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Smart Choices for Intelligent Video
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Thinking about deploying an intelligent video solution? Here is a top ten list of practical advice and actionable guidance from DreamBox, an intelligent video provider, for businesses and organizations seeking to implement an intelligent video solution.
Intelligent video analysis (IVA) is an important security and business productivity tool that can increase safety and security, streamline operations, improve productivity and reduce overall expenditures. While numerous organizations are quick to adopt this exciting technology, others are still left with more questions than answers on how to choose an optimal solution for their short- and long-term needs.
The following recommendations can help organizations refine their intelligent video system search and simplify the decision-making process:
1. Understand the technology . Before selecting an IVA system, it is important to understand how the technology works. At a high level, IVA is a surveillance technology that "watches" one or many video fields of view and detects, tracks, identifies and analyzes movements and behaviors of objects or people. By noting the presence of objects, absence of objects, and the location, direction and speed of movement, the system can identify behavior or motion that deviates from specified "normal" parameters.
2. Identify the benefits . Recognize and understand the value that IVA can bring to your organization. Implementing an intelligent video solution as part of your overall security management strategy can help you, for example: extract and analyze critical information in real-time, identify unusual patterns in behavior, eliminate the need for continual human monitoring, increase safety and security, prevent loss, streamline operations, identify bottlenecks, implement improvements and save time, money and resources.
3. Do your homework . Start by talking to other IVA end-users to learn from their experiences and develop your own conclusions about individual vendors. Conduct additional research by reading industry articles and research papers, talking to industry experts and other credible authorities, and by attending and actively participating in industry events and networking opportunities.
4. Factor in cost . Take a close look at the security risks and hazards that currently threaten your business or operation. Try to predict how many breaches or incidents you may encounter in a one-year period and tally up the cost — and effort — associated with attempting to mitigate the risk, as well as the resulting damage (be sure to calculate any costs associated from false/nuisance alarms as well). Then, estimate the substantial savings you could incur from implementing an advanced IVA solution.
