Monthly Archives: April 2010

When Wireless Video Mesh is Not 'True' Mesh (But Better)

The title is a play on words, but it simply means that a ‘fully-meshed’ network design may not fit the topology or the customer requirements. But the unique capabilities of Firetide‘s mesh allow the network to meet the project performance … Continue reading

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Practical Social Measurement for B2B: #B2Bchat Recap

(This post originally appeared on B2Bbloggers.com web site. For all posts on #B2Bchat, search for #b2bchat tag on B2Bbloggers, or visit http://www.b2bbloggers.com/blog/tag/b2bchat/). B2B companies, especially those that are not web-based businesses, tend to be late adopters of social media. This … Continue reading

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LA County Sheriff's Wireless Surveillance: Video Interview with SDN

The interview below was pure luck. I knew that Leischen Stelter of Security Director News was looking to interview end users at the ISC West show, but I had not heard of anyone coming. 2010 was an especially tough year … Continue reading

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Network Design Considerations for Wireless Video Surveillance

My post Why Flexibility of Mesh Topology is Important for Video Surveillance drew an extended comment from Joe Wargo of AO Wireless, and I’m using it as a jumping off point to address some of the issues impacting network design for … Continue reading

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Notes from Anixter Integrated Physical Security Seminar

It’s always interesting to get out of the office and mingle with integrators, consultants, vendors and distributors. I had the opportunity to do just that at Anixter’s Integrated Physical Security Seminar on Thurs April 8 in Denver. First off, the … Continue reading

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To Mesh or Not To Mesh for Wireless Security and Surveillance

Or Limitations of Point-to-point and Point-to-multipoint Systems for Real-time Video This is continuation of the discussion on “Why wireless mesh” that got started when I tweeted out my article for SMD last week: Wireless Mesh for Video Surveillance: Why and … Continue reading

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Why Flexibility of Mesh Topology is Important for Video Surveillance

Setting aside the opinions on contributed content, which is itself an interesting discussion, I’d like to address comments from John Honovich on the article I wrote for SDM magazine: Wireless Mesh for Video Surveillance: Why and How. Quoting from the … Continue reading

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Primer on Twitter Chats

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me occasionally post with a #B2BChat hash tag, and perhaps wondered what this was about. #B2Bchat is a weekly conversation for B2B marketers, and I’m one of the four co-moderators. … Continue reading

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