Smile: You're now responsible for cameras

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Some it professionals are on a steep learning curve as they take on responsibility for video surveillance, according to a market research firm. "There's a real problem right now," said Stan Schatt, vice-president and research director of ABI Research Inc., which last month published a report titled Video Surveillance Systems. "There is a gap between the physical security folks, who are known as the 'guns and badges' and the traditional IT department. In many cases they have been historically separate entities." In the past, Schatt said, many video surveillance cameras were connected to analogue proprietary cabling systems, but that is starting to change. "Now that we're moving towards a more hybrid (IP and analogue) systems, we're seeing that IT departments have had to bone up on security considerations, maybe even hire additional folks to handle that." Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based ABI Research forecasts the video surveillance market will have revenues of US$46 billion in 2013, up from US$13.5 billion in 2006. This includes sales of cameras, servers, storage systems, professional services and hardware infrastructure.