7 things to consider before getting a surveillance system
Use of CCTV and other surveillance system in the last decade grew substantially. Getting a security and surveillance solutions can be a bit confusing especially if it’s the first time. What we would recommend is to have a clear goal and course of immediate needs and adaptability to the changes of your business.
1. Determine your immediate needs
The first step is to establish your need of a surveillance system and your objectives in doing so. Some establishments get these services for monitoring their properties remotely especially those far and wide. While others get surveillance system to monitor and analyze patterns of transactions, like shopping patterns of people in a grocery store. There are a lot more purpose of getting a surveillance system and it is important that you set yours definitely before getting one.
2. Device and database
In some cases, a high-resolution surveillance system and fast streaming or data transfer is a necessity. For small spaces, a system with lower specifications might do the job. Pixel8 Web Solutions offers the brands Dahua and HIK Vision which provides a wide variety of hardwares for any of your needs. Image quality, ability to pan/tilt, wheatherproofness and other specifics should be considered in selecting the device that you will purchase.
Pixel8 Hardware Package – Hik Vision
3. Location and placement
Consider the location and positioning of the surveillance camera(s). Business surveillance cameras are best to be placed on entrances, exits and customer transaction points. Home surveillance cameras are best placed in front door with entrance view and at your backdoor with backview of the house. It’s also common to install camera on children’s room to monitor activity and safety.
4. Installation
While some prefer to DIY others recommend to get professional installation of surveillance camera. Professionals help you determine best viewing angles for your objective. They will provide walk-through and you may ask them questions or request placement on specific areas you’d like to monitor. Experts will provide tips on manipulating your device and getting the most out of it as they’ve worked with almost all kinds of surveillance systems.
If you are planning to DIY this article may help you go at it: 5 Best Places To Install CCTV In Your Home
5. Maintenance and upgrade
The importance of knowing your device is that you can maximize its capacity. Visit HIK Vision and Dahua official website to get updates and tips on how to take care of your device and system. Most makers and providers of surveillance systems include maintenance or insurance in their package if you want to have it. There’s also tons of forums and blogs regarding troubleshooting of these devices.
Pixel8 Hardware Package – Dahua
6. Potential upgrade to meet changes in your needs
In choosing a security solution, it is suggested that you look at long-term goals as you would the immediate needs. The business models changes so quickly that you’ll end up being left behind if you don’t consider future plans. If for example you’re planning to expand your covered space in the future, you can opt to get a a camera with a little wider specification topping it up with a few bucks instead of buying a brand new camera when it finally comes. In the long run, you may find yourself needing to upgrade to Network/IP cameras from analog systems. Network/IP capture image digitally and transmit video thus providing real-time footage wherever you are as long as you’re connected online. Strategic planning and anticipation to meet the needs is the key to get on with the business and save costs.
7. Cost and ROI
We are investing on improvements expecting benefits and return of investment. For one, security and being able to secure safety in your house and business premises 24/7 is such a bargain you can trade. Surveillance system is also used in research and development, to observe patterns in customer flow, transactions and exchanges. Having surveillance system within your premises also adds credibility to your establishment, assuring people that safety and security is a priority. You’ll get ROI secondary to customer experience which is a strong game in business trends.
Information System for Health Care Facilities and Why It’s Essential
Hospitals and other health care facilities process hundreds to thousands of transaction per day in various units – all of equal importance. While modern countries fully implement computer based application on most institutions if not all, in Philippines we still use the good old ways of doing tasks. As good as it was, it can’t keep up on the demands of our workplace. Hospitals for examples file decades-worth of patient’s data that needs to be available in a quick search. Most of our hospitals do this manually.
Advantages of Information System to Hospitals
Apart from providing a unified system for all units on the hospital these are the other uses of information system to hospitals:
1. Faster facilitation of laboratory requests and relaying of results
2. Accurate dispensing of medicine from pharmacy
3. Easy registration of inpatients and outpatients consults
4. Automated scheduling and settings of appointments to doctors
5. Tracking of patient’s expenses and payments
6. Efficient stocking and dispensing system for hospital supplies
7. Dispatching work orders for maintenance works
8. Quick timekeeping and payroll services
9. Safe and organized storage for charts, records and other data
10. Circulating memo and announcements all over the hospital
There are few ready-made software that are being sold in the market to do some of those tasks. These software however are not customized to work specifically to each institution.
Pixel8 Web Solutions creates information systems tailored fit to each business following strict and meticulous attention to details.
For more information regarding our Information System packages you may check out IS package or contact us.
Why should you get a website for your hobbies?
