Almost every business, and certainly every retail store, deploys some form of video surveillance. But most of the time, cameras don’t provide much value beyond theft prevention.
Cisco has found a way to change that with the new Cisco Meraki MV12W minidome camera. Armed with onboard analytics, it can analyze customer foot traffic, figure out demographic information or even alert staffers that someone might need assistance.
It also functions extremely well as a security camera at the same time, especially with its night vision capabilities, which operate in total darkness.
Although tiny and unobtrusive, every MV12W is like a miniature surveillance system. It has 256 gigabytes of internal storage and connects to the rest of the network through a CAT 5 cable, which also allows for cloud backup and supports Power over Ethernet.
Setup of one or 100 MV12Ws is extremely easy using the Cisco Meraki dashboard, which can also manage other Cisco equipment. It’s easy to configure video walls to watch over different sections of a facility, and no special equipment is required to watch live or recorded feeds. Any user with access can tap into the system using a browser or smartphone.