In a recent report IMS Research estimated that by 2014 more than 50% of all network cameras shipped will be HD or of megapixel resolution. At the same time, ABI Research forecasts the total video surveillance market to approach $17 billion in 2011, including not only cameras and network video recorders but also cabling, other infrastructure, professional services, and software. Law enforcement agencies and privacy advocates all over the world have long debated over the usefulness or merits of pervasive CCTV coverage versus their cost and the more disturbing coercive effect their presence has on free speech, yet for “security” solution providers the debate lays elsewhere: internet protocol (IP) cameras versus analogue closed circuit TV (CCTV) video surveillance
