November 14, 2008:
New York Department of Transportation clears the way for better collaboration between government and motorists
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Event Management ,
Global Security ,
Intelligent Video ,
Peak Performance
Commissioners from both the New York State and New York City Departments of Transportation were on hand to bring the Joint Traffic Management Center (JTMC) online today. New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan was eloquent in her vision of...
September 29, 2008:
Physical Security award granted by Wall Street Journal
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Intelligent Video
Congrats to Atlanta-based VUMII which won the Innovation of the Year award from the Wall Street Journal. The Journal named Vumii the most innovative physical security technology. I agree. I've seen the Vumii solution in action and have spent time...
September 24, 2008:
This Video Analytics Podcast is a good primer on the technology and the challenges it addresses
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Intelligent Video
For this podcast, I interviewed one manufacturer, several integrators and some end users. We discuss what video analytics are and what they aren't, how to extract value from analytics, and how to screw it up. In the end, we get...
September 10, 2008:
Cognitive video analytics may go to the head of the "intelligent video" class
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Intelligent Video ,
Trends
I love the security industry. It keeps me on my toes, that’s for sure. For example, some of you have heard me describe the current state of video analytics as “Analytics 1 dot 0” (1.0) - a little better than...
August 27, 2008:
Join me on a webinar today on DVRs and video recording
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Intelligent Video
How to Reduce Surveillance Cost while Bullet-Proofing DVR Reliabilitysponsored by Intransa and hosted by SecurityInfoWatch.com1 pm ET
August 15, 2008:
Surveillance cameras less important - relatively speaking
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Intelligent Video
There sure is a lot of talk these days about cameras. Cameras showing up on street corners. Cameras being installed on buses and trains. Cameras in summer homes and city parks. Cameras everywhere. But the thing that surprises me is...
July 30, 2008:
Changing the security industry, one free beer at a time
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Intelligent Video ,
Manufacturers ,
Peak Performance ,
PSIM
The next SecurityDreamer event is going to be a doozy. The last five (two in Chicago, plus DC, Vegas and Silicon Valley) were all hits - but the next will either dramatically alter the course of the security industry, or...
July 20, 2008:
"The other kind of analyst" has a great blog, but Jeff, dude, you need to post more
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Identity & Access Management ,
Intelligent Video ,
Manufacturers ,
TechNews
Jeff Kessler's blog is always informative and insightful. He is one of the most accomplished and recognized financial analysts covering security (while I write from the end user's perspective). But I wish he posted more often. Jeff, you don't have...
June 24, 2008:
Finally! Another kindred spirit - Video recommendations off the vendor payroll
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Intelligent Video
Have you discovered the new site IP Video Market? It is put together by John Honovich, the clear thinking and sometimes sharp tongued video technology critic. I enjoy reading the site because it is always fresh and serves as a...
June 18, 2008:
PerpTV coming soon to a neighborhood near you
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Intelligent Video
Dvir Doron, the VP of Marketing for ioimage sent out this video link. It shows a Japanese deployment of ioimage's video analytics solution. My favorite part: projecting an image of the perp on the side of a building during the...
