As the Integrator's manufacturer, Infinova has created this library of white papers to share our advanced technologies and solutions. The papers cover a range of topics that show technology solving surveillance and security problems and how to integrate different technologies to building complete, seamless solutions.
Learn about the Infionva white papers, please click list below:
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Day/Night Video Demystified for Integrators
Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing Infinova
Mark Peterson, Vice President, Advanced Technology Theia TechnologiesHow do you assure that you are proposing a video system that will do everything that your customer wants, including recording clear images in all types of light, without running up the cost? Day/night cameras can be a dilemma. When do you propose them and when are they not required? What else...
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Comparing a Surveillance Camera's Low-light Performance
Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing InfinovaHow can you determine what type of image a camera will provide in a low light environment? After all, there is really no way that you can get your hands on the actual cameras and test them, one by one, in the field to determine which camera will perform best in a specific low illumination...
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What Is Wide Dynamic Range and Why Should Camera Specifiers Care
Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing Infinova
John Monti Vice President, Marketing & Business Development PiximIt's always been the Achilles' heel of video surveillance, with analog or digital cameras, those nasty shadows, glares, reflections and direct sunlight that turn captured images into darkness or wash them into a brilliant, undetectable white. Higher resolution cameras simply exacerbate the...
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Making Highways Safer with Integrated PTZ Surveillance Cameras
Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing InfinovaIn the United States, highway congestion cost travelers over 4 billion hours and $75 billion, wasting approximately 3 billion gallons of fuel per year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some 43,000 deaths and millions of injuries occur on the nation's...
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Working with IT
Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing InfinovaEveryone involved with surveillance systems will be working with the IT Department more and more. For instance, over 75 percent of integrators report that they are spending more and more time with IT this year versus last year. In fact, 29 percent say they are spending significantly more time....
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Glossary of CCTV Terms
This is a short list of terms that are typically encountered in reference to CCTV/Security systems. For the most part these are practical definitions of the terms. For more information on many of the terms listed here check the document pages of my website at
A Practical Trip to Effective Use of Existing and New Security & Surveillance Technology in Transport
Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing - Infinova
Ron Heil, CPP, CSC, CHS Assistant Vice President and Senior Security Consultant TranSystemsUrban mass transit, seaports and airports have common security needs but also diverse missions, locations, regulations and requirements. This demands a firm focus on the need to move people and cargo safety and securely while supporting the business goals and regulatory needs of the operation....Lessons on Security Technology in Educational Institutions
Authors: Mark S. Wilson Vice President, Marketing ---- Infinova
Mark S. Bennett, CPP, CSC President ---- MSB Security Consulting, Inc.It's a huge security assignment. There are more than 130,000 schools in the U.S. and about 7,000 colleges and universities. They house about 77 million students. While K-12 facilities can be more secured as compared to colleges and universities, which are more open, both share a need to provid...
Shining a Light on Security Lighting for Safety and Video Surveillance
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - Infinova
David G. Aggleton-President/Principal Consultant-Aggleton & Associates Security ConsultingLighting is an essential element of a security program. To light the way through a parking garage, to illuminate doorways or a dock, to make hallway or stairway corners more visible, lighting plays a key role. With any type of solution, details make a difference. There are different types of...How to Perform a Site Security Survey and Build a Risk/Vulnerability Matrix
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - InfinovaSecurity technology is just one part enterprise risk management, even though an important part. Examining the organization from outside in and focusing on possibilities is a healthy exercise. Such a risk assessment has to be creative and subjective. But it is not the end point. Creating and...Storage Takes the Leap to IP, the Choices and Challenges
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - InfinovaWith the growth of video surveillance and the coexistence of analog and digital as a measured step to the transition to digital video surveillance continuing, there is another leap to take involving storage, retrieval and image management. Storage, it turns out has both a price and a growing role...How to Protect Video Surveillance Systems against Lightning Strikes
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - InfinovaVideo surveillance systems are very sensitive to high voltages and because of this a lightning strike can cause irreparable damage not only to outdoor cameras, but data transmission equipment as well. A typical surveillance system is divided in three parts:
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How and Why to Select Megapixel, IP and Analog Security Cameras
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - InfinovaNo matter the type of video software, transmission, storage and management, no matter what kind of application ranging from a school hallway to an airport check-in, the heart of the system sits at the edge. It's the camera.
Of course, there are analog and digital cameras. But there is...Connecting it all together-Fiber Optics in Security & Surveillance Solutions
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - InfinovaWith a transition from analog to digital video surveillance continuing, there remains a crucial requirement for reliable transmission of the video signal during today's period of co-existence. With many legacy installations, it has been coaxial cable handling images from a camera to monitoring or...Should You Jump to IP?
Mark S. Wilson - Vice President, Marketing - InfinovaShould you jump to IP?
The simple answer is YES, but in a cost-managed way that extends the life of existing equipment. You and your colleagues know you' ll migrate to IP but the challenge is in how to do it. Of course, the jump – how quickly, how far – all...