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For the sixth year running, Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi) is honouring leading members of its Channel Partner Programme with Channel Partner Awards, presenting seven partners with special accolades for their exceptional partnership and efforts during 2017 in their respective regions. This year, for the first time, a new category has been added, recognising outstanding partners offering Central Monitoring services. SONDA is to be commended for exceptional professionalism in delivering a large-scale Agent Vi deployment SONDA SONDA has been named the Agent Vi Outstanding Partner of the Year for 2017, for demonstrating high levels of technical expertise regarding Agent Vi solutions, and for working closely with Agent Vi to deliver best-of-breed solutions. Among other project wins, SONDA is to be commended for exceptional professionalism in delivering a large-scale Agent Vi deployment for a prestigious government facility in Uruguay during 2017. SONDA, the Latin American leader in IT Services and Solutions, has 43 years of experience in the region, a presence in 10 countries and more than 3,000 cities across Latin America, and a network of more than 18,000 employees. SONDA develops solutions that add value for customers through the intensive and efficient use of information technology, by providing high quality services and solutions to support their management. Siemens Industry Inc Siemens Industry Inc. (Memphis, TN Branch), has been given the Agent Vi Channel Partner Award for North America for their commitment to capitalise on Agent Vi’s technologies and deliver innovative solutions that helped facilitate a major project win in the higher education vertical. Building Technologies offers fire safety, security, building automation, HVAC, energy management solutions Siemens Industry, Inc., Building Technologies Division is the world market leader for safe, energy efficient and environmentally friendly buildings and infrastructure. As a technology partner, consultant, service provider, system integrator and product supplier, Building Technologies offers fire safety, security, building automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) as well as energy management products and services in the USA. Exanet Exanet has been awarded the Agent Vi Channel Partner Award for Central America & Latin America for their ongoing investment in promoting Agent Vi in the Argentinean market, and for their professionalism in winning large-scale Agent Vi deployments, including the prestigious Vicente Lopez Safe City project. Exanet is the leader in planning, development and implementation of video surveillance solutions. With more than 10 years of experience in the security market and a presence in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, Exanet’s mission is to provide its clients with solutions that add the most value to their business and adapt to their specific needs. Telelink will receive the Agent Vi Channel Partner Award for Europe, Middle East & Africa Telelink Telelink will receive the Agent Vi Channel Partner Award for Europe, Middle East & Africa for exceptional service in delivering Agent Vi’s solutions to their customers, and their dedication to Agent Vi in helping facilitate a major Safe City project win.  Telelink is a leading system integration company in South-East Europe with proven experience, professional skills and in-depth knowledge in the areas of Network Infrastructures, System Integration and Security & Automation. Staying on the edge of innovations we are shielding our customers from complexity and diversity by transforming even the most complicated technologies into comprehensive and straightforward solutions. ST Electronics ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) has been awarded the Agent Vi Channel Partner Award for Asia-Pacific for its commitment to Agent Vi, and expertise in delivering a large-scale Agent Vi deployment within an important government project, part of the Singapore Smart & Safe City initiative. ST Electronics has been awarded the Agent Vi Channel Partner Award for Asia-Pacific ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) is a leading solutions provider for intelligent transportation, public safety & security, smart Info-Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, cyber security and defence systems. Eyeforce Eyeforce is being given the Agent Vi Central Monitoring Partner Award for North America for its exceptional partnership, diligence and dedication to Agent Vi, as evidenced through joint marketing and technical collaboration that has served to enhance the innoVi offering as their video intrusion detection service. Eyeforce is a Remote Video Guarding Center, serving security dealers around the globe Eyeforce is a Remote Video Guarding Center, serving security dealers around the globe. Eyeforce specialises in securing outdoor assets and perimeter areas, and providing remote interactive guard check in stations. Securitas AB Securitas AB and its affiliate country operations in Europe will receive the Agent Vi Central Monitoring Partner Award for Europe as the largest European Central Monitoring business to adopt innoVi as the core of its remote monitoring services in Europe. Since then, Securitas has delivered innoVi's unparalleled intrusion detection capabilities to its customers throughout the region.

LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas, based in Bulgaria, is the largest oil refinery in Southeastern Europe, processing 9.5 million ton of crude oil per year. The Lukoil oil production sites are vital to the Bulgarian economy, but also present a significant risk. To make sure its critical infrastructure is protected against unwanted intruders, the company called upon FLIR Systems for a fail-proof perimeter security solution centred around thermal imaging cameras. “Lukoil Neftochim Burgas is a strategic site for Bulgaria. That’s why the security requirements are so demanding. We do everything we can to achieve these requirements,” says Petar Bakalov, Executive Director at Lukom-A, Lukoil Neftochim Burgas’s dedicated security agency. Cost-effective perimeter protection Until recently, Lukoil Neftochim Burgas had used two independent systems for perimeter security: two fences with sensor cable systems about five metres separated from each other. While they delivered quality results, the installation was quite expensive: digging, cabling, and visual cameras and lighting for visual verification of the detected target. According to Lyubomir Dimov, Project Manager at Lukom-A, the company therefore investigated alternative solutions: “We decided to try thermal cameras, because they provide us with the opportunity to control the entire territory with a relatively small number of cameras. When a movement is detected, we receive an alarm in our control room. The difference is that, with the sensor cable system you need cables, lighting along the perimeter, a video camera at each 60 m – all this is more difficult to implement and more expensive. With thermal cameras, we always see directly what happens, regardless of lighting, daytime or night time. Better vision, night and day Lukoil Neftochim Burgas discovered the power of thermal imaging by testing a small set-up. The company learned that thermal cameras not only outperform visual cameras at night, they’re also highly effective during the day. Lyubomir Dimov: “Three years ago, we decided to install cameras to guard a torch, an installation with a high level of explosion risk. We were able to perform tests with a thermal imaging camera from FLIR and discovered that even during the day, with a normal colour camera, intruders can get lost in the greenery, when they wear the same colour of clothes. In contrast, thermal cameras can still follow them when they hide behind the bushes. This really convinced us that thermal imaging technology was the way forward.” Telelink & 2 Plus Bulgaria recommendedFLIR thermal imaging cameraswith advanced video analytics Powerful thermal imaging and video analytics For its petrochemical plant in Burgas, Lukoil Neftochim Burgas called on main FLIR distributor for Bulgaria, Telelink EAD, a leading system integration company in South-East Europe, and its partner system integration company 2 Plus Bulgaria AD. Together, they proposed FLIR’s FC and F series cameras in combination with advanced video analytics software for achieving a higher level of perimeter protection. Ivan Ilchev, systems technician at Telelink, comments: “The sensor cable system that Lukoil Neftochim Burgas is using has its merits, but it requires extensive maintenance and the system’s false alarm rate is relatively high. Also, a visual CCTV camera system has its drawbacks. If you consider that the Lukoil Neftochim Burgas site has a very big perimeter for surveillance – more than 22 kilometres, then you actually would need more than 400 standard CCTV cameras. However, we knew that with one thermal imaging camera, you can easily replace six or seven visual CCTV cameras. That’s why we advised Lukoil to use thermal cameras from FLIR Systems in combination with advanced video analytics. This is a so called thermal fence, which is indeed a very cost-effective solution. What is so amazing about thermal imaging cameras is that you can use them in almost any condition, at night, during fog, rain, hard environments, like here, with no clean surface and with bushes and trees.” Thermal cameras: An investment that pays off The benefits are very clear for Lukoil Neftochim. The investment for thermal cameras is much less than for lighting and visual cameras around the entire perimeter. Petar Bakalov comments: “Thermal cameras have proven to be the best solution for us, because of the specifics of the secured area. The Lukoil refinery is located in an area where there is no lighting and most of our problems occur at night. That’s why thermal cameras are extremely convenient for us.” “The most important benefit is the reliability of the FLIR cameras – you can see the object day and night. Shortly after we had installed the thermal cameras, we were already able to capture two groups of intruders who were trying to enter the Lukoil Neftochim Burgas territory with the intent of stealing scrap metal. For me, FLIR is one of the best camera providers in the world and I will recommend it to our management so we can continue our cooperation with FLIR in the future.”