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Naming ONVIF profiles: It’s more than just alphabet soup

Have you ever wondered how the different profiles of ONVIF are named? While it may seem like a bit of alphabet soup, there is a method to the madness. ONVIF profiles, which support a specific set of functionalities, are represented by a letter to designate the general area of functionality, for example, Profile S for…

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Celebrating Your Successes with ONVIF

For more than 15 years, ONVIF has been at the forefront of developing standards that ensure interoperability between hardware and software products from a variety of manufacturers. This effort has greatly simplified the decision-making process for systems integrators and security end users, allowing them to choose the best technology to suit their specific applications. With…

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ONVIF reaches new milestone of 30,000 conformant products

ONVIF was very pleased to reach another milestone recently – reaching more than 30,000 conformant products that conform to our interoperability specifications. This new milestone means that the number of ONVIF conformant, interoperable products has doubled in the last three years and tripled since 2018. Security system integrators and end users around the world rely…

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Member profile: Qumulex

With Josh Bowman, Director of Product Management, Qumulex What does your company do? What services, or products, do you provide? Qumulex has created QxControl, a cloud-based video & access control solution that offers an open platform, single pane of glass to manage security. QxControl is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that is available…

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Open standards: ONVIF Profiles can ensure future-proofing success

Security technology professionals are well acquainted with the challenge of seamlessly integrating newer security products and services into their existing network of security technology. Retail businesses often need higher resolution or other specialty camera technology for specific applications, while multi-location organizations at times need to deploy new access control card reader technology without completely overhauling…

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