Value in the surveillance market is moving from evidence collection to business insights. The speed at which video surveillance is captured, stored, accessed, and analyzed for real-time decision making is now critical to business success.

With an increasing number of connected devices, it is no surprise that that internet video surveillance traffic increased 72 percent in 2016, and it is expected to increase sevenfold between 2016 and 2021 (Source: Cisco VNI). And globally, in 2021, it is anticipated that 3.4 percent of all internet video traffic will be due to video surveillance.

Law enforcement is more often turning to body-worn cameras (BWC) to more accurately collect evidence and provide greater transparency. BWCs capture real-time, high resolution video to provide effective evidence and need to operate continuously all day in all types of weather extremes. Video from BWCs only adds to the volume of video from existing cameras in patrol vehicles and various facility locations.

Law enforcement agencies are quickly realizing their existing storage solutions and budgets are at the breaking point; trying to effectively and efficiently capture and store petabytes of data.

Transportation surveillance is complex, with a large number of cameras capturing constant motion, like people and cargo moving through cities and high-traffic hubs. In the United States alone, over 10 billion trips were taken using public transportation; that’s more than 13 times the number of domestic airline flights.

Transportation agencies are struggling to efficiently maintain the sheer number of cameras and manage the exponential volume of video data they are generating. Their job is further complicated by rapidly improving camera technology, the need for real-time analytics, and expanded retention demands — days to years. To address these issues, the transportation industry needs a well thought out storage strategy that includes high performance for real-time analytics and capacity needs for 24/7 surveillance systems and cameras.