The world has changed significantly over the past 12 months. The world we now live in requires all of us to be more diligent when it comes to public health and safety. Moreover, as markets become increasingly volatile and unpredictable, organisations are looking to technology to create differentiation, increase revenue, reduce costs and deliver a superior customer experience. 

Video Analytics solutions are helping organisations do just that, delivering insights for a multitude of situations that not only help secure your facilities but can also help to drive that highly sought-after differentiation. According to Ecosystem research, the use of Video Analytics will increase by 231% globally in 2021 and more significantly, 257% in ANZ.

With large growth forecast, let’s explore Video Analytics and the benefits that come with such a solution. 

What is Video Analytics from HPE?

A solution set from HPE, our Video Analytics solution can help keep your staff, customers and visitors safe. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology, our Video Analytics solution combines Video Analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to continually monitor your environment in real-time. Delivering alerts, notifications, and trends information that helps ensure your work environment is always safe and protected. 

Additionally, it can empower you to leverage video streams as a source of data for more informed decision-making across a range of business components. 

What does the solution consist of?

The solution that we provide combines:

• HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen 10 Server with Nvidia T4 GPU
• Advisory and Professional Services Consulting
• HikVision Camera and Blackbody

On top of the hardware, the solution also consists of a lot of Smart Stuff, including:

• Facial Recognition capabilities
• People Detection/Counting in Facility capabilities
• Thermal Sensing of staff including blackbody – high accuracy to 0.3◦C
• Big Data Platform
• Capability to scale to check mask/PPE sensing
• Security dashboard and customer dashboard
• Turnkey solution which includes installation, configuration and handover
• 3 years support

Why use Video Analytics?

Implementing a Video Analytics solution can give you a host of benefits across both health and safety, and business development. However, when exploring the benefits, it’s first important to understand the current challenges associated with video data. 

• Exponential data growth – data just continues to be generated and, in most cases, it’s being created too quickly to correctly analyse
• Over-reliance on human intervention – too often, operators are required to detect problems which leads to detection errors and lapses
• After the fact data – analysing the synopsis of a video after the fact is too slow in the digital world, real-time analysis is a must. 

Video Analytics can deliver health and safety benefits including:

• The ability for you to monitor social distancing throughout your facilities
• Capturing of people’s body temperatures upon entry
• A traffic light system for approval of site entry
• For high contact zones, the ability to implement contactless entry and identification
• Continual monitoring of correct PPE use
• Real-time insight into average dwell time and heat mapping
• Instant alerts for any kind of breach

Video Analytics can also deliver a range of other benefits including:

• The ability to add structure to existing and new video capture devices, creating more value and structured insight for you to make more informed business decisions
• Retail or Venue Management – Leverage video data to better understand traffic flows within your facility and optimise the use of your floor space based on customer behaviour. 
• Roadways – Video Analytics from HPE is perfect for managing traffic flows and dwell times at intersections. Additionally, you can monitor pollution and potentially dangerous driving patterns. 
• Warehousing or Manufacturing – Enables the better optimisation of your operations by ensuring compliance and standards through product quality checks, identify missing components, improve ergonomics, and drive productivity and efficiency. 

What do the numbers say? 

In a recent study by Ecosystem, Video Analytics users were asked to elaborate on the benefits they hope to drive from their investments in the coming 18 months. 

• Enhanced Process Monitoring/Alerts – 39% of respondents
• Personalised Products/Services – 34% of respondents
• Product/Service Innovation – 40%
• Better Customer Experience – 34%
• Better Employee Experience – 27%
• Cost Savings – 27%

The role of Video Analytics is not to identify people or to breach the privacy of individuals, but to monitor, compare, count, alert, and improve security. 

To get the advice you need, when you need it, talk to a Video Analytics Specialist today and take the advantage of broad vision and deep insight to keep your people safe, and drive better business outcomes.