Posts Tagged ‘Surveillance’

• 2011 Security Trends

  • November 18th, 2011
  • Posted in Security Trends
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  Do you often feel out of the loop when it comes to technology? Well, you are not alone. That is why we at ARK Systems, Inc. have bundled the latest trends in the security industry into one place. Wireless Infrastructure… Read More

• Enhanced Business Intelligence

  • November 11th, 2011
  • Posted in business intelligence, ehanced business intelligence, intelligent technology
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  Every business – whether it is retail, education, government or transportation – is looking for ways to increase efficiency and profitability. One way to accomplish all of this is to better manage and integrate existing technologies. Billions of dollars are… Read More

• Video Surveillance: What Works

  • September 1st, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Bandwidth Issues, best surveillance, best surveillance methods, cameras, cheap price, cost is reduced, cost-efficient, Coverage Issues, difficult to hack, eliminate glare, fiscally responsible, Great coverage, handling bandwidth issues, hemispheric camera, high-resolution, high-resolution cameras, highly reliable, improve security, improving your system, Increased security, infrared cameras, infrastructure, insufficient bandwidth, IT, IT department, Lighting and Coverage Issues, new security system, PoE, power of the Ethernet, Privacy Concerns, security, security network, security options, segregate cameras, Solving Bandwidth Issues, Surveillance, surveillance methods, surveillance technology, technology investment, upgrading security systems, Video surveillance, Video surveillance compression, Video Surveillance: What Works, virtual backbones, wide angel view

  The use of video surveillance is quickly growing. The number of cameras in service is constantly on the rise and surveillance technology is continuously being improved upon. But with so many security options on the market, how can one determine… Read More

• 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

• Addressing Privacy Concerns

  • July 28th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: ACLU, Addressing Privacy Concerns, American Civil Liberties Union, ARK Systems, cameras, Campus, Campus Safety, Chicago, Chicago Police, Concerns, Decreasing privacy, increase the quantity of video surveillance cameras, Increased security, Increasing Security, Privacy, Privacy Concerns, privacy concerns surrounding surveillance cameras, Private video Systems, protect privacy, push for privacy, Racially Profiling, Safety, Spying, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, System, Systems, Technologies, Technology, Video, Video surveillance, video surveillance cameras, video Systems, video technology, window blackening

  When does increasing security start to decrease privacy? That is the questions addressed in this article from CampusSafetyMagazine.com. Recently, there has been an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union about Chicago’s plan to increase the quantity of video surveillance cameras… Read More

• Top 7 Technology Trends

  • July 15th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • 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

• IP Video Builds on What you Know

  • June 16th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: Analog, Analog/Digital Hybrid, ARK Systems, Bandwidth, camera, Cat-5e Infrastructure, CCD, CCTV, charge coupled devices, coax cable network, Coaxial Cable, Computer, De-interlaced, Department of Homeland Security, Digital Camera, Digital format, digital video, DVR, DVR Storage, Emergency, HD, high definition, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory System, Image Degradation, infrared cameras, Interlaced, Internet Protocol, IP, IP camera, IP Integration, IP system, IP Video, IP Video Builds on What you Know, LAN, Maryland, Picture quality, Pixels, power-video-data, Progressive Scan, secure facilities, secure IDs, security, security cameras, Security Industry, Security Manager, security personnel, security systems, Surveillance, Surveillance Camera, Tansmission Medium, Technology, unshielded twisted pair (, UTP Cable, UTP Cabling, Video Streams

  Despite all the advantages that IP video lends to the security field, less than 15 percent of current video surveillance systems utilize this technology. Security managers are often leery to switch from a system, analog, that they are very comfortable… Read More

• High Definition (HD) Cameras are Revolutionizing the Internet Protocol Camera Scene

  • April 14th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: Analog, ARK Systems, Bandwidth, Bandwith, camera, Cheap, Expensive, HD, high definition, High-end, Internet Protocol, IP, Issue, Issues, Light, Lighting, Low-light, Maryland, Megapixel, Performance, Perfrom, Practical, Price, Solution, Solutions, Surveillance, Technology Maryland, Versatile, Versatility, Zoom

  When Internet Protocol (IP) cameras first hit the scene, they were too expensive and required way too much bandwidth to be extremely practical. Not to mention that there were not too many IP cameras readily available at the time. Because… Read More

• Overcoming Network Distance Limitations to PoE Cameras

  • April 7th, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: 100, 100-meter limit, Advantages, ARK Systems, Benefits, Cable, Cabling, Cannot Exceed, Converter, Copper, Current, DC, DC current, DC Electrical Current, DC Power, Distance, DSL, Electrical, Electrical Current, Ethernet, Exceed, Extenders, Fiber, Fiber Optics, IP, IP Surveillance, LAN, LAN Extenders, Limit, Limitations, Locations, Maryland, Media, Media Converter, Meters, Miles, Network Solutions, Network Solutions Maryland, Optics, Overcoming Network Distance Limitations to PoE Cameras, PoE, Power, Power over Ethernet, Problem, Remote, Remote Locations, security, Solutions, Surveillance, Technology, UTP, UTP Cable, UTP Cabling

  Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology powers IP surveillance cameras by transferring DC electrical currents and data over standard UTP cabling. This article explains everything you need to know about the advantages and limitations of PoE technology. One of the biggest… Read More