Cloud service popular video hosting highlights five advantages

As with Other virtualization services, users of video hosting monitoring platforms can use cloud services to save costs because they eliminate the need for physical storage and maintenance. Therefore, companies that use this service can both save on physical security technology investments and reduce total asset investment.

The faithful viewers of the American dramas such as "Law and Order" and "CSI" often see video surveillance bridges in the play. These viewers may compare the footage they see in the US drama with the video surveillance in the evening news. . In fact, in the real world, the video or image in the bank or convenience store is not so clear, so after the robbery incident, poor image quality often causes trouble for evidence collection.

In this era of high-definition television, Blu-ray and 3D IMAX dominated the entertainment market, how can surveillance camera video be so unbearable? Because 80% of the surveillance cameras installed today are based on coaxial cable analog technology. Physical security is the industry that has finally entered the digital age—especially small shops, banks and gas stations are the main installation sites.

The reason is that IP-based surveillance systems - even if they can provide better image quality, flexibility and functionality - are not cost-effective for analog-standard suites that require only a small number of cameras to protect property. Fortunately, there are virtualization technologies and hosting services, and those who benefit from IP video surveillance technology can achieve their goals through video hosting services.

1. Video Hosting Services Finally Realize Security Requirements The speed at which the physical security industry adapts to new challenges has historically been slow. If it involves protecting the safety of life and property in the surrounding communities, people are naturally willing to choose products that they are familiar with. However, the application of cloud technology by the IT industry and consumers has paved the way for it.

Now that we have hosted personal finances, mailbox data, etc. into the cloud, security leaders will receive training to trust Internet services. Since the IP-based security device is another node in the network, it should use the same multi-level password, SSL encryption, VPN, and firewall.

At the highest level of camera technology itself, physical security hosting technology has been proven to ensure video security. Once security is in place, once the camera is connected to the designated cloud service, it will only exchange data with the server unless it is restarted and reset.

In addition, the compliance protocols followed by large data storage players also apply to video surveillance hosting providers, including SAS 70, RSA encryption, and ISO 27001 compliance protocols.

There may be controversy over whether the preservation of video data in the cloud or the security in the DVR. With hosted video, data cannot be stolen from physical video equipment, and video evidence that can be destroyed is not left on site. In contrast, lower-cost storage devices, network-attached storage or NAS, can be added to the system to prevent network crashes.

2. Video Hosting Easy to Use and Pay For any electronic security deployment, the key is easy installation, continuous operation and maintenance of the system. Initially, the installation of IP equipment was much simpler than the installation of analog equipment: because there was no coaxial cable, there was no BNC connector and no central power equipment needed control.

With an IP camera, the device is directly connected to the network - if the switch is enabled for PoE, additional power needs can be reduced.

In addition to improving installation efficiency, plug-and-play features allow one-click access to managed servers. This eliminates the need to install firewalls, IP addresses, and endpoint navigation, simplifying the installation process.

Continuous operation and system support have also been simplified. Users can connect to cameras and surveillance systems through a simple web browser to view real-time and historical images, and manage processes from mobile devices such as smartphones.

System maintenance and upgrades are done in the background by the hosting service provider. End users only need to understand how to open a web portal, remembering the username and password.

3. Video hosting is better than pre-built systems Hosting video in the cloud can bring easy, affordable and scalable video solutions to video surveillance. Whether SMBs are used to remotely monitor small stores, or whether chains are simultaneously monitored at multiple locations, or whether large companies are used to protect out-of-bounds archives to meet internal policies or compliance needs can be used as an option.

If hosted with other virtualization services, the hosted video surveillance platform allows users to enjoy energy-saving and cost-effective cloud services. Savings on storage equipment and maintenance have reduced the company’s capital investment in physical security technology and total asset costs.

Cloud services prevent possible damage and theft caused by videotaping in the field. Moreover, expanding the system through the local NAS can not only prevent key video footage from being lost in the event of a network crash, but also enable high resolution and high frame rate video recording.

4. Video Hosting for Large and Small Businesses Ideally, from a bandwidth perspective, smaller video surveillance systems are better suited for hosting video surveillance, but there are also many video hosting applications that are geared toward large corporate or hypermarkets.

Those large companies that look for ways to save money to deploy surveillance have also attracted the interest of customers. Hosted videos are ideal for them because the networked camera can easily be moved from one place to another, and it can automatically find the hosting server and reconnect with it.

In addition, companies now using large field monitoring systems have realized that critical video data should be kept out of bounds to ensure data security because they cannot afford to lose data.

Cameras in the cash room, server room and pharmacy will record key video content, which will cause trouble if lost. Businesses can isolate these cameras and then host them out of bounds so that they don’t have to worry about video data loss, DVR failure or theft.

5. Video hosting can be used to interface with analog systems. Small businesses still favor analog systems. Many devices are now newly installed and have a considerable service life. So even if end-users are interested in migrating to IP-based video surveillance for better picture quality, functionality, TCO, and scalability, they may also be discouraged by not wanting to repeat investments.

Fortunately, there is a solution that can solve the problem of migration from analog to IP. Analog signals can be easily converted to digital signals through the deployment of video servers. These devices are connected to existing analog-standard devices, can convert data from analog signals to IP, and then connect switches to the network. When the existing analog camera is broken, it can be replaced with an IP device to achieve a complete technology migration.

In this case, the customer does not need to abandon any existing hardware, the cable or the architecture can realize the signal conversion, but also can realize the technology docking in the future - this is also the change that the cloud technology brings to the industry.