Peter Dinham
Sunday, 24 May 2009 16:07
Business IT -
Security
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“The retail industry has utilised video analytics to
track customer flows through stores and used that information to adjust
merchandise placement. The transportation industry can respond to
traffic incidents in a more timely fashion, using the data to make
fact-based decisions on future infrastructure initiatives.”
According to Chute, beyond the critical security
that surveillance offers the gaming industry, he says it also provides
important business information about the games' popularity and
ultimately its placement on the casino floor.
Additional findings from IDC’s study include:
• Captured and archived network surveillance content are expected to
grow by 51.7% and 50.1% respectively in the next five years
• Worldwide network surveillance camera shipments are expected to increase by an average of 45.0% yearly from 2009 to 2013
• Network camera shipments will surpass those of analogue cameras in 2012
• The growth of deployed cameras and content will drive the physical
security information management software market to over $5.3 billion in
2013