This article discusses how cloud computing affects video surveillance.

1. How will advancements in cloud computing affect video surveillance?
Moving video to and from the cloud is a complicated matter because of the sheer volume of video data
that can rapidly amass within even a single organization.
While advancements in networking and storage make it possible to move to cloud applications like
offsite archiving, the real question is how will advancements in video surveillance affect cloud
computing. Applications that structure video and make it searchable turn raw video information into
rich information that can be processed and acted upon rapidly.
Tagging video with faces, transactions, movement, color and more makes sense of the video but also
provides a basis for knowing what video to move between a local network and the cloud. This opens the
door to more meaningful cloud applications such as offsite analysis, investigations, cross-organizational
alerts, and more.