After one of our customers sent us a video of a garage fire incident, the event really showcased one of the benefits of storing your video recordings on the cloud storage. Not only was the footage recovered even though the camera burnt, but he was...
This is a time-lapsed video of a garage fire captured with a Foscam IP camera. The footage was saved in the cloud with Camcloud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOyLdwdZM1I The fire was quickly caught in the garage and within minutes the entire building was in flames. The owner tried dousing the...
About 2 years ago we discussed the future of video surveillance, where Martin Gren - the co-founder of the Swedish IP Camera manufacturer Axis Communications - offered an interesting list of trends that showed where the technology of video surveillance was headed, including the strides...
If you're using your IP camera as a monitoring tool that's saving videos (or images) when motion takes place, then you will want to spend some time adjusting your camera's motion detection settings. This means ensuring the available settings are optimized for the particular scene...
There’s no question Dropcam is getting a lot of buzz these days. They have a well designed IP camera and cloud storage service to go along with it. Yet, there are many reasons you might want to consider an alternative. Here are three: 1. Use Your...
Update (Mar. 25th, 2015): This old post is not relevant anymore. No need to hack away with the streams from Foscam. Just setup your camera in Camcloud like you would any other. 1. First Add your Foscam camera type with any name: 2. Now add your credentials....
The popularity of consumer-grade IP cameras (sometimes known as WiFi or network cameras) continues to grow by some estimates more than 40% annually with IP cameras surpassing analog cameras in sales. With this growth in device sales has come demand for features that bring more value...
CCTV or closed-circuit television has been around for years. Its history dates back to the 1940s believe it or not, but it really took off in the 70s. Traditionally its involved dedicated analog video systems and wiring, and it's been used mostly by security professionals....
What is VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service)? Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software delivery model that is sweeping the IT world. Software and associated data are centrally hosted in a cloud computing environment and accessed over the Internet. This differs from the traditional...
