Video surveillance has become a commodity and has long been widely used in business and for personal purposes, however, customers often do not understand all the nuances of the industry, preferring to trust experts in installation organizations.
The pain of the growing conflict between clients and specialists is manifested in the fact that the main criterion for choosing systems has become the price of the solution, and all other parameters have faded into the background, although they affect how effective and useful video surveillance will be.
For fear of losing a client, installers are afraid to recommend other solutions, even if new technologies are much more convenient. Thus, projects that do not realize the benefits of modern cloud video surveillance are spreading.
And maybe that's how it should be? Maybe "traditional" video surveillance really covers all business needs?
We decided to conduct a practical comparison of the two systems in order to finally put an end to the dispute about the effectiveness of the cloud and the local system connected to the Internet.
In a traditional system, video processing, recording and management takes place on the user's computer. The video can be accessed via the Internet for viewing or archiving.
The local system, when working directly on the object of observation, surpasses the cloud one in connection speed (p2p) for one user, but is not able to provide all other cloud functions, namely:
- online event notifications;
- integrated video analytics modules;
- high compatibility with client equipment;
- reliable protection and guaranteed safety of records up to 365 days or more;
- convenient access control with a flexible system of distribution of rights between users;
- online viewing of broadcasts and archive from any platform (Win, Linux, MacOS, Android, iOS);
- efficient work with the archive and broadcast - simultaneous viewing by many users.
In a real cloud solution, a business gets not only access to the archive and broadcasts, but also a direct link to a variety of analytical data, automatic updates, and a quick search for the established detection zones.
Also, the cloud system can be simultaneously used by different departments of companies - security, HR, department heads, commercial department, marketing, etc.
If you connect the local system to the Internet, and this is the solution that many installation organizations are now practicing, it will be possible to compensate for only part of the functions of the cloud - notifications and online broadcasts will be available, however, for this you still have to look for and install specialized software. To some, such a system will seem more accessible than the cloud, but only as long as only one user connects to the broadcast with minimal requirements for channel speed.
Operation speed: cloud test
The cloud service gives customers opportunities for development and growth of business efficiency, inaccessible to conventional local video surveillance systems.
At first, as you can see in the video above, the speed of broadcasting and downloading the archive in the case of storing data in the cloud is practically independent of the channel - the data center always has more channels and higher speed than any local object that transmits data via the Internet.
Ivideon has 15 data centers that provide high-speed access to video around the world. It is faster for several users to work with data from the data center at the same time, and, as a result, it is more comfortable and efficient than connecting to a local object via the Internet.
Having once uploaded data to the cloud (for example, via at the set hours) and repeatedly accessing them, you will not depend on the limitations of the infrastructure at the facility.
Secondly, the data center is the most important fault-tolerant and redundant resource into which you can upload data that has a critical privacy status. Video from cameras is encrypted immediately before transmission to the data center and is stored in encrypted form until viewing.
Thirdly, the video surveillance system creates terabytes of data that no staff of live operators can digest. Modern systems are trained to detect situations that the business owner or other responsible personnel need to pay attention to, provide consolidated data in the form of reports and analytics, eliminating the need to watch videos around the clock in search of violations of regulations, theft and other troubles.
Fourthly, using the cloud, you "subscribe" to all subsequent automatic updates and improvements to the service. New features and capabilities are available to you without the need to replace hardware and manually update software. The service provider ensures continuous improvement of the service, updates to which customers receive free of charge.
Finally, fifth, cloud features add up to a multidimensional matrix of security and convenience. It is impossible to save time and simply simplify your life at this level in a local system, even if you connect it to the Internet.
The main product of Ivideon is a cloud archive. The video below shows how to work with an archive in a remote cloud. When the archive is recorded in the cloud, you can watch it at high speed. DVRs connected to the Internet with a local archive at this stage begin to hang.
Working with a cloud archive on the example of the Ivideon desktop client
In addition to viewing the desired event, the cloud makes it possible to search incredibly quickly only in the detection zone. This feature saves a lot of time.
And in your personal account you can already increase the viewing speed up to 64 times! In this case, playback will depend only on the Internet channel directly at the client.
How to access the cloud
It is hard for a business to part with the existing equipment, but they want to get more functions with minimal investment. Previously, we connected clients with local systems through a DVR with our firmware or using a PC with the program , but these solutions have their drawbacks:
- the cost of a DVR and NVR with the Ivideon service at the moment is from 14 rubles;
- Ivideon Server must be installed on the PC to which the cameras will be connected, which is not always convenient to do on site;
- the use of Ivideon Server implies that the initial settings will be performed locally at the facility - the process is not very complicated, but requires certain skills and qualifications. Therefore, to properly set up video surveillance, you need to seek help from specialists (the average cost of a visit is usually from 3 rubles).
We appreciated the limitations of these solutions and developed a fundamentally new device that combines low cost, ease of deployment and wide functionality - . The device offers a simple, secure and inexpensive way to connect cameras, NVRs and DVRs operating in the client's network to the Ivideon service - more than 90% of all devices on the video surveillance market.
Thus, in our opinion, the business will get all the capabilities of the cloud without a costly move from an outdated IT infrastructure. It only takes one device to get all the cloud features listed in this article and many other in-demand tools for solving business-oriented tasks.
Source: habr.com