Everyone has something they like to do their free time. The beauty of a website for your own hobby is that it’s your free space and only people who are interested would look at it. Sure you can post all about your interests in your personal social media account but not many would welcome repetitive activities. By getting your own website, you can post and regulate as much post of the same kind, discussing the same topics, indulging in the same things over and over again and you won’t get flagged for it. It also provides a creative space that would add credibility to your craft that boosts your self-esteem to be open about what like doing best.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Personal snapshots piling up somewhere in your hard drive with no one to show it? Show it to the world! Showcase them in a gallery type website. You don’t have to put it out there to be bought – just a little creative space. And you open them up for a possible sale or even better a commissioned work. It’s also proven to boost will to keep taking photos if you have someone to show it. Modern design for website portfolio optimizes your work’s exposure to endless possibilities.
NATURE AND BACKPACKING
Document your spontaneous adventures going out and about through a website. Build your bucket list and update your site as you go on with it. You can post a review, DIY itinerary, guides and hack for outdoor experiences. Take breath-taking pictures and post it on your website. It’s like keeping a digital online! Take people on journeys they couldn’t take and inspire them to go on their own adventures.
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Do you love knitting? Painting? Pottery? Or just about any random craft you love to do with when you’re not tied with your professional life? Put it up on a personal website. Inspire to create nice things because the world deserve more of it. We provide a simple and minimalistic layout to highlight every detail of your craft!
COOKING AND BAKING
Who doesn’t love a hot home-cook meal? Food is one of mankind’s greatest joys. Everyone can eat but not everyone can cook. If you are lucky to make people’s mouth water just by looking at your cooked / baked goods, make them ask for more!
GAMING AND GADGETS
Document your digital entertainment for other enthusiasts. Build your real life connections just as you would in a video game. Provide feedback and reviews for new gadgets, film exciting unboxing and upload it. Pick your favourite, feature handpick items and maybe even get paid for it. You only have to enjoy what you’re doing and share it to people who find it interesting.
MOVIES AND MUSIC
We’d love to setup our own movie and music review website because who doesn’t love a post grand cinematic experience or a life changing music you heard for the first time? Now you don’t have to feel guilty about flooding your social media profile of
We make good things out of the things we like doing. Sign up for your own personal website now and you might just make a living out of something you enjoy!
Mobile Website Vs. Mobile App: What Should You Get
Limiting your website capacity to only fully function on desktop is almost just as bad as not having a website at all. We became dependent on our mobile device for almost a anything – pay our bills, shop, check destinations, manage our schedule and connect to the interwebs. There’s really no question whether you should get a mobile version for your own website or not. Some of us would go on though for a quest to find out whether to get a mobile website or a mobile app.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Mobile Website
The mobile Web refers to browser-based Internet services accessed from handheld mobile devices, such as smartphones or feature phones, through a mobile or other wireless network.
Mobile website made by Pixel8
It’s usually included in the price of designing your website that works with both iOS and android system. Although it’s low to almost no cost for maintenance there’s no push notifications or offline access. Poor web design can cause problems like: performance issues, cluttered design and unresponsiveness.
Preferable for:
Website that provides short and quick information
Process of simple transactions
Excellent web design support for mobiles
Mobile Application
A mobile app is a computer program designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone/tablet or watch. Mobile applications often stand in contrast to desktop applications that run on desktop computers, and with web applications which run in mobile web browsers rather than directly on the mobile device.
Its advantages include push notifications, offline access, optimum performance for mobile devices, smart design. However, getting a mobile application costs extra expense and licensing for app / android stores.
Preferable for:
A wide catalogue or gallery of products
Multi-transactions like online banking or payment systems
Newsfeed for articles or blogs that can be read on the go
The Verdict
If you have loads of funds for marketing you can absolutely get both and get better results. But if you have a limited financing, you can just get the right one and save the other for later. Mostly if you need to provide an offline touch base for your customers, you can get the app. You can use a well done website design to work for mobiles, too – by sticking to the mobile version and polishing it to fit nicely and work perfectly.
You can never go wrong with Pixel8 Web Solutions whatever choice you come up with choice because make mobile apps that works well on all devices tested on iOS and android devices. We also make websites that is mobile ready if you opt to have that.
Bag, Shoes, Clothes and Everything Flashy for Online Shopping
Who wants bags? And shoes? Maybe the right question is who doesn’t? We all love a good pair of treat now and then. This is why the demand Want to hop in on the online shopping craze? Do you have a home grown business of bags, or accessories?
Get a guaranteed digital solutions for your online shop.
Get your own website! Handpick a product and feature everything you love about it in your own space.
Create your own unbounded catalog.
Get you a system to facilitate taking orders, payment and shipping.
