many thought leaders like Ray, Steve Hunt, Dan Dunkel, Bob Hayes and others.

Episode 36: Integrating IP video in the real world

dsheffler — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:00:06 -0500

This week's episode is a follow-up from our webinar last week on Feb. 5, 2009. That webinar, sponsored by Cisco, presented information on IP video for government and educational scenarios, and it also presented an in-depth case study on the protection of two Amtrak facilities. Since we ran out of time on the webinar itself to do our normal Q&A, we saved our readers' questions and answered a handful of them in this 30 minute SIW Radio podcast episode. Joinining us on the podcast are Steve Collen, Lindsay Hiebert and Paul Thatcher of Cisco, Keith White from Intrametrix Consulting and Kevin Dailey from Consiliant Technologies (the integrator on the Amtrak project). We discuss a variety of topics, including EMP threats, grants and funding sources for security projects, management of software upgrades in integrated physical security systems, pole-mounted cameras, video analytics, working with legacy security technologies over the network, and wireless video transmission issues such as latency, jittery video and lag. If you haven't viewed the webinar yet, I highly recommend you check it out "go here to register to view the webcast.

Other recommended links include:
Grants.gov
Cisco's Physical Security Website

Episode 35: Old Physec Computers

rpowell — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:41:56 -0500

Presented by SecurityInfoWatch.comâ€™s editor Geoff Kohl and Principle Logicâ€™s Kevin Beaver, Episode 35 focuses its discussion on security for machines running older operating systems, plus a news update on Obamaâ€™s CTO position, shutdown of McColo Corp and its impact on spam and a limited hack of WPA wireless encryption.

Episode 34: Video lifecycle management by Geoff Kohl, Editor

gkohl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:27:05 -0400

Episode 34 features an interview between SIW Radio host Geoff Kohl and TimeSight Systems' CEO Charles Foley discussing video lifecycle management for surveillance data, conducted live at the IQsummit 2008 hosted by IQinVision. Charles' company is a new firm focusing on the problem of how we retain archival video surveillance footage. We also have a spotlight on IP-over-coax firm Veracity as well as quick note about Viseox, a French company providing video management software.

Related company technology links:
TimeSight Systems
Veracity
Viseox
IQinVision

Episode 33: BRS Labs' new analytics technology

gkohl — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:51:56 -0400

Episode 33 features an interview with BRS Labs President John Frazzini and Chief Technology Officer Eric Eaton on the topic of their new video analytics technology. The company's technology, titled AISight,Ã‚Â centers around adaptive learning for analytics software, as could be applied for physical security.

Episode 32: Talking security with NFL legend Cris Carter

gkohl — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:29:42 -0400

SIW Radio from SecurityInfoWatch.com catches up with NFL legend Cris Carter (wide receiver for Minnesota Vikings) and his brother John Carter about their security and constructionÃ‚Â project management firm Carter Brothers during the ASIS 2008 security tradeshow in Atlanta, Ga. Carter Brothers recently announced a partnership with Johnson Controls, and the company has had longstanding business relationships with ADT and GE Security. Enjoy our lively chat with Cris and John Carter of Carter Brothers in this episode.

Episode 31: ASIS 2008 Day 1 Report

gkohl — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:16:34 -0400

This episode of SIW Radio finds our staff at the ASIS 2008 tradeshow in Atlanta, Ga. We head out onto the show floor with our recorders to get technology updates from Xtralis, Axis Communications, GuardTrax and Hirsch Electronics.