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Industry veteran Bob Schindler was recently appointed National Sales and Key Accounts Manager for CCTV Sales for the Fujinon Broadcast and Communications Products Division. In his new role, Schindler will restructure Fujinon's CCTV division, supervise and support its regional managers nationwide, significantly expand sales, and raise awareness of Fujinon's CCTV lenses across the diverse customer base."Fujinon makes superior CCTV lenses and has a well-established, proven track record...

Leading manned guarding company First Security has achieved Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) status for CCTV from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and its CCTV Training Centre has received Skills for Security and National Open College Network (NOCN) approval.One of the few training centres in the country to be officially accredited, First Security's training centre at Caledonia House will offer four-day courses in CCTV system operation and monitoring, in line with new legislation on Pub...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the world leading supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and Simet s.r.l., designer and manufacturer of products in the fields of industrial automation, data collection and safety, have signed a licence partnership. Simet extends its range of contactless identification products with personal identification technology of LEGIC.Simet was established in 1982 in Turin, Italy, and originally designed, engineered and manufactured...

The new Videx Security website at http://www.videx-security.com/ is now up and running.  It has been completely redesigned to provide the site visitor with comprehensive information about the company and its door entry and access control products in a simple and user friendly way.Key features include a range of technical and literature downloads covering the complete Videx range.  You can also register and join the company's mailing list to receive automatic updates on any aspects...

Chubb Security Personnel, one of the UK's leading manned guarding companies, has launched a specific operation dedicated to the supply and management of temporary security officers for use in retail, construction and Facilities Management (FM) environments.  Chubb Security Personnel is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).Ed Walker, Operations Manager, explains:  "We have provided temporary staff to a number of businesses, large and s...

Optex Europe, the leading manufacturer of internal and external detection technology, has promoted Nigel Hackett to Director in charge of sales within its REDWALL RVR division.  He will be responsible for managing and developing markets for external sensors in Europe and the Middle East, with specific emphasis on the remote video response sector. Nigel has worked in the security industry for more than 20 years, and has extensive knowledge particularly of the CCTV and systems integration bus...

ADT, Salpomec and UPM Raflatac have announced the opening of a unique Apparel Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Solution Centre.  This new facility demonstrates how RFID can significantly enhance supply chain management and in-store retail operations for garment manufacturers, brand owners, retailers and logistics providers."Optimisation of the supply chain is a vital competitive factor for both apparel manufacturers and retailers alike," says John Smith, Vice President of Ret...

Raytec has announced the appointment of Anna Pearson as their new Export Sales Executive. Anna speaks French and German and will provide sales support to Raytec's international partners.Her appointment signifies Raytec's continuing commitment to offer the highest levels of support to all their customers.Raytec illuminators have been supplied to over 30 countries and the company is experiencing strong sales growth.

Reliance Patrol Net - the mobile response services division of Reliance Security Services - is replacing its fleet of over 100 vehicles with Ford Transit Connect vans. The move from cars to higher capacity vans provides a number of increased security features for key storage and the secure transportation of high value or high risk items.  It also provides additional scope for the expansion of the Patrol Net service into new markets.  The stylish new silver vehicles feature the company&...

Building controls specialist TAC has launched EnergyEdge, a comprehensive energy-saving programme aimed at helping businesses deliver a competitive edge through reduced operating costs, improved building performance and environments and greater employee productivity.The program is unique in that it promises to help make energy savings at zero cost, on the same day that the assessment is carried out. TAC believes most employers could save 20 per cent from their current utility bills. Althoug...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - is celebrating an impressive 25 years as a pioneer in the CCTV industry.  For a quarter of a century it has maintained a global industry leadership position by staying at the very forefront of video management technology.  Today, more than seven million images every second of every day are recorded and viewed using the company's DVRs and network video products.Leading entrepreneur Mike Newton, CEO of AD Group and Deputy Chairman of Dedicated Mi...

Mobotix AG, a manufacturer of network cameras based in Kaiserslautern, Germany, criticises the state of public video surveillance in Germany.  The majority of systems currently in use are outdated, they generally exhibit very poor image quality and any enlargements made of existing images prove virtually useless in helping to find the offender.  "The people responsible for public video surveillance should be accused of gross negligence," commented Dr. Ralf Hinkel, founder and...

ASSA ABLOY's Global Technologies Division (GTD) has announced the departure of its CEO, Joe Grillo, who also serves as Executive Vice President of Swedish parent ASSA ABLOY, AB. "The time is right for me to step down and search out new challenges," said Joe Grillo."Since its formation in 2003, I have had the pleasure of watching GTD grow and mature.  I'm proud of the achievements made by the excellent management team and employees at all three business units making up the Div...

The groundbreaking mobile digital CCTV system TransVu Media from AD Network Video - part of AD Group - won the "Judges Choice Commercial Product" in the New Product Showcase, an event sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), at the 2007 ISC West Conference in Las Vegas. TransVu Media, which was entered for the award by AD Network Video's sister company Dedicated Micros, is the newest addition to the TransVu family and faced stiff competition from more than 90 other new pro...

Reliance Security Services Ltd announces that it is one of the first security companies to have achieved an extension to its Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) status to cover Scotland.  The Approved Contractor Scheme is the Security Industry Authority's benchmark of quality for customers.  The introduction of the scheme in Scotland has the advantage of giving accredited companies the ability to employ a small proportion of non-licensed personnel who are trained and have submitted an...

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that one of the largest retailers in the United States has selected March Networks Professional Retail Services for approximately 1,200 of its stores.The consulting and software maintenance services will enable the retailer to extract maximum value from March Networks business intelligence software already in use in the stores to reduce shrink, decrease in-store risk and improve overall store performan...

