Surveillance & Security News for February 2012

Customer: Alburtis is a borough in Lehigh County, PA and a suburb of Allentown, PA in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. Residents in the borough of Alburtis, PA, can dispose of lawn clippings, tree limbs and shrubs at the local yard waste centre. However, Leigh County needed to prevent disposal at the centre of prohibited items such as construction debris, propane tanks and household garbage. The borough has a lot at stake in its efforts to prevent illegal dumping - from possible damage t...

Customer Malta's Grand Harbour into Valletta provides access to cruise ships. Passengers are greeted in this group of islands in the central Mediterranean with a view of ancient cream-colored buildings along twisting streets and hillsides, with limestone battlements, crenellated castles and ancient forts still guarding the harbour entrance, all reflecting 7,000 years of the islands' sometimes turbulent history. Today, the Valletta waterfront combines state-of-the-art sea passenger terminal faci...

Customer: George Mason University is one of Virginia's fastest growing higher education institutions with four campuses and 35,000 students. Located in the heart of Northern Virginia's technology corridor near Washington, D.C., George Mason University offers strong undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in engineering, information technology, biotechnology and health care. The George Mason University School of Law has been recognised by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top 40 law...

With over 15,000 kilometres of pipeline in the Netherlands and northern Germany, dozens of sites and approximately 1,300 gas receiving stations, Gasunie operates one of the largest high pressure, gas pipeline grids in Europe.  Its network forms the core of the so-called northwest European 'gas roundabout' and its security relies on Geutebruck technology. Gasunie's sites vary greatly in function and size.  Some are very small, remote and rarely visited.  Others occupy several hect...

The Grand River North West remand prison in Mauritius has vastly improved security by upgrading its CCTV system with IndigoVision's IP video solution. IndigoVision's local partner Brink's (Mauritius) Ltd worked with the prison's management team to identify the ideal solution to make sure all parts of the prison could be seen, and incidents spotted immediately. Fifteen 9000 PTZ cameras and 104 analogue cameras have been put in place, connected to six NVR-AS 3000 Network Video Recorders and 104...

EMC® Corporationis the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organisations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. The company's information focus, investments, and acquisition strategy have yielded years of double-digit growth in annual revenue. But, as EMC has grown, so have the number and types of its facilities worldwide, bringing new challenges to protecting people, proper...

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama is Scotland's international conservatoire and the only one in the UK to offer music, drama and dance to degree level. With around 800 students from 45 countries, the Academy offers a performance-based training where excellence and the student experience are at the heart of every-thing they do. It was here Kaba Ltd was invited to undertake a security survey to identify, provide and install a fully integrated solution that would meet all their secur...

With the new campus recently constructed, the Affiliated Kindergarten of Renhe Elementary School in the suburb of Tainan, Taiwan was looking to deploy an improved network video surveillance solution from the school's original analog system. The new system not only had to provide video images in high definition, it also had to be a cost-effective solution that could be easily installed, operated and maintained. To address the school's requirement, CoreNet Technologies, a system integrator specia...

  A BSIA post-event survey reveals strong demand for UK security products during Intersec 2012 Strong demand for UK security products evidenced during Intersec also ties-in with the findings of new research unveiled by the BSIA. Members of the British Security Industry Association's Export Council, who exhibited at the recent Intersec 2012 exhibition in Dubai, are reporting a record level of visitor interest in the wide range of innovative UK security solutions, fro...

  Infinova's IP cameras were integrated with HCL's wireless IP surveillance Infinova recently announced that over 40 million people were peaceably able to participate in 2010's Kumbh Mela, the largest religious gathering in the world, held January 14 to April 28, 2010, in Hardiware, India, in part due to a surveillance system including Infinova IP cameras. Infinova integrator HCL Security Ltd was recently provided a letter of commendation from the Uttarakhand Police f...

Federal and commercial sectors select eIQnetworks due to an increasing number of cyber attacks eIQnetworks, Inc., the only global provider of a unified situational awareness solution, recently announced an increasing number of large organisations and federal agencies are choosing situational awareness over next generation SIEM tools, helping the company post record year-on-year third quarter sales, Q3 FY12, ending January 31, 2012. Revenue was up 60 percent from the same quar...

The site is now more secure with the new access control system from Axis Security Axis Security, winner of Security Guarding Company of the Year at the Security Excellence Awards, has secured a contract to supply access control and concierge duties for Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service’s headquarters. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service serves a resident population of more than one million people divided amongst the five constituent councils of Gateshead, Newcastl...

John will focus on creating innovative security solutions for customers at colleges and universities G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. recently announced veteran higher education security and safety expert, John L. Pack, has joined its team of subject matter experts. With decades of experience in the higher education and campus security environment, John will focus on creating innovative security solutions for customers at colleges and universities around the US. “John Pa...

IndigoVision, leading manufacturer of security management systems, has released an update to its OPC Data Access Server Integration Module, allowing communication from IndigoVision's SMS4 system to OPC compliant clients. OPC is a series of standards specifications for allowing open interoperability amongst industrial automation and process control systems such as building and alarm management systems. IndigoVision's updated OPC Data Access Server Integration Module v2.0 forms part of its OPC I...

Idesco, the first manufacturer in the world to offer encrypted card-reader-host communication, has transformed the weakest link in access control systems into the strongest. The Access 8 CD 5 2.0 reader – now available to order - is merely the foundation of Idesco’s revolutionary new AESCO package.AESCO won't stop at lifting the security of access control to an unprecedentedly secure level. For what’s most innovative about AESCO is that it is an OPEN TECHNOLOGY solution - it ca...

Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced that the Matrox Mura MPX Series video wall controller boards are HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant, simplifying the work for AV Integrators seeking to enable copy protected content across Mura-driven video walls. Mura input/output boards facilitate HDCP interoperability by capturing high definition video signals from up to four HDCP sources and displaying the content on up to four HDCP-enabled displays. A video wall controller with up...

Axis video encoders convert analogue video signals into digital video streams sent over an IP network The second pair of breeding Peregrine Falcons to be seen in Norwich for a century is being closely monitored by the Hawk and Owl Trust thanks to video encoders from Axis Communications.When the pair of breeding birds was spotted flying around Norwich Cathedral, the national charity asked the authorities if they could erect a nesting platform to record live footage of the birds...

Ipsotek was awarded a Highly Commended certificate in recognition for making this a safer world Ipsotek’s award winning technology was awarded a Highly Commended certificate for the ADS Security and Innovation Awards in recognition for making this a safer world. The ADS Security and Innovation Awards, sponsored by General Dynamics UK, was incorporated into the Security and Policing 2012 (formerly known as HOSDB) Exhibition Dinner held at the Guildford Cathedral on 31 Ja...

LILIN and NUUO will be working closely to achieve global interoperability of network video surveillance products LILIN, one of the world's leading providers of IP Video solutions, have announced their close partnership with NUUO. Combining IP and analogue technologies with IVS detections, NUUO are world leaders in delivering open platform Video Management Solutions (VMS). This new partnership is exciting for both LILIN and NUUO who going forward, will be working closely togeth...

QNAP protected the military site with reliable performance and strong integration QNAP Security’s network surveillance solution helped secure a military complex in Colombia. Located in the thriving capital of Bogota, the customer wanted to protect members of the 13th brigade at all times. It turned to turnkey consultant Gabasip for a suitable video surveillance solution. Solution “A military site demands effective video surveillance equipment with zero downtime,&...

The new facility will accomodate the combined staff of NAV and Nexus Technologies In a move that reflects an overall increase in business throughout the region as well as North American Video’s (NAV) recent acquisition of Nexus Technologies Group, NAV has relocated their northeast regional office to larger facilities in Pearl River, NY, effective February 1st, 2012.  “The location and added space of the new facility will enable us to offer enhanced services a...

MOBOTIX technology helps property management firm Anderson Harkins protect large retail sites Mobotix AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems have released details of an innovative solution using MOBOTIX technology which is helping Anderson Harkins, a property management firm, protect large retail sites 24 hours a day while reducing the burden of employing on site security staff. Anderson Harkins manages eight sites across t...

Access Control Technology (ACT) Ltd. has launched a new access control solution that has been designed to suit all types of SME's located in a single building and not requiring more than 32 protected doors. The ACTpro 1500 single door IP controller can be set-up and administered via its built-in web server or through the established ACTWin software application. Key features include voltage monitoring, break glass monitoring, status LEDs for fault indication and cable management improvements suc...

VIVOTEK is releasing the next in its series of user-friendly pan/tilt network cameras, PT8133/33W, a newly improved, upgraded version of the PT7135/37. Designed to resemble an elegant, poised swan, the 1.0-Megapixel VIVOTEK PT8133/33W is only 100 mm in diameter and 120 mm tall, making for an aesthetically pleasing yet effective, high-quality surveillance solution in high definition. With flexible 350-degree pan and 125-degree tilt, the PT8133/33W offers users comprehensive control over a monito...

Samsung’s new four channel SRD-440 H.264 DVR offers users the convenience of remotely monitoring live or recorded images via an iPhone, iPad or Android smartphone. The SRD-440 is fully compatible with the free Samsung iPOLiS MOBILE app which can be downloaded from iTunes and the Android market. It supersedes the SRD-450 and is likely to be equally popular with installers who are looking to recommend an economically priced recording solution for small retail and office environments, and pa...

Barix AG, a pioneer in IP audio, control and monitoring, brings voice paging to the iPhone and iPad via the Barix Wi-Fi Paging App the first open-standards IP and multicast voice announcer application for mobile iOS devices.The Barix Wi-Fi Paging App, now available in the iTunes App Store, enables zoned voice paging from iOS devices on commercial, public and residential properties. Barix's open-standards approach turns nearly any VoIP or IP Audio receiving device into a simple IP paging/ann...

The new improved  EYE-R640-V4utilises 17µm pixels providing a 32% increase in picture resolution over 25µm pixels. This has provided a dramatic improvement in video quality. Packed into  a small, lightweight, low power format the thermal  imaging engine is based on a 640x480 pixels ASi microbolometer detector It is tuned to the long wave infrared band together with a sensitivity now With the  advanced, DSP-based platform, this engine supp...

The partnership allows Optex and Raytec to capitalise on common synergies in sales and technology Leading sensor manufacturer Optex Co. Ltd of Japan has announced a major investment in the 100% share capital of UK lighting manufacturer Raytec. Raytec are the global leaders in security lighting with a reputation for high performance, high quality products designed, manufactured and supported to the highest standards. This new partnership allows the two companies to capital...

The Samsung stand will be packed with interactive product demonstration areas Samsung has announced that its stand in hall 5 at IFSEC 2012 will be dedicated to demonstrating its ability to support installers and system integrators with Smarter Security solutions.  “Smarter Security is primarily about how customers can upgrade from an analogue system to an IP and network based solution in the smartest possible way for their businesses with the help of Samsung,&rdquo...

Milestone managers shared important information on new products, tools, and services in the conference Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), held its annual Milestone Integration Platform Symposium (MIPS) conference February 12-14 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Two-hundred seventy people attended MIPS from the Milestone ecosystem of distributors, system integrators and consultants. A record number of Manufacturer Alliance Partners a...