ONVIF held a panel discussion at May’s IFSEC show that debated a number of issues relating to IP interoperability initiatives in the security industry. Briefly: ONVIF is the US-based standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products.
Chaired by Mark Rowe, Editor of Professional Security Magazine, the panel discussed the market’s perception of the effectiveness of interoperability initiatives for IP security devices and how ONVIF’s interoperability specification has made strides in the market. Since its introduction four years ago, ONVIF now has more than 1900 conformant products and nearly 400 member companies. Panellists also discussed how end users are driving demand for more open systems from manufacturers, which is compelling integrators and consultants to become educated on interoperability initiatives to offer non-proprietary solutions to their customers.
The panel included Jonas Andersson, Chairman, ONVIF Steering Committee; Gary Wong, Senior Research Analyst, Video Surveillance and Security Services, IMS Research and Ross Dorman, Managing Director for Chordell Solutions, an Oxford, UK-based systems integration consultancy. Andersson presented an educational update about ONVIF’s work as part of IFSEC’s Next Generation CCTV Theater, furthering the group’s efforts to raise the profile of interoperability specifications through events at major security conferences. Such events include the recent ISC West trade show and conference in Las Vegas as well as the upcoming Security Essen conference in Germany in September.
ONVIF will also launch an online webinar training course that offers a basic overview of the security industry standards landscape, and additional details about the mission and objectives of ONVIF and the core specification and the conformance process. The online training can be accessed at http://www.tavcom.com/our-courses/distance-learning.html.
Further information about ONVIF conformant products, including the vendors and the conformant models, is available on ONVIF’s website: www.onvif.org.
