As others have said and according to my own research into this area, AXIS seems to have the best cameras out there, hands down. They support low lux captures better than most and their features are superb, as is their selection.
For the software, I would take a look at the F/OSS ZoneMinder (http://www.zoneminder.com/) project. This project seems to have a lot of momentum behind it and supports a wide variety of cameras.
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As others have said and according to my own research into this area, AXIS seems to have the best cameras out there, hands down. They support low lux captures better than most and their features are superb, as is their selection. For the software, I would take a look at the F/OSS ZoneMinder (http://www.zoneminder.com/) project. This project seems to have a lot of momentum behind it and supports a wide variety of cameras.