To leverage the upward mobility trend, security devices are further enhancing their connectivity by integrating with smart mobile devices.
This is according to Intel's digital security and surveillance market segment overview, which states that two important trends reshaping the video surveillance market are mobility and the cloud, where users can now review surveillance footage in real-time, dramatically expanding the opportunity for monitoring situations.
Also, it says, there is a growing trend for mobile surveillance cameras to transmit footage in real-time back to a control centre, supporting better assessments of emergency situations.
The prevalence of enterprise video surveillance systems using private cloud is starting to gain some traction as IT managers increasingly take responsibility for the management of video surveillance systems, adds Intel.
Duran Naidu, CCTV specialist at technology and digital lifestyle products distributor Esquire, concurs, adding that there's an ongoing trend of enterprise technology, such as remote surveillance technology, filtering down to the consumer market.
"A lot of the adoption has always been in the enterprise domain. Lodges, for example, use this technology when premises are left unattended and can be monitored via mobile; or in the retail sector where management can remotely monitor staff theft on their smartphones," he says. "In areas such as Johannesburg there has been an increased uptake in the residential space."
Naidu points out that CCTV joining the mobile generation has been a much-needed injection into a market where a higher initial price for IP cameras has always been a barrier.
"Also, one of the biggest problems with CCTV solutions is the fact that they are complex and difficult to install. Connecting a DVR with mobile devices for remote viewing of recorded footage is often one of the most time-consuming and challenging tasks," explains Naidu.
"Innovations in remote mobile video surveillance technology address these challenges with features such as the use of a QR codes, enabling users to link their DVR to the Internet without any network setup and then view their footage from smartphones, tablets or their PCs. From an end-user perspective, this is much more efficient and cost effective."
Naidu further states that an added bonus with the technology is that all other aspects of user's home security like alarm systems are integrated into these solutions and triggered upon suspected intrusion, with alerts sent to users via e-mail or SMS.
"With more and more of these solutions designed for mobile devices and easily used at any location where the consumer has Internet access, CCTV solutions are delivering significant benefits that were previously only available to larger corporates," concludes Naidu.
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