Calsys Inc – a US based manufacturer – offers some interesting new products for the HD-CCTV market.
Currently, they do not have representation in the UK, although discussions are taking place with a few suitable partners.
Offering a range of products including:-
HDCCTV recorders – 4 & 8Ch, 720p and 1080p versions
HDCCTV cameras – CMOS Body and Minidome variants & CCD Body and Minidome variants
Calsys have been instrumental in developing and enhancing their own take on HDCCTV and we look forward to welcoming their products to the UK
As far back as 2003 commentators have been asking the question whether IP CCTV will be the domain of security installers or IT integrators. The question has dragged on and to their credit security installers have been fighting hard to maintain their market share of newly installed IP CCTV systems. The biggest problem they face is that the decision making process as to who decides to install an IP surveillance system has shifted very much into the hands of the IT director. This is because anything that runs on a company network almost always gets thrust into the hands of the IT department. They protect their network with a passion and will not let anyone touch it who does not have a prestigious background in IT . This has meant that security installers inexperienced in the ways of IP have been struggling to talk to the IT departments of big companies on their level. The result, the IT director would almost always prefer to talk to IT integrators and so the business slips away.
