Surveillance & Security News for April 2006

HID Global, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced that it is set to host the company's second "Be Secure" charity promotion at this year's IFSEC tradeshow in Birmingham, UK on the 8-11 of May.  This promotion follows the great success achieved at the ASIS tradeshow held in 2005 in Orlando, where over 1000 attendees participated. The promotional idea was developed to educate and inform tradeshow attendees...

Bosch, The Independent newspaper and The Royal Academy of Engineering have joined forces to launch The Independent Bosch Horizons Technology Award, a writing competition for young people with an interest in engineering and technology. As a global brand and a leader in innovation, Bosch is supporting Britain's future engineers by offering them an excellent opportunity to share their interest in engineering and technology with thousands of readers.  They are being asked to put pen to pape...

SKIDATA AG and LEGIC Identsystems Ltd jointly announce  the market introduction of a SKIDATA Combi Card.  The new contactless ‘keycard iso combi LEGIC advant' combines the SKIDATA access solutions with the wide choice of LEGIC advant all-in-one-card applications.  It will increase services and convenience for guests and partners in tourist destinations. The new SKIDATA card offers two combined areas on the same chip.  The SKIDATA area supports their access applicati...

Best security installation and best Access Control productHoneywell recently announced that it has been short-listed in two categories for the prestigious IFSEC Awards - Sunderland Housing Group jointly with 2020Vision Systems for Best Security Project and WIN-PAKTM Pro Central Station for Best New Access Control Product.  The awards ceremony will take place on Monday 8th May at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel at the NEC.  The Sunderland Housing Group project involved the im...

Dedicated Micros, working together with Gardiner Security, has delivered an advanced CCTV solution to provide effective security for ITV Granada in Manchester, home to Coronation Street one of the UK's favourite soap operas.  The project called for four of the latest NetVu Connected Digital Sprite 2 network capable DVRs featuring NetVu ObserVer software, four Dennard 2060 outdoor dome cameras which feature vandal resistant, environmentally protected enclosures - with more to follow shortly...

Eight 12~240mm and four 10-140mm Pentax zoom lenses have been installed at one of Dublin's most advanced medical centres, as part of the security and general management system at Beaumont Hospital.  The 620-bed facility occupies a 37-acre site with a diverse range of surveillance requirements that include access control, car parks, public safety and general asset management.Not only is Beaumont Hospital the principal undergraduate and post graduate medical training and research centre f...

Honeywell today announced that the WIN-PAKTM access control system has been installed at Tradition UK Ltd, a global leader in the brokering of financial and non-financial products, to ensure a high level of security and fast access for authorised personnel at their London offices.  The implementation was managed by, NSI Gold installers West London Security. Maintaining security has always been a high priority for Tradition, which operates several offices in London.  Mark Heneke, Tradi...

Integrated Design Ltd and A4Vision (Application for Vision) have teamed up for this year's IFSEC exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham on IDL's Stand B103A4 Vision's 3D Face Reader has been integrated with IDL's Fastlane Door Detective to showcase a complete approach to high security access control. The A4Vision Access 3D Face Reader can recognise users as they approach the doorway.  With read ranges up to two metres and a fast sub-second response time the Face Reader is designed to open the do...

The Norbain stand at this year's IFSEC event will be packed with the very latest product and technology offerings available.  Whether your interest lies in CCTV, Access Control, Intruder Detection or you require an integrated system, you can find the equipment and staff to help you find the perfect solution.VistaVista, the UK's premier brand of CCTV equipment, will have a huge range of their innovative and highly reliable CCTV solutions for you to view on the stand.  In particular, you...

The solution is simple when you know howIt's the puzzle that everyone in our industry would like to solve: how will we secure our property in the future with so many products from numerous suppliers, and complex standards to meet?ASSA ABLOY will be unveiling a major development within our organisation that interlocks all our power brands to give specifiers and industry professional's one product source - and a complete security solution.As an important voice in the security industry, we would al...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, recently announced that the American Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected the AXIS 214 Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) Network Camera for a ‘Product Achievement Award: Digital Video Device.’  The judging took place at the 2006 ISC West new product showcase awards program held in Las Vegas, 5th – 7th April 2006.   A panel of security industry professionals viewed presentations on more than 60 comp...

