Genie Access Ltd. - Experts & Thought Leaders

The British manufacturer of IP video, CCTV and Access Control solutions is proud to introduce customers to their new Video Analytics. The new surveillance solution ensures that their customers have the best possible products and solutions to keep both their personnel and assets safe. Video analytics features Setup is easy thanks to the user-friendly GUI. Once set up is complete, the user can watch as the video intelligence takes action on their monitor. Users can now benefit from the following intelligence features: Camera Mask Camera Scene Change Object Added or Removed from the location Intrusion Detection Line Crossing (A>B) (B>A) (A<>B) Helping to highlight the unusual from the ordinary, improving reaction time and quickly reporting the incident to a response team or emergency services. “Our analytics offer users a more robust surveillance system. Users gain invaluable data that can be intelligently used to strengthen business operations, health & safety, and people management. What’s more it comes as standard to all H.265 Network IP Video Recorders, with no extra costs or licenses.” - Steve, CEO The free video analytics is available on selected Genie WISH IP H.265 cameras and NVR models. Supported by models purchased from 1st July 2017 onwards.

Genie CCTV Ltd, a British Manufacturer of multi technology CCTV and Biometric Access Control Solutions announces to the Security Industry its premier partnership with Midwich, a Distributor of Commercial AV and Security hardware. Complimenting growth Established in 2001, Genie has become a trusted household brand within the security industry and the technology partnership will complement the growth of Midwich’s Security Divison. Products like Genie’s CPNI approved Virdi Biometrics will attract new potential clients for Midwich as well as expand their Biometric product offerings to their existing customer base. Furthermore, the premier partnership between Genie and Midwich has synergies in the HD-SDI broadcast field, which will benefit the distributor’s AV customers by introducing new solutions, supplying alternative quality products, and promoting confidence in equipment from Genie. Steve Baker – CEO Genie CCTV & Francesco Bellavia – Head of Security Sales at Midwich recognise that the strategic alliance offers both companies growth opportunities by investing deeply in stock, improving delivery and customer service and by bringing latest technology advancements in both Video Surveillance and Access Control more effectively to the market. Genie and Midwich aim to build a strong relationship in a true strategic partnership, delivering year-on-year growth as our customers can choose a stronger system solution, combined with gold standard service from both companies as specialists in their field.

Genie the British manufacturer of IP video, CCTV and Access Control solutions announces the appointment of Simon Shawley as its new Business Development Director. Previous experience Simon joins from Samsung, where he held the position of European Sales Director within their Hanwha division, transforming their business’ partnership programme. With over 25 years of security industry experience Simon is well equipped with the skillset and knowledge to increase Genie’s impact across the security sector. “We have some exciting projects on the Genie horizon. With the appointment of Simon and his expertise, I know that the business can further strengthen its focus on delivering the best products and security solutions. Myself and the rest of the team are delighted to welcome Simon to Genie, working together to continue business growth.” - Steve, CEO Simon’s appointment follows on from the appointment of Genie’s, new Southern and Northern Business Development Managers, Simon Chrabkowski and Linley McLean earlier this year.

H.265 compression, apps and the inherent security of security systems were some of the themes to be gleaned on the first day of IFSEC International. Almost every video exhibitor I saw on day one of the show mentioned that many of their products use H.265 compression in these days of high definition, bandwidth-hungry cameras. Over at Vivotek’s stand, for example, Emilio Sanchez, project consultant, spoke of the company’s H.265 Smart Stream compression algorithm. He said this saves anything between 70 and 90 percent bandwidth, depending on the amount of movement in the images, compared to H.264. People are asking for higher resolution video, which requires greater recording capacity to accommodate, hence the need for H.265. 360-degree surveillance Vivotek also displayed its 360-degree fisheye camera with built-in infra-red illumination, and a 180-degree camera fitted with four image sensors designed to provide a single, seamless image on the monitor. The company also emphasised its products being tailored to various vertical markets, such as a people-counting camera for retail applications (which also measured the heights of people in a scene) and city surveillance products. Another exhibitor with a focus on vertical markets is manufacturer and distributor Genie CCTV. John Boorman, sales director, explains that various verticals have different requirements, as examples, fingerprint recognition, gait recognition or face recognition. The company believes in communicating with end-users as well as installers and integrators, and this approach is helped by having a full-scale demonstration facility at their headquarters. When I asked him about cutting the number of cameras or decommissioning entire public space CCTV networks by various UK local councils because of squeezed budgets, he said he is not surprised as no thought was given to maintenance budgets when the schemes were first set up. At the Y3K stand, all of its Smart-I range can be accessed through apps to control products such as PIRs, contacts and the wireless power control socket and repeater Apps are a major theme at IFSEC Apps are all over the place at the show this year. One instance is the Y3K stand where all of its Smart-I range can be accessed through apps to control products such as PIRs, contacts and the wireless power control socket and repeater. Using the app, the user can control cause and effect settings and can be emailed or can receive a text alert when certain events occur. Mike Barrett, national sales manager, explains that other consumer markets drive the development of the home security market, such as camera modules used in mobile phones. “The theme is that everything is app-driven. It has existed for a long time but was expensive – now it’s much less expensive and more readily available.” Other features of Smart-I cameras include easy setup – such as using a QR code instead of having to enter a load of IP information – and easy pairing to Wi-Fi. And over at key management specialists Morse Watchmans, mobile apps as well as ease of use, integration and better technology are said to improve systems. Cyber and physical security What secures the security systems is another theme at the show. Bosch Security Systems, for example, has a mission to encrypt its range of cameras and recording platforms. The idea is to safely store all certificates and keys for authentication and encryption – which is part of ensuring secure communications in a network – to avoid "flashing" of firmware by hackers. Meanwhile at video management system company Genetec, Andrew Elvish, vice president of marketing and product management, was almost evangelical about the need for good cybersecurity on physical security products, especially where cybersecurity and physical security meet. “Cybersecurity has to be approached at a very fundamental level of the network. We have very unique cybersecurity features that are demanded by our enterprise customers.” After a quiet start on the first day, the aisles at the Excel exhibition centre in London became busy and the noise level rose by quite a few decibels. Tomorrow I’ll be reporting on day 2 of IFSEC, and I expect it will be busier still!