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Using edge analytics for data centre surveillance


Data centre surveillance has to be practical as it is not only about security  but operational effectiveness.  An example from the article here, is cameras that have face detection in the camera itself.
This means that a Network Operations Centre (NOC) is able to receive a picture of a person working at the data centre and tag the person on each camera.  The path travelled by that person is then automatically recorded by each camera allowing a more accurate analysis of the work being done within a data centre.

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