CPE Middle East has a proven track record in terms of consulting in the Middle East as well as in Europe and Asia. The need on the market exists and can be observed in different manners.
First, a disconnect between the security requirements and the solution implemented is often observed. This is generally due to a lack of clarity in the security processes that the solution must support.
CCTV system is a tool to support security processes. Even though the presence of cameras can have a deterrent effect, the full benefit is achieved when the CCTV support clear processes from a surveillance, interception and investigation support point of view.
Secondly, even though modern security systems are using a lot of IP networking and ICT components (storage, computers), there is a major difference between implementation of a security solution and an IT solution.
For instance, storage systems have been designed and optimized to manage IT data, very transactional in
essence driven by ERP or email applications for instance.
Applying the same products to video archiving will reveal challenges, as video is certainly not
transactional but a continuous, 24x7 stream of data coming to the storage system. It requires a
very high number of disk operations per seconds to write the incoming video without loosing frames.
There is a possibility the data might not even be accessed at all, unless a problem occurs.
97% of access are statistically within a 3 days buffer.
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