How to professionally specify your IP camera network

The past decade has seen camera surveillance technology rapidly evolving. Of significance was the much-anticipated shift from analogue closed circuit television (CCTV) to Internet protocol (IP)-based systems. It is now widely accepted that the benefits of IP far outweigh analogue, but the selection and specify of an IP surveillance system now presents new challenges.   Marc van Jaarsveldt, consultant for The Surveillance Factory, a video surveillance system-integrator, says that there are some ...