ONVIF
Founded in 2008, ONVIF is a leading and well-recognized industry forum driving interoperability for IP-based physical security products. The organization has a global member base of established camera, video management system and access control companies and nearly 10,000 Profile conformant products. With Profile S for streaming video; Profile G for recording and storage;
Profile C for physical access control; Profile Q for improved out-of-the-box
functionality, Profile A for broader access control configuration and the Profile T Release Candidate for advanced streaming, ONVIF continues to
work with its members to expand the number of IP interoperability solutions
ONVIF conformant products can provide. Further information about ONVIF conformant products, including the vendors and the conformant models, is available on the ONVIF website: www.onvif.org.
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ONVIF Overview
ONVIF presentation provides an overview of the organization and key milestones along with descriptions and benefits of the ONVIF Profiles.
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ONVIF Profiles for Simplified System Design
Celebrating 10 years as a leading-industry forum driving interoperability for IP-based physical security products. ONVIF profiles make it easy to recognize how ONVIF conformant devices and clients are compatible with one another. The key benefits for system integrators and specifiers are greater p...
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ONVIF Celebrates Global Adoption, Milestones of Success as Part of 10th Anniversary
ONVIF®, the leading global
standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is proud to
celebrate its 10th anniversary, capping off a decade of growth and
rising influence as a provider of interoperability standards to the
physic...
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Highways England to Deploy Standards-based CCTV System Based on ONVIF Open Standards
ONVIF®, the leading global standardisation initiative
for IP-based physical security products, announced today that Highways England has adopted an ONVIF – centric open standards approach
to video technology for the continued expansion an...
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ONVIF Profile A: Bringing New Functionality to Multi-supplier Access Control
-Access control has evolved more slowly due to system longevity and proprietary approach
-Profile A levels the playing field for smaller market manufacturers
-Standards provide freedom of choice for both software and hardware-related decisions
-ONVIF standards co-exist with other standards for a cohesive overall solution
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Interoperability and the Internet of Things
A search for the Internet of Things generates millions of hits on Google on any given day. Searches for Barack Obama and the World Cup generate much fewer hits, to give some perspective. The Internet of Things (IoT) is an idea that many people from across the world are talking about.
There is healthy debate on what constitutes an Internet of Things. Discussions about IoT often center on what IoT might mean to future technologies, product development and sales, without really defining it. Others argue that an Internet of things already exists, made up by the integrations of mobile, network and web-based applications, with Web 3.0 promising to deliver an even more personalized user experience. Some technologists believe that the term IoT only refers to the connection of objects to other objects, and have coined the term ‘Internet of Everything’ instead, which consists of the ‘smart networks’ needed to connect all of these objects.
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Cyber Security’s Balancing Act Between Availability and Protection
· As many as 50 billion IoT devices are estimated to be connected to a network in the next three years
· The IoT and the cloud presents both great opportunities for data and availability but also high cyber security risks for organizations
· ONVIF standards for interoperability incorporates industry recognized best practices for cyber security
· Manufacturers, end users and systems integrators can all take steps to improve cyber security
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ONVIF Profile C: Building Interoperability Standards For Physical Access Control
ONVIF is an open industry forum for the development of a global standard for the interface of IP-based physical security products, and it is committed to the adoption of IP within the security market. Founded in 2008, ONVIF has operated under the premise that to reach true interoperability of IP-enabled security products the industry needed to implement a unique standard allowing the devices to interoperate without adversely impacting performance. Although many products have adopted the ONVIF specification, it is the latest development of the draft specification Profile C that now brings physical access control (PAC) into the mix. The third profile to be developed by ONVIF, Profile C enables the design of an IP-based access control system: Profile S covers video and audio streaming and Profile G encompasses the storage, searching, retrieval and playback of media on devices or clients that support recording capabilities and on-board storage.
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