Surveillance & Security News for May 2009

The recent ASIS International Security Conference took place in Montreux, Switzeralnd, in April 2009The ASIS International 8th European Security Conference took place on 26-29 April at Montreux Music & Convention Centre in Montreux, Switzerland. 312 security professionals, corporate executives, consultants, and officials from 44 different countries attended 30 high-level educational sessions on topics ranging from supply chain security to convergence of physical security and IT. Although due...

 Vigilant NetView provides enhanced video handling accuracy, flexibility and alarm managementVigilant Technology, a BATM Company and provider of intelligent IP video surveillance and security solutions, has announced today the release of NetView Version 3.0 IP Matrix Control Center Management Solution. NetView 3.0 enhancements support H.264 compression capabilities, multi-site remote access over low bandwidth, an intuitive touch-screen driven user interface, and added support for megapixel...

 From left to right: Breda Kenealy, sales manager IFSEC South Africa; Lester Potter, sales director Siemens; John Sergeant, broadcaster and authorSiemens has been awarded a prestigious IFSEC Security Industry Award in recognition of its innovative ‘state of the art' car parking solution for Heathrow's Terminal 5. Widely regarded as the industry's premier event, the Awards celebrate best practice and acknowledge the products and technological advances which are shaping the industry. Th...

  HID Global contactless smart card readers were rewarded with the 2009 Technology Award HID Global, the trusted worldwide leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that its collaboration with Dell™ on Latitude™ E-Family laptops with embedded contactless smart card readers was awarded the 2009 Technology Award at the Smart Card Alliance Outstanding Smart Card Achievement Awards. By integrating the first mu...

 Milestone XProtect™ Smart Client integrates with the Matrox VDA-1164 Video Decoding AcceleratorMatrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of specialised graphics solutions, recently announced a partnership with Milestone Systems to provide enhanced surveillance solution performance to the security market. Matrox and Milestone will be launching this collaboration through an integration of the Milestone XProtect™ Smart Client with the Matrox VDA-1164 Video Decoding...

 Pelco, configures IP and megapixel cameras for use with Mirasys networked video recorder systemsMirasys has announced that its customers will now be able to use Pelco's high quality IP and megapixel cameras in conjunction with Mirasys recorders. Pelco's IP drivers are available as standard in the newest versions of Mirasys NVR Pro and NVR Enterprise, while the previous versions of Mirasys recorders are easy to update with the latest software upgrades. Pelco and Mirasys both have a wid...

 Mirasys supports five new Megapixel camera manufacturers and three other IP camera manufacturersMirasys, one of the world's leading providers of open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions, has announced that its customers will now be able to use additional IP cameras from Dynacolor, Pixord and Siqura from Optelecom-NKF, and megapixel cameras from Mobotix, Panasonic, Pelco and Sony in conjunction with Mirasys recorders. Drivers for this extended functionality will be availa...

  Arecont Vision announces their collaborative effort with Genius Vision Digital, Inc. (GVD) Arecont Vision, the industry leader in megapixel IP camera technology, announces their collaborative effort with Genius Vision Digital, Inc. (GVD). The joint effort confirms interoperability of Arecont Vision's H.264 megapixel cameras, offering a highly efficient megapixel surveillance solution on GVD's popular M630-1000 Enterprise Level HD NVR platform. "Our cooperative effort wi...

 Expansion of partner programme helps Sony resellers to embrace new security solutions Sony Professional today reinforced its commitment to its reseller community through the expansion of its partner programme. Sony believes that working more closely with its Independent Software Vendor (ISV) community will encourage innovation in the security market and the uptake of new products, enabling partners to grow their businesses more effectively.  To date the support scheme has encoura...

 15th Anniversary is definitely an important milestone of TeleEye GroupFounded in 1994 by the City University of Hong Kong and a group of engineering researchers, the TeleEye Group has stepped into its 15th year of innovation. Since the very beginning, TeleEye Group has been engaged in the development, sales and marketing of innovative network CCTV and DVR that make use of advanced signal processing technologies. This lead TeleEye Group to become one of the leading world-class suppliers of...

