Video servers (IP transmission) News

  Pictured, left to right, are Donatien Saah, Technical Support Representative; Sylvaine Guillet, Administrator and Olivier Nissen, Sales ManagerDedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces that it has made three new appointments to strengthen the CCTV specialist's sales, technical support, and administration functions in the fast growing French market.Working out of the Paris office, the new members of the team, at Dedicated Micros France, are Olivier Nissen, Sales Manager; Donatie...

  Fredrik Nilsson's book addresses general concepts of IP-based systemsAxis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, today announced that General Manager Fredrik Nilsson has authored a book titled Intelligent Network Video. Published by CRC press, the book represents the first resource to provide detailed coverage of advanced digital networking and intelligent video capabilities and optimization. It addresses general concepts, explains why IP-based systems provide...

   Arecont Vision and Mirasys Ltd have teamed up to facilitate seamless H.264 megapixel cameras and NVR operability Arecont Vision, the industry leader in megapixel IP camera technology, has  expanded its alliance with Mirasys Ltd to facilitate the seamless operability of the company's highly recognized H.264 megapixel cameras with Mirasys' industry leading NVR solutions. "Mirasys's platform is well known in the industry for its ease of operation. Our...

  Pelco to showcase new security products at ASIS International 2008 A leader in the manufacturing of video and security equipment, Pelco is pleased to announce many new additions to its product line, which will be exhibited at the ASIS International show this month in Atlanta.  The following are among the new products slated for display at the show (Pelco booth No. 1011).Spectra IV IP A high performance IP-based camera/dome positioning system, Spectra IV IP provides seamless...

 ChallengesTianJin BinHai International Airport, one of the most important airline terminals in China, set up an analog surveillance system many years ago due to security concern.  However, with the completion of an expansion project in May 2008, which boosts airport capacity to 10 million passengers per year, coupled with an increasing number of tourists traveling to China, the original surveillance platform is becoming insufficient.  Airport staff found it difficult to track pas...

The Italian port of San Giorgio di Nogaro has installed IP video surveillance management software from Milestone Systems with License Plate Recognition to help manage busy shipping and transit traffic, security of goods, and people safety.  The system is scalable for expansions in the three-port area, with an open platform for best-of-breed hardware support with flexible central and remote operations.The port of San Giorgio di Nogaro situated near the city of Udine, Italy, is a large river...

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - reports that the work of Spectre, a DM Fusion programme installer, to secure Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield has been spotlighted in an extensive three-page feature in the latest issue of Security Installer magazine. The article, entitled 'Spectre Helps School Play Safe', appears in the magazine's August edition as part of its 'Network Solutions' supplement and highlights how Little Aston Primary School, which has the UK's fir...

  Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway with SpareBank1Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway - a complete security and services solution agreement with SpareBank1, an alliance of 23 banks and 350 franchised offices that together make one of the largest providers of financial products and services in the Norwegian market with 460 branches.The bank wanted a fail-safe and sophisticated security solution with a central system operation an...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, recently participated in the third Global Digital Surveillance Forum (GDSF) China, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Shenzhen, July 2-3, 2008.Organized by A&S Group as part of SecuTech Expo, GDSF showcases the latest global security and IT technologies and solutions for the Chinese security market.  This year's forum focused on ‘intelligence' in security and examined CMS (Central Management Systems) in diffe...

At this year's "Security Show" from 7th to 10th October in Essen - Germany, German CCTV manufacturer HeiTel Digital Video will present some amazing new products as well as extensive new features for existing products.A new network video recorder with megapixel resolution will be shown and for the existing product range the CamDisc-s series and CamServer machines (both real time recording machines) will have hybrid functionality added, giving them the ability to record both traditional...

PAK Supermarkets, Europe's largest Asian supermarket chain, is benefiting from the latest NetVu Connected CCTV technology developed by Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - and installed by DM Fusion installer Security Direct.Since opening in April, PAK Supermarkets' new £7 million store, based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham, has been attracting a plethora of shoppers from as far afield as Leicester and Banbury.  With a vast 80,000 sq ft of ground to cover across the store it was imper...

IndigoVision's complete end-to-end IP Video solution is being used to provide event-wide CCTV surveillance for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, held each year in the grounds of Edinburgh Castle.  First staged in 1950, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo is the largest show of its kind in the world, attracting over 200,000 visitors each year and an international TV audience of around 100 million.As with any high-profile event the Tattoo is a demanding security environment, in which CCTV plays a very...

CCTV surveillance equipment manufacturer TeleEye is setting new standards for security industry remote monitoring.  The company has developed a specialist BS-8418 academy designed to create and promote high quality CCTV monitoring solutions with BS-8418 compliance throughout.Central to the academy's charter is a commitment to reducing false alarms from CCTV monitoring systems.  End users and the police both benefit by saving the time and money wasted on unnecessary call outs.  The...

  Raúl Valenziano (L), Anixter Vice President of Marketing, Latin America & caribbean and Manuel Nylén (R), Milestone System, Territory Manager for Eastern USA & Latin America Milestone Systems, a global leader for open platform IP video management software, strengthens its relationship with Anixter into Latin America.  The partnership between the two companies, which is already successful in North America, will help bring IP video so...

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has announced that the feature-packed 16-channel model from its SD Range of Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) has received an extremely positive review in an in-depth Bench Test which has just been published by UK magazine Security Installer.The review, entitled 'Instantly Likeable', which features in Security Installer's July edition, was conducted by independent testers and sees the SD DVR - which is targeted at small to medium sized applicati...

