The world is moving towards CCTV over IP as a more efficient way to monitor physical security, with IP CCTV systems expected to overtake analogue systems by 2013.
This is according to Gregory Collyer, business unit manager for Integrated Security Solutions Advanced Infrastructure at Dimension Data, Middle East and Africa.
Collyer, who will address delegates at the upcoming Dimension Data Accelerate 2011 executive forum, in Bryanston, says integrated security systems running on IP are infinitely more user-friendly and efficient.
In South Africa, he says: “A typical company will have a separate intrusion system, separate access control system and a separate CCTV system. So if there is a violation of a specific on-site rule, the client would theoretically have to interrogate three systems to ascertain the root cause of the violation, not to mention the leg work involved to archive the information for prosecution.”
Integrating all of these physical security systems into one system makes it all more efficient and manageable.
IP-based, fully integrated security is the way companies are going around the world, Collyer says.
“The general trend in the security market is heading in the direction of being less 'human dependant' so that internal threats or sabotage can be eliminated. The less interaction an operator has in a security system, the less the chance of human error.”
Collyer says the biggest advantages of IP-based surveillance systems are functionality, ease of installation, information security and online monitoring of systems, among many others.
He adds that SA's SMEs, who are hard-hit by crime and very price sensitive, can benefit from IP integrated systems too. “We have done some pricing comparisons and the IP integrated systems are not just for larger corporates. Provided the correct IP systems are sourced from the outset, these systems are very cost-effective and can 'grow' with the client, should they wish to expand in the future.”
Collyer will be one on several Dimension Data experts to address the Accelerate 2011 executive forum on 26 May. For more information about this event, click here.
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