 Morse Watchman's Keywatcher tracks and communicates status of keys at SEPTAThe Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has deployed the KeyWatcher Key Control System from Morse Watchmans to keep track of hundreds of keys used at its various bus garages, maintenance shops, an operations control centre and a money-counting facility in and around Philadelphia. KeyWatcher cabinets installed in the multiple facilities automatically record the access history of each key, inclu...

  President seeks reduced funding for transit, ports, and school programs President Obama's budget proposal includes ill-advised and disappointing reductions in funding for crucial physical security programs, Security Industry Association (SIA) officials said on Monday.Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget would cut hundreds of millions of dollars from transit, port and school security programs and provide them with much less money than the amount authorised by Congress or recommended in rec...

The Four Points has recently installed 139 Arecont Vision cameras covering large areasMegapixel IP cameras from Arecont Vision provide detailed, crystal clear images covering large areas at the new Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Kuching, Malaysia, owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., of White Plains, N.Y., one of the world's largest hotel companies. The Four Points has recently installed 139 Arecont Vision cameras, for both live monitoring and to enable operators t...

A major new-build bakery complex in the south-west of England deployed Vigitron's UTPVigitron's UTP power combiner and transceiver hubs have been installed at a major new-build bakery complex in the south-west of England.The units are being used with analogue dome cameras from Panasonic and Concept Pro (Videcon PLC) in a structured wiring system for both security, management and general logistical monitoring. The machine vision aspect of the project allows management to follow the enti...

Steam Ship installed CCTV system monitored by RVR to protect against the threat of fire and vandalismThe Steam Ship (SS) Great Britain, designed by the 19th Century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is using a sophisticated CCTV system monitored by Remote Video Response (RVR) to protect against the threat of fire and vandalism.The system, installed by Bristol-based Cannon Security, comprises a series of passive infrared (PIR) detectors, seven dome cameras and voice speaker warning system, with i...

VIVOTEK reports success at ISC West and SecuTechVIVOTEK has once again made a successful presence at ISC West and SecuTech 2009. In the exhibitions, VIVOTEK demonstrated its competence in providing cutting-edge IP surveillance solutions, highlighted by innovative megapixel network cameras, H.264 compression technology and central management software. They would like to thank visitors for their support.

 Winner Mohammed Farooq with his award, BSIA Chaiman, Stuart Lowden and HRH Prince Michael of Kent The British Security Industry Association's Meet the Buyers event at IFSEC saw the presentation of a BSIA Chairman's Award for Services to Exporting to Mohammed Farooq, Commercial Officer to Saudi Arabia.The BSIA's Chairman's Awards recognise outstanding contributions to the work of the British security industry and are usually presented at the Association's Annual Luncheon in July. This year...

QNAP Systems, Inc. will exhibit at the Computex 2009 Taipei, the largest computer exhibition in AsiaQNAP Systems, Inc., the leading provider of network-attached storage (NAS) and network surveillance system (NVR) appliances, is pleased to announce they are exhibiting at the Computex 2009 Taipei, the largest computer exhibition in Asia. It is going to demonstrate the new generation TS-219P and TS-219e Turbo NAS (with CoverFlow-like AJAX web interface), high definition (HD) NMP-1000...

 HRH Prince Michael of Kent at IFSECThe British Security Industry Association (BSIA) welcomed HRH Prince Michael of Kent to its hugely successful Meet the Buyers event held at IFSEC. The royal guest visited the event in his role as Patron of the BSIA's Export Council to gain an insight into the work of the Export Council and meet with some of the BSIA members and overseas buyers. Chris Pinder, BSIA Export Manager, comments: "We were delighted to welcome HRH Prince Michael of Kent to IF...

Sony Professional is showcasing its new NSR-1000 RANGE at IFSEC 2009 in hall 4 at stand J10. Sony's hybrid network surveillance servers are now available for purchase in Europe. Based on the latest generation of hybrid technology, a flexible platform allows the servers to record and integrate a wide range of camera formats from modern IP and megapixel cameras to more traditional analogue cameras. Not only does this provide an impressive improvement in performance, the servers are the only produc...

