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Video systems play a central role at many of today's largest outdoor events. With tens of thousands of people often gathered in small areas, safety is priority, as is crowd management. Some festivals include metal detectors, bag searches and/or pat downs at their entrances to screen for contraband, but lack additional security measures throughout the festival grounds. As a result, human security personnel may struggle to keep up with the huge crowds, leading to possible safety incidents as well as overly crowded lines to vendor stands and restrooms. Enter video monitoring solutions.  Read More

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As they evolve to compete with e-commerce and smaller standalone stores, malls can greatly benefit from video systems, which helps explain why these buildings (along with similar retail outlets) were among the first commercial properties to install cameras on their premises.  Read More

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If you have been to a quick service restaurant, shopping mall or sports stadium in the last few years, or have driven on a major highway system or taken mass transit in a city such as Chicago, you have probably encountered digital signage. A digital sign is simply an electronic display that can provide real-time information about the setting. For example, it might have details about today's menu items, a rotating set of maps and venue-related announcements or updates about current traffic conditions. The proven effectiveness of digital signs has helped spur demand for related video solutions.  Read More


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Video surveillance has always been useful as a security monitoring tool, as a way to ensure public safety and even as a crime deterrent in some cases. However, as wireless technology, mesh topology and other network innovations continue to be enhanced, video surveillance solutions are finding new value propositions in a variety of industries.  Read More

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Video surveillance is one of the most significant technological innovations in security monitoring to date. Like any technology, it continues to evolve each year, and 2016 will be no exception. New market trends, increased adoption in certain parts of the world, new potential use cases and an increased focus on wireless technology will represent some of the key developments in the video surveillance space in the year ahead.  Read More

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Any industry or vertical that has assets worth keeping a close eye on can benefit from a reliable video surveillance solution. This includes government agencies with top secret data, transportation hubs that serve millions of people every year, health care facilities in which the patient's well-being is the top priority, and any institution in the commercial sector that faces the constant threat of burglary and theft.  Read More

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The efficacy of video surveillance is often framed in the context of law enforcement and transportation. Security staff and investigators regularly turn to video surveillance to ensure public safety, and look for potential leads to information, respectively. Similarly, airports and hubs for public transit rely on the benefits of video surveillance to keep the trains on track, so to speak.  Read More

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Video surveillance has proven its worth time and again as a valuable security monitoring tool. Government, transportation, retail and construction are only some of the industries that have benefited from reliable surveillance solutions. Real-time, visual monitoring helps identify potential security threats, provides a detailed account of an event that may require further investigation and helps officials look for lost or missing children, or pinpoint where someone may have fallen down.  Read More

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Computing devices and their users are not the exclusive beneficiaries of mobility trends. Just as smartphones can perform seamlessly while on the move, so too should other forms of technology. This includes one of the most important technological innovations to date: video surveillance. Public safety, transportation, law enforcement and field workers are only some of the constituents that stand to gain from a video surveillance solution with mobile capabilities.  Read More