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August 9, 2005

Upgrading Video Surveillance with Digital.

EMC Launches Security Data Storage System

Aggregating and analyzing security data from multiple sources will speed response time to security incidents.


EMC Corp. on Tuesday unveiled Surveillance Analysis and Management Solution, or SAMS, a system that helps businesses store, archive, retrieve, and analyze video and other security-related data collected by security devices such as surveillance cameras and access control systems.


Demand for video surveillance systems has grown in the wake of heightened concerns over security. SAMS includes EMC's Clariion storage arrays, Centera content-addressable storage system, and other software and services.


[via InformationWeek]

 

This is a good example of re-packaging existing hardware for a new task.  Video storage has long been something that TV editors and the like consider, not the average business.  We have a client that's a small bar that has a nine-camera video system.  Recording to tape requires a lot of manual effort, so a fully-digital storage system makes good sense.  Video surveillance systems are often not considered mission-critical to the businesses who install them.  They're more an after-something-happens concept.  A manager might monitor his employees via video, but retrieving stored images only hits the radar when the video is needed by law enforcement.

 

An EMC solution is going to be on the high end in terms of cost, but there are a number of brands and options.  After all, if you can use TiVo or Cox DVR at home, there's no reason that technology can't be applied to the workplace.

Posted by Edward J. Branley at August 9, 2005 3:01 PM

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