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Security System News is reporting today on the US Army’s decision to use Mac OS X and Apple servers to run four video surveillance systems. When reliability and security are paramount, says Chris Gettings, Mac OS X is the choice. Chris is the CEO and president of video management software manufacturer VideoNEXT.

“You’re not going to have some of the memory-leak issues that seem to plague different versions of the Windows systems,” he says. “And mission-critical customers appreciate that.”

Additionally, Mr. Pat Mercer, who has actually installed Mac-based systems for “…[a] large government entity” notes that low bandwidth, security and reliability are what those IT departments demand. “That’s where the Mac conversation begins,” he notes.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the US Military using Apple products. In May we saw a story of soldiers using the iPod touch as an in-the-field translator. In December of ’07, we published a post about more wide spread military adoption of Apple hardware and software. Of course, we can’t forget the life-saving iPod.

[Via AppleInsider]

TUAWUS Army video surveillance powered by Apple originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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