The Awera blog

Plain answers, working features, and real nights on camera.

Everything here is written for the person responsible for a building and its cameras. Three kinds of article: the questions people ask before they buy, how each part of Awera works, and one story per kind of place.

Questions people ask

Direct answers to what buyers ask before they commit.

Questions people askWill it work on my cameras? Getting startedDo you need new cameras, how long does it take, and what does it actually notice? The questions people ask before getting started.Read → 7 min readQuestions people askWho sees what, and when does it speak up? Privacy and alertsWhere the footage goes, how long it is kept, whether faces are recognised, and how many false alerts you will get.Read → 7 min readQuestions people askWhat does it cost, and what is it like to live with?What you pay, whether it replaces guards, what 24/7 monitoring really costs today, and what a normal week looks like once it is running.Read → 7 min readThe problemYour CCTV records everything, but watches nothing.Most footage is only ever opened after something has gone wrong - and by then it is already too late.Read → 3 min readGetting startedDoes it work with my existing cameras?The short answer is yes. There is nothing to rip out and replace.Read → 2 min readThe numbersWhat does it really cost to monitor your building's cameras?A wall of monitors and a guard in a chair feels like security. Put a number on it, and the maths gets uncomfortable.Read → 4 min read

How Awera works

One part of the product at a time, in plain language.

ExplainerWhat is CCTV intelligence, in plain language?No jargon. Here is what it actually means for your cameras to understand what they see.Read → 3 min readIn practice8 things Awera catches that a guard watching screens misses.Specific beats abstract. Eight real moments that routinely slip past a tired pair of eyes.Read → 6 min read

One place, one night

A real kind of building, a real stretch of time, and what the cameras saw.

First article coming soon.