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Q: Can your Alarm systems tell your video systems what to do?

A: Output from alarm panels of more intelligent integrated systems can tell recording system to home cameras, increase recording speeds and quality levels, or even transmit video to outside sources when the requesting device is activated.

Q: Can your Video systems react to what Card Access Systems tell them?

A: Access control systems when properly integrated with video systems can store pictures of events before they happen, giving you valuable pictures prior to when doors are opened or credentials presented to card readers. Integration also allows you to ask your video system to show you all pictures associated to any single person’s activity in your buildings.

Q: Can your Access Control Systems make sure you can’t log on to your company network unless you are actually where you should be?

A: “Logical” access control gives network security managers that extra level of security needed in todays environment. When both systems are properly integrated it becomes impossible for the CEO’s electronic password be all that is required to to log into their network from a field office, unless the access system sees that he used his access card to get into that building. If the CEO is working late in the office, the system automatically disables his VPN access until he leaves the building.

Q: Can your security system actually call out and schedule service calls on your system without human intervention or additional cost?

A: Hard disk temperatures too high and will likely fail soon? Camera positioning bumped by maintenance crews and not looking at what they should be? Camera cable to the recorder no longer transmitting a video signal? All of these diagnostics and more are automatically monitored and transmitted daily to your service providers servers and technicians are dispatched either automatically, or with your permission first with todays new system diagnostic services.

Q: Can your cameras record their own pictures for long term archiving without a separate recorder?

A: Today’s new advanced cameras have their own storage built into the cameras, along with advanced analytics that help identify what is important, allowing pictures to be stored on the camera that fit certain parameters for longer periods of time, eliminating the need of a local video recorder in some instances. Remote sites with few visitors are perfect situations for these new cameras to be installed and programmed. Paired with remote video monitoring, and you have a eliminated the costs of a full time recorder and patrolling guard service.

Q: Can your video system automatically recognize who should and should not be in a building?

A: Advance facial detection software built into today’s new recorders can send an email to your security department, HR department or receptionist with a picture of the person in question that is walking the halls of your building. The system can be programmed to be constantly recognizing who should be where, and who shouldn’t, without having to pay thousands of dollars a month for a full time expert guard service.

Q: Can your video system combine point of sale information, people counting, and dwell time at particular areas into a single auto generated executive report that is emailed daily?

A: Advance software utilizing the inputs of standard video cameras is now available to build expert reports for executive management to use to look at staffing and promotional efficiencies. Historical data of sales levels, local weather, and other variables can now all be integrated into a single executive report that is auto generated on a user defined schedule.

Q: Can you decide to record only pictures with people in them for long-term storage, and throw away all the others?

A: If its only people that have the potential to steal from you, why not only store those pictures and throw away all those shots of empty parking lots? It makes it easier to search for what you need when you are looking at hundreds of pictures instead of millions.

Q: Can you rent storage and do away with the concept of having to own and maintain hardware?

A: SaaS (Software as a Service) has taken of in the software industry just as VaaS (Video as a Service) is starting to take hold in the security marketplace. When you think about it, what you really want are pictures from your cameras when you want them, and you don’t want to have to worry if the recorder was working or programmed correctly. Outsourcing the service of having those pictures stored safely and securely is an option that should be considered in an effort to reduce your cost of purchasing and maintaining the thousands of hard drives required to do that same job today.

If you are familiar with the available technology listed above or are currently utilizing many of these systems as part of your security solution, you are at the cutting-edge of security system equipment understanding! The only thing you may be lacking is a partner like NAVCO to help you integrate these technologies to best suit your needs.

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