Surveillance making the shift from Analog to IP

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Why should enterprise need to move towards IP today

Today’s CIOs and IT managers are finding it hard to reduce costs and extend the life of existing surveillance equipment. At such a scenario, it is the movement towards IP that can ensure to take care of this issue for them.

Do they need to migrate from analog to IP surveillance? The simple answer is YES, but in a cost-managed way that extends the life of existing equipment. IT managers know that they will need to migrate to IP but the challenge is in how to do it. Of course, the jump – how quickly, how far – all depends on the specifics. For most sites, this migration will take place gradually; and, during the process, analog and IP solutions will coexist, in some cases for many years to come.

Systematic Approach

A systematic approach towards this migration involves the below mentioned aspects of evaluation.
• Determine what surveillance needs to do.
• Prioritize the risks and vulnerabilities of your site.
• And then select a migration strategy and technology to fit those
real-life needs.

They also need to take care of defining the right kind of technology solutions, creating industry buzz, addressing information technology challenges, looking into infrastructure needs, taking care of legacy investments, conflicting advantages and disadvantages. There are a lot of decisions to be made along the path to IP security video, including the path itself.

But at the heart of any migration plan – no matter how conservative or aggressive – the bottom line decision is a business one. No doubt, IP security video is, sooner or later, inevitable and a good thing, too.

There’re better images from IP cameras and the introduction of megapixel and high definition cameras, with their advantages, demand an IP approach. In
addition, there’s lower installation cost for Cat 5 and 6 Ethernet cabling compared to coaxial or fiber as well as the potential of Power over Ethernet.

The days of video tape storage are long gone and good riddance; storage has moved to digital. Video analytics, whether as simple as motion detection or as complex as alerting to certain types of human behavior, depend on IP video to blossom. In the command center, it’s a software world where integration is the password and joysticks are being eased out thanks to ease-of-use computer mice, dropdown menus and even touch screens.