White Paper: Green Surveillance

Rising energy costs are compelling many organizations to optimize their computing environments. In fact, energy costs have quickly become the fastest growing operating cost, propelling many corporations to embark on new conservation and "green" initiatives.

Fortunately, green IT not only helps the planet but reduces operational pressure, making it a win-win for both business and the environment. Green IT becomes even more important when video surveillance is taken into consideration. With the recent proliferation of CCTV, energy consumption from video surveillance has increased dramatically, resulting in higher total cost of ownership (TCO). However, as video surveillance transitions from proprietary "black box" DVR deployments towards IP deployments using commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, video surveillance becomes both greener and leaner.

This whitepaper will describe how IP-Surveillance can lead to a greener environment and increased operational efficiency through reduced energy costs, increased server capacity utilization and higher scalability and availability as compared to analog CCTV deployments.