Siqura B.V. News

  Siqura will show how its durable IP video systems provide complete, proven, and customised solutions Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of the TKH Group, announced its intention to participate in the Intersec 2012 tradeshow in Dubai, UAE, from January 15th through the 17th. If so, visit us at Intersec! (hall 4, booth 325C) With over 35 years of experience, Siqura offers global solutions for video security and surveil...

Accidents can and do happen, but being prepared for them is what can really make the difference between life and death in a critical situation. In the autonomous region of Castilla-La Mancha in Central Spain, the health care authority, SESCAM, takes people's well-being seriously. SESCAM is stepping up its medical airlift services with 166 new helipads and a communications and video network system that is built to effectively counter any calamity.Centralising the systemCurrently, there are 59 med...

Siqura B.V. announced the release of an advanced PTZ dome camera line capable of withstanding harsh environments. Overcoming adverse environments Through pressurised dome housing, this new Siqura camera line ensures airtight protection against excessive moisture, dirt, and pollution. This makes these cameras ideal for situations such as seaports and highway tunnels, where corrosive elements in the atmosphere can impede the performance of a surveillance system and cause unnecessary risks...

Making it safe to go out One of the largest shopping malls in the Gulf region opened its doors last year to an array of visitors. Since then, customers and sightseers alike have flooded into the Bawadi Mall to shop and admire the natural lighting and spacious atmosphere that makes this elegant edifice unique. Yet with dimensions of over 80,000 m2 (861,000 ft2) as well convenient access to the Al Ain City’s main network of highways, designing and inaugurating the Bawadi Mall required being...

  Siqura to demonstrate a total video network system for traffic applications at the Trafic Madrid 2011 Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced its intention to participate in the Trafic Madrid 2011 trade show in Madrid, Spain, from September 27th through the 30th. A Siqura traffic solution at a glanceSiqura will demonstrate a total video network system for traffic applications at its booth (5B09). Siqura cameras and co...

 Siqura will present its solutions at the booth of its partner CeronaSiqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, recently announced its intention to participate in the Salon APS 2011 trade show in Paris, France, from September 20th through the 22nd. Siqura will present its solutions at the booth of its partner, Cerona, an experienced provider of spectrally efficient satellite network solutions (booth B57).Visit Siqura at Salon APS (booth...

Securing economic expansion Chile is without a doubt one of the largest exporters of copper in the world, something that accounts for its strong trade relations with the emerging economic superpower, China. Despite these rich mineral deposits and promising dealings, Chile has a limited supply of energy resources and has therefore taken a number of progressive steps in support of renewable energy sources. Consequently, wind farms are popping up all over the country. Naturally ensuing this develo...

  Siqura B.V. declared that its analog and IP cameras are now UL certified Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced that its analog and IP cameras are now UL certified, joining the codecs, switches, and fibre optic solutions in the Siqura UL listing.Surveillance cameras providing ultimate securityUL-certified Siqura cameras offer true day/night and backlight compensation as standard features, as well as wide...

 Siqura can offer a range of real-time detection and post-event video retrieval options using analytics technology from Agent Vi Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced that its single-channel IP video solutions are now capable of advanced video content analysis (VCA). Using analytics technology from Agent Vi, Siqura is able to offer a wide range of real-time detection and post-event video retrieval options, thus enhancing the ef...

Understanding the complexities of the transform matrix In the concluding part of this 3-part review of the H.264 video compression standard, Kate Huber, Peter de Konink and Piet Nieuwets of Siqura discuss the transform, quantisation and entropy encoding - various block-encoding steps following motion estimation. Describing data in the transform matrix In contrast to the motion estimation step, the transform phase in the encoding process is relatively similar in H.2...

Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced that it is currently developing an advanced camera platform that puts entire video analytics systems in stand-alone devices at the edge of the network. Taking analytics to the perimeter of a surveillance system not only enhances the overall efficiency of the system but ensures more accurate and effective analysis of critical video material.The camera platform will be released in the fall of 2011...

Siqura to host its first technical training on 15 -16 June 2011 at Security Experience Center (SEC) in Amsterdam Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced that its Siqura Academy will host its first technical training on June 15th and 16th, 2011, at the Security Experience Center (SEC) in Amsterdam.Committed to sharing knowledgeFor many years, Siqura has offered a variety of trainings to share its expertise and e...

Siqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced that it is currently developing an advanced camera platform that puts entire video analytics systems in stand-alone devices at the edge of the network. Taking analytics to the perimeter of a surveillance system not only enhances the overall efficiency of the system but ensures more accurate and effective analysis of critical video material.The camera platform wi...

 Siqura Direct-to-Fiber IP PTZ as the best IP camera in video surveillanceSiqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, recently announced that its Siqura HSD626 IP PTZ dome camera was awarded best IP camera in video surveillance at the ISC West 2011 trade show by New Product Showcase (NPS). NPS is an awards programme established by the Security Industry Association to recognise innovative products, services and solutions in electronic...

 Siqura direct to fibre dome cameras are configured to Siqura's intelligent IP video management systemSiqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, announced its intention to participate in the IFSEC 2011 trade show in Birmingham, UK, from May 16th through the 19th.Visit us at IFSEC (Hall 4, F80) With over 35 years of experience, Siqura offers global solutions for video security and surveillance applications. At IFSEC 2011, Siqura will show how...

 Siqura BC14 camera is ideal for applications using video analytics algorithmsSiqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions, announced that its newest cameras will use the Seawolf image sensor from Pixim. The Seawolf imagers are renowned for their excellent image control, superior performance in extreme lighting and low-light conditions, and 690 HTVL effective resolution.No smearing or blooming effectsUsing the traditional box-style housing, the Siqura BC14 contain...

