Surveillance & Security News for May 2015

Participant - Mariusz Malkowski survived the avalanche uninjured & has been rescued from the mountain FIBARO, a leading European manufacturer of wireless, intelligent home automation systems, announced that the main participant in the FIBARO Mount Everest Challenge Powered by Z-Wave, Mariusz Malkowski, has been rescued from the mountain and is now home with his family in New Jersey, USA. Malkowski helped people trapped under the snow Malkowski was about two weeks in...

From a business point of view, one of the biggest advantages of smartphones and tablets is the ability to execute a series of administrative tasks at any time and from any location. Unlike traditional technology, new applications and updates are available every day on our handheld devices, enabling us to carry out complex tasks without having to physically be at the office or in front of a PC. Likewise, the current policies of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) allow an employee to use their personal...

Event have seen increase in overseas visitors from the paramilitary and law enforcement sectors Records were broken at this year's Counter Terror Expo (CTX) exhibition and conference as this pivotal event for the security and counter terror sectors demonstrated its international appeal. Held at Olympia London on 21 and 22 April, CTX attracted VIP visitors from over 30 countries, a 30% increase on the 2014 show. A high profile conference The World Terror Congress, one of the...

ASSA ABLOY supplied Powershield fire and personnel doorsets that features kick plates for added durability and a high-end finish Security Doors, a division of ASSA ABLOY UK, has successfully completed a £5m design, supply and installation of Powershield steel doors to the new Terminal 2A at Heathrow Airport. The first flights arrived at The Queen’s Terminal at the beginning of June 2014, almost 60 years after the original Terminal 2 opened as the airport&rsquo...

iluminar’s IR919 series provides illumination for the scene most populated by the bears for their fishing activities Named after Mount Katmai, an active volcano situated in the region, Katamai National Park & Preserve in Southern Alaska is famed for its native Alaskan brown bears. The area was awarded national park status in 1980 to protect the region. Katamai is widely known for its remote beauty and wildlife, including sock-eye salmon and the brown bears that feed...

For several months now, the Virtual Keypad™ App has provided Video Verification for the end-user to confirm or cancel an alarm. During an alarm situation video verification delivers video from the premises to the system owner via their Virtual Keypad™ App enabling instant visual assessment of the situation for the appropriate response. DMP and SecureCom Video are now introducing Video Verification to the Central Station. This patent pending technology is compatible with any Automatio...

NCT CBRNe USA 2015 was this year’s place to be for meeting the country’s leading decision-makers NCT CBRNe USA 2015: Setting a benchmark for high-quality CBRN events of the future Giving an alternative to old-fashioned CBRN forums where stakeholders meet the same people and colleagues over and over again each year, NCT events are renowned for their high quality when it comes to international CBRN forums and to creating an interactive, intercultural CBRN community....

The partner agreement expands the two companies’ sales collaboration globally Airbus Defence and Space and Cisco recently announced a new global partner agreement that will combine their complementary technology strengths in the defense, security and satellite communication industries to create innovative products and systems in software-defined networking, cybersecurity, mobility, cloud, data intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT). The agreement comprises access...

The survey is open to individuals involved in procurement & management of security products The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) – the trade body representing the UK’s private security industry – is researching the procurement attitudes of end users. The BSIA is seeking to understand the factors which influence security procurement and investment through an online survey launched this week. The survey – which is open to all individu...

MIPS 2015 focused on security systems used in implementing smart city projects and the creation of a single urban information MIPS, the 21st international exhibition on protection, security and fire safety took place in pavilion 75 of Moscow’s VDNKh from 13 — 16 April 2015. Over the past 20 years, MIPS has established itself as an authority among professionals of this industry. In his welcome to exhibitors and visitors, Viktor Zolotov, First Deputy Minister of...

Secutech Excellence Award was bestowed on Ultra-Megapixel fisheye network cameras FE8391-V VIVOTEK is honored to announce the winning of Secutech Excellence Award 2015 at Secutech Taipei 2015, the international exhibition and conference for electronic security, info security, fire, and safety held in Taipei from the 28th to the 30th of April, 2015. This year, the award was bestowed on the new Ultra-Megapixel fisheye network cameras FE8391-V. VIVOTEK has won the Excellence...

Higher image quality, enhanced technology, and more complicated project requirements result in larger data for storage in megapixel surveillance now than ever before. Surveon, the complete megapixel solutions provider, offers the advanced storage solutions to achieve the strong demands of long video retention period, efficiency, scalability as well as data integrity for partners to effectively manage large data with overall system stability and zero video loss. “Reliable, fast, high-perfo...

Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is one of the largest universities in the UK. A large city-based university dating back to 1823, LJMU has been described as an innovative modern university with a number of outstanding centres of excellence. LJMU has 27,000 students enrolled on its own courses around the globe studying over 200 courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. With campus sites all over the city, LJMU is best known as one of Merseyside&rsq...

CP PLUS designed Campus IP intelligent video surveillance solution to create a secure environment for scientists and staff Photovoltaic means the direct conversion of sunlight into electrical power through solar cells. A heightened environmental awareness and financial assistance by the government for renewable energy projects has led to the construction of numerous photovoltaic plants. Reliable protection of the usually vast areas against theft or sabotage is not only in the...

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced it has successfully launched a mobile student ID system in collaboration with Botosoft, the leading provider of technologies in Africa, to help the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) combat student identity fraud in Nigeria. Every year, beginning in the spring, more than 2.2 million students will register online and receive machine-readable Genuine HID® smart cards. Mobile readers validate new student...

