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Visitors to the 2009 Formula One Santander British Grand Prix were protected against the threat of crime by a CCTV system that includes the Dibos DVR recorders and Vipex IP encoders and decoders.The Dibos recorders were specified by West Haddon-based Crimesecure Surveillance Services Ltd, to collate all CCTV images from 16 wireless remote cameras via a local area network (LAN) ­ and monitored on a mobile monitoring centre as well as the local Police authority.This is the second consecutive y...

 Axxon is launching a video management platform to help reduce employee retail theftAxxon, the market leader in open network video management software in the EMEA region, has announced that it is launching an innovative, low cost retail point of sale (POS) integration module into its Axxon Smart Pro video management platform to help UK retailers tackle the rising levels of employee retail theft.  New figures released by the Centre for Retail Research showed that the value of goods...

 SightLogix appointed George Tavares as director of sales for the Northeast regionSightLogix®, the leading supplier of automated outdoor surveillance cameras for wide area and perimeter security, welcomes George Tavares as director of sales for the Northeast region. Tavares will drive sales of SightLogix edge-based video analytics solutions in the Northeast United States and Eastern Canadian regions while supporting customers with his expertise in engineering, consulting, manu...

Beijing Metro is a rapid transit rail system that has served downtown Beijing and its outlying suburbs since 1969. Today, its four separate lines (Lines 1, 2, 5, and 13), traversing more than 122 kilometres, help about 2.6 million commuters get to their destinations every day. At more than 31 kilometres long, Line 1 is the longest east-west subway line in the system. Line 2, known as the "Loop Line," was built on the site of the original Beijing city wall and spans more than 23 kilometres to for...

The products The STREAM 5Ghz Wireless product range can provide up to 80mbps across a distance of up to 60KM. These highly secure and reliable links offer a low cost alternative to fibre lines and their high bandwidth and versatility means they have endless applications when it comes to transport. The requirements The customers aim was to improve the safety of the public when using the South Korean subway system. Of particular importance was trackside safety and the visibility of the platform...

Siemens Building Technologies Division Security has become an ever-increasing feature of our daily lives, and nowhere is this more readily apparent than in the airport. While passenger and baggage screening understandably remains a high priority for airports, a more holistic approach is often adopted, bringing together the different security threats that are faced, and dealing with them through interoperable solutions using fully integrated systems. From perimeter to the air A key factor in e...

Axis advises retailers to use latest surveillance to keep shoplifting to minimum during holiday seasonThe six weeks from mid-November to the end of December is peak season for shoplifters. Up to 80 per cent of a whole year's shoplifting takes place in the run up to the festive period and the British Retail Consortium estimates that the total cost of retail crime, including costs for stolen goods, vandalism and measures from CCTV to security guards, is about £2bn a year. And with the knock-...

Fairfield High replaced the existing VCR-based analogue surveillance system with a new HD system from AvigilonDriven to become a top performing school district in the state of Alabama, the Fairfield City School System has created a culture of excellence in which students can develop the skills and acquire the knowledge needed to meet the challenges of living in an increasingly complex world. To this end, the Fairfield City School System is committed to delivering a challenging curriculum and pro...

 The Dusseldorf fire and rescue service installed new integrated video and intercom-over-IP solutionThe Düsseldorf fire and rescue service replaced its ten-year old video and intercom systems with a new integrated video- and intercom-over-IP solution from manufacturers Geutebruck and Schneider Intercom (also known as Commend International).  The system links twelve fire stations via the existing municipal IP network and serves two functions.  Some of the cameras mon...

BT Security Solutions i-Witness digital storage and retrieval platform was chosen by Sussex PolicePublic Space Surveillance CCTV in Sussex is operated by a partnership of Sussex Police Authority and local authorities across East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove City. Local authorities have ownership and are responsible for cameras on the streets, while Sussex Police owns, maintains and operates the county's CCTV monitoring centres. CCTV in the county covers some 30 towns and villages incl...

