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Can a Camera Also Be a Server?
Imagine a surveillance system that didn’t require an entirely separate server. No extra installs required. No annoying connection hassles. No additional equipment or maintenance. Most importantly, imagine eliminating the costs associated with servers and IT racks. We...
Where Are You Storing Your Surveillance Recordings?
There’s more to monitoring your facilities 24/7 than just making sure you have adequate coverage. Storage and cybersecurity are now major considerations when building your surveillance system. Gone are the analog days of recording to tape as modern camera systems are...
New Class of Wiring
If there’s one thing that’s predictable in any given network, it’s that it’ll eventually require more power. In the world we live in, where new, innovative and power-intensive tech is launched regularly, Power over Ethernet (PoE) and other standard options may not be...
Demo Hanwha Cameras in Our Service Center
Surveillance is more than just slapping a camera on your wall and calling it a day. For each project, you’ll need to be able to answer questions such as: How many cameras do you need? What area is covered? Wired or wireless cameras? Fixed or PTZ? Is thermal imaging...
Capital Now Provides Quotes in Excel Format
One by one. Part by part. Line by line. We see you going back and forth between a PDF quote and the Excel spreadsheet you use to manage your project. We feel your pain. Nobody wants to spend time copying info from one document to another as if there’s nothing else to...
Start Jobs with Confidence
Here’s a little secret for making the most of the resources you have. Ready? Pre-fabrication services from Capital. Since prices are increasingly inching up, it’s more important than ever to find ways to get the most out of every purchase. Because in this economy,...
Sumitomo’s FOX Splice Cassettes Get an Update
We often do things the old way until someone presents us with a new one. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave is giving us a new way with their Fiber Optic eXchange (FOX) Cassette which includes one little design change: the mounting ears are removable, making rear loading...
AtlasIED® Continues to Simplify the Commercial Audio Space
The days of requiring an AV expert or engineer to install and teach you how to use your audio system are over. AtlasIED®, a global leader in comprehensive commercial audio solutions, has flipped the script and is turning the complex into something crystal clear....
Reduce Crowding with MiNo Small Diameter Patch Cords from CommScope®
Cat 6A cables are the bee’s knees… but they aren’t flawless. And as the world slowly, but surely, makes the move from Cat 6 to Cat 6A, surprise, surprise, a problem has emerged. The problem? Cat 6A cables fixed the issue with Alien crosstalk, which plagued Cat 6 at...
Clarity Matters in an Emergency
If you’ve been to an airport, you know AtlasIED® products. Those messages about not leaving bags unattended – and really the entire airport speaker system – are their work. But it goes beyond prerecorded messages. A speaker is more than a speaker when it’s an AtlasIED...
Small Diameter Cat 6A Cables from CommScope®
With today’s networks growing larger and larger, and the internet of things including ever more things, space in the cable pathways is getting slimmer. The move from a Cat 6 to Cat 6A, and the introduction of a larger diameter that typically comes with it, is...
Cat 6A: The Future of Enterprise-Level Networks
The future of gigabit ethernet cabling is here. Well… it’s actually been here since 2004. First appearing as SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED X10D from CommScope®, the transition from 6 to 6A started in earnest years later, resulting in Cat 6A being the recommended cable modern...