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The Era of Searchable Surveillance Has Come
"The proliferation of security cameras, analytics and digital video recording devices has lead to the dilemma of data overload.Security professionals are tasked with protecting critical assets, but for decades they have been forced to struggle with grainy video, reduced manpower and financial resources, and technology shortcomings that have kept them in an unfavorable position of reactive threat assessment.The idea that installing more surveillance cameras provides more security is not a panacea. What if that video data cannot be searched in a useful way? The proliferation of security cameras, analytics and digital video recording devices has lead to the dilemma of data overload: numerous hours and security personnel are required to troll through raw video in the hope of pinpointing the exact time of a security violation. This is hardly conducive to rapid investigation and resolution.

With the advent of Intelligent Video Management Systems (IVMS), however, security personnel are finally being empowered to take a more proactive role in preempting incidents and rapidly resolving investigations. New IVMS advances can convert the unstructured video content captured by surveillance systems into a powerful base of structured information -- a central source of security information that can be readily accessed, analyzed and used to meet today’s security needs." ....Stephen Russell - 3VR

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