In 2020, Watcher Surveillance Solutions was approached by Plantation Farms, a third-generation family farming operation in the south of Boksburg, to provide a farm security solution to assist in reducing crop losses due to theft.

Estate upgrades and enhances its security through a partnership between surveillance specialist Watcher and the incumbent guarding company.

Looking beyond the hype and all the marketing optimism about AI and cloud services in the security market, there are significant benefits to incorporating the two into an estate’s security operation.

Watcher Surveillance Solutions provides an off-site Surveillance Operating Centre (SOC), offering a cloud-based video management system that manages customers’ video feeds using the latest in-video analytics and artificial intelligence.

Organisations need security systems that are reliable, intelligent, efficient and aimed at optimising the guarding component in order to adapt to their environments.

Amid a rising tide of manipulated and AI-generated footage, the add-on will equip the surveillance industry with a shared, standards-based way to establish where video came from and whether it has remained unaltered.

Cloud-based, AI-powered surveillance monitoring platform cuts operator alert fatigue and response times, and becomes DeepAlert's primary monitoring platform for security companies and control rooms worldwide.

SMART Security Solutions received a 128 GB SanDisk microSD card for the video surveillance market to put to the test. The storage card is designed for edge-recording cameras, dashcams, and more.

Independent analyst firms rank Genetec as global leader in video management software. Research shows continued market share gains for Genetec as both the VMS and VSaaS markets continue to expand worldwide.