Security Sales & Integration

September2013

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Revenue Projections for IP Video Surveillance Storage by Industry $2.5B $2B Revenue having to apply braking power to these wheels separately. Some sophisticated systems even incorporate Electronic Brake Diferential to help a car steer into corners more precisely. Te ability for the physical braking system to be logically confgured to act diferently through the software brain is the essence of virtualization. Tis approach also reduces the amount of hardware, as separate braking systems do not have to be placed on each wheel, leading to signifcant cost reduction. Tink of the efort this also saves because there is no need for four brake pedals! You can also look to the early days of multitasking on a PC to help grasp the concept of virtualization. Before the advent of multitasking, a desktop PC had such limited CPU power that it was necessary to shut down one application before starting another. As Intel-powered CPUs became faster and hard disk storage capacities increased, operating system companies like Microsoft and Apple introduced multitasking operating systems that made it possible to run applications simultaneously in graphical "windows." Multitasking technology eliminated single-purpose machines because it became possible to simultaneously run word processing and spreadsheet applications on a single piece of hardware. Tis concept of applications sharing common hardware is a very similar to the idea of virtualization. In the video storage world, virtualization helps IP-based surveillance systems meet their full potential. With a virtual server approach, video recording or archiver software shares hardware with video storage appliances to allow customers to realize both consolidation and reliability benefts. By eliminating standalone physical servers and their corresponding power, cooling and cost, virtualization introduces consolidation benefts of approximately 25% in upfront costs, 40% in power and cooling, and 40% in rack space. Concurrently, virtualization improves uptime and lowers support costs through $1.5B $1B $500M 0 2016 2010 Banking & Finance Government Casinos & Gaming Industrial, Manufacturing & Utilities City Surveillance Retail Commercial Transport Education Other Revenue opportunities in IP video storage are expected to as much as triple during the 2010-2016 timeframe. Topping the demand in terms of overall market size is transport (nearly $2 billion); government is projected to surpass $1 billion. SOURCE: IMS RESEARCH reliability improvements so that selfhealing systems minimize video system downtime. We can safely estimate that the reliability improvement from virtualization saves users an average of $100,000 for every 500 cameras from avoidance of litigation and liability claims due to lost video during system downtime. 6 REAL VIRTUALIZATION ADVANTAGES Are there additional benefts to virtualization? You bet. Let's take a look: Consolidation — Virtualization shrinks the server and storage infrastructure required for physical security systems by allowing server and storage resources to share common hardware. In the past, video management software, access control software and video analytics required separate physical servers that were purchased, maintained and supported individually. As video resolution increased and retention periods lengthened, storage capacity grew to where storage systems were similarly purchased, maintained and powered separately. Tis separation of physical storage and physical servers often accounted for more than 50% of a video surveillance project, and possibly more if existing cameras were left in place. Reliability — Physical systems maintain a direct connection between software and hardware. When physical hardware fails, the software stops running. Virtual systems allow software to move fuidly across physical hardware so that failures aren't nearly as disruptive. In a virtual security system, hardware failures drive the movement of recording

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