Technology

Video has become an increasingly proactive tool, with many users opting for solutions that use triggers and incidents detected by video analytics and other smart algorithms to initiate actions and system events. Despite this, recording video remains a vital requirement for the vast majority of …

Once considered the exclusive preserve of law enforcement, automatic number-plate recognition offers a vast range of benefits for many applications. While the main role is one of security, identifying vehicles entering and exiting a site and logging attempted entries out of working hours, ANPR can …

Increasingly, visual verification of events and incidents is a sought-after function. While sequential confirmation has its place, the reality is that video delivers information which provides a higher degree of certainty as to what has caused an alarm event. For sites which don’t have the …

The developments in processing have resulted in exponential growth in terms of smarter solutions. Nowhere is this more evident than in the depth of features and functions available from modern edge devices such as cameras. Where once cameras were designed to maximise their processing capacities …

The VMS has become a cornerstone of modern smart security solutions, and despite the roots of the software being embedded in the video surveillance sector, today’s packages can manage the whole range of security technologies, as well as IoT integrations and building management tasks. Vigil …