 Sony Professional's new flagship range of cameras is transforming video security monitoring Sony Professional are demonstrating the capabilities of its SNC-RH range of HD PTZ cameras at IFSEC 2009 in hall 4 at stand J10. The world's first HD pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) IP network security cameras were launched at the 2009 ISC West conference in April and are on show for the first time in Europe at IFSEC 2009. Sony's SNC-RS new series of standard-definition PTZ cameras will also be on show. &n...

 New range of hybrid encoders converts analogue signals to IP, easing transition in the video security market Sony Professional recently announced the launch of a new encoder series. Committed to encouraging the adoption of IP technology in the video security market, the new encoders can be used to convert signals from analogue to IP enabling customers to move from analogue to IP without having to replace their existing security infrastructure. Visitors to hall 4 stand J10 at IFSEC&nbs...

 IP cameras by German manufacturer Dallmeier are now also integrated into SeeTec's management software"Owing to their open system architecture our products can be connected to third-party systems without any problems. We have always been mindful of an open platform", says President & CEO Dieter Dallmeier. "The integration into the SeeTec software is further proof of how quickly and easily our products can be integrated."As a pioneer and technological innovator in the...

 VIVOTEK announces the release of its guidebook for video surveillance, the IP Surveillance HandbookVIVOTEK is pleased to announce the release of its first-ever guidebook for video surveillance, the IP Surveillance Handbook. Written with system integrators and installers in mind, the handbook is aimed at enhancing readers' knowledge in the IP surveillance field and optimising IP surveillance system installation.The book contains an introduction to IP surveillance including hardware equipmen...

 VIVOTEK and Face-Tek collaborate to develop more intelligent IP surveillance solutions to cater to customers' needsVIVOTEK launched a new partnership with Face-Tek, a Taiwan-based face recognition solution provider. The two companies will collaborate on developing more intelligent IP surveillance solutions to cater to customers' needs.In a nod to the growing importance of intelligent surveillance technology, VIVOTEK joined hands with Face-Tek to build face recognition support in...

 Veracity and Ditek announce partnership to inform about the need to use surge protection devices for POEVeracity and Ditek are pleased to announce a new partnership designed to inform their customer base about the need to consider- and use- surge protection devices when using POE.If you think this is not something that is needed, read the story below... "Nightmare on I.T.  Street - A True Story!"A major Southeastern University installed network-integrated IP cameras acr...

 The MOBOTIX AG is expecting to fulfil its financial projections for fiscal year 2008/09 MOBOTIX AG, at the forefront of technology as system provider of digital high-resolution network-based video security systems, reports the results for the first nine months of fiscal year 2008/09, ending on March 31, 2009. Sales: € 32.5m Sales growth: 36.9% EBIT: € 6.9m EBIT in % of total output: 20.5% Net income for the period: € 5.0m Earnings per share: € 1.14 The MOBOTIX Grou...

 BriefCam's Video Synopsis™ technology, integrated with the open platform Milestone XProtect™BriefCam Ltd., a unique provider of systems for video synopsis and indexing of surveillance camera content, announced an integration partnership with Milestone, the leading open platform company within IP video management software. Users of Milestone XProtect will now be able to utilise BriefCam's first-of-its-kind technology, which allows for one day of surveillance camera footage to be...

  Bosch Security Systems is introducing a new series of flush-mount Premium-sound Ceiling Loudspeakers Superior music and speech reproduction meets the most demanding public address requirements: ♦ High-quality music and speech reproduction ♦ EVAC compliant ♦ Excellent bass response ♦ Complete range for every application Bosch Security Systems is introducing a new series of flush-mount Premium-sound Ceiling Loudspeakers delivering superior...

Quaddrix CCTV products installed at the Centro Mayor Mall located in Bogota, ColombiaQuaddrix teams with Integrator EBC Ingeneria S.A. to install Quaddrix CCTV products into the Centro Mayor Mall located in Bogota, Colombia. The Mall is expected to be the largest mall in Colombia and one of the largest in all of South America. The Mall covers 248,000 square feet and contains over 430 stores. this project will be finished in the second quarter 2009 and will expect to have over 100,000 visito...