Remote monitoring security applications - Case studies
Dragão Stadium is home ground of FC Porto football club in Portugal. Following Dragão's selection as host of the 2004 European Football championship, the stadium embarked on a development project designed to heighten security. function submitQuickLinksForm(){ if (document.quickLinksForm.articlesection.selectedIndex==0){ return ; } document.quickLinksForm.action+="&articlesection="+document.quickLinksForm.articlesection.value; docu...
Samsung dome cameras installed by CCTV specialists Wired Up Security Solutions have played a major role in ensuring that this year's St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the Holy Lands district of Belfast, were trouble free.In 2009 serious disorder occurred and police were attacked. Residents of the area were shocked by the violence, which spoilt the celebrations and left many feeling intimated. A major factor was alcohol abuse by people coming into the area from outside.In time for this year's cel...
Camsecure designed the Milestone-Axis surveillance solution to provide central, local and mobile monitoring for faster response and improved safety of residents and property. The open platform technology sets a standard for ADT's IT Department to roll out the solution most effectively to all of their national data centers.Challenges ADT central offices lie over a mountain ridge from the suburbs of Parkhurst and Parktown North, and they wanted both central and local monitoring for a new video su...
Mission UTV.hu's team has undertaken the task of no less than facilitating the life of Hungarian, and especially Budapest citizens, giving them the possibility to avoid daily traffic jams and congestion. UTV was looking for a remote video surveillance system that would send real-time images to the users' mobile phone or home computer, thus providing accurate and fast information about the traffic situation in different areas. Solution The owners of UTV.hu, Magyar Plastiroute Ltd. and Mobilk&e...
The Milestone platform allows addition of innovations such as Axis H.264 network cameras Milestone XProtect, the world-leading open platform IP video management software, has been chosen as the foundation for a flexible surveillance system by the city of Venaria, Italy. The Milestone platform provides future scalability and the addition of new innovations such as Axis H.264 network cameras and the integration of license plate video analytics.Just a few kilometres from Tur...
At 50km long, with 38km running underneath the English Channel, the Channel Tunnel is the longest underwater tunnel in the world and is hailed by international civil engineering experts in the US and Europe as "the greatest infrastructure success of the 20th Century". Eurotunnel owns the concession to operate it until 2086 and to date over 212 million passengers and 196 million tonnes of cargo have passed through the tunnel since the commercial opening in spring 1994. So it was with a...
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC is an experiential, technologically advanced exhibition that focuses on the greatest moments in rock history. As an adjunct location to the Cleveland-based Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the New York venue offers the New York City area access to memorabilia from music revolutionaries, including John Lennon, the Beatles, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Presley. About half the artifacts on display are on loan from t...
ACTi SED-2140T video servers provide very good image, especially in low lighting conditionsCity of Roman is one of the most historic cities in Romania that can date its history back to the 13th Century. Starting from 2009, this enchanting city is well secured by ACTi IP surveillance system. The city-wide monitoring system in Roman City is implemented by SC Electro Universe SCM and is beneficiary to the City Hall and the local police force. It consists of 20 analog speed domes connected by 20 uni...
RM50-AI-30 CCTV lighting units perform excellently even at night and in extreme environmental conditionsRAYMAX IR illuminators are playing a crucial part in the remote CCTV monitoring of winter road conditions and highway maintenance in Estonia.The RM50-AI-30 units have been chosen by the Technical Centre of Estonian Roads because of their excellent night time performance and ability to function in extreme environmental conditions."It's not just the cold that the RAYMAX illuminato...
The BBC crew used 10 of Bosch's AEGIS CCTV infrared illuminators for the Great Rift documentaryFilming animals in the wild is notoriously difficult, documentary makers can spend weeks waiting for that elusive shot. Filming outdoors, in often difficult conditions presents an extra challenge, and since many animals travel or feed under the cover of darkness, film crews need to make sure the footage they capture at night is every bit as dynamic and effective as that they capture during the day.The...
The province deploys 2,000 CCTV cameras, 100 video matrix switching systems plus fibre optic modemsInfinova announced that, since 2005, basically all of the 1,500 miles (2,500 km) of expressways in service within China's Shaanxi province are using Infinova products for security surveillance. This includes over 2,000 cameras, approximately 100 video matrix switching systems plus fibre optic modems. For intelligent, safe and efficient highways, China is leading the way."Effective highway vide...
Virtual Service has used its expertise to develop Virtual Doorman, a leading access control systemHikvision's video compression boards are being used at a major residential building in New York. The block is one of a set of three adjoining riverfront structures in Manhattan that has attracted residents such as Calvin Klein and Nicole Kidman. The buildings were designed by Richard Meier, one of the 'New York Five' groups of celebrity architects who sprung to fame in the seventies. The newes...
Singapore Power upgraded its remote surveillance system with VIVOTEK's VS7100 video serversSingapore Power, a leading power station organization in Singapore, recently upgraded its remote surveillance system with VIVOTEK's video servers. Previously, they had used single channel capture cards and self-developed application software to remotely view the operation room of each commercial building from their headquarters. However, as the scale of their business expanded, they found that there...
CDS Integrated Security Systems have replaced five existing CCTV cameras and installed six new ones to provide expanded surveillance coverage in Slough High Street. Slough Borough Council took the opportunity to replace existing end-to-end fiber-optic links between each camera and the control room, with an extension to a single fiber ‘backbone', and in-conjunction with NVT Hybrid Video™ UTP Transmission Technology.Each relocated camera now features a NVT Single Channel Vide...
Raytec's Fusion IR illuminators have been deployed by Vaisala at its first roadside monitoring stationRaytec's Fusion IR illuminators have been deployed by Vaisala at its first roadside monitoring station to provide full 24-hour surveillance using only renewable solar and wind power.The unit's batteries are charged during daylight hours by a combination of solar and wind energy and remain topped up after dark from wind energy alone, sufficiently enough to allow regular snapshots after dark. The...
Avigilon boosts security at the United Building in Chicago while maintaining architectural integrityChallengeTo meet the security requirements of its tenants and its corporate identity at The United Building with an unobtrusive surveillance solution that would not impact the building's architectural integrity.SolutionTo help ensure overall building security, the Jones Lang LaSalle team at The United Building installed one Avigilon 16 megapixel camera in the main lobby, seventeen Avigilon five me...
Alvarion provides the city of Hickory with a cost-effective video surveillance solution to improve public safetyIn the 1850s, under a huge Hickory Tree, a man by the name of Henry Robinson built a tavern of logs. The city of "Hickory Tavern" was established in 1863 and the name was eventually changed to "Hickory" in 1873. Today, Hickory North Carolina is a three-time All-America City on the Catawba River, just an hour south of the entