Apple to co-host panel on future of video surveillance
Apple next month will appear at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) forum to co-host a panel of industry experts who will be discussing the future of video surveillance.
On Monday, videoNEXT announced a wireless video surveillance management solution called SKM-Mobile that will enable organizations to monitor and control live video surveillance cameras and receive alarm and event data via mobile handsets.
"Security professionals, especially for larger facilities, campuses and military bases, need the option of going mobile," said Ryan Kaltenbaugh, director, Global Business Development for videoNEXT. "SKM-Mobile enables them to view their cameras in real-time and be alerted when incidents occur, but not be tied down to a security office."
videoNEXT says SKM is an open, standards-based software solution that works with nearly any IP, digital or analog camera, and runs on any Intel or compatible server, using an organization's existing security and data infrastructure. Although SKM-Mobile is only available for phones running Windows Mobile version 5 or 6, a description of next month's panel suggests a version for the iPhone could follow.
The two companies will be highlighting "new, open solutions from videoNEXT, built on Apple technologies, which provide unique advantages," according to a description recently published by Apple. "Gain greater insight into the capabilities of videoNEXT's Physical Security Information Management Platform, running on Apple's servers, client systems and mobile devices."
The panel will take place at the ASIS 2008 seminar on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 between 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. The precise location will be Room C304 (Building C, Level 3) within the Georgia World Congress Center. Admission is free.
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1984?
This seems to be about cameras used by building security. Which they already have, they just view them from a desk instead of a mobile screen. Doesn't sound too 1984 to me. If anything Big Brother is to be done with those cameras, it can be done no matter what kind of screen is used.
Works well with at&t.
1984?
Well, they have something like this operating at my school. A security person can view up to 10 video feeds simultaneously on a laptop running on the wireless network. Therefore, the security person does not have to be in an office, but can move from hotspot to hotspot while still keeping track of other locations in the school.
Applying it to an iPhone would only make the security officer that much more mobile (and reduce the number of feeds they could watch simultaneously).
I wish it were not necessary, but it seems to be a useful solution in this day and age...
I wish Apple would bring the iSight back, but make it HD.
I would love to be able to hook up 2 or 3 iSight HDs to my Mac and do a multi-camera shoot.
While HD cameras have come down in price, it gets expensive if you want to do any kind of multi-camera set up.
RED camera has done this for the high end of the market but still too expensive for the prosumer.