Security issues can be a massive hassle for any business. Find out how IP network based security systems could help you minimise all of your admin hassle and cut your costs.
Security is a big issue for many businesses, especially those in the manufacturing, retail and distribution industries where large quantities of often high-value items pass through their systems. And security has been a bit of a headache. Conventional security systems involve huge amounts of wiring and each system, including security alarms, control systems, goods monitoring systems, video surveillance and so on all seem to have their own separate wiring systems and their own separate control systems. Having all of these separate systems inevitably means greater overheads.
By using IP network based security systems you can put all your security systems on one single network and reduce your maintenance overheads as well as making further savings.
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With an IP network security system you combine your CCTV, your alarms and your control systems and your current computer network all on a single, easily manageable and cheaper system.
Remote control
By digitising your video surveillance, control and alarm systems and sending them over your network you’ll be able to view and manage the video and images remotely with any standard networked device, such as a PC or even a mobile phone, anytime and anywhere.
There’s no need for sophisticated and expensive TV systems, and no need for expensive video-recording systems.
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Don’t worry about sky-high costs. The IP CCTV systems all use standard PC servers and monitors and all the data is backed up onto hard drives. In addition, with an IP based system you can;
- Remotely monitor and send
- Quickly install additional cameras
- Have access to improved image quality.
All your cameras’ data is sent over your standard network, so you’ll have the ability to view camera images in any place where an IP network connection is available. Any PC in your business can be used as a monitor for the system and the data can also be saved to a remote secondary location for safe backup. This means that you can place cameras anywhere within your organisation and monitor them in one central place, so you can have your cameras in your warehouses, branch offices, shops, call centres and all of the surveillance can be done at HQ. As this is part of your security system, you don’t want everyone accessing your CCTV images – to avoid this scenario, most systems incorporate some sort of Identity Authentication Management (IAM) system, so that only designated people can access the data.
Adding new network cameras is simply a matter of connecting them to the nearest network outlet. If you opt for Power over Ethernet (PoE) cameras, then you don’t even need to plug the camera into a power supply as the power is supplied via the network. Need a quick ad-hoc system where there’s currently no network cabling, or where it would be expensive or difficult to install a network? You can use WiFi wireless-based cameras. And for those places that are really difficult to get to, there are even cameras that use mobile networks to transmit their video data.
Pictures? Perfect.
The quality of the final images on an IP CCTV-based system is superior to a normal analogue system. Digital cameras are available with megapixel resolutions that are superior to standard analogue cameras – the resolution of a megapixel camera is at least three times that of a conventional analogue camera. Another bonus is that IP surveillance has no signal degradation problems during transmission, so there’s no loss of detail in your saved images.
Finally, if you’re thinking of switching to IP CCTV, the good news is that you can switch to IP surveillance without having to completely replace all your current investment in analogue systems. If you have an existing analogue CCTV system then you can buy video servers that convert your current analogue signals directly to digital, which means that your old cameras can be plugged directly into your brand new and improved system.
