Industry Report Points to Ollivier Corporation

Ray Bernard is an industry analyst who I have known for about four years. When I was new to the security industry, he was one of the first security consultants whose eyes lit up when he and I talked about the integration of physical and data security. He has gone on to create an incisive new report on the industry.

He talks about such projects as the national retailer (over 300,000 employees) deploying 150,000 IP cameras globally, as an incremental addition to their global deployment of IP Telephony. IP Telephony (VoIP) replaces analog phones and connect directly to a network, getting both power and communication connectivity over Ethernet-based networks.

Very few discussions of convergence in the security industry use "installation" as an example. Ray does in his report. He talks about the installer preparing the IP-based cameras in the same manner as IP-based phones. Both are put in similar boxes, prior to distributing to regional offices, with the same information barcodes on the boxes and with network cable location numbers. A swipe of the computerized barcode scanner displays exactly where a phone or camera is to go along with other installation information. This enables an integrator to reduce the typical per-camera installation time from 3 hours to 30 minutes. This is a classic IT application.

Ray then points out that Ollivier Corporation is using common IT installation strategies for its security deployments. He reports that customers want the benefit of IT expertise from their security integrator and that Ollivier Corporation is way out in front of other physical security integrators. I encourage you to learn more about Mr. Bernard's industry report.