While video surveillance has been a big focus for the Government to ensure the safety and security, it has also becoming a focus area for corporates and enterprises in India.
Growing number of enterprises are adopting video surveillance to ensure safety and security of their employees. There is a critical need for enterprises to evaluate and deploy surveillance solutions, not only for safety purposes but also for expansion, operational efficiencies. In an interaction with Rashi Varshney of EC, Rajesh Khurana, Country Manager for India & SAARC, Seagate Technology, speaks about what’s next after video surveillance data is created and stored securely.
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How CIOs can make it possible to understand and translate the data once it is created and stored securely?
Conventional video surveillance systems can record what they see, but they can’t make sense of what they are viewing. Therefore, video analytics becomes an important part of video surveillance solutions. Integration is key – integrating video surveillance systems with analytics software allows the system to share alerts and feedback with users, turning the data into a valuable, intelligent, resource.
With the increased dependence on Video Analytics to automatically monitor cameras and alert for events of interest, how CIOs will efficiently manage systems and store the rapidly increasing volume of raw video footage?
While surveillance digital video recorder (SDVR) and IP-based network DVRs (NDVRs) enable unprecedented access to vast quantities of high-resolution video images, deriving maximum benefit from this wealth of raw surveillance data requires meticulous review and analysis, sometimes on a frame-by-frame basis.
Hence, the CIOs today are looking for an advanced combination of IT infrastructure including proper video analytics and remote monitoring system to address the growing video data all around. Innovation is key to CIOs for more strategic and valued outcomes, which can be achieved through the adoption of storage solutions that enable structured data analysis.
For instance, Seagate has solutions that support the unstructured data generated overtime. There are also other solutions that help in indexing the data for easy use as per requirements. For example, Seagate Surveillance HDD supports many applications including surveillance DVRs (SDVR), network video recorders (NVR), and centralized or cloud surveillance for video data analytics.
If such solutions are deployed in a systematic framework, CIOs will be able to store the rapidly increasing volume of raw video footage, efficiently manage the systems and benefit dramatically from the value of their data.
As the need to go through recorded video and extract specific video segments is increasing, how do you foresee the need of a proper combination of storage solutions to help organisations/enterprises?
Video analytics tools use video data collected over time to solve real-world problems. By analysing big data sets stored in centralised bulk storage systems, information can be quickly and intelligently assessed to predict future patterns and behaviours.
Service providers have been working towards converting a relentless deluge of data into actionable information that can shape strategies, improve processes and boost bottom lines. The core benefit of such solutions is compelling, including maximizing the value of unstructured data through rigorous analysis that reveals key trends and correlations hidden in the data.
What is the expected investment in the next two years for proper surveillance storage?
Investments will vary according to the needs and demands of organizations. Companies that are just starting to explore surveillance may be more cautious with their investments and will look towards spending incremental amounts to build their surveillance management systems. Organizations with existing systems and frameworks may look to expanding their storage capabilities depending on their development plans and needs.
How do you foresee the adoption of the right set of surveillance storage in the Indian market and which are the sectors that are deploying it more?
According to Seagate’s ‘Video Surveillance Trend Report’, 85 percent of nearly 1,100 system integrators and enterprise IT executives globally across a wide range of industries, said that the key reason driving video surveillance is safety and security. The need to optimize work flows (53 percent) and regulatory compliance (48 percent) were also picked as the main driver for using video surveillance.
With India’s smart cities agenda, rising need for advanced security, growing IT infrastructure, increasing IT spending, surging need for video analytics and remote monitoring, the video surveillance market will continue growing in India.
The government is one of the major sectors for video surveillance. To ensure safety and security of the masses, government has set up surveillance cameras at railway stations, housing estates, traffic signals and other public places. Recently, India is also witnessing a surge in the use of video surveillance by sectors like banking and financial, hospitality, transportation, education and retail, etc.