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The requirementThe Big Screen Project is a unique initiative in public space broadcasting.  It is a network of outdoor cinema-size video screens, located in major city centres around the UK, showing local and national news, events and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The project is a collaborative partnership between the BBC, various local authorities and a number of sponsors including The Royal Bank of Scotland.  The screen technology is provided by Philips with content b...

Tradition obligates"We know most of our 800 car dealership customers personally.  As a result, we can offer them very individualised service, which distinguishes us from our larger competitors."  For Heinrich Krawietz, co-owner and managing director of Auto-Schöttle in Stuttgart-Botnang, consistent customer care is not just another slick marketing phrase.  In his dealership, word is worth just as much as a signed contract.  Hard work, cost savings, trust,...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, announced today that IMS Research estimate Axis' global market share for network cameras at 32%.In the same report*, IMS rank all vendors providing video surveillance equipment, including digital and analogue security equipment such as cameras, recording solutions and video servers/encoders.  "Axis has moved from 12th in the world in last year's study to be positioned 8th in 2006.  This is very impressive for a co...

Ipsotek has opened the UK's first video analytics training centre.  Courses aimed at Value Added Resellers (VARS), specifiers, integrators, consultants and end-users will cover the theory and practice of behavioural analytics.  Few dispute the importance of CCTV analytics but with its educational Partner Programme, Ipsotek is the only developer offering formal training in this rapidly emerging technology.The courses - primarily for sales and technical professionals - are set at three l...

Mark Thomas, managing director of iWatch UK, one of the country's leading Remote Video Response Centres (RVRCs), is a guest speaker at IIPSEC in January 2008.  Mark, a recognised expert on end-to-end CCTV monitoring, will present a seminar entitled "The Changing Landscape of IP Alarm and Visual Verification."Mark's experience in the three key areas of successful monitoring, namely CCTV system installation, remote monitoring and video transmission equipment makes him a unique autho...

Network cameras and video servers from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by Arthur McKay at The University of Aberdeen- one of Scotland's premier universities with more than 500 years of history.  The university recently embarked on a major new building programme to upgrade and extend facilities for the 14,000 students that are now enrolled there.                 &...

Complus Teltronic Ltd will bring IoIP® (Intercom over Internet Protocol) to IIPSEC 2008 in January.  With the advances in IP technology, visitors this year will be able to see IP ready intercom units for plug and play solutions.New, working IP solutions will be exhibited on stand 69, featuring integral IP intercom products, the new Access Control Intercom module and the IP Help Point.  These can be used across a variety of applications including town centres, sh...

One of six technical sessions delivered by the industry's leading experts at IIPSEC 2008, a high level Masterclass session at 14.00 GMT on 29th January will look into the latest developments in Megapixel Technology.  Starting with a review of compression techniques, the session will investigate the operational requirements of the technology, how to determine how much resolution is required for each camera and how to choose the optimum lens.Recommended for:Solutions Providers, Inst...

Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) has adopted the latest NetVu Connected Digital Sprite 2 (DS2) DVRs from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - for a new sophisticated CCTV solution delivered by G4S Security Systems (UK) Ltd at the all-seater City of Manchester Stadium.                     An inherited system of 59 CCTV cameras linked to analogue multiplexers and video recorders was beginning t...

Dallmeier has been developing and manufacturing complete networked video solutions for casinos for over 20 years - from special casino cameras, picture storage and picture transmission, to the individually tailored management system with customized GUIs.  At G2E 2007 in Las Vegas, Dallmeier presented its overall concept for the specific requirements of casino applications.Highest availability - get 99.99994% First of all the Digital Matrix was shown with its DIS-2/M modular audio/video reco...

Premier Waste (UK) Ltd has adopted the latest remotely monitored, detector activated, CCTV service from RemGuard Visual Management - part of AD Group - to secure its extensive waste management and recycling site in Hyde, Greater Manchester.  The facility hit the headlines in September when CCTV images were shown in the media of a teenager aiming what appeared to be an AK47 rifle from the adjacent Newton Railway Station.            ...

IndigoVision's IP Video technology is providing CCTV surveillance for Edinburgh Castle, Scotland's number one tourist attraction and part of Edinburgh's World Heritage site.  Historic Scotland operates and maintains the Castle and the associated exhibitions but part of the castle continues to be occupied by the army.  This dual role means the Castle has to be open to over 1 million visitors a year, but still maintain the levels of security expected on a site with military presence.As p...

Frost & Sullivan will host a conference call on Tuesday 4 December 2007 at 14.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of the recently published study focusing on Convergence of Physical Security with IP in the European Market.As technology advances in the security industry from analogue to digital, and to IP, vendors and customers are reviewing opportunities to secure facilities more comprehensively through multi-layered or integrated technology instead of isolated security...

March Networks™, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that Stephen Nicolle has joined the March Networks senior management team in the position of acting Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to Peter Strom, President and CEO.                      Mr. Nicolle has more than 22 years of experience working in the comm...

Control room furniture specialists Winsted announce that they have retained the services of PhD student Hina Keval. Hina will act as a consultant on all new major projects to ensure that advice offered to Winsted's clients in respect of the design of their control rooms takes into account important ergonomics issues."We have always taken great pride in our ability to offer our clients expert advice on how control rooms can be customised to meet specific operational requirements," said...

