Traditional security camera systems where designed with the security cameras sending an analog signal to a VHS tape for recording the daily events. These archaic systems had several limitations on the size of recorded video, the details of the live and recorded images, and the accessibility for remote users. IP security cameras have evolved the market into megapixel images, VOIP audio, event detection, SD card recording, embedded analytics, notifications and signals from the edge.

The advancement of IP cameras has lead a revolution into a decentralized concept, where computers are no longer required for the security camera system to function. This concept has begun to reduce the overall cost of a surveillance system, and has increased their technological features. Giving each camera it’s own dedicated motherboard, RAM and storage allows for dedicated processing power on the cameras image. For example, if the camera is inside a dark store, however it’s bright and sunny outside, and the camera can set up a custom exposure to compensate for the lighting conditions. This camera is using it’s own resources to achieve this effect in contrast to the traditional system that has to share the limited resources of the PC with all the cameras on the system.