Tag: Cloud Computing

By Max van Riel, Eagle Eye Networks The disruption of an industry is always something that undergoes various phases. Everybody knows the adoption cycles from enthusiasts, visionaries to pragmatists and skeptics. The adoption of Cloud Video Surveillance and Cloud Access Control within the security industry is no different. However, it is also true that in recent years we have seen many examples of industries that are being disrupted a lot quicker than the traditional adoption

A CCTV, or closed-circuit television, is a system that links a camera to a video monitor allowing users to keep a watchful eye on their business. While CCTV has been used for decades, it has evolved significantly. What started as a system that could only be used to observe live footage, eventually developed into a system that allows for viewing and recording footage to be viewed at a later date. Today, video surveillance systems have

Introduction When selecting surveillance cameras, one might be tempted to purchase the latest and greatest cameras touting all the Ultra High Definition capabilities.  As consumers, we are trained to think this way from our experiences when purchasing personal entertainment devices such as televisions and other media devices. But should we have that same mindset when selecting security and surveillance cameras?  One should carefully consider the end-to-end cost; 4K cloud storage is more than 4 times

Storing video requires a lot of storage space. To make this manageable, video compression technology was developed to compress video, also known as a codec. In 2003, codec h.264 (commercial name is AVC) was released. It’s now the industry standard for video compression, as it offers a good compression and can be played on virtually any device and platform. All modern browsers, operating systems and mobile platform provide support for h.264. H.265 / HEVC Ten

In this article, I provide insight as to why we at Eagle Eye Networks are believers in building your own cloud versus moving all of your core assets to 3rd party companies. As we aim to own the market segment for video surveillance in the cloud at Eagle Eye Networks, we have deliberately chosen to build our own cloud. Why? Keep reading this article and hopefully you’ll be convinced to start building your own cloud,

We’ve come a long way in just a few years. As one of the early employees, and unofficial company historian, I’m often asked about how things used to be. I’m also often asked about what has changed, what’s still the same, what do I think is going to happen in the future, and lots of other questions. One of the questions that I didn’t have an answer to recently was “Are we still a startup?”

An account of how Continuous Delivery enabled us to quickly diagnose and scale in response to recent issues with our Motion Notification system. While chasing a wild goose on my adventure, I accidentally gathered some Gevent benchmarks worth sharing. “They’ve gone plaid” — Spaceballs 1987 Click edit button to change this text.We ARE a high-velocity application delivery company. That’s only been true recently, and the transformation has been exciting. This post chronicles how we recently approached and