Innovative external detection technology from Optex Europe, manufacturers of the award-winning Redwall range, is being deployed by South Lanarkshire Council to combat crime and reduce costly repair bills from vandalism at two primary schools in its area.In these two schools alone, graffiti and outbreaks of fire had caused an estimated £500,000 of damage.  Protecting these sites was crucial to prevent further incidents, and so Ian Porteous, CCTV Development Manager at South Lanarkshire...

Network cameras from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by Ely Telecom, working alongside Education ICT's server engineers to deliver a modern IP-Surveillance solution at Witchford Village College, near Ely.                     This village secondary school, which serves 900 11-to-16-year-olds in this predominantly rural area, originally installed an analo...

More than 100 security installers, end users and system designers took part in a practical test night with leading CCTV camera brands, at a golf driving range in Hampshire.Teams from Raytec, Tavcom and leading camera manufactures braved one of the year's coldest nights to demonstrate the different images captured by some of the industry's most popular cameras and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of night-time CCTV.The cameras were focused on rotakins and other targets at a ran...

Colour cameras from California-based Rainbow have been installed at automotive stores throughout Sweden.  The client, Micro AB, sells car accessories and spare parts direct to motorists.  (In the UK the company would equate to Unipart and in the US the equivalent would be Pep Boys, Kragen Auto Parts or Trak Auto.)The stores are using Rainbow's 1/3" colour DSP 460 line cameras which can function at a minimum illumination of 0.3 lux in high gain mode at F1.2 and come as PAL or NTSC...

Norfolk based installer Check Your Security Ltd has won ADI-GARDINER's "NVIP Partner of the Year" award for its highly impressive 200% year-on-year growth since joining the scheme in 2005, and for a number of major projects including its recent upgrade at the University of East Anglia (UEA).    The award was presented to Check Your Security's Managing Director Carl Pace by ADI-GARDINER's Sales Director Hemant Trivedi at the distributor's latest NVIP Forum."We a...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently that it has signed a distribution agreement with CMI Inc., a leading Canadian channel management company of security and IT products throughout Canada.As part of the agreement, CMI Inc. will offer its customers ioimage's off-the-shelf intelligent video encoders and IP cameras with built-in video analytics.  CMI's client base spans Canada and includes security systems integrators, architects &...

Ipsotek and Kingston University in southwest London, both leaders in visual surveillance, are working together to create advanced motion tracking and object classification modules. The project is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a business support scheme run by the Technology Strategy Board.  A recent graduate is employed to work on a strategic project for a company, jointly supported by a company supervisor and an academic expert.  KTPs receive funding of up to 60% of the proje...

Unipart Security Solutions has been awarded a seven-year contract to provide a range of security services for shoe retailer Dolcis' new distribution centre in Baginton, Coventry.  Dolcis, which was sold in 2006 by Alexon Group to a team of investors headed by retail entrepreneur John Kinnaird, currently have 65 high street branches and 150 concessions across the UK.Dolcis IT Director, Nigel Hickman, said, "Our high quality merchandise is just as attractive to would be thieves as i...

Moxa Technologies, a leading manufacturer of wind power systems that use wind energy to generate electricity, is using Ethernet technology to better maintain and control their installations.  The company is an innovator in wind technology and a driving force in the development of the wind power industry, with installations all over the world.  The customer has developed numerous "wind farm" sites and relies on the benefits efficient and reliable networks bring to managem...

JVC Professional Europe have provided Treloar College, a specialist college for disabled students based in the outskirts of Alton in Hampshire, with IP security cameras and security management software for a comprehensive IP security system.  The project is supported by the City Livery Company of Security Professionals, as well as by JVC.  Treloar College provides education, care, therapy, medical support and independence training to young people aged 16 and over with physical disabili...

G4S Denmark is part of the world's largest security company, Group 4 Securicor, with 500,000 employees in more than 100 countries, and Milestone's powerful XProtect™ IP video management software is now an important part of the company's product offerings. The agreement in Denmark follows similar agreements between Milestone Systems and G4S in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.  The Nordic collaboration, effective as of November 2007, gives more than 80,000 Danish G4S customers the opport...

With the threat of intruders, or even worse, terrorist attacks, making sure that all passengers are safe within an airport is of the utmost importance to commercial airlines and airport authorities.  Yet not only passengers, but also personnel and valuable equipment, need to be protected.  FLIR Systems SR-100 thermal imaging cameras help to make Copenhagen Airport an even safer airport than before. Founded in 1925, Copenhagen Airport was one of the first civil airports in the world.&n...

Pelco is pleased to announce a new collaboration with SmartConnect, a software development leader in 'Video-Centric Business Intelligence®' security applications.  The partnering of these two industry leaders has resulted in the development of a software management platform that allows Endura, the Pelco enterprise-class IP-based video security system, to work with the SmartConnect 'CasinoVision™ POS Version 4.1' security software application.  This solution en...

The Shasta Union High School District in California needed a surveillance solution to help improve school security for the students and staff, managing theft and vandalism.  Milestone Systems' open platform IP video management software provides a powerful and easy-to-manage solution for their needs here and now, as well as in the future. The Shasta Union High School District includes four high schools in different locations with more than 6,000 students and 540 faculty members.  Th...

Chubb Electronic Security has used its experience working with major high street jewellers to develop a bespoke CCTV surveillance and recording package specifically for the independent sector.  Chubb Electronic Security is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp."The benefit of CCTV today is that it is more flexible and more affordable than it has ever been before," explains Colin Walters, Head of CCTV at Chubb Electronic Security.  "This mean...