TECHNOLOGY
INSPIRED VIDEO
INNOVATION
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By Scott Goldfne
Experts from eight of the industry's foremost video surveillance technology
suppliers summarize and prioritize the latest solutions. They break down the
key ingredients to ensure engineering breakthroughs meet real-world needs
to become breakout successes.
V
ideo surveillance has practically become synonymous with innovation as far as electronic security
is concerned. Indeed, since the turn of the century
technologies associated with video have revolutionized the industry. Tat transformation continues unabated as
omnipresent threats and the quest to heighten organizational
efciencies have created a seemingly insatiable demand.
While the advances and opportunities they bring are
exciting news for security integrators, there is the ongoing challenge of keeping up with the latest developments to
determine what makes the most sense from business, sales
and technical standpoints. Unfortunately, like many buzzwords, "innovation" is overused and often misapplied. To get
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a frmer grip on what truly qualifes as innovative in today's
dynamic video surveillance marketplace, SECURITY SALES
& INTEGRATION interviewed subject matter experts from
eight of the industry's leading suppliers.
Presented in reverse alphabetical order by company name,
the executives and product managers respond to queries
in 10 vital areas. Tey are: innovation's true meaning; being an innovator vs. adopting others' ideas; marketing new
concepts; contending with commoditization; designing solutions based on user input; latest video advances; hottest
vertical markets; innovations that have yet to catch on; technologies that may migrate into surveillance; and integrator
success tips.