Posts Tagged ‘security field’

• The great debate: HDcctv versus IP video

  • August 11th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: access, access control, ARK Systems, CCTV, Emergency, emergency response, HD, high definition, HSPD 3, infrared cameras, Internet Protocol, IP, IP Video, Maryland, secure facilities, security, security cameras, security field, security personnel, security systems, Surveillance, Technology, Threat Advisory System, Threat Conditions, VHS

  As technology continues to expand, your decisions begin to become more and more complicated. What was once as simple as picking a manufacturer and grabbing a box of 24 VHS tapes is now so much more complex.   In the… Read More

• Mass Notification Know How

  • July 22nd, 2011
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  • Tags: Advancements, Applications, ARK Systems, audible notification, capability, commercial facilities, Communication, ECS, Effective, effectiveness, Emergency, emergency communications systems, emergency messages, emergency situations, Fire Alarm, fire alarm systems, Immediate, live-voice emergency messages, Mass Notification, mass notification systems, MNS, Notifications, Notify, Real-tine information, security, security field, Technology, Threats, UFC, Unified Facilities Criteria, visual notification, ways to improve communication

  The security field is always looking for ways to improve communication, especially in terms of mass notification systems (MNS). The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) defines mass notification as “the capability to provide real-time information to all building occupants or personnel… Read More

• Top 7 Technology Trends

  • July 15th, 2011
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  • Tags: Analytics, Analyze, Anaolog, ARK Systems, Bandwidth, cameras, Customer Service, Data, Data Storage, Developments, DVR, Edge Devices, Equipment, Evolving, Features, Hard Drives, HDcctv, high definition, High-tech, Images, Innovations, Integrated, IP, IP-based Systems, megapixel cameras, Network, Products, Recording, Scurity Systems, security, security field, Signals, Software, Sohpisticated, Storage, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance systems, Tech Trends, Technology, Top 7 Technology Trends, Traditional Security, Transmits, uncompressed video, VCR, Video, Video Alarm Verification, Video Management Software, Video Management Systems, Video surveillance, VMS

  Technology is always evolving. Because of this, it is very important to stay up to date on recent tech trends and developments, especially if you are in the video surveillance/security field. Video surveillance was introduced in the 1970’s with the… Read More

• HD Surveillance Performance Improves as Demand Rises

  • July 1st, 2011
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  • Tags: ARK Systems, Bandwidth, Bandwidth Consumption, CCD, CCD Imager, CMOS Imager, Column Correction, Column Correction Processing, Dark Current, Data, demand continues to increase, Demand Rises, HD, HD Performance, HD Surveillance, HD Surveillance Performance, HD Surveillance Performance Improves as Demand Rises, high definition, High-definition video, High-definition video surveillance, Image File Size, Improvements, IP, Low-light, Low-light operation, Manufacturers, maximize the benefits of HD, Megapixel Camera, Megapixel Imaging, megapixel technology, Performance, Performance Improves, Pixel Size, Processing, Read Noise, recording video surveillance data, security field, Storage, Surveillance Performance, Technologies, Viable Option, video storage hardware, Warm Environments

  As demand continues to increase for High-definition video surveillance, the security field also continues to improve upon HD performance, specifically in regards low-light operation and bandwidth consumption. This article from SecuritySales.com explains. One of these technologies that has seen drastic… Read More

• FBI Launches Its Next Generation Identification (NGI) System

  • May 13th, 2011
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  • Tags: ARK Systems, Color Code System, Color Coded System, Core processing, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fingerprint identification, fingerprint scans, Lockheed Martin, Maryland, MBSS, Morpho Biometric Search Services, MorphoTrak, Next Generation Identification, NGI, Replaces Color Coded System, security, Security advancements, security field, Security Maryland, Secutiry Measures, Technology, Terrorism, Terrorism security measures, Terrorist, Video security, Video surveillance, What's new in Security

  The future is now according to this article from the Homeland Security Newswire. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently launched its innovative Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which will gradually phase out the old Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System… Read More

• OLED and The Future of Video Monitors

  • April 22nd, 2011
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  • Tags: camera clarity, camera quality, consume very little energy, consumer television, electrical charge, flat-screen video monitors, future of video monitoring, HDTV, HDTV-quality cameras, High Definition Television Standard, high-end security camera, inferior monitor, LCD, LED, monitor clarity, monitor quality, OLED, organic compounds, Organic Emitting Diode, Plasma, security field, traditional security operations

  As camera quality and clarity improves, so must monitor quality and clarity – a fact often overlooked by most. What good is a high-end security camera if your picture quality is skewed by an inferior monitor? If the quality of… Read More