Save your energy only to do tasks that can’t be done by technology yet.
We are offering content management along with web development so we can continue to curate the online shop for you. You can focus on expanding your market and strategizing supply and demand.
Website Development for Online Selling
Big online shops didn’t grow overnight. They are made up careful planning and sometimes risky takes because marketing breaks doesn’t come in comfort zones. We primarily develop websites customized to a business needs. The thought process is simple, put ourselves in the shoes of our clients and think: what would we want our customer to see so they buy what I’m selling. By investing on a website, you invest on valuing customer experience which is a real treat if you want to keep you customers and expand your market out of your existing customer base.
Social Media Marketing
Social Media marketing is a hot pot for all online sellers at the moment. It became so powerful that one would think they won’t need any other medium to sell their products. You can do better though! We can help expand your business to other platforms, reaching out to untouched market. We can run ads and schedule posts in a strategically not wasting any money on unnecessary advertisements. At Pixel8, we have a dedicated team for social media marketing as part of our comprehensive digital marketing plan.
Content Management
Feature your products like how one will put it in a centerfold without having to pay the cost! Create contents that would sell your products then and there. The digital age makes everything instant and fast that it lacks the human touch. Don’t get disconnected by leaving your business dangling online and just getting fed to unlikely customers. Who pays attention to ads that seems like spam, right? Targeted advertising is the key to effective marketing.
Some of the most successful online stores using Instagram as their market place
1. Neon Island Instagram – 69k+ followers
2. indioeyewear – 12k+ followers
3. happyskin_ph – 170k+ followers
4. shopseektheunique – 46k+ followers
5. shopisola – 4k+ followers
6. Heir Clothing – 3k+ followers
Making of Sleek, Efficient and Still Official Government Websites
Pixel8 complies with the requirements of iGov.ph with all its related projects
Government websites are the least websites we’d want to go. We visit government websites only if we need to, why? There could be few deep-rooted reasons we want to do as little as possible with the government and we can’t really resolve it all here. One reason why most us would just bother to go to physical offices, fall in line for hours and just take our business there, we don’t trust the online system of our government services. It could either be poorly designed, unresponsive or just not made comprehensively.
Pixel8 Web Solutions and Consultancy is revolutionizing the government website game by carefully planning the outcome. We’ve worked with a few challenging projects from the government and it’s never easy. But that’s our job – make difficult things easy for the user.
Did you know that there are very specific rules in creating a website for a government-funded institutions? Yes, and there’s a 16 page PDF file of it.
Description and Interface Requirements
1. Vertical Measurements
Government websites should be designed using a responsive framework with a standard width of 1190px on regular screens that scales down gracefully on smaller devices of 320px in width. This would allow the website visitor to access the website content on multiple types of devices. Website layout should be based on a twelve column grid layout that scales down to a one layout on the smallest of
mobile devices.
2. Homepage Section
A government homepage is broken down to seven (7) major sections. These are the top bar, masthead, auxiliary menu (optional), banner, content area, agency footer and standard footer.
– inner page : with 6 sections (top bar, masthead, auxiliary menu, content area, agency footer, standard footer)
3. Content Area Placeholders
The content area may only be divided into four, three, two and one column(s).
4. Section Components
– republic seal
– main navigation
– search bar
Here’s the complete specifications from iGov.ph http://i.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Website-Template-General-Guidelines-Dec.-14-2013.pdf
We have completed a project to develop Pilar Sorsogon Local Government website and it’s one of the projects we could easily be proud of. We get the pleasure of completing a website that could help deliver better service to public, make information sharing easier, and migrating transactions online, cutting off unnecessary trips to physical offices.
Cool in School: Smart and Light Websites
How many among us wished we had a better school website? I have! Schools and school organizations disseminate information to thousands of students every now and then and the task can be quite overwhelming if not chaotic. This challenges the traditional way we do things. Most school administrator and/or school organization leaders stick with what has always been done, not necessarily effective.
Imagine inviting a group people to attend to a meeting, getting everyone’s response, tracking and updating for any adjustments. Or during enrollment, students signing up for different subjects and finding the best schedules for their back subjects. What if there’s a system that could handle all these tasks. Now you don’t have to imagine because there’s certainly web service fix for that – an efficiently done school website.
5 Well Done School Websites
Here’s a list, in no particular order, of best school websites we curated from various sites on the internet for you:
1. Mapúa University – https://www.mapua.edu.ph/
2. International School Manila – http://www.ismanila.org/
3. University of Santo Tomas – http://www.ust.edu.ph/
4. Trinity Preparatory School – http://www.trinityprep.org/school-life/travel
5. Greenwich Country Day School – https://www.gcds.net/admissions/apply
What to watch out on web designs that gets you the points
Functionality, responsiveness
The main purpose of websites on schools is to post events, coordinate people and if a little extra, facilitate essential process like enrollment or library indexing. It’s important though that all the desktop features you built can be used to mobile devices like phones and tablet.
