Surveillance & Security News for November 2008

  ACT has developed a full range of training programsAccess Control Technology has developed certified training for our popular range of access control products that will provide the candidate with the fundamental skills to design, operate, install and commission access control systems.Certified training has now become more important for the industry and ACT has developed a full range of training programs that cover standalone and networked access control solutions.  Each module i...

  The Iris system offers secure primary routes between a monitored site and alarm receiving centreDanish company LEGO Security ApS is the latest operation to install Chiron Security Communications' 21st century Iris intruder alarm monitoring solution - the fastest growing IP security monitoring system across Europe.Situated in Billund, in the Jutland region of Denmark, LEGO Security is passing on the benefits of Iris' alarms-over-IP monitoring cost savings, added value functionali...

  The latest range of video encoders and cameras from Pelco now has integrated support by BarcoPelco and Barco are pleased to announce a new integrated solution that offers interoperability of their streaming video solutions.  Thanks to the open API standard used, Pelco video encoders and camera systems now perfectly integrate with Barco for streaming video solutions. According to company management, this combined solution offers the companies' shared customers ease-of-instal...

  SALTO Systems has supplied a smart access control solution for the new Student Life Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo)Home to almost 3,800 students, The University of Hawaii at Hilo is a state university established in 1947 as a branch campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  The school officially became a four-year baccalaureate institution to be known as UH Hilo in 1970.  UH Hilo's mission is to establish itself as a comprehensive university with an...

 AMG is supplying their fibre optic transmission system, which integrates ethernet and low speed data with high quality uncompressed videoAMG Systems Ltd. announces that it has been contracted by EFKON Group India - to supply its innovative fibre optic transmission system Guardian-Lite™ 3700 for traffic management and control on National Highways No 7 and No 47.Commenced in 1998 and aimed to create world class roads with uninterrupted traffic flow in a country where 80% of p...

  Matrox Graphics is launching a new addition to its portfolio of hardware-accelerated IP-video decoding technologyMatrox Graphics will be launching an addition to its portfolio of hardware-accelerated IP video decoding technology for traffic management systems next week at the 15th World Congress on ITS. This new board set is capable of simultaneously decoding multiple IP video streams-at a variety of resolutions and encoded formats. Consisting of two boards, the decoder board co...

Simon Nash, European Product Manager, Network Video Monitoring, Sony Europe, explains the key benefits and potential impact of the new generation of groundbreaking intelligent cameras. It has long been known that there are inherent weaknesses in the process of manually scrutinising security  Intelligent cameras offer proactive network video monitoring monitors hour after hour, in the hope of pinpointing all possible risks.  The challenge has been to find a robust te...

 The telephone conference call featured a question and answer segment with the management Optelecom-NKF, Inc., a leading global provider of advanced IP-video network solutions, released its first quarter earnings after the market closed on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.Optelecom-NKF president and CEO Edmund Ludwig lead a conference call to discuss first quarter results at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, May 1, 2008. Interested parties were welcome to call 800-638-481...

  Idesco's access control readers are used in this building as a part of the access control system Idesco's Access Quattro access control readers have been chosen for a security system in the Rondo office building in Poland.Rondo building is a high standard office building located in the financial district of Warsaw, Poland.  The building has 40 floors, 75 000 square meters office space and an underground garage with over 500 parking spaces. The security system of the buildin...

 Dedicated Micros' NetVu Console remote CCTV viewing station is a finalist in the Innovation category of the Security and Safety Award 2008Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has announced that its NetVu Console solution has been shortlisted in the high-profile Security and Safety Award 2008 to be held at the Sicurezza exhibition in Italy (25 - 28 November). A powerful remote CCTV viewing station, NetVu Console, duplicates the local control functionality of a Digital Video Recorder (...

 Bosch LIVE cameras shoots-out with Derwent and Forward Vision part of Bosch Group Following the successful integration of Bosch Security Systems and the Extreme CCTV Group, a winter schedule of Technology Days has been announced, which this year has been extended to incorporate more locations across the country.These Bosch Technology Days, targeted at security consultants, installers and end users, are a development of the Bosch Camera Shootouts.  However, thi...

 Group 4 Technology are holding a series of seminars on the future of building security Group 4 Technology are holding a series of seminars on the future of building security for businesses.  One of the key topics of the seminar focuses on the move towards network based IP solutions, how this is drawing more people at management level into security decisions and a look at the technology driving this change.Another area of focus is the integration of a company's current security sy...

  The PSIA remains dedicated to representing and reflecting the broadest set of inputs and industry perspectivesThe Physical Security Interoperability Alliance's (PSIA) IP Media Device Application Programming Interface (API) is quickly gaining the attention of the industry's leading companies involved in networked professional security and surveillance systems.  This document, which was released at the ASIS conference in September, has already had more than 100 companies register...

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark meets Lo Yew Seng of Milestone Systems and Zhiping Zou of HIKVision and Lars ThinggaardHikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., the leading supplier of digital video surveillance products with headquarters in China, has established a partnership with Milestone Systems, the world leading developer of open platform IP video management software.The partner agreement was signed in Shanghai, China Oct.21st by Zhiping Zhou, Hikvision's v...

 Sony provided a Network Video Monitoring (NVM) system consisting of 19 Sony SNC-DF40P cameras PC ONE challengeThe PC ONE showroom is best known for being the largest supplier of office automation equipment in Doha, Qatar - more than 500 customers could visit the store at any one time. However, the current security system didn't meet the company's security requirements, and therefore needed to be replaced. The new system needed to have the capability of being controlled from various of...