Panasonic Security Systems, a division of Panasonic System Solutions Company (PSSA), announced the winners of their daily giveaway of a 32" Panasonic LCD TV at the ISC West trade show held in Las Vegas in March.  The three winners are Al Khorram of Innova Global Technology, Inc., Santa Ana, CA; Basil Avery of Global Security Network, LLC, Topanga, CA; and Cory Schott of Dehart Alarm Systems, Inc. Sarasota, FL.  To be eligible for the promotion, attendees needed to visit the Panaso...

Doug Sawyers, 52, is the newly appointed Business Development Manager at BSB Electronics.  Doug's priorities are to promote and develop BSB's industry-leading Progeny brand as a major force and leader in the access control market place.Announcing Doug's appointment, BSB Managing Director, Brett Burby said:  "I'm delighted to welcome Doug to BSB.  I'm confident that he will be a valuable addition to the team as we work to expand our business from our new pr...

Two of the UK's leading alarm receiving centres (ARCs) and early adopters of IP signalling - UK Monitoring and Abel Alarm Company Limited - are among the latest to commit to Emizon 21, the new secure, managed messaging service that has been launched specifically for IP networks.Emizon 21 effectively gives end users, installers and ARCs the opportunity of embracing the benefits of IP monitoring within an inherently secure network.  This means improved functionality, flexibility and cost...

Petards, Inc., the US Subsidiary of Petards Group plc and AIM listed developer of advanced surveillance systems, today announced that Robert J. Gitre has joined the company as director of Western regional sales and business development."We are pleased to have Bob join our growing team," said Frank Baitman, president of Petards, Inc.  "His experience in IP-based video solutions and proven success in selling leading-edge technologies into the video surveillance market will be a...

Reinforcing its comprehensive technical support to the indirect channel, Stanley Security Solutions has invested in a new training centre at its offices in Stockport.The company, which has over 200 dealer and distributor customers UK-wide, has always seen product training as vital in maintaining good long term relationships with the installer channel.  This latest modern facility will enable it to offer more intensive training courses across a broad range of products.The training is availab...

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organisations to extract Insight from Interactions™ to drive performance, today announced that ADT, a unit of Tyco Fire and Security, has placed a multi-million dollar order for NICE Perform® to improve customer service, increase agent coaching effectiveness and efficiency, and gain a more holistic view of contact center performance.  NICE Perform will be implemented at ADT's fourteen 24-hour centre...

Pelco is pleased to announce that the PelcoUTP active series of products won the Product Achievement Award for Video Storage and Distribution at the Security Industry Association's (SIA) 2007 New Product Showcase (NPS) during the recent ISC West 2007 trade show held in Las Vegas.The active series consists of products ranging from a single-channel active transmitter and receiver to multi-channel video receivers that can modify video signal to compensate for long run lengths-up to 4,000 feet i...

CCTV specialist AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - announces that it is one of the winners in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 which highlights the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK and Ireland.  Rankings are based on average percentage growth over five years - AD Group grew by 783% during this period.  The company also features in the Technology Fast 500 which covers EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia) as the highest ranked British CCTV system manufactu...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, received top honours for its ioicam mmp100dn, winning the Product Achievement Award for Video Analytics at the Security Industry Association's New Product Showcase at ISC West, March 27-30, 2007 in Las Vegas. ioimage received the Product Achievement Award for its newly released ioicam mmp100dn, the latest addition to ioimage's ioicam line of intelligent video cameras.  The ioicam mmp100dn, a 3-megapixel in...

Leading remotely monitored CCTV provider RemGuard Visual Management - part of AD Group - is extending a special offer to 30 June that allows Dedicated Micros installers to earn up to £600 for each NetVu Connected DS2, DV-IP Server or DS Server fitted by them and then connected to RemGuard's - BS8418 compliant - Remote Video Response Centre (RVRC).   Under the offer for every new commercial and residential site linked to RemGuard's RVRC the company will pay a lucrative com...

CCTV Specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has unveiled a six month ‘no quibble' exchange policy on selected products purchased through its UK and European distribution partners on or after 1 March, 2007.The move, which underlines the company's industry-leading commitment to customer satisfaction, service and quality, applies specifically to all DS2, DV-IP Servers, BX2 and DS2 Server products.Pauline Norstrom, Worldwide Head of Marketing at Dedicated Micros, said:  ...

HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry, announced that its Edge Solo received the Product Achievement Award for IP Devices, Products and Software at the Security Industry Association's (SIA) 2007 New Product Showcase (NPS) held in Las Vegas in conjunction with ISC West.  Selected from a field of 17 products in the IP Devices, Products and Software category, Edge Solo was recognised by the industry's premier marketing and awards program for its innovation in produc...

Panasonic Security Systems, a division of Panasonic System Solutions Company (PSSA), has announced the enrollment of Cisco as the Founding Partner in the Panasonic Solution Developer Network (PSDN) program.  The program joins two leading suppliers of advanced networking products and technologies - Panasonic's i-Pro Series of intelligent and professional IP video surveillance products, and Cisco's Intelligent Converged Environment (ICE) video surveillance products for best-in-class n...

The recent night-time CCTV testing organised by Raytec was a great success.  Attendees to the tests witnessed Infra-Red illumination up to 350m and White-Light illumination up to 200m with the latest technology SMT LED illuminators from Raytec. The trials were held over two evenings at Raytec's test facilities in Northumberland, a 350m long golf driving range engulfed in darkness. Raytec's Infra-Red and White-light illuminators were set-up in one booth with cameras from Baxall, Covi...