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6 months ago
in Top 5 Problems in Video Surveillance Storage on IP Video Market Info
You have totally overlooked increasing regulations that are requiring users to store video. You have to meet the regulations and that's that. It is not an issue of what you want but an issue of meeting the regulations. You are seeing this in casinos, government organizations, cities are mandating it, etc. This is the future.
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Statistically, the number of organizations facing legal requirements is very low. It is likely under 5% (with casinos being the notable segment exception). I agree with you that such requirements are advocated from time to time but it is well short of a trend.
I also think such requirements, while well intentioned, can be harmful for all involved. A lot of these regulatory organizations do not understand the economic consequence of requiring 4CIF or 30 frames per second or multiple years of storage. This can impose a huge financial penalty on the companies regulated. This effectively drives up the price of video surveillance. When prices go up, demand goes down. Organizations will use less cameras because the higher prices will make video surveillance harder to justify. This would lower demand for cameras, IP video surveillance software, etc. Worse, it may actually reduce security as organizations cut back on camera coverage.