On Sunday, 13 July, seven employees from CCTV specialist AD Group's subsidiary RemGuard took to the saddle in a 60-mile Manchester to Blackpool cycle ride to raise an impressive £1,000 for good causes including the Christie Hospital in Manchester - one of Europe's leading cancer treatment centres - and the Wigan and Leigh Hospice.Many of the group were able to purchase new bikes for the event through a generous 'Cycle to Work' scheme run by AD Group to encourage employees to look after the...

  Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision CEO, giving the keynote speech at the launch launch conferenceIndigoVision, a leading supplier of integrated IP video security solutions, has opened a new regional sales and support centre for the Middle East in the Dubai Internet City, a free economic zone for Information Technology companies in the United Arab Emirates.  The opening ceremony was attended by local businesses and members of the press and was followed by a conference for IndigoVisio...

 Milestone has consistently grown 40-60% per year  Milestone Systems, a global developer of open platform IP video management software for surveillance systems, today announced $27 (€17) million in growth stage funding from Index Ventures, one of Europe's top venture capital firms.  This is the first ever external investment into Milestone, after nearly a decade in business, and marks the latest investment from Index Ventures' €400 million growth fund, which closed...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently the appointment of Ethan Vons as Director of Global Customer Services responsible for US, EMEA and APAC support centres.  ioimage is currently doing business in 35 countries and maintains a global network of over 100 business partners.Vons has a proven track record of managing global customer service departments and establishing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs and technical servi...

In these days of historically high oil prices, new drilling rigs and locations are in high demand.  Aker Solutions is building the latest-generation of semi-submersible platforms specially designed to conquer the challenges of deepwater drilling operations in harsh environments: the model H-6 drilling rigs.  They include the MH DrillView™ system for optimal monitoring of the operations in action, which has integrated Milestone IP video surveillance software at its core. The lates...

IndigoVision, a leading supplier of complete IP Video and Alarm management solutions, recently announced that it will support the network video standard being developed by Sony, Bosch and Axis, once it is ratified.Commenting on the announcement, Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision CEO, said: "We are pleased to announce that IndigoVision's class-leading Security Management Software, ‘Control Center', will support cameras compliant with the forthcoming standard.  ‘Control Cen...

Siemens Building Technologies has announced a new partnership with Texas Instruments, which will see a whole range of new products developed for the video surveillance market.The first products to be launched were on show at the recent IFSEC 2008 exhibition as part of Siemens' Innovations Wall feature.  The popular SISTORE range of digital video recorders, manufactured in Germany, is the first to benefit from this technology partnership, with four new versions of the SISTORE MX hybrid recor...

March Networks®, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that CIEFFE, a March Networks Company, has been selected to provide the Al Ain International Airport with an IP video surveillance solution for enhanced security in the authority's terminal and cargo facilities.Al Ain International Airport, located in the United Arab Emirates, chose Al Fahad Smart Systems, an experienced CIEFFE systems integrator, to deploy the solution as part...

Verint Systems Inc. recently announced that the University of Leeds has deployed the Verint® Nextiva® Enterprise IP video solution to enhance the safety of students and facilities across the university's campus and associated locations in West Yorkshire.The University of Leeds is the second largest university in the UK with 30,500 students and 8,000 staff, and is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well being of its community.  In support of this commitment, the university has...

  The integration offers video surveillance market greater flexibility and choice of cameras as well as high video qualityEVT, a provider of video management software, and VIVOTEK, a leading manufacture of IP surveillance products, announced recently the beginning of a cooperation to integrate VIVOTEK's complete line of products with EVT's video management software.  The integration offers video surveillance market greater flexibility and choice of cameras as well as high video qu...

Pelco was recently announced as the top sponsor of the World Game Protection Conference, an international conference and exhibition dedicated entirely to casino game protection.  Now entering its fourth year, the show features a smaller, highly targeted exhibition that focuses on the specific video security and game protection needs of the casino environment."What we really like about our association with Pelco is that there is probably not one casino in the world without something fro...

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that it kicked off a strategic alliance with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) on June 4, when its 14,000 members receive an e-blast from the association asking them to complete a ‘risk mitigation assessment' developed by Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies.  The results of the assessment will be rolled up to create the first-ever ‘National School Safety Study', which is anticipated to have subs...

ACTi Corporation and NetAware, a professional Internet solution provider in Holland, have successfully installed an IP surveillance system in Circuit Park Zandvoort, and enabled the world to join the car racing online in real time.At Holland's former Formula 1 racetrack, 19 analog high-speed day/night domes around the track were installed.  Redundant fiber rings have been put around the circuit, with a total of 500 single-mode fibers.  No circuits in Europe or even the world has this k...

 The luxurious, 35 bedroom, Newcastle Quayside City AparthotelYorkshire-based, broadband specialists, Divine Internet, recently specified a range of VIVOTEK IP cameras to create a bespoke system at an exciting new building in Newcastle, Tyne & Wear. The four-star Newcastle Quayside Aparthotel is situated on an old brewery site on the banks of the River Tyne and offers all the luxury of an up-market hotel. Divine Internet was consulted during the build to do a retrospective fit of broadb...

IndigoVision's integrated IP Video technology has been providing multi-site CCTV surveillance for St Joseph's Health Care's four facilities in and around London, Canada since 2001.  The IndigoVision solution has provided St Joseph's with reliable and scalable CCTV surveillance for more than seven years.  The system now includes 250 cameras, over twice the number that was originally installed.  IndigoVision's position as a leader in IP Video technology is underpinned by the many pr...