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• VARs Tap Network IP Camera Market by Mike Freedman, DoctorVAR SME. An increasing number of computer resellers are focusing on a growing trend in business and technology: the popularity and demand for Network IP Cameras.

• Remote IP Video by Ellen Muraskin, Communications Convergence 02/05/03, 3:04 p.m. ET. With head starts in England, Australia, and Israel, IP video surveillance is now heating up in the U.S. Early adopters praise easy installation, dense online storage, automated analysis.

• Network Cameras in Schools and Universities - from American School and University Journal. By Fredrik Nilsson. Describes the growing use and need for Network IP Cameras in schools and universities.

• INCs and NVRs Breaking Away From Hybrid Surveillance Systems - from Loss Prevention Journal. By Paul Bodell. On Intelligent Network Cameras (INCs) and Network Video Recorders (NVRs).

• Future Vision: Megapixel Imagers Equal Mega-Applications from Loss Prevention Journal. By Paul Bodell. On new CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) cameras rivaling image quality of older and more expensive CCD (charged-coupled device cameras) technology.

• Security cameras are Getting Smart -- and Scary By Dean Takahashi, Posted on Mon, Jan. 06, 2003 The Mercury News. Last year, the closed-circuit TV camera market generated about $US1.5 billion ($A2.54 billion) in revenue, according to J.P. Freeman, a market researcher in Newtown, Connecticut. While sophisticated cameras that use technologies like internet connectivity are only about 10 per cent of the market today, they are growing at 30 per cent a year, or twice the rate of standard security cameras, said Joe Freeman, president of the firm. By 2005, the market could top $US500 million in the US alone.

• Kum & Go Tests Interactive Security Cameras by Brad Barth, from ExecutiveTechnology.com
  DALLAS (April 13, 2000) - Convenience store chain Kum & Go improved security in several of its urban Omaha, Nebraska locations while testing remote, interactive video surveillance technology in the stores, according to Steve Kimmes, vice president of operations for parent company Krause Gentle Corporation, West Des Moines, Iowa. The technology allows store managers and company officials to view store operations from their home computers or other remote locations in real time. According to Kimmes, employees and customers felt much safer knowing someone was keeping an eye on the store. "Locations once considered unsafe are now visited by more families, female consumers and white-collar people."

• CyBelle’s Management Remotely Monitoring Pizza Restaurants from ExecutiveTechnology.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (June 12, 2001) - Management of three CyBelle’s Pizza restaurants are relying on a remote monitoring system to supervise locations from one central office, ensuring employee honesty and improving service levels. Restaurant management can access audio and video – including cash register data footage –captured by cameras and microphones placed throughout the establishments. The solution “gives us one window into all restaurant sites across the city,” said Timmy Yan, owner of multiple CyBelle’s Pizza franchises.

• Bath & Body Works’ Remote Monitoring Halves Shrink by Denise Power from ExecutiveTechnology.com
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (October 25, 2002) - Having reduced shrink losses – by up to 51% in some stores – Bath & Body Works continues to identify locations that can benefit from its video monitoring solution. The system is currently installed in 65 of the chain’s 1,650 units. Bath & Body Works is a division of Limited Brands, Columbus, Ohio. Martinez told Executive Technology the decision to invest in the system was driven as much by shrink concerns as it was by safety issues. Deployment of the system is limited to problem stores suffering not only from high shrink rates, but also crime and safety risks. In addition, Martinez said, Bath & Body Works has been able to reduce its reliance on security guards, slashing that line-item expense by 74%.

• As Network Cameras Evolve, So Too Will Recording Options. By Joanne Friedrick, Security System News. The expanded use of network cameras is likely to have a ripple effect in how information is recorded and stored, according to network camera manufacturers interviewed by Security Systems News.

• Cameras for Vandal-Hit Pensioners – from Northhampton Chronicle and Echo. A report on pensioners joining together to pay for a network of surveillance cameras to protect their homes from teenage vandals.
  
   

Product Reviews

Tom’s Hardware Guide

Comments from Tom’s Hardware Guide Networking Guide: LAN Camera Technologies:

"I really like the Intellinet 550550, as it provides an excellent set of features...We have been finding that our customers are using these products in a variety of situations to address a number of challenges. While these cameras are not usually 'impulse buy' items, it is obvious that they offer a great deal of new technology that can be useful in a variety of situations. While some customers do find the cost of these products to be a little high initially, once they see some of the possibilities of how these products can work for them, you can see their excitement grow over the technology." -- Abi Singh.Pyrinex, as quoted in Tom's Hardware Guide.

"Perhaps the most striking thing you can see from the box is that Intellinet offers a lifetime warranty for the Network 550550 IP camera...we were pleasantly surprised with what we found."

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