Security System News reports, that the government has switched from only using Dell’s Windows based computer systems to now using both Windows, Red Hat Linux and Mac OS X.
It is the CEO and President of the video surveillance company VideoNext, Chris Gettings, that has confirmed that it has been easier to install video surveillance for Mac OS X rather than on Dell’s windows computers, and that Apple and Unix/Linux are attractive to government customers because of reliability and ease of use.
You’re not going to have some of the memory-leak issues that seem to plague different versions of the Windows systems. And mission-critical customers appreciate that.
Throughout the entire article, Chris Gettings keeps mentioning how superior Mac OS X and Unix/Linus are, compared to Windows, and he is quoted: “with Apple they couple the Unix reliability with a world-class user interface. That’s the stumbling block on Red Hat. It’s a little bit complicated … The user interface for Apple is marvelous. It’s so easy to use and intuitive. It’s the hallmark of the platform.” Chris Gettings also mentions that he was able to install 60 cameras on one Apple server, that according to the specifications has the same performance abilities as a Dell or HP server that can only serve 50 cameras.
Also according to Pat Mercer, Security Division Lead at Siemens Building Technologies, Apple is the best solution for video surveillance: “the initial reaction with the IT department was not positive, but when you ask them what their requirements are, they say, ‘low bandwidth, and I need to make sure nothing is going to hack into my network via your system.’ That’s where the Mac conversation begins. The viruses, hacking, all of those things are dramatically minimized with Apple and it eliminates a lot of those challenges.”
Pat Mercer is right now working on two commercial Apple-based installations, and in both cases the initial presentations were Windows-based. He mentions that Apple was able to keep the price point the same to the end user, and even increase the performance by delivering more power, more storage, easier usability, all at the same price point to the customer.
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