Leading edge CCTV manufacturer AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - has received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category, for its advanced TransVu system, which is helping to tackle crime on the move.The compact TransVu is a sophisticated multi-camera digital CCTV recorder, which can be fitted to a wide range of vehicles including: trains, buses, taxis, vans and heavy goods vehicles.  Its key feature is total network integration that autom...

Vista, Europe's premier brand of CCTV equipment, has had its eclipse camera and DVR selected for use in the making of "Inside a Perfect Bank Robbery", a Sky One television program.  The documentary examines how individuals could pull off a daring and flawless heist, exploring the methods employed by raiders in the £53million Tonbridge theft.The show looks at all aspects of a bank robbery from how the criminals take on such a task to the terrible effect it has it on its victi...

When twenty-ton coils of cold metal steel are being processed, despite stringent quality control procedures, there is always the possibility of a fault occurring that could result in costly delays.The Corus Colors production lines convert the coils, which are each two kilometres long, into pre-finished steels for applications as diverse as roof and wall claddings to consumer products.  To understand the reason for any fault and to ensure it does not reoccur, Corus Colors at Shotton, North W...

ACTi's Video Server, SED-2100R, and Transcoder, SED-3200, has enabled Bari Soccer stadium in Italy to incorporate IP based CCTV systems.  Incorporating with EL.MO's DVR, Matrices and monitoring solutions, the new system allows centralized control and high integration of different CCTV systems.  The use of wireless AP's also allows long distance transmission of video & control data, providing simple & cost effective solution over LAN environments. The CCTV system includes 2...

BackgroundThe James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, named after one of Teesside's most famous sons, is a major tertiary care centre providing leading edge acute hospital services. Part of South Tees Hospital NHS Trust, it opened as South Cleveland Hospital in 1980 and, in the last few years it has gone through a four-year PFI development to double in size to 145,000 sq m and house all of the Trust's specialties on the one Middlesborough site. The hospital now serves around 300,0...

The ChallengeThe Heartlands Hospital, a 900 bed acute teaching trust hospital in central Birmingham and Solihull Hospital, a 400 bed operation 12 miles further south both lost their existing CCTV coverage in December last year due to system failure.Solihull and Heartlands NHS Trust had been operating a combination of a PC-based digital recorder and a number of traditional analogue multiplexers and VCRs.  The system was becoming less reliable, so the decision was made to upgrade to a ne...

Dome cameras, colour monitors and quad processors from Rainbow CCTV have been installed at a leading medical facility, the Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida.The CCTV installation includes the QPCF quad processor.  These connect up to four cameras and one VCR, offering quad and switching video output.  Users benefit from real-time, high-resolution images, independent full screen and auto sequential switching, video loss detection, and video adjustment for all channels.Health Cen...

Stafford General Hospital selected Axis Communications for the provision of network cameras and video servers in order to extend and update its surveillance system.  The selection of a networked surveillance solution rather than a traditional analogue-based Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system saved the hospital more than £42,000 in installation costs alone. A total of five Axis video servers have been deployed to enable 14 existing analogue cameras to be attached to the network.&n...

MAXIMUM Security (1984) Ltd. will launch their new outdoor/indoor intrusion detector OUTLOOK at the IFSEC 2006 security show in Birmingham coming May 8, 2006.As usual this is a most innovative and high quality product of Maximum Security with a 3-Dimensional Microwave detection, a combined PIR & Microwave technology, Waterproof, Anti-Masking, Pet Immune with Adjustable Pet Creep Zone and Anti-Vandalism (Shock & Vibration Sensor).This intrusion detector can be applied for industrial, comm...