  Alvarion provides the city of Hickory with a cost-effective video surveillance solution to improve public safetyIn the 1850s, under a huge Hickory Tree, a man by the name of Henry Robinson built a tavern of logs. The city of "Hickory Tavern" was established in 1863 and the name was eventually changed to "Hickory" in 1873. Today, Hickory North Carolina is a three-time All-America City on the Catawba River, just an hour south of the entrance of the Blue Ridge Parkwa...

IQinVision, market leader in high-performance megapixel IP security cameras, intelligent network cameras, and IP video recording systems, today announced that Bonifacio Hospital, on the island of Corsica, has deployed 23 IQeye megapixel cameras, managed by a Viseox VXCORE video management and storage system. The use of megapixel camera technology allowed the hospital to reduce by more than 50% the number of cameras needed to accomplish their surveillance objectives. The island of Corsica, at th...

Vicon reports that the BSEC event was a resounding successVicon participated in the first BSEC North Conference which took place at Liverpool's BT Conference Centre on 19th - 20th October and report that the event was a resounding success.BSEC conferences have taken place in the UK for the last five years but this was the first targeted at the north of England. They are highly regarded as being a major source of information and inspiration for people involved in school building program...

20 Old Bailey installed Avigilon five megapixel cameras on the exterior of the buildingChallengeLocated directly across from the United Kingdom's Central Criminal Court, the building at 20 Old Bailey Road needed an advanced surveillance system to monitor activity around the building for greater overall tenant security.SolutionThe management team at 20 Old Bailey installed Avigilon five megapixel cameras on the exterior of the building to monitor traffic, the parking lot, and the main entrance. T...

Supercircuits announced that The Carlyle Group has invested an additional $10 million in the companySupercircuits, a manufacturer and distributor of commercial and residential video surveillance solutions, recently announced that The Carlyle Group has invested an additional $10 million in the Texas-based company. The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms, first purchased a controlling interest in Supercircuits in August 2006. This new capital will be used to invest in ne...

Vicon appoints Paul Thomas as Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH)Paul Thomas has been appointed Vicon's Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).Paul, who has been involved in the CCTV industry for over twenty-five years, joined Vicon in 2002 and was until recently the company's UK Sales Manager.Commenting on his appointment Paul said: "I am delighted to be taking on this role at a very exciting time for Vicon as it continues with its major invest...

 QED has completely revamped its website for improved customer experienceQED national distributor of CCTV consumables and equipment has given their website a total overhaul.  Visitors to the new site will be greeted by a fresh interface with a straightforward navigation system using branded icons and the companies purple colour staying constant throughout.As well as a new look, QED have informed us that the website packs in more products, more specification sheets, more product im...

  Octavian has been appoitned by Balfour Beatty to provide services for Nottinghamshire road schemeConstruction security specialist Octavian Security has won the contract to provide services to contractors working on a multi-million-pound road scheme in Nottinghamshire.Engineering and construction giant Balfour Beatty has appointed Octavian to provide static and mobile services as it delivers the A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement Scheme.The assignment will require a team of security...

 Being across from the Central Criminal Court makes Old Bailey a high-risk target for terrorist attacksFarebrother Chartered Surveyors, a comprehensive property services firm in central London since 1799, is responsible for the management of 20 Old Bailey, a 300,000 square foot office building located across from the United Kingdom's Central Criminal Court. Because the Central Criminal Court deals with the most contentious criminal cases from across Britain and is a high-risk target for ter...

 The Siqura brand has experienced a widespread market success since its introduction in 2006Optelecom-NKF, Inc., (NASDAQ:OPTC-News) a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, recently announced that all products developed and distributed by the company will use the Siqura® brand name as of January 1, 2010. The Siqura registered trademark was adopted in 2006 to distinguish Optelecom-NKF's IP product line, even as the company's fibre products continued to be...

