Video analytics provides a win-win situation, by enabling security personnel to prevent crime instead of investigating it after the incident, and by allowing IT staff to provide a compelling solution that is cost-effective to deploy and maintain. It greatly reduces the operational expense of a distributed video surveillance solution while allowing centralized administration and monitoring. This mature technology is transforming the way enterprises plan and deploy IP video surveillance systems.

Gagvani is CTO and vice president of engineering at Cernium Corporation.