Counters repetitive movements, small animals and ‘over-ranging' issues Continuing its drive to reduce and possibly eradicate false alarms even in the most demanding environments, Optex Europe - leaders in detection technology - has launched REDWAVE, a new external detector that combines several technologies in a single unit to provide the optimum installation performance.The product has been designed specifically to counter the three major headaches for installers-remote monitoring cen...

User-friendly integrated systems boost remote surveillance usageEasier operation and reduced price levels are some of the reasons why video surveillance systems are increasingly being installed in small shops, petrol station stores and private houses. After all, video surveillance makes a real contribution to crime prevention and court prosecutions. New Plug and Play systems are ideal for entry-level networked video surveillance, are flexible and offer user-friendly operation.With its 30 years o...

Frankfurt’s skyline is famous worldwide, and it has boasted another eye-catcher since November.  The recently opened 4-star hotel “Blue Heaven” will surely be an attractive centre of attraction for trade-fair visitors from around the world.  This is not only due to the building’s 87-metre height, but above all the blue silhouette and striking window architecture of the Radisson SAS Hotel.  Everything is also an all-round success when it comes to security, w...

A “business meeting in the night club” is what Videor General Manager Phil Wilkinson recently experienced in Barrow-in-Furness (County of Cumbria), North England.   The Princess Selandia is permanently moored at the Town Quay as a floating entertainment complex to offer its guests a special type of leisure experience.   Trelore Alarms took on responsibility for the specified security and safety technology, and installed an eneo CCTV integral solution supplied by V...

Videor delivers CCTV technology for the Metro in RotterdamA safe and high-capacity public transportation system that is accepted by its passengers brings success.  The Rotterdam Electric Tramway (RET) – operating company for a well-balanced network made up of buses, trams and metro trains – plans for tomorrow’s requirements, and is investing in upgrading its CCTV system. The components installed by the Dutch companies CTC and Imtech have ensured that all incidents hav...

eneo dome cameras from Videor secure the site premisesAround 130 dealers in the new Perishables Centre at Frankfurt turn over 440,000 tons of goods annually, and these supply up to five million consumers in the Rhein-Main area.  Heer GmbH decided to choose equipment supplied by Videor for the surveillance of the spacious premises. The new site of the Perishables Centre Frankfurt was built when the Frankfurt Großmarkthalle, the central covered market, was converted to become the new ho...

Real-time CCTV system operates around the clock to provide vehicle ID using ANPR and IVI at UK Ports Tyco Traffic and Transportation of Cambridge, part of Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions, were the main system integrators and prime contractors for the Bluebird Phase 1 project ,which is a vital component in the success of both the regional and national approach to controlling the UK's Borders.  This CCTV project is recognised nationally as a lead Benchmark standard for Automatic...

Octavian Security has won the contract to provide store security at IKEA Nottingham - and will be utilising a number of its Ghurkha officers to ensure that the highest retail security standards are met. The Nottingham based, nationally operating Security Company has devised a store security strategy in conjunction with the leading home-wares retailer that will utilise up to ten guards at any one time, with 60% of the guards working on the contract being ex-Ghurkha regiment soldiers.Working along...

Capture OmniScape took top honours in the Security Industry Association New Product Showcase (NPS) at the International Security Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, April 5-7, 2006.  Eighteen judges, representing various segments of the industry, viewed a daylong series of presentations by manufacturers of the 94 NPS entries.  SIA President Bill Gorski, Siemens Building Technologies, NPS Committee Chair Sandra Jones, Sandra Jones and Co., and SIA Executive Director Richard Chace pr...

Worldwide cash machine fraud is one of the fastest growing forms of card fraud.  By their very nature ATMs are in place to provide a service to the public and it is this accessibility which makes them a convenient target for hardened and opportunist criminals alike.  Criminals, often in organised gangs, are applying various methods to obtain card details in particular card skimming where a card reading device is secretly fitted to an ATM.  Add to this the perennial problem of stra...