 Post merger US office will be renamed TKH Security Solutions USA and EMEA offices will be renamed as Siqura Optelecom-NKF Inc.,manufacturer of advanced Siqura and Optelecom video surveillance solutions, announced that it will be renamed today, as a result of its recent merger with the Dutch company, TKH Group. The merger between TKH Group and Optelecom-NKF was made definite on January 27th, 2011.Company name changeOver the past two years, Optelecom-NKF has positioned nearly all its surveil...

  Siqura video surveillance solutions will be showcased at ISC West 2011 Optelecom-NKF Inc., manufacturer of advanced Siqura and Optelecom video surveillance solutions and a member of TKH Group, today announced its intention to participate in the ISC West 2011 trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from April 6th through the 8th.Complete video security and surveillance solutionsWith over 35 years of experience, Optelecom-NKF offers global solutions for the video security and survei...

Image quality of objects in motion is greater with H.264 technology In the first part of this three part series, the authors described the H.264 video compression standard including its history. In part two, the authors discuss motion estimation, the phase during which H.264 really distinguishes itself from other MPEG standards. Differentiating from other MPEG standards: Adapting raster block sizes for more detailed images H.264 distinguishes itself from the other MPEG s...

  Optelecom provides surveillance solutions to transportation, government and critical infrastructure marketsOptelecom-NKF Inc. a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance equipment and the manufacturer of Siqura surveillance solutions, announced its intention to participate in the Intersec 2011 trade show in Dubai, U.A.E. Traffic and Transit Solutions: With over 35 years of experience, Optelecom-NKF offers global surveillance solutions for three markets: Tran...

 H.264 has become the compression standard of choice in the security industry The rising popularity of the H.264 video compression standard has established H.264 as ‘the buzzword' within the video surveillance industry. With all this talk of the possible enhancements brought to the fore by H.264, Kate Huber, Peter de konik and Piet Nieuwets of Optelecom-NKF present the true benefits and shortcomings of this popular standard in the first of a three-part review.H.264...

17 security companies demonstrated their ONVIF conformant products at Security Essen17 vendors successfully demonstrated the interoperability of ONVIF120 visitors participated in the eventONVIF annual meeting was also organised to provide updates of ONVIF progress to all membersONVIF, the leading standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, held its third public interoperability demonstration and open reception in conjunction with Security Essen 2010 on October 7 in Essen,...

Optelecom-NKF will show its complete range of ONVIF-compliant, 1080p/720p high-definition camerasOptelecom-NKF, Inc., manufacturer of Siqura® advanced video surveillance solutions, announced its intention to participate in the Expoprotection 2010 trade show in Paris, France.As visitors traverse the various booths at Expoprotection 2010 exhibition, they might very well notice that Optelecom-NKF's Siqura surveillance solutions display something unique among the diverse exhibits. Optelecom...

At Fort Drum, New York, the U.S. Army operates a training centre dedicated to simulating military conflicts for U.S. troops in urban areas. Units such as the 10th Mountain Division use the Military Operations in Urbanised Terrain (MOUT) Site to simulate urban battlefield tactics complete with smoke effects, smells of war, mobile targets, explosions, and other battlefield effects. Fort Drum's application required bringing video/audio content from the MOUT site's many cameras back to a centra...

Optelecom-NKF booth displaying its Siqura video serversOptelecom-NKF, Inc., manufacturer of Siqura® advanced video surveillance solutions, announced its intention to participate in the Security Essen 2010 trade show in Essen, Germany.As visitors traverse the various booths at Security Essen 2010 this year, they might very well notice that Optelecom-NKF's Siqura surveillance solutions display something unique among the diverse exhibits. Optelecom-NKF will show more than just quality equipment...

Rapid deploymentWith just over 600,000 people, Rotterdam might not be the largest city in the world but it certainly is well known. Home to one of the largest ports in the world, the illustrious Erasmus Bridge, and the starting place of the 2010 Tour de France, Rotterdam has caught the same amount of attention as many other cosmopolitan cities. It's no wonder then that the Dutch systems integrator, Alphatron Security Systems, recently received a European grant to set up new or replacement video...

Siqura provided the FALCON project with its Siqura XSNet 2800 SW switches Streamlining commerce, cars, and safetyDubai is incontestably one of the most financially pivotal cities in the Gulf region, but any businessman will tell you that sitting in a traffic jam in the sweltering desert heat is certainly not what makes the city a success. Yet, since Dubai absorbs a good deal of the interchange between international companies, this worldly city has inevitably been confronted wi...

Integral to every IP-based CCTV surveillance system are the video servers CustomerEngineering Group Contractors (EGC) (Lebanon) TechnologyIP-based video surveillance networkChallengeProvide an IP-based video streaming solution that incorporates the legacy analogue camera network and a third-party VMS system.SolutionSiqura S-series encodersGoing where you want, when you wantBeing able to move about at any time of day or night is one of the benefits of modern society. Yet our in...

Siqura's fibre optic transmitter and receiver solutions can operate from -40° F to +165° F Modernising our motorways Roads have been around at least as long as people have and our priorities for travelling have remained about the same throughout time: whether we are off to work or running an errand, we want to get wherever we are going as quickly as possible and arrive there safely. Yet today's roads comprise more than just the physical thoroughfares we traverse to our...

The surveillance system includes encoders, access switches, routers and virtual matrix software Designing and deploying an infallible system. Every year more than 400 million tons of cargo go through the Port of Rotterdam, making it one of the world’s most dynamic and influential centers of economic activity. It goes without saying then that goods need to be able to pass through this economic axis as smoothly and efficiently as possible. It will therefore come as no...