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Integrators and End Users Clearly See IP Benefits
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To some security dealers, offering new Internet protocol (IP) video technologies has been a foray into an entirely new area of technological expertise. To other integrators who have extensive knowledge of network technologies, the addition of IP surveillance has been an exercise in learning about cameras and video.
Whether their expertise stems from the security or technology side of the house, integrators agree that network video is bringing to the table incredible value, flexibility and usability never before possible.
Integrators, such as those chronicled below, continue to find they bring a powerful suite of applications and value to their company and the end user customer.
SecuritySolutions USA : Betting on IP technology
For SecuritySolutions USA , Mustang, Okla. , an integrator with a history in security products integration, the shift to IP video was a learning experience.
Russell Myers, vice president, Sales, SecuritySolutions USA recalled the move. “We made a decision about eight years ago to start offering video surveillance solutions,” Myers said. “It was a new product line for us. We could choose between learning about DVRs and VCRs or IP video, which was cutting-edge technology on the market at the time. We made a bet on the future of IP video and invested in training on network solutions. We placed the right bet. Clearly, the future is here for IP technology.”
Learning about IP solutions was an investment Myers and his team were willing to make. Offering network or analog video surveillance solutions would have required a learning curve. But taking the IP video route, their training simply involved managing and installing video on the network rather than an education in maintaining and managing DVRs .
Myers finds that most are placing the same bet on the future of IP. “While adoption is just taking place now, everyone is either replacing or investing in IP video, or upgrading their DVR systems using encoders. Myers said analytics and integration with other data systems will eventually drive video exclusively to IP. “Plus, there are conveniences such as being able to capture and quickly locate the precise video needed. It's immediate with IP.”
