CISCO.
The international company Cisco was founded in 1984 by a group of scientists from Stanford University and began its business with the development of network technologies and the creation of routers based on the IP protocol.
Since 1993, the company has acquired more than 120 companies in related areas and has become one of the leaders in the development of IP technologies, the creation of local, global networks and IP telephony.
In 2008, Cisco entered a new market for itself — IP video surveillance and security systems.
Now it produces and supplies network equipment, software and integrated solutions to the market, on the basis of which it is possible to build IP video systems for small, medium, large and geographically distributed objects.
Today Cisco is one of the 40 leading companies in the world and is a multinational corporation with a staff of more than 66,000 people, having more than 200 branches in 54 countries.
It is the third largest company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Cisco's turnover in 2008 was $1.5 billion, and its net profit reached $1.1 billion.
The company's headquarters are in San Jose, California.
Cisco equipment can be used to create fully functional, easily expandable IP video surveillance and security systems that combine in a single architecture equipment for video recording, broadcasting digital video, audio and information data over a network, as well as software for managing IP devices, recording, storing and playing video data and analyzing video materials.
Users are provided with comprehensive solutions using wired and wireless IP cameras, routers, video servers, video recorders, RAID arrays and Cisco software.
The Cisco IP video surveillance camera line includes wired and wireless models of standard and high resolution with high-quality image transmission under various lighting conditions.
For example, wired day-night IP cameras with a resolution of up to D1 transmit video in MPEG-4 format, support Power-over-Ethernet technology, and when installed in a thermal housing can operate in outdoor conditions.
Wireless IP cameras have the same characteristics and use the wireless data transmission standard 802.11b/g/n.
IP cameras with HD resolution are also available, which use the H.264 compression algorithm and transmit video at a speed of 30 fps.
Depending on the scale of the facility, special Cisco ISR (Integrated Service Router) 2800 and 3800 series routers can be used as the core of the IP video surveillance system. These routers are capable of playing the role of a single platform in the system, possessing all the functions for receiving video from analog or wired/wireless IP cameras, viewing video in real time, recording and storing it.
The free slots of these devices can be used to install AVG (Analog Video Gateway) modules, which are 16-port video servers with support for the H.264 format and remote control of PTZ functions of cameras, as well as Cisco VMSS (Video Management and Storage System) modules, which will allow you to manage the recording process and video archive.
For multi-channel IP video systems, Cisco has developed Cisco Video Surveillance Manager software, which can be used to manage IP video surveillance systems.
It has a modular structure, supports web monitoring, recording and storage of audio and video files, and provides authorized access to recorded and/or current video images for local and remote users from anywhere on the network.
The software includes the Video Surveillance Media Server module for managing all video sources in the system, the Video Surveillance Operations Manager module for remote configuration of equipment and integration into system applications, and the Virtual Matrix module with virtual matrix switch functions.
Cisco software has an open architecture and is compatible with IP devices from many well-known manufacturers.
All Cisco IP video surveillance equipment has Russian certificates of conformity, Russified documentation, and allows you to create IP video systems using a minimum number of devices.
It provides a lower cost of ownership, quick return on investment, a high degree of system protection and data security, and the ability to integrate with other systems.
As part of a comprehensive program for creating IP video surveillance solutions, the company not only produces devices, system nodes, and software, but also provides service support for systems and conducts training for specialists.