![]() ![]() But that ratio will shift as the organization migrates to IP and phases out its older analog cameras. The majority of the cameras HCSO uses today are analog-only about 20 percent of its cameras are IP-based. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) in Tampa, Fla., two years ago began a move to all IP surveillance cameras, and to date has installed about 350 IP cameras from Axis, says Craig McEntyre, manager of the business support bureau and project management office at HCSO.īy the end of this year, HCSO expects to have more than 600 IP surveillance cameras in use, McEntyre says, and it will purchase as many as 2,000 over the next three to five years. "These standards should make it easier for more manufacturers to access the video surveillance market."įor organizations using video surveillance cameras, the availability of IP-based systems has helped bolster security. ![]() "Open standards like ONVIF and PSIA create a level of interoperability" between systems that had been proprietary, Wong says. In March, PSIA unveiled the final pieces of its security suite of specifications, and several vendors demonstrated products that use PSIA specifications. PSIA's members include Honeywell, IBM, Stanley Security Solutions, Samsung and Texas Instruments. Late last year, the group announced its ONVIF Core Specification 2.0, which covers video storage devices, video analytics engines, cameras and encoders. ONVIF includes vendors such as Axis, Bosch, Canon, Sony, Cisco and Panasonic. One thing that's pushing buyers toward network surveillance is the emergence of open standards for IP cameras, created by two industry groups formed in 2008: the Open Network Video Interface Forum ( ONVIF) and the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance ( PSIA). ![]() Axis also offers some hand-holding, Freeman says, which helps security managers pick the best system for them and understand all its features. "Axis is more attuned to selling through IT distributors operating at lower margins than security distributors," so users can choose among multiple suppliers. "We were Axis' consultants in their early growth phase, an unknown up against big names, and now they're the leader" of the network video market.īecause Axis "comes out of the IT culture, not security, forcing traditional leaders to copy lead in many respects," Freeman says. "Axis and the IP revolution have changed the face of the old CCTV industry," says Joe Freeman, a security industry consultant and president and CEO of J.P. He expects the move to IP to continue over the next three to five years. "However, these companies have now begun to quickly develop their portfolios of IP surveillance products and gaining market share," he says. The traditional providers of video surveillance equipment were slow to embrace and promote IP products in years past, Wong says. It predicts that the growth of the IP market and the decline of the analog market will lead to a transition by 2014, with network video overtaking analog in sales. Network video surveillance growth continues to be bolstered by stimulus-funded projects and by the increasing penetration of higher-value network video surveillance products, such as HD cameras, the firm says. Two key factors contributing to the decline of the analog market are that many large enterprises are transitioning to IP-based systems, and that price competition and commoditization in the middle and low tiers of the analog surveillance market are increasing, IMS says. While the global analog video surveillance equipment market was relatively depressed in 2010, the network video surveillance market grew almost three times as fast as the total market last year, by more than 30 percent, says Gary Wong, senior research analyst for video surveillance and video content at IMS. IMS forecasts that the global network security camera market will exceed $4 billion in 2015. The report, "The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment," says the growth was mainly driven by sales of IP-based network video surveillance equipment. The worldwide market for video surveillance equipment grew more than 10 percent in 2010 compared with the year before, according to a report released in July 2011 by U.K.-based firm IMS Research. Meanwhile, the technology continues to evolve, and the emergence of high-definition (HD) video and megapixel resolution are among the more prominent trends in video surveillance. The global economic downturn is apparently having no major effect on the market for IP video surveillance cameras and other equipment, as sales remain strong worldwide. ![]()
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