Improve Loss Prevention With IP Video Surveillance

A recent spike in fraud and identity theft at its Texas grocery stores in the last 12 months has taught United Supermarkets the importance of loss prevention. It's particularly important to Todd Reynolds, director of loss prevention for the supermarket chain. Reynolds joined the company two years ago to deploy the company's loss prevention team. He has taken the company from a nonstandardized system, in which only some of its stores were operating with a variety of analog security cameras, to a chain-wide, uniform Internet Protocol (IP) video surveillance system. While Reynolds is still implementing the new system, he says the supermarket chain already is seeing the benefits of this high-tech tool.

To meet its loss prevention needs, United Supermarkets, which operates 46 stores in north and west Texas under the banners United Supermarkets, Market Street, and Amigos United, selected On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. (OnSSI) last fall. OnSSI produces intelligent IP-based video surveillance technology, including a wide range of software solutions. United Supermarkets is using OnSSI's NetDVMS network video recorder (NVR) and camera management software suite on its servers and NetGuard-EVS on its workstations and remote clients.

OnSSI's network video recorder software application allows its clients to view, manage, and record closed-circuit television surveillance cameras at any number of facilities, using a standard PC and Internet browser from one central location. It offers recording and archiving capabilities, the management of an unlimited number of cameras at multiple sites with time-synchronized playback control and navigation maps for quick access to cameras, and database management. The security video also can be accessed through a variety of intelligent video delivery clients, from handheld devices to full-scale video wall displays. The NetGuard-EVS remote client supports multiple physical monitors with up to 64 cameras displayed in each, with monitoring, investigation, and video delivery tools.

NetDVMS supports all leading manufacturers' IP and analog cameras as well as encoders. NetDVMS' open-APIs enable integration with various systems, including access control, point of sale, and video content analysis systems.