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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