People place security at a premium nowadays and who wouldn’t want to be able to view their security videos on the go? In response to this need, videoNext – developer of surveillance software and physical security information management solutions recently announced that its mobile video app is currently available in the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
A range of customers from large organizations, to small businesses to consumers are provided with remote video monitoring features over WiFi and 3G networks anywhere, with videoNext’s Cavu, Cavu Free and Cavu Pro. The iPhone and iPod Touch can now benefit from videoNext’s video surveillance application, Security Knowledge Manager (SKM), thanks to the Cavu family of mobile surveillance.
“Our CAVU offerings are the top mobile surveillance applications available at the Apple App Store. They are the most comprehensive surveillance and security applications available on Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch today,” commented Andriy Fomenko, vice president & chief technology officer for videoNEXT. “The iPhone is an ideal mobile platform for viewing your security cameras, and our two-way streaming of video is nothing short of ground breaking.”
There are three versions of Cavu available. Cavu Free is available free of cost and enables users to directly connect to IP cameras (Axis and Panasonic BB & BL Series) and monitor them remotely. Cavu can connect to any of videoNext’s SKM video management solutions (SKM-Cirrus, SKM-Stratus and SKM-Altus). Users can view live camera matrix, live full screen video with pan, tilt and zoom controls, playback of recorded video from any camera, real-time alarm/event log with video playback, and alarm acknowledgement. Apparently, it costs around $19.99.
Finally, the Cavu Pro is the most expensive solution costing around $49.99. It possesses features of Cavu, plus multi-server capability. With the help of the iPhone’s camera, it streams video back to any SKM-video management system. Additionally, it provides GPS position tracking on Google Earth maps and allows the use of pan-tilt-zoom pre-sets.