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Digital video surveillance from IBM

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The goal
For video surveillance, the answer is digital
IBM digital video surveillance is a comprehensive data capture, storage and retrieval solution. Our robust, cost-effective solution can improve your security strategy with a host of new features—including remote-controlled camera angling, automatic archiving of video footage and real-time video sharing—that can work with your existing network.

The advantage
Industry expertise combined with expert solution design
IBM offers a digital surveillance solution designed specifically for educators. Our experienced education industry consultants can help you develop the appropriate solution that addresses your need for both stationary and mobile site surveillance.
  • IBM has identified best-in-class solution components and continues to refine leading-edge devices and third-party solutions to give you a better security solution.
  • We have 1,500 digital media specialists devoted to creating innovative solutions for the high-quality capture, storage and content management of digital assets.
  • IBM has a tradition of providing technology that preserves your investment in existing infrastructure; the digital video surveillance solution can re-deploy analog video cameras and cabling you now have in place, and typically utilizes existing data network components.

The benefits
Comprehensive security and surveillance strategy
The IBM digital video surveillance solution provides institutions with rapid access to, and retrieval of, digital video content. By integrating digital video surveillance with facility access security, our solution could offer you a more comprehensive view of campus, using less manpower.

For example, a single surveillance system can provide remote video viewing from anywhere on the network. It can begin automatic recording based on events, such as intrusion, fire alarm or motion detectors. The system can then trigger an automated sequence of activities, such as contacting police, fire department or other authorities.

The IBM digital surveillance solution can help:
  • Safeguard the privacy of digital content, while providing fast, easy access to footage for authorized personnel.
  • Reduce manual, administrative processes by automatically archiving new content and purging old footage based on predetermined business rules.
  • Help security personnel effectively collaborate with internal departments and external agencies—city police, fire and rescue squads—during emergencies, expediting suspect apprehension.
  • Deter violence, vandalism and other illegal behavior with the ability to capture and quickly retrieve high-quality images that may be admissible in court.
  • Promote confidence and peace of mind among parents, students, faculty and staff.

The approach
Digital technology to reduce manual processes
The IBM digital surveillance solution helps improve campus security by automating surveillance and video archiving processes, so you can redirect personnel to more critical security issues. It also helps eliminate the time-consuming and labor-intensive tasks associated with traditional analog surveillance capture, storage, retrieval and management. One company came to IBM with 140,000 videotapes in storage; an additional 30,000 tapes were being added every year. IBM created a custom digital surveillance solution that helped that customer leverage its existing system, while eliminating a massive video storage issue. IBM digital surveillance can help:
  • Reduce or remove the cost of moving, storing, duplicating and managing videotapes.
  • Expand security services to meet changing needs.
  • Improve the speed of processing and retrieving surveillance footage.

The financial advantage
Reducing the cost of safety
The IBM digital surveillance solution has the potential to save you valuable time and financial resources. It can:
  • Help reduce the cost of fraudulent lawsuits by archiving data that documents events on campus for proof of actual incidences.
  • Decrease security staffing costs by having one person or center assigned to monitor the campus and dispatch security personnel as needed.
  • Lower the cost of building maintenance by reducing vandalism.