White Paper: Not All IT Is For IP Video

Corporate networks in today's business world are expanding to include more users and applications and to meet accelerating demands. As businesses use information technology (IT) to collect data from every corner of their business - and to enable information to reach every corner - the term "LAN sprawl" has been suggested to describe the multi-dimensional growth that is putting new stresses on the corporate network. The unbridled expansion of local area networks (LANs) comes with issues including how to control the network infrastructure, especially related to allowing users access to data.

In fact, because the amount of network information flowing at any given time can lead to recording and viewing problems, video security systems should not be designed to run on shared database networks but should have their own network. It is an approach that can also take advantage of IT networking innovations designed specifically for the video and physical security marketplace, such as those provided by American Fibertek, Inc. Clearly not all IT is designed for (or suitable for) IP-based video surveillance applications, which is why it can be so beneficial to use IP-based technologies from American Fibertek that are targeted to video applications.