Most Recent Reports on Standards

Surveillance Recorder Standards Examined (PSIA / ONVIF) on Oct 26, 2009
Security managers suffer from no standards for surveillance recorders. Even large organizations with thousands of cameras and hundreds of sites rarely use more than 1 or 2 manufacturer's recorders ...

How Will IP Camera Standards Impact Video Surveillance? on Aug 03, 2009
Over the next 6 months, more than a dozen manufacturers are likely to announce production support for ONVIF or PSIA IP camera specifications. While the practical impact will take longer, this is th...

IP Video Close to Standards??? on Feb 19, 2009
Once a new technology gets media coverage, it's common to presume that it's immediately ready for prime time.  This week, a new article declares IP-based video close to standardization. Unfort...

Video Retention Standards - Need Industry Clearinghouse on Dec 28, 2008
Beyond CODECS, a need exists for video standards of care, as a supermarket court case below demonstrates. The rules and regulations concerning retention of video information electronically capture...

Will ONVIF or PSIA win the IP Camera Standards Battle? on Nov 25, 2008
While momentum grows for IP camera standards, significant questions exist as to what will happen with ONVIF and PSIA.  They are two groups pursuing the same fundamental goal of brining interop...

Benefits of Standards for Specifying IP Cameras on Sep 24, 2008
Specifications are valuable but often are done poorly, creating problems or biasing the bid.  Such challenges are magnified with digital and IP video where multiple codecs and multiple resolut...

IP Camera Standards Battle? on Sep 12, 2008
While we all speak lovingly about the goodness of standards, the fights to set and control standards can be severe. Indeed, a battle may be emerging in the road to setting IP camera standards. I s...


Most Recent Industry Updates

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Will Troubleshooting 'Standards' Support be a Problem? on Feb 25, 2010
In our first 3 tests of IP camera 'standards', we have run into problems with 2 of them. In the Sony-Milestone integration using ONVIF, the integration simply did not work. In the LILIN-Milestone i...

ONVIF/PSIA Video Interviews Examined on Nov 21, 2009
Security Squared posted a long video featuring interviews with key members of the ONVIF and PSIA standards groups.  In addition to speaking with founding members, the video has dialogue with m...

Public Safety Standards Examined on Nov 12, 2009


PSIA Standards Webinar Examined on Nov 05, 2009
A webinar sponsored by VidSys discussed how new security standards (specifically PSIA standards) for IP appliances and PSIM are helpful towards businesses.  The contributors in the webinar inc...

Estimated Timetable for PSIA and ONVIF Adoption on Oct 21, 2009
With ASIS announcements demonstrating broad manufacturer commitment to IP camera specifications, the key questions now turn to timetable for actual production deployment and use in general commerci...

PSIA Demonstration - Milestone and IQinVision on Aug 17, 2009
Milestone and IQinVision has successfully demonstrated interopability between an IQ camera and Milestone's software. This is a demonstration only and is not reflective of commercially rel...

Examining HDcctv's Bold/Dubious Claims on Aug 04, 2009
Info4Security features an interview with the HDcctv Alliance. Most of the article covers topics we have previously reviewed in our HDcctv competitive analysis. However, there are a few in...

Lack of VMS Standards on Jul 20, 2009
One of the most common end user questions is: How do you watch video from multiple DVR/VMS systems in a singular interface? The options are poor, the issue is problematic and it's not being address...

Pixim and CSST Join HDcctv Alliance on Jul 16, 2009
Two fairly sizable companies are joining the HDcctv Alliance - Chinese video surveillance leader CSST and Wide Dynamic Range chipset leader Pixim. CSST is important for the large an...

1st ONVIF Product Shipping on Jul 15, 2009
In June 2009, LILIN announced support for ONVIF in their camera lines and is shipping these cameras for production use. I have also received a sample to test.  A short term barrier i...

Can ONVIF Lose? on Jun 15, 2009
In conversations with over a dozen manufacturers, the consistent theme I hear is a preference for ONVIF. Interestingly, the reason is always about ONVIF's fame/market share. Second most common poin...

Results of IP Camera Survey on Jun 06, 2009
94 respondents answered the IP camera survey. Here are some highlights of the results: 73% believe standards are very important while only 4% think they are not important Of the 60 re...

Panel on IP Camera Standards on Mar 01, 2009
TechSec featured a debate on IP camera standards - ONVIF, PSIA, etc. Sam has a long writeup and the discussion on standards is at the very end of his post. What's most shocking to me on this discus...