Grandstream Surveillance Buyer's Guide - Manual (Page 6)

Step 1: Identifying Areas in Need of Video
Surveillance
The Importance of Video Surveillance
Businesses and government entities are heavily investing in, and im-
plementing, surveillance for benefits like gaining operational efficien-
cies, but partly because the ramifications of not having surveillance
can be crippling from a human life perspective as well as prolonged
and expensive financial and legal consequences.
• Protects and monitors access to buildings, physical assets,
employees and customers
• Prevents criminal action
• Monitors and deters activity
• Investigates a crime
Fortunately, today’s technology-driven environment offers business-
es, of any size, to affordably and easily add sophisticated video se-
curity into their network arsenal. Companies like Grandstream have
a wide selection of video surveillance equipment giving businesses
access to better equipment, like HD cameras, at an affordable price.
Popular Locations for Installing Cameras
Before selecting the type of camera required for effective surveil-
lance, identifying where cameras are needed and what type of image
comes first. Common areas where businesses choose to install secu-
rity cameras include:
Building entrances and exits – Garnering facial images and recording
people coming and going from an establishment is a great way to
identify and discourage criminal activity when cameras are visible.
Inside buildings, warehouses, etc. – Whether it’s to monitor if a prod-
uct on a manufacturing production line is being made to compliance
standards to monitoring employee productivity or recording crimi-
nals who vandalize or steal company property, video surveillance
cameras are crucial providing solid evidence.
Customer transaction areas – Financial transaction areas such as
kiosks, cash registers and ATMs are mandatory locations where secu-
rity cameras have to be installed.
Secluded areas – For employee safety, deterring or investigating crimi-
nal activity like vandalism or theft in parking lots, garages and alleys,
setting up cameras in these areas provide a solid record of evidence for
authorities. Cameras also provide customers and employees frequent-
ing your business added assurance they will reach their vehicles safely.
What is IP surveillance?
IP surveillance is a digi-
tized and networked version
of closed-circuit television
(CCTV). With an IP surveil-
lance system, the camera
records video footage and the
resulting content is distrib-
uted over an IP network. Digi-
tization offers a number of
benefits over traditional ana-
log CCTV, including:
• Improved search capability
• Greater ease of use
• Better quality images and
no degradation of content
over time
• The ability to record and
play simultaneously
• The ability to compress con-
tent for improved storage
• The ability to connect to
email and other commu-
nications systems so that
alerts can be sent automati-
cally
* Source: www.whatis.techtarget.com