15/02/2011. The commercialization of video surveillance systems increased by 80 percent over the last three years, reported the president of the National Chamber of Commerce of Cárdenas and owner of the company Computab, distributor of surveillance systems, Rubén Padrón García. And at the same time that demand rose, the price to the public of them was reduced, by about 60 percent, because of having costs of 16 thousand pesos in 2008, this year they can be obtained by the payment of 6 thousand 500 pesos.
It is, he explained, the same surveillance equipment, which consists of 4 video cameras and a link via the Internet to a remote monitoring equipment, so that the entrepreneur can know what is happening in his company without being present in it. At the same time, Padrón García stressed that this investment is initial and practically unique, since later only the payment to the Internet connection must be maintained. Regarding the effectiveness, the businessman commented that the record of robberies within the shops decreased, in that period of three years, by 75 percent, since when a person with bad intentions arrives at a store, when observing the cameras he withdraws from his plans.
In addition, he said, ant theft from employees was also reduced by 70 percent, because they are aware of being observed, which brings an additional benefit, which is the increase in productivity. Regarding the memory of the DVRs, he explained that the storage of the video recordings has minimums of 15 days, up to terms of several months, so this helps to solve robberies and losses of objects of the past days. On the impact of that expense on the profits of companies, he accepted that it can be up to 12 percent of the income of companies. On the other hand, the leader of the hoteliers, Omar Medina Espinoza, pointed out that the companies of the turn have areas suitable for surveillance, such as receptions and entertainment rooms, so they apply an investment of five to eight percent with respect to profits.
Investment or expense?
Video monitoring systems in closed circuits are booming among establishments in the commerce and services sector, both for the safety of their customers and visitors, and to deter the reduction of inventories via the same collaborators of the organization. In this regard, the president of the National Association of Private Security Companies (ANESPAC), Juan Manuel Trujeque Rusi, said that there is a diversity of offers, which are even accessible in department stores.
Depending on the need of the buyer can disburse in the acquisition of a video surveillance system, from 12 thousand to 25 thousand pesos, this in the catalog available for companies in the commercial sector. Prices change, added the businessman, when the client is a company of the industrial turn, because there change dimensions and environmental conditions of the space that is going to be monitored.
Source: tabascohoy.com
