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HOW LIKELY ARE YOU OR YOUR FAMILY TO EXPERIENCE CRIME THIS DECEMBER

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South Africa has relatively high rates of violent crime and consistently records one of the highest murder rates in the world. Organised crime is also strongly entrenched.The bad news is that violent crimes which South Africans fear most such as armed robberies, burglaries, murder, attempted murder and serious assault do markedly increase over the festive season.

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HOW TO KEEP YOUR SECURITY SYSTEMS RUNNING DURING LOAD-SHEDDING

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The lead acid solution gains further advantage after having changed each battery once, assuming that the charger continues to function through the life cycle of two battery deployments.

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HOW DO IP CCTV CAMERAS CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SECURITY

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When one cut’s through the hype of ill-informed sales people and box pushers trying to sell IP cameras above analogue HD system – one particular truth stands out.

IP or internet protocol cameras do not need a video recorder to store and view the captured footage.

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CAN YOU USE A CCTV CAMERA AS AN ALARM DEVICE

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“While the political/commercial drive for promoting and the willingness of society at large to accept such technologies generally exist, the actual gap between users’ expectation for intelligent actionable and/or searchable video data and the reality that the state-of-the-art technology solutions can offer is yet to be bridged.”

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THE BEST CCTV CAMERA FOR HOME IN SOUTH AFRICA

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SO MUCH CHOICE AND PRICE VARIATION

If you search the Internet for a home cctv camera, you will find hundreds of different brands, models and price variations.

How do you choose one? It’s so difficult to pass up a low priced camera!

LISTEN TO THE CCTV EXPERTS AND INSTALLERS

With more than 30 years of experience with cctv cameras I am able to help you with this decision, what’s more we will use other reputable sources to help you as well.

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Determine A Realistic Home Security Budget

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HOME SECURITY ASSESSMENT – RISK BASED Do not base your home and family security on adverts, costs and hardware promises! The process is to establish a risk profile, then determine the operational objectives of your system, and then to use those objectives to select equipment and hardware that can deliver. STEP 1 The simplest, yet

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Is it time to upgrade your business cctv system?

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There are a few reasons why you might want to encourage your business to upgrade their old CCTV system. One reason might be that the quality of the footage captured by newer CCTV cameras is significantly better than that of older models. This means that businesses can get a clearer picture of what is happening on their premises, making it easier to identify and prosecute criminals.

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Why I am Changing my Mind about IP Cameras

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Recently, one advantage of IP camera systems has emerged. This advantage is responsible for forcing me to consider IP camera systems more frequently than before.

No, the concerns about life safety and mission critical applications does not go away. We may just need to spend a lot more money, time and effort on getting the infrastructure as optimal as possible, and in some cases deploy a hybrid – IP /HD Analog System.

How Artificial Intelligence is driving the IP Camera trend.

The major advantage which is causing this refocus – is that an IP camera is literally a mini computer or server. IP Cameras have CPU capability on-board. They are now outpacing HD Analog systems in the area of compute power.

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Management blamed the CCTV system when they couldn’t get the footage?

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All of these problems are due to design and management failures.Lack of Maintenance and Auditing You cannot just install a cctv system and forget about it. Your cctv system shoud be accompanied by a detailed audit, service and maintainence plan. The plan should include auditing of camera function and views, and a procedure for rapid reporting and repair.Most companies just assume that the system is functioning.

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Controlling Damage and Loss Claims at the Car Wash

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It is reported that damage claims are the primary loss leader in the car wash industry. These claims directly affect business by slowing or stopping the cleaning line and distracting employees from the core job of servicing customers

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