Features

IP video surveillance gets smart

Video content analytics aims to provide more effective surveillance – and not just for security applications, Tim Kridel reports on the opportunities for integrators.


Tutorial - Rack ’˜em and stack ’˜em

In a follow up to our recent examination of thermal management issues, this month’s tutorial focuses on the other design considerations for AV equipment racks – structural and cable management issues.

Open to all Values

In the second of our ongoing series of articles from BiP Solutions MD Ron Burgess, he discusses other routes to getting public sector work, than that seen via the OJEU.

A ’˜Bit’ of an overview

DSP systems are becoming more and more commonplace in all levels of installation work, to the point where they are almost ubiquitous and you would need a good reason not to use one. Richard Northwood, lead consultant at COMS provides us with a run down of what’s available.

What the papers say

With economic uncertainty continuing, is this affecting the AV market at all? We talked to Daniel Borg, Director of Electrosonic Sweden for his view from the north, and he described the impact, or lack of it, it’s having on his particular piece of the AV pie.

DSPs go forth and multiply

Even as digital signal processors get faster, chipmakers look for new ways to increase performance, enabling new AV applications in the process. Tim Kridel reports.