Southern California's Poway Unified School District is in the midst of a large-scale construction project that requires continuous video surveillance to protect the site and construction materials from vandalism and theft. The chosen solution features intelligent IP video appliances from ioimage along with Pelco Spectra IV network cameras.
ISC West 2009 is taking place in Las Vegas this week, which means we're about to catch a sneak peek at the latest IP camera offerings from many of the industry's leading manufacturers. Pelco recently announced they'll be on hand with a slew of new network video products, including the Sarix ID Series Mega-Performance cameras, the Endura 2.0 end-to-end surveillance solution, and the Spectra IV 2.0 integrated dome camera system.
Cisco has announced a partnership with security systems specialist Pelco that will result in the development of a new high-definition IP camera line. The co-branded cameras will combine Pelco's imaging expertise with Cisco's leadership in IP networking. They'll be built on Pelco's Sarix technology platform and sold through Cisco Authorized Technology Providers.
Ethiopia's Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (EAE) is leaping into the digital surveillance age with a new IP-based system featuring network cameras and video management tools from Pelco. Already the most advanced airport in the region, EAE will now be monitored by a cutting-edge surveillance system featuring over 300 cameras, including 260 Pelco Spectra IV IP cameras, with the Endura system handling monitoring and digital video recording.
Last week Pelco released a new version of its Spectra IV IP dome camera system featuring H.264 video compression. The latest edition of the Spectra IV gives users the flexibility to choose between MJPEG, MPEG4 and leading-edge H.264 compression to reduce bandwidth consumption and storage requirements. H.264 helps to considerably reduce video file sizes without compromising image quality. This makes it ideal for applications requiring high-resolution video. Since video files are smaller with H.264, there's less burden on the network, and less drive space is required for recording and storing video.