Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), once regarded ominously as the advent of Big Brother, is now a familiar part of our lives - indeed, even TV entertainment!

Its advantages are obvious: apart from being both a visible and visual deterrent, it can stay on all the time. It never sleeps! So continuous monitoring of premises and people can be achieved over a wide area; and with new digital systems, there's not only superb picture quality, but there's no more cumbersome tape.

And now, no matter where you are in the world, with the facility of on-line monitoring, using a telephone modem, you can instantly check the security of your premises on your laptop or desktop computer.

Think of CCTV's other uses: in health & safety for example, or production line control, or hazardous process monitoring, or personnel management. Wherever there's a lack of security, potential risk, or concern, CCTV has got it covered.

Increasingly it's becoming standard practice to have central station monitoring of a CCTV system, which means of course that the police and other security agencies can be alerted and on the scene within minutes in an emergency.

In addition, you can even have a camera system that will e-mail you at any time of the day or night to advise you on the security of your premises.

CCTV in the digital age - more information on how CCTV technology has developed recently.

In the vast range of surveillance technology available today, from a modest single camera observation system to a fully integrated system linked to your intruder alarm and access control system, nothing has been spared in producing the highest quality of reliability and performance.

In fact, isn't CCTV the Big Brother you've always wanted?