In The Core

Historically limited to areas where the need for tight security or significant monetary concerns could justify the cost, Video Surveillance has found its niche´ in a post-911 world.  Since 911, the need for security has become paramount in a variety of everyday venues.

Video Surveillance is expanding beyond the traditional transportation areas – such as airports and train stations serving tremendous numbers of people, government installations – to guard against intrusions, and casinos and banks – to recognize and prevent theft.  Commercial enterprises and Utilities are now beginning to recognize that an investment in work-place security can pay dividends.

This changing environment has forced federal, state, and local officials to recognize and budget for enhanced security services.  Security planners, responsible for implementing these new requirements, are finding that new, cost-effective, video surveillance systems can help them multiply their security assets – allow them to be many places at once.  Recent examples, such as the use of video in response to the bombing attacks in London highlight the efficacy of live video records.

At the heart of these new initiatives is a network enabled, inexpensive video infrastructure. This fourth generation architecture makes use of common network technologies for transport, re-utilizing existing network infrastructures.  Encoding the signals in IP packet traffic for transport eliminates the need for a costly, centralized video switching matrix as in prior CCTV installations. Security forces can now be mobile, flexible, and responsive, accessing the video signals from anywhere and from a variety of user devices.  The final enabling factor for video surveillance is cost – even low-cost cameras can now support sophisticated video delivery and pan-tilt-zoom functionality. Some even have advanced encoding capability (MPEG-2/MPEG-4) baked in – they can be connected directly to the network

This month’s webinar covers Video Surveillance. The presentation will cover the working fundamentals of Video Surveillance and its network design options.  Please join us Thursday, March 1st, at 1:30PM EST to explore another chapter in LightRiver’s continuing effort to provide valuable technology and market information to our clients.

LightRiver Technologies – The Optical Networking Authority.