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Recent Posts
The importance of the CCTV Operational Requirement
Mark Harraway, Country Manager at Controlware explores the importance of the Operational Requirement. However, one of the biggest issues facing consultants is managing customer expectations and creating the CCTV Operational Requirement (OR). It’s ...
CCTV consultants: Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Mark Harraway, Country Manager at Controlware explains why CCTV consultants are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea…. Consultants are also placed in a difficult position of having to talk to manufacturers to understand what is bei...
A little CCTV knowledge is a dangerous thing…
Mark Harraway, Country Manager at Controlware explains why a little CCTV knowledge is a dangerous thing. There have been some interesting and conflicting industry comments regarding the Home Office Scientific Development Branch’s (HOSDB) newly prop...
The CCTV industry needs to stand up and be better regulated
Mike Tolley, Principal Consultant at Cogent (fm) Solutions, looks at the issues that concern the CCTV industry. Today Mike looks at the importance of service and the need for wider industry regulation. The CCTV security industry as a whole does noth...
The security industry and CCTV surveillance systems need standards
Mike Tolley, Principal Consultant at Cogent (fm) Solutions, looks at the issues that concern the CCTV industry. Today Mike argues the need for standards. I still believe that there are huge amounts of good business to be had, but it is all too often...
Buy cheap CCTV surveillance systems buy twice
Mike Tolley, Principal Consultant at Cogent (fm) Solutions, looks at the issues that concern the CCTV industry. Today Mike identifies a worrying trend that ‘cheapest is best’. I believe that the more recent companies entering the marketp...

