Surveillance & Security News for December 2008

  Switchnet Systems is supplying the entire product requirement for 'The Snowcentre' in Hemel HempsteadMayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and physical security solutions distributor, is supplying the entire product requirement for an exciting installation at Britain's soon to be premier indoor snow sports destination.  ‘The Snowcentre' in Hemel Hempstead will recreate alpine conditions with a huge 160m main slope and 100m lesson slope, both over 3...

VIVOTEK encourages employees to integrate green polices into their daily livesVIVOTEK has further lived up to its promise of reducing CO2 emissions and energy consumption with the launch of the Green VIVOTEK website.  Deeply aware of the importance of coexisting with the environment for sustained growth and development, we have embarked on several green IT initiatives since our establishment.  Apart from introducing green products and services, a series of training programs were planne...

Genetec and iView Systems collaborate to introduce an LPR solution globallyGenetec and iView Systems, leading Canadian technology companies, announced partnership and delivery of fully integrated License Plate Recognition for the iTrak Incident Reporting and Risk Management Platform.iViews' iLPR (Intelligent License Plate Recognition) software employs Genetec's proven AutoVu Sharp IP based license plate recognition camera, delivering advanced digital video processing and plate mat...

 IMS Research's latest figures place Milestone at the top of IP video surveillance software marketMilestone Systems has been recognized again as the global market leader for IP video surveillance software. IMS Research has published a new report that identifies Milestone as having the highest world market share in the category of software-only vendors of open platform network video management solutions. The report from IMS Research, "The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillanc...

 Mobile CCTV technology allows police officers to have a 360 degree view of the outside of their vehicle. Nurizon Corporation has officially launched the "ICOP 20/20W" system, which is currently used extensively throughout the United States, and has also received international acclaim for providing police and emergency services agencies, video evidence of infringements and mobile violations.Mobile CCTV technology allows police officers to have a 360 degree view of the outside...

  Advanced Nurizon ANPR device Number allows law enforcement agencies to verify vehicle ownership Public Safety and Homeland Security solutions providers Nurizon Corporation have launched one of the most advanced security and intelligence solutions to the Saudi Security Forces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to date.Security multinational Nurizon Corporation, is the first organisation to provide mobile licence plate recognition (MPLR) technology in the Kingdom, which scans both Ara...

  Firetide wireless video surveillance solution aids airport officials to watch ground crewsAirport officials at the Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport in Temple, Texas, can now watch over ground crews and protect military assets using a wireless video surveillance network.  Located near Fort Hood, one of the largest military bases in the world, the Central Texas airport helps control access to Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and other military aircraft being ref...

  The IR Domehawk features built-in infra-red illuminationFylde Borough Council in Lancashire has installed IR Domehawk, a new camera from MEL Secure Systems, the leading developer of rapid deployment CCTV surveillance solutions.  The IR Domehawk features built-in infra-red illumination and 160Gb DVR as well as giving full 360 degree pan and tilt night vision at ranges up to 100 metres.  It will enable Fylde to monitor both lit and unlit areas around the clock and reduce the...

  "The CBC system was the answer we were looking for," says Jay Patel of Newton ITThe latest IP CCTV solution from CBC (Europe) Ltd has been installed as part of a management systems investment that will allow one of the UK's fastest-growing chains of bookmakers to expand further.  The system, designed and installed by Newton IT, covers 40 branches of Better and it will be added-to, stage by stage, as the number of outlets grows.  "This is a bookmakers with a d...

  QNAP network surveillance system secures the largest hospital in TaiwanThe leading surveillance solutions provider QNAP Security recently announced its VioGate Network Digital Video Recorder (NDVR) and the VioStor Network Video Recorder (NVR) are adopted by Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGH-KS), one of the largest hospitals in Taiwan.  The existing closed circuit television (CCTV) system of the hospital is expanded and upgraded to a network surveillance system for mo...

  Theia's wide angle lens to be installed in Murrieta Valley Unified School DistrictMurrieta Valley Unified School District in southern California has awarded a contract to upgrade its security system at 18 schools and an administration facility. The system specified Theia's award winning ultra wide lenses. At one of the district's high schools a security system upgrade will replace 170 existing analog cameras with just 43 IQinVision megapixel cameras using ultra wide lenses from...

Indigovision's complete IP video solution has been deployed across 17 cities in Latin AmericaIndigoVision's complete IP Video solution has been deployed across 17 cities in Latin America resulting in a significant decrease in local crime. The Serra beach area, near Vitoria in Brazil, has seen a dramatic drop in crime since the local authority implemented CCTV surveillance using IndigoVision's technology. This is not an untypical situation as other cities in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Mex...

 March Networks' VideoSphere™ PTZ Auto Tracking analytic wins award for exceptional product innovation March Networks® a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, recently announced that its VideoSphere™ PTZ Auto Tracking analytic has won the Security & Safety Award for exceptional product innovation at the Sicurezza 2008 Exhibition, running November 25-28 in Milan, Italy. "We are pleased to recognize March Networks with...

Ottawa Tourism ©TransVu mobile technology solution adopted to protect Ottawa, CanadaCCTV solutions from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - including DVRs and the latest TransVu mobile technology, are at the heart of a Proactive Audio-Video (PAV) surveillance system helping to protect the public parks, swimming pools and other areas of the Canadian capital city, Ottawa, from the safety and security issues caused by vandalism, drug use, drinking, graffiti and other inappropriate activ...

  The partnership between Overland and Mobotix gives companies an easy-to-use, turnkey solution Overland Storage, Inc. recently announced the formation of a strategic, global alliance with Mobotix Vision Systems, the leader in high-resolution IP network cameras, to deliver video surveillance and archiving solutions for the under 100-camera system market.  Mobotix will offer a bundled solution including Overland‘s Snap Server network attached storage (NAS) appliance family wi...

GVI Security Solutions has won a contract to provide a video surveillance system for a prison in Latin America GVI Security Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of video security surveillance solutions featuring the complete Samsung Electronics line of products has won a contract to provide a comprehensive video surveillance system for the prison system of one of the largest nations in Latin America. The project, commencing this week, includes a broad range of GVI Samsung Elec...

  Beaumont implemented a new IP-based video surveillance system powered by OnSSIThe Beaumont Independent School District incorporates more than 30 K-12 schools housing nearly 20 thousand students, in addition to several administration buildings. To keep track of activities during and after school hours, deter criminal activity and insure safety and security for pupils and staff, Beaumont implemented a new IP-based video surveillance system powered by the advanced video control and mana...

  The AutoVu solution help police recover stolen vehiclesZenitel, international market leader in integrated communication solutions for the professional market, announces an exciting new contract between its system integration business in Belgium and the Anti-Aggression Brigade of the Brussels Police Department. Zenitel Belgium has deployed Genetec's IP license plate recognition (LPR) system AutoVu to help combat car theft in the city.  The installation, which is already up a...

  Sony exhibited at the SECTECH event in CopenhagenInnovative Achievement Awards: NSR-1000 Series from SonyLast week Sony exhibited at the SECTECH event in Copenhagen. The exhibition and associated seminars were focused entirely on security technologies, acting as a meeting point for suppliers, installers, consultants and end user purchasing managers within the field of security.The number of visitors to the Sony stand was very good and there was particular interest in our Mega Pixel c...