Video
Level of IT Involvement
As video surveillance equipment becomes attached to the network, 91% of respondents say IT is now involved in purchasing, compared with 60% in 2011.
IT Now Has the Most Purchasing Influence
Nearly half (47%) say IT has the most purchasing influence, followed by senior management (23%). Influence of facilities departments is down to 7%.
Top Video Surveillance Challenges
The top-three IT challenges are search and retrieval of footage (30%), impact on network bandwidth (29%) and managing growing volumes of video surveillance information (25%).
Video Surveillance Drives Storage Growth
A full 75% report allocating from 6TB to 25TB of storage for video surveillance.
Business Intelligence Apps Now Being Applied to Video
Eight in 10 of the IT professionals surveyed say BI applications are making use of video surveillance files.
BI Helps Justify Video Surveillance Investment
Of the respondents using surveillance for BI across the organization, 88% say it helps justify IP video technology and infrastructure investments.
Video Surveillance Files Use
Operations makes the most use of video surveillance (66%). But compliance (53%) and legal (51%) are not far behind.
New Protocols Being Used
Simple Network Message Protocol (SNMP) Video Message Information Base (MIB) is a standard that makes it easier to monitor video surveillance systems using traditional SNMP applications.
IT Video Surveillance Security
Video surveillance systems need to be secured like any other endpoint, using multi-level passwords, IP filtering, HTTPS encryption and support for the 802.1x network access control standard.
Video Drives Networking Upgrades
Not long after the introduction of video, customers usually begin upgrading their network infrastructure to meet increased bandwidth requirements.