  ONVIF is a forum which drives the development of a standard global interface for network video productsONVIF has recently announced that its member base has grown to 103 companies. The forum, which drives the development of a global standard for the interface of network video products, now boasts 12 full members, 13 contributing members and 78 user member companies. Over the last months, Canon and IDIS have joined as full members and Dallmeier, General Electrics, Genetec, Hitachi, In...

  Walter Fitzpatrick has been appointed to head Axis Security's electronic systems division Walter Fitzpatrick has joined the Axis Security Group of Companies, to head up its electronic systems division. He will report directly to Jonathan Levine, the Group Managing Director. Walter will play a lead role in developing Axis Security's systems capabilities, designing and installing sophisticated CCTV and access control solutions for a range of applications, notably within the retail...

IndigoVision's IP Video technology is at the heart of a major 4-year CCTV upgrade to the Welland Canal section of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Dubbed Highway H2O, the Seaway is the safe, reliable and environmentally friendly transportation route of choice to the heart of North America. IndigoVision's position as a technology leader in IP Video is underpinned by the numerous projects that have been field proven over a number of years, such as the one for the Welland Canal. The all-Canadian Welland...

The Düsseldorf fire and rescue service replaced its ten-year old video and intercom systems with a new integrated video- and intercom-over-IP solution from manufacturers Geutebruck and Schneider Intercom (also known as Commend International).  The system links twelve fire stations via the existing municipal IP network and serves two functions.  Some of the cameras monitor the emergency call points outside the fire stations which the public can use to raise the...

With more than 200 schools and facilities, 138,000 students, and over 21,000 employees, security is a critically important undertaking for the Montgomery Country (MD) Public School system, the 17th largest in the US. MCPS maintains its own central alarm control centre-monitoring perimeters, boilers, water flow, refrigeration, breakage of windows, and more-that receives over 36,000 separate alarms throughout the year. The MCPS Department of School Safety and Security oversees 200 plus security s...

First AID for the El Fresno Tunnel Getting to the beach is about to get a whole lot easier. A new highway, the A-63, is currently being built on the northern coast of Spain in the mountainous region of the Principality of Asturias. The road is intended to cut traveling time between the capital, Oviedo, and the coastal city of Canero. Just the section of the highway between the cities of Grado and Doriga alone will reduce an auto- mobilist’s journey by more than ten minutes. Advancing at s...

One of the UK-based largest banks in the world has recently specified TeleEye CX784 video recording servers for its ATM sites, including self-banking centres all over the Asia Pacific region.  They have commenced the installation in Hong Kong and the project will be continued in other Asia Pacific countries. Some of the main reasons for selecting TeleEye CX784 are listed in the following: 1) Efficient compression Our proprietary SMAC-M compression in CX784 is proven to be...

 Genetec recently installed an integrated security solution Wind Creek Casino and Hotel in USAGenetec recently announced that the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel in Alabama, United States, has completed the installation of an integrated security solution which includes both Omnicast video surveillance and Synergis access control. Wind Creek Casino and Hotel was recently rebuilt as a top-of-the-line entertainment and resort complex, and Genetec's IP-based unified solutions were chosen to ma...

 Axis moves up to fourth in world rankings of vendors providing video surveillance equipmentThe 2009 edition of the annual IMS Research report "The World Market for CCTV & Video Surveillance Equipment" is based on data compiled in 2008 and provides an overall view of the video surveillance market for both traditional analogue manufacturers and the network video market where Axis is active.In the report, Axis is ranked fourth in the world in the category - vendors providing vid...

  HDcctv Alliance receives the security industry's first license to SMPTE HD-SDI standardsThe HDcctv Alliance™, the consortium managing worldwide technical standards for security equipment interoperability, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the organisation that manages worldwide technical standards for motion imaging including HDTV, today announced that the Alliance is permitted to re-use key parts of the SMPTE HDTV standards specifications. Thi...