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In these days of historically high oil prices, new drilling rigs and locations are in high demand.  Aker Solutions is building the latest-generation of semi-submersible platforms specially designed to conquer the challenges of deepwater drilling operations in harsh environments: the model H-6 drilling rigs.  They include the MH DrillView™ system for optimal monitoring of the operations in action, which has integrated Milestone IP video surveillance software at its core. The lates...

Europe's largest lime works7 million tons of lime are needed in Germany each year and approximately 25 % of this demand is met by Europe's largest lime plant in Wülfrath.  This is where Rheinkalk GmbH, a member of the Belgian Lhoist Group, quarry some 8 million tons of limestone in their Flandersbach plant each year and use it to produce 1.8 million tons of burned and more than 3 million tons of unburned lime products.  The plant's biggest customer is the German steel industry, w...

IndigoVision, a leading supplier of complete IP Video and Alarm management solutions, recently announced that it will support the network video standard being developed by Sony, Bosch and Axis, once it is ratified.Commenting on the announcement, Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision CEO, said: "We are pleased to announce that IndigoVision's class-leading Security Management Software, ‘Control Center', will support cameras compliant with the forthcoming standard.  ‘Control Cen...

Bosch Security Systems is one of the first companies to seek tests by independent accredited laboratories based on new European EN 50131 standards for intrusion alarm products. The new standards have been introduced by CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) to meet growing demands for EN compliant products from users and installers of security systems.  The European standards will gradually replace existing national standards within Europe and will also extend to...

D-Tec - part of AD Group - announces that its partner in the Middle East region, BSS-ME, has supplied, tested, and commissioned seven advanced IP-based, NetVu Connected, FireVu units to provide a state-of-the-art CCTV-based VSD (Video Smoke Detection) solution for the main tunnel at the famous Palm Jumeirah man-made island in Dubai.Fast responseNow monitored around the clock by BSS-ME's supplied FireVu based solution - which has the ability to deliver a fast track response to potential fire dete...

D-Tec - part of AD Group - has announced that its partner in the Middle East region, BSS-ME, has supplied, tested, and commissioned seven advanced IP-based, NetVu Connected, FireVu units to provide a state-of-the-art CCTV-based VSD (Video Smoke Detection) solution for the main tunnel at the famous Palm Jumeirah man-made island in Dubai.The creation of the Palm Jumeirah, which has been dubbed the 'eighth wonder of the world', has dramatically changed the Dubai area, doubling the Emirates' beach f...

Ladies from Mayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and IP physical security solutions distributor, joined thousands of other women across the UK, by taking part in the Race for Life at Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, on Thursday 26th June 2008.Race for Life is Cancer Research UK's flagship event that has grown to become the UK's largest women-only fundraiser.  In 2007, the organisation brought together 665,000 women to walk, jog or run the 5km event in order to raise £40 m...

Siemens Building Technologies has announced a new partnership with Texas Instruments, which will see a whole range of new products developed for the video surveillance market.The first products to be launched were on show at the recent IFSEC 2008 exhibition as part of Siemens' Innovations Wall feature.  The popular SISTORE range of digital video recorders, manufactured in Germany, is the first to benefit from this technology partnership, with four new versions of the SISTORE MX hybrid recor...

Verint Systems Inc. recently announced that the University of Leeds has deployed the Verint® Nextiva® Enterprise IP video solution to enhance the safety of students and facilities across the university's campus and associated locations in West Yorkshire.The University of Leeds is the second largest university in the UK with 30,500 students and 8,000 staff, and is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well being of its community.  In support of this commitment, the university has...

  The integration offers video surveillance market greater flexibility and choice of cameras as well as high video qualityEVT, a provider of video management software, and VIVOTEK, a leading manufacture of IP surveillance products, announced recently the beginning of a cooperation to integrate VIVOTEK's complete line of products with EVT's video management software.  The integration offers video surveillance market greater flexibility and choice of cameras as well as high video qu...

Clear signalsGerman railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) gives high priority to keeping travellers informed.  This explains why 220 million euros were invested in a single ‘Traveler Information System' project.  The system is a technical and organisational platform that supplies consistent, reliable and up-to-date information about the current operating status to customers and employees alike.  Thanks to this system, on-board personnel can, for example, use text messaging tec...

A Vicon digital video management system is at the heart of the UK's largest entertainment centre's CCTV system. During 2008, Star City in Birmingham will be adding an indoor rock-climbing centre to its leisure attractions as part of a major refurbishment programme.  It already boasts a 30-screen cinema complex, a 36-hole indoor Adventure Mini Golf complex, along with numerous restaurants, bars and the UK's largest casino. Also opening soon will be Kebabish Original and Oodles &quo...

Crowds in public venues create special demands for safety that are being addressed by the Rhode Island Convention Centre complex.  They are undergoing renovations that allow them to upgrade from a system of mixed and outdated analog surveillance equipment to a networked open platform to integrate all the elements of their security and add better technologies.  Milestone IP video management software plays a pivotal role in this migration."We're in a planning phase to go for the one...

Pelco was recently announced as the top sponsor of the World Game Protection Conference, an international conference and exhibition dedicated entirely to casino game protection.  Now entering its fourth year, the show features a smaller, highly targeted exhibition that focuses on the specific video security and game protection needs of the casino environment."What we really like about our association with Pelco is that there is probably not one casino in the world without something fro...

Bosch have recently made several improvements to their CCTV Technical Support organization in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, resulting in greater productivity of support specialists and superior levels of service for customers.  As part of the organizational changes, Bosch has created a dedicated IP video surveillance team to assist customers with our rapidly growing portfolio of network video products and systems. "Bosch Technical Support in Lancaster now consists of two CCTV...

