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Sepura is delighted to have passed a donation of just over £5,000 to the East Anglian Air Ambulance, following a six-month period of support for the East Anglian-based charity. During the first half of 2019, the Sepura staff took part in a number of social or personal challenge events, which were designed to both raise funds and allow employees to meet colleagues from across the business. Family Open Day event One of the major events organised was a Family Open Day at Sepura’s offi...

Terrorism by unmanned aircraft is a growing threat. Using drones to smuggle contraband into prisons is a current trend. While many countries are deploying UAVs in combat, the UAS technology is getting easier and easier to acquire by the general public and ill-intentioned groups. Most of current security systems set up in critical infrastructures are not sufficient to guarantee an appropriate level of protection. Over the past several months, more and more drones have been flying over Florida's p...

An ever-increasing number of sectors are starting to take notice of the huge array of security, training and performance benefits body worn cameras can bring to the table. As a result, new targeted solutions are now needed to meet the growing demands of customers that require cameras specifically designed to meet their security needs. This is the message being relayed by Edesix, market leaders and innovators in the provision of body worn camera solutions, as it continues its expansion drive into...

Edesix, the provider of body worn cameras, is showcasing how its fleet of body worn cameras are becoming increasingly important to the safety and development of first responders around the globe at the 2017 Emergency Services Show. At the show, Edesix is demonstrating its newly launched VideoTag (VT-50), its smallest incident recorder to date, as well as the VideoBadges utilised by Police Services Northern Ireland, South Australian Police, Her Majesty’s Prison Services and West Midlands F...

Honeywell, a global provider of connected buildings, announced an enhanced version of Honeywell Digital Video Manager (DVM) that offers smarter security and surveillance capabilities for today’s increasingly complex building environments. The new release, DVM R620, enables organisations to more easily secure large-scale security operations with features that improve operator efficiency and situational awareness for faster incident identification and resolution, and power more accurate and...

Edesix, a provider of Body Worn Camera solutions, announces further expansion of its sales team through the appointment of Calum Miller. Edesix enjoyed a record year of success in 2016 where it won a host of large contracts in the UK and abroad, including the contract to supply the UK Prison Services. It was also nominated for a Scottish Export Award. VideoTag VT-50 The firm is now looking to build on this success with the appointment of Calum Miller, who joins Edesix as Business Development M...

Traka UK has joined forces with Edesix, the principal manufacturer of Body Worn Cameras, to ensure equipment used across the UK Prison Service is safely stored and efficiency managed. The provider of intelligent key cabinets and locker systems has partnered with Edesix following the company’s contract win as preferred supplier to all UK prisons. Traka bespoke locker system Traka designed a bespoke locker system specifically for Edesix, which not only ensures body cameras are safely secur...

eyevis LED video walls offer ultra-high resolution and bright displays across a wide variety of applications Video wall and visual display solutions provider eyevis UK has surpassed one million hours a year of 24/7 operation at their installations across the UK. LED video walls The Burnley-based company provides high quality display solutions and video wall controllers to a wide range of sectors where quality and reliability are vital, including corporate, broadcasters,...

The CMD3-AHD camera is built to blend into corners to ensure maximum area coverage UK-based CCTV manufacturer ITS Products Limited announced an addition to their range of anti-ligature high-security cameras. CMD3-AHD analogue high definition camera The new model, the CMD3-AHD, is the company’s first camera to feature analogue high definition and joins the existing IP and analogue models to complete a comprehensive offering. The three cameras are aimed at end-users in e...

With anti-ligature edges, the cameras can prevent against self-harm and even suicide VIVOTEK, an IP surveillance solution provider, introduces its two latest anti-ligature corner dome network cameras with the fixed lens CD8371-HNVF2 and varifocal lens CD8371-HNTV. Both 3–megapixel corner dome network cameras feature an anti-grip design, robust IK10+ housing, and built-in invisible 940nm IR illuminators, undetectable by the human eye. VIVOTEK corner dome cameras are spec...

Avigilon’s year over year sales growth outpaced that of the security industry Avigilon Corporation, provider of trusted security solutions, reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. All figures are in United States ("US") dollars unless otherwise stated. First quarter 2016 financial highlights Revenue was $69.9 million, an increase of 15% over Q1 2015 revenue of $60.6 million Gross margin was 57%, down from 59% a year earlier Adjusted EB...

MOBOTIX presents for first time ever the new MxPanel with its large, convenient screen, new user interface & connectivity options At light+building in Frankfurt, Germany, MOBOTIX presents innovations and groundbreaking solutions of professional video security, smart home automation and access control. The latest version of MOBOTIX’s professional MxMC video management software with high-speed playback and easy-to-use time-lapse function allows to analyse 24 hours of...

SightLogix SightSensor smart video security cameras provide a highly accurate means of automated detection SightLogix Inc., the leading manufacturer of smart thermal cameras for video security applications, is solving mission-critical outdoor security challenges for correctional facilities across North America. Accurate security and lowered costs make the SightLogix system an ideal solution for the unique challenges facing correctional organizations.  “A primary ob...