the cloud
Could the cloud be the next generation in video surveillance storage? The world of enterprise video-surveillance storage has changed much over the past 15 years: from VHS to the DVR, and later to IP solutions. But there’s increasing speculation that ‘cloud’ could be the next big storage innovation in surveillance. A cloud based solution is very appealing to enterprise customers because it offers flexibility to customers who pay only for what they use. Cloud also offers efficiency to companies who can save on the power, cooling, and management costs of their own datacentres. Customers have two options for going to the cloud: public or private. William Rhodes, IMS market analyst, said: “It is early days for enterprise customers to use public cloud-based video-surveillance solutions; one recent trend is to using off-site backup of ‘critical’ or ‘sensitive’ cameras. “For many enterprise customers, local storage with off-site backup is the only cloud- based option available, because b...