Do you have an access control system for your facility that allows you to use access cards or keyfobs to open locked doors? If so, you probably manage that system with a server that has software that holds the system configurations and the list of cardholders. If you are like many people that we talk […]
Security
Getting Your Video While On the Go
Video surveillance cameras are widely deployed in many homes and businesses. In fact, this article from Popular Mechanics magazine states that “there are an estimated 30 million surveillance cameras now deployed in the United States shooting 4 billion hours of footage a week.” But, we often encounter users and owners of video cameras who are […]
Surprise in San Jose
The residents of San Jose, California got surprised recently by the passage of a new alarm response ordinance. According to this article in the San Jose Mercury News from January, 2012, the San Jose police department has decided not to respond to any security system signals unless there is verification of a crime in progress. […]
Hard Drive Shortage May Affect DVR Availability and Pricing
If you are a regular follower of the news, you will know about the major floods that have inundated parts of Thailand. Unfortunately, some of the areas that experienced the heavy flooding contained factories that manufactured electronic goods that are regularly consumed here in the United States. One example of a product that is now […]
Holiday Decorations Swiped in Macon
The Grinch is back! In the latest caper, thieves broke into a storage area for holiday decorations in the city of Macon and stripped all of the copper from the decorations. Here is the link to the article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2011/11/copper-thieves-destroy-macons-holiday.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article Would you think you would have to secure the holiday decorations with […]
New 180 Degree, 20 Megapixel Camera from Arecont Vision
Arecont Vision, a leading manufacturer of megapixel video surveillance (CCTV) cameras, has released a new 20 megapixel, 180 degree, day/night, dome camera. This new camera has four 5-megapixel imagers in one dome camera housing and it allows users to get wide views with high-resolution quality. I predict that megapixel video surveillance cameras will soon become the […]
Clear Up That Grainy Video
Another day in Atlanta…another story of a smash and grab burglary. These types of burglaries are very hard to stop because the burglars wait until a business is closed (usually a retail business is the target) and then smash the front window and grab everything they can in a very short period of time. So, […]
More Arrests in Metro Atlanta for Copper Theft
The bad guys are at it again. In a recent post, I talked about the increase in copper theft incidents in metro Atlanta. There is another article today in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the problem in the metro area. This is one part of the article that caught my eye: “City of Atlanta police officers […]
Copper Theft on the Rise Again
With copper prices at a level approximately thirty percent higher than they were a year ago, thieves are continuing to target this metal for theft. Scrap copper, copper wiring, and air conditioning units have all been stolen in recent months throughout metro Atlanta. As you can read about in this recent article from the Atlanta […]
Man Living on Roof of Waffle House
Did you see the recent news about the man that was found living on top of a Waffle House in Augusta, Georgia? If you didn’t see any of the original news articles, here is a link to one of them: http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/05/11/man-found-living-atop-georgia-waffle-house/ So, this raises several questions. First, why would someone choose to live on top […]