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employ
Volume a 27 wide variety of technologies them are wildly expensive
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2018 almost
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to achieve this, but these benefits impossible to justify as an expense.
come at a cost.
Many of these systems require a PC to run
Most of these require dedicated com- the software and hardware along with a net-
puters or even a rack of equipment, work connection.
specialized user interfaces or expen- This decreases their effectiveness
sive and often customized software to because they are left open to cy-
be integrated into an existing system.
ber-attack through network cards,
There aren’t many industry standards USB ports, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
for this technology either.
cards.
These systems require extra training
for operators and maintenance usually
must be done by the company that cre-
ated the system, not to mention many of
Because of cost, complexity and customi-
zation, the market has been slow to adopt
this highly-effective yet challenging tech-
nology.
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