Layout – grid layout is in
Modern layout does half the job of website design nowadays. One look to landing page and you know if you want to use it or just forget about it. The layout and overall appearance of a website is your first impression to visitors, so make one that lasts, one that’s good.
Graphic design, fonts, accent, header
Invest on themed and coordinated design. This will help establish your brand and add credibility to your website as well as all the information you post on it.
Use of images – actual and cinematic images of your school or organization
Find the right image, on the right size and put it in the right place on your website. High definition images may be a little heavy on the upload but it sh
Content
You may think that text contents are boring and outdated but that is only if your text content is boring and outdated. With the right length and angle, you can use content management on your advantage. At the moment, new websites invest on good editorial-style content, front page. Editorial style restructures the technicality and agenda to a level that is relatable to almost anyone.
Pixel8 Web Solutions & Consultancy provide extensive service from the planning to actual launching of websites created for specific purpose – yes, that includes schools and school organizations. Talk to us now and let’s plan the future of your institution or organization today.
Happening Now: 2nd Bicol Construction Expo
Construction expo is not new here. BiConEx hosted the first construction expo last year and it came out with great success. Aiming to gather all construction supply chain and services, build partnerships and expand opportunity to all participants and attendees of the event.
This year, The City Government of Legazpi in celebration of Ibalong Festival once again presents Bicol Construction Expo 2017. With the growing demand of establishments in the region this expo gives a space for exhibiting best resources available for consumers and business owners alike.
Pixel8 Web Solutions partnered with BiConEx for creating a digital version of the event through a functional and efficient website that works well on every device. In the website, all the information needed for the event is published so it’s a one-stop site for all interested body. You can register, view your booths or sponsorship through the website, provide feedback and enquiries, check and review sessions, view gallery, find the map and contact person of the event.
The other main sponsors of the event are: Ibalong Festival, City Government of Legazpi, United Architect of The Philippines, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Davies Paint, Legazpi City Tourism, 3E-vents and Rotary Club of Legazpi.
What to Expect at BiConEx 2017?
Day 1
Ribbon Cutting and opening program
Day 2
Series of sessions and sharing of best practices from participants:
10AM – 11AM by Pixel8 Web Solutions & Consultancy presentation
11AM – 2PM by Magna Prime presentation
2PM – 3PM by Greenfield presentation
3PM – 4PM by Davies Paint presentation
4PM – 5PM Globe presentation
Day 3
Engineering and Architecture sessions
Come and join us on a 3-day packed event and meet people, shake hands, exchange business cards or event seal a deal! Register from www.bicolconstructionexpo.com and print or show a digital copy of the confirmation email as your easy access to the event. See you there!
Say it Louder with Good Content Management
Remember when we were in class, about to make a report on something complicated but equally important. What do you do? First, you gather all the resources and reference that you have on the topic. Then, study them, make notes as you go on, highlight important information and quote references. How you will make these information into something comprehensive is the core of content management. It does count when you can make people listen to you when you report, and it’s another thing to keep them listening.
When you have a business proposal, you have to sell it to all kinds of people regardless of their need and priority. Being a person with competing priorities, the common tendency is to turn down anything that would probably disrupt one’s budget or time. The challenge of being heard and paid attention to is finding the perfect package for your goods that would appeal to everyone.
Advantages of Good Content Management
- Good rating on search engine ranking
- Unique strategy on each content
- Adds premium value on products and services being sold
- Increase website traffic for first time and repeat visitors
- Builds up credibility of the website and increases chances of referral
8 Best Tips on Content Management
- Short and simple texts
- Categorize contents with clean layout
- Use common alternative to technical words; if the alternative is not available, define terms in context
- Follow good SEO protocol. One guide that we commonly use is Yoast.
- Update and refresh content on a regular basis
- Include multimedia attachments and presentations to support your statements
- Support statements with statistical data and study if possible
- Review on-page and off-page contents to make it rank higher on engine searches
At Pixel8 Web Services & Consultancy we believe that there are no shortcuts on accomplishing something great. We believe in every product we sell including our clients’. We envision to make each and every client sell their goods competitively without losing integrity. This is why we work hard on creating content specific for each goal of each of our clients.
We offer extensive packages on content management depending on your needs. You can check the complete list of our packages HERE. For project that has specific requirements you can get a quote from our Get A Quote page and talk to one of our sales specialists.