  Sukhi Ghuman, CEO of the Octavian GroupOctavian Security's mine of information and expertise has helped the company to land a new contract that will see its personnel protecting the headquarters of the Coal Authority.The Authority, with its Headquarters in Berry Hill, Mansfield, is responsible for the licensing of coal mining operations in Britain and dealing with the historic legacy of past coal mining. Octavian Security, whose high standards have established it as an industry leade...

  The new partnership between LEGIC and Cash Systèmes Industrie opens the way to new e-payment applications for end users in FranceLEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading provider of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, is announcing a partnership with the French company Cash Systèmes Industrie, which is specialised in the design and manufacturing of point of sale terminals.  The partnership will allow Cash Systèmes Industrie to integrate LEG...

 130 GSMS' Channel Partners and guests will attend the conferenceThe countdown has begun to the highlight of 2008 for Gallagher Security Management Systems (GSMS) as it prepares to host its largest ever international partner conference on 24 - 27 November.As parent company, Gallagher Group, celebrates 70 years in business, 130 of GSMS' Channel Partners and guests from 17 countries will converge at the Head Office in Hamilton, New Zealand for five days of conference and a...

  With the Bosch Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series, the Auditorio Nacional now has a fire detection system that corresponds with all the safety requirementsThe Auditorio Nacional de Música (National Musical Auditorium), Madrid, recently chose the Bosch Security Systems Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series to provide complete control of fire detection in this internationally renowned concert venue.  The Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series from Bosch has been steadily growing in popularity...

  CCTV coverage is being improved at a number of parks, cemetries and play areas in Stockton-on-Tees CCTV coverage is being improved at a number of parks, cemetries and play areas in Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesborough thanks to the installation of Raymax IR illuminators from Raytec.Vizsec Security, which has been asked to improve night time image quality at various locations around Stockton, says the Raymax range is "a breath of fresh air" compared with alternative lighting...

  KPMG employs a cost-effective yet sophisticated access control solution, the CEM AC2000 LiteCEM Systems recently announced that financial company KPMG has chosen the CEM AC2000 Lite security management system to secure three of its offices in India.  The IP-based CEM AC2000 access control solution will be installed by Tyco India.KPMG is one of the leading providers of risk, financial, and business advisory solutions and provides internal audits, corporate governance and tax and...

   University of Bradford opts for Panasonic system to improve securityThroughout its recent period of frenzied development, the University of Bradford has evolved to become a progressive, forward thinking educational establishment, with a firm belief in offering leadership on sustainable development and community issues. The university has around 10,000 students enrolled, of which almost a third are mature students.  Almost 25% are international students, and they come from over...

  Bosch is lending its support to Certalarm, a recently created not-for-profit testing authorityBosch Security Systems is leading calls for the creation of a ‘one-stop' certification scheme that would require products to be tested by a single recognised authority to be cleared for use throughout Europe, rather than having to adhere to the multiple certification schemes currently in operation in each member state.In particular, Bosch is lending its support to Certalarm,...

 INSIDE Contactless will be able to provide HID with access to the contactless payment platformHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity,recently announced that it has established an agreement with INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, to manufacture contactless prelaminates for INSIDE Contactless based upon the MicroPass® intelligent payment platform."The expansion of our part...

  Dr Nick Taylor, Director of Hardware Engineering, AD GroupCCTV specialist AD Group, the parent company of Dedicated Micros, announces the promotion of Dr Nick Taylor to the position of Director of Hardware Engineering, accountable directly to the CEO of AD Group, Mike Newton, with reporting responsibilities to the AD Group Board.Dr Taylor originally joined the hardware development department of Dedicated Micros as a Senior Engineer in 1997 and became Hardware Development Manager for...

  The installation at Dusk Till Dawn saw White UK installing a total of 26 Axis network camerasAxis network cameras have been installed by Axis partner White UK at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, which is ranked as one of Europe's largest poker rooms.The installation at Dusk Till Dawn saw White UK installing a total of 26 Axis network cameras as part of a complete AV system including 25 large plasma screens, eight individual audio zones and accompanying AV distribution equipment along wi...

 The flexibility of IndigoVision's IP Video technology allows ‘hybrid' analogue and digital systems to be easily developedMeadowhall Shopping Centre is using IndigoVision's IP Video technology to replace its obsolete DVR based CCTV recording system.  Located in Sheffield, Meadowhall is one of the UK's largest shopping centres with hundred's of retail outlets and requires high-quality CCTV surveillance to ensure safety and security inside and outside of the Centre.MITIE Security S...

  Network cameras protect businesses at prestigious Dublin enterprise parkMissionPark West Enterprise Centre Management Company (PWEC) manages the Park West Enterprise Centre in West Dublin, Ireland, which is home to more than 80 companies and is set within the Park West Business Park, itself home to more than 240 companies and employing more than 8,000 employees.  PWEC called on Encom, one of Ireland's leading IP-Surveillance solutions providers, to develop a solution to provide...

The coastline of Dubai is rapidly changing as The Palm islands emerge from the sea.  Today, the city of Dubai, currently the fastest growing metropolis on earth, and holds approximately 1.5 million people.  By the year 2015 this number is expected to have increased to 3.0 million.  To promote tourism, three Palm islands are being built by Nakheel in the waters of the Arabian Gulf.  Construction on The Palm Jebel Ali will begin this year.  Reclamation of The Palm Deira i...

Mission Fast-growing microbrewery chain Zerodegrees was dissatisfied with the limitations of the analogue-based CCTV cameras and digital video recorders installed in some of the sites it acquired in London.  For its new restaurant and microbrewery sites, chief executive and co-founder of Zerodegrees, Nick Desai, wanted the ability to ensure evidence caught on camera was usable for police identification purposes.  He also wanted to be able to keep an eye on his growing business whilst...