Octavian Security has also won IBBF International Business of the Year Award and Outstanding Business of the Year at IAB Awards Octavian Security, the leading UK security provider, has been named Business of the Year at the 2015 British Indian Awards for the second year running. Recognising achievements in Britain’s Indian communities, Nottingham-based Octavian beat competition from six other finalists to receive the accolade. Octavian achieved a turnover of £13.5...

The project enables Genetec to demonstrate its latest unified IP security solutions in a simulated control room Leading control room furniture manufacturer, Winsted has supplied a customised console solution at the Genetec UK Solutions Centre, located in Reading, UK. The project enables the physical IP security solutions provider to demonstrate the very latest in their unified IP security solutions in a simulated control room. For over 15 years, Genetec has led the developmen...

IPVM has introduced its Google Maps Camera Calculator. The calculator provides the ability to address and map out cameras completely online. The aim is to save system design specialists time and money. Google Street View Integration allows users to see a surveillance camera’s field of view before installation. In doing so, system integrators who use the calculator save on costly site visits. As cameras are moved around a selected scene, the street view automatically updates as well....

Smart and Turbo HD lines were explained at the meeting ‘It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.’ (C. Darwin). This quote was shared by Jiangfeng Zhi, President at Hikvision Europe BV to the audience during the two-day event dedicated to the first European distributors’ meeting held in Lisbon on April 23-24, 2015. Sales revenue of 2.82 billion USD in 2014 Hikvision has always been...

Managing General Partner of SCP Partners, Mr. Churchill has over 25 years of experience in private equity investing DVTEL, INC., the video surveillance solutions provider, is pleased to announce that Winston Churchill, Managing General Partner of SCP Partners, will join the DVTEL Board of Directors. Churchill replaces Edmundo Gonzalez, whose personal commitment and unique analytical skills over many years of being a loyal member of DVTEL’s Board of Directors have proven...

CEM’s access terminal, emerald, has been installed at the airport providing solution beyond access control CEM Systems, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, can announce that its long standing customer London Gatwick Airport has undergone a major upgrade of its AC2000 access control and security management system. The project was phased throughout 2014 and involved an upgrade of AC2000 Airport software, as well as the upgrade of more than 700 card rea...

Axis Communications, the market leader in network video surveillance, introduces its first products for streaming, the AXIS V5914 and AXIS V5915 PTZ network cameras. The flexible and high performance cameras deliver high quality audio and smooth pan/tilt/zoom capabilities ideal for audio and video production and live streaming and recording in HDTV quality and can be mounted table-top, wall or ceiling. The cameras can be remotely controlled via a web interface enabling operation from mobile devi...

The Tinyon range includes a 720p internal IP camera with PIR-based motion and audio detection Pro-Vision Distribution Limited, the distributor of branded CCTV and access control equipment, can now offer the UK installer the new range of Bosch Tinyon IP cameras. Bosch Tinyon IP 2000 Simon Davies, Internal Sales Manager for Pro-Vision Distribution, said “The ONVIF compliant Bosch Tinyon IP 2000 microbox cameras offer 720p or VGA resolution with multiple streaming options...

CLIQ® remote programming devices enable managers to update keys anywhere even in the field Challenge Founded as a private gas company in the 1800s, Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) is now an independent utility owned by the city and canton of Basel. It employs over 750 people and supplies around 190,000 customers in Basel and north-western Switzerland with electricity, district heating, biogas and natural gas, energy services, telecommunications and safe drinking water. As...

Since acquiring SeeTec AG, On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. (OnSSI) is bringing production of its entire software platform in house. The SeeTec recorder will replace OnSSI’s legacy recorder, previously OEM’d by Milestone, beginning with the introduction of Ocularis 5.x. Familiar in Europe, SeeTec is a privately held German-based company providing VMS solutions and was among the first providers of network-based video management applications. With SeeTec now part of OnSSI, the combin...

Camden Door Controls’ new CV-900 ‘Designer Series’ access control devices are compact, elegantly styled and available in a selection of finishes that will enhance any decor. The ‘Designer Series’ is a complete line of metal backlit keypads, dual format proximity card readers (HID/AWID) and capacitive biometric fingerprint readers. They are elegantly styled and available in a range of anodised architectural finishes (white and metallic silver, charcoal and red). Th...

SureView wins award for its Immix enterprise command center and central station software solution SureView Systems, a global provider of commercial central station and enterprise command center software, announced recently that it has been honoured with the Platinum-level Government Security Award for its Immix® enterprise command center and central station software solution. The award program, presented by leading industry trade publication Security Products, recognises o...

A10 Networks, a leader in application networking, recently announced its virtual application delivery controller (ADC) appliance, vThunder ADC, is now available as a Virtual Machine (VM) image on the Azure Marketplace. The vThunder VM offers dynamic “application-aware” services, including advanced L4-7 load balancing, application acceleration and improved-security in an all-in-one virtual instance. Unifying vThunder with Azure enables extensibility and consistent policies across cust...

Antaira Technologies is a global leading developer and supplier of industrial networking devices and communication solutions for harsh environmental applications and is proud to announce the expansion of its industrial networking infrastructure family with the introduction of the LNX-1202G-SFP and LNX-1204G-SFP series. Supporting fibre connection Antaira’s new LNX-1202G-SFP and LNX-1204G-SFP industrial Gigabit unmanaged Ethernet switches offer the highest density of Gigabit Ethernet port...

Powered by Stratocast, Digicel Eye allows business owners to view live and recorded video Genetec™, a manufacturer of open platform, unified IP security solutions recently announced that Digicel Business, a leading communications provider in the Caribbean and Central America has chosen Genetec's Stratocast cloud-based Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) solution to power its latest business solutions product, Digicel Eye. Designed for small and mid-size business (SMB...