Stepping Outside The Loss Prevention Box

By Jackie Andersen, Axis Communications

A lot of different factors have convinced retailers to make the move from analog to IP-based surveillance: better image quality for greater situational awareness, easy and cost-effective scalability beyond the 16-channel constraint of DVRs, and secure Web access for anywhere, anytime remote monitoring of store operations, to name a few.

And, as more retailers opt for IP-based surveillance, some have discovered an additional tool that has been quite valuable for business growth: intelligent network cameras.