A Birmingham primary school is keeping the UK's first ever interactive playground safe and secure with the help of a CCTV system from Dedicated Micros, part of AD Group.Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield is nothing if not innovative.  The school is the very first in the country to have its own outdoor interactive playground that enables children to log onto a computerised system, collecting points from nine different pieces of apparatus around the playground as they play. ...

A Birmingham primary school is keeping the UK's first-ever interactive playground safe and secure with the help of a CCTV system from Dedicated Micros.Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield is nothing if not innovative.  The school is the very first in the country to have its own outdoor interactive playground that enables children to log onto a computerised system, collecting points from nine different pieces of apparatus around the playground as they play.  "It's fun an...

Optelecom-NKF, Inc, a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, recently announced it received an ‘A' rating on an independent customer performance survey conducted by ICMA International, focused on the Americas market.ICMA International, a renowned bureau for international market research, granted Optelecom-NKF, Inc., an "A" certification rating based on a survey conducted among a cross-section of the Company's customers located in North America and Latin...

A regeneration scheme and a new theft deterrent programme using DNA will transform a housing estate in Grangetown, Middlesbrough.The housing association, Coast & Country Housing, is upgrading Grangetown North  to a more modern, community through the improvement and rennovation of over 340 properties. The association has also purchased hundreds of Selectamark's SelectaDNA forensic marking kits for use as part of a ‘clean up' operation on the estate. The scheme is being supported by...

IFSEC 2008: NICE Systems demonstrated the enhanced CORE (complete, open, reliable and evolutionary) capabilities of its enterprise-class IP video management and recording solution - NiceVision Net - for security & surveillance teams in transportation, industrial and urban environments. At IFSEC, NICE Systems presented their expanded NVR9000 series of NVRs with new turnkey options offering enhanced recording and storage performance, integrated NiceVision Analytics and lower rack-space hardwar...

Fastlane Glassgate speed gates were used as part of CMP & HID Global's RFID & Smartcard feature stand at this year's IFSEC exhibition.CMP worked with HID to bring together the market leaders in a variety of sectors to demonstrate the latest technology working seamlessly with Smartcards and RFID.  Fastlane turnstiles from Integrated Design were the entrance control solution of choice.Billed as ‘a day in the life of a card' the stand functioned as a demonstration pavilion for re...

Mirasys, one of the world's leading providers of open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions, recently announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Norbain Benelux, one of Europe's most successful distributors of CCTV, Access Control and Intruder Detection equipment.   As part of the agreement, Norbain will be able to offer Mirasys' portfolio of digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg enabling its custom...

Niscayah has announced it has been contracted as the preferred electronic security systems partner for facilities under the control of Vaultex UK Limited, the newly established cash handling management company providing services to a number of the UK's leading financial institutions.  This is the first contract won by Niscayah Limited, the new name (from 1st June 2008) for the former Bell Security Limited - the UK's leading provider of security systems to the UK retail banking sector.Arthur...

ACTi Corporation and NetAware, a professional Internet solution provider in Holland, have successfully installed an IP surveillance system in Circuit Park Zandvoort, and enabled the world to join the car racing online in real time.At Holland's former Formula 1 racetrack, 19 analog high-speed day/night domes around the track were installed.  Redundant fiber rings have been put around the circuit, with a total of 500 single-mode fibers.  No circuits in Europe or even the world has this k...

March Networks, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, recently announced  that CIEFFE™, a March Networks company, has been selected by a leading international hospitality group to supply its award-winning IP video surveillance solution for installation at the customer's premiere hotel property in the United Arab Emirates. The customer, which manages some of the world's most prestigious hotels and hospitality-related businesses, selected the CIE...

Following an intensive product evaluation, Visimetrics' FASTAR range of digital video recorders have been installed in ‘The Casino' at Portomaso, Malta.  Forming the core of the surveillance system designed by casino integrator, Correct Termination, FASTAR records all video and audio content for both gaming and non-gaming surveillance.  The solution utilises FASTAR's flexibility of storage modes.  All gaming cameras are recorded by FASTAR Encoders with data being streamed to...

Dramatic in-car CCTV footage from the famous Le Mans 24 Hours race, which has just been released, demonstrates vividly the moment when AD Group CEO, and founder of Dedicated Micros, Mike Newton's challenge in the 2008 event came to an abrupt end as his car left the track and took flight at 270 kph.Mike Newton, who already has two class wins at Le Mans to his name, had been driving the powerful RML MG Lola EX264 race car for nearly an hour - after taking over from his co-driver Brazilian Tommy Er...

Mayflex - the cabling infrastructure, networking and security solutions distributor has been recognised as the top UK distributor for the second year running by Mobotix.  Mobotix manufacture hi-res digital cameras that are world renowned for their quality when compared with traditional CCTV offerings.The award was presented at this year's annual Mobotix sales conference, which was held at Heythrop Park, Oxon on the 5th June.  The conference was aimed at Mobotix installers and distribut...

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council recently relocated their monitoring of a large 3-storey building site to their central monitoring station just over half a mile away.  This resulted in the existing detection system becoming redundant.  The Council required a cost effective solution that would accurately monitor activity around the site to stop any anti-social behavior or criminal activity late at night.WRS Electronic Security Solutions Ltd based in South Yorkshire were contacted...

The UK's leading access control manufacturer Paxton Access is pleased to announce the appointment of Philipp Stevens as Area Sales Manager for Western-Germany.  Philipp will be located in Krefeld and will be the point of contact for installation companies in the postcode regions 3 (excluding 39), 4 and 5.  He will help with the specification and installation of Compact, Switch2 and Net2 access control, as well as providing installer training.Under the guidance of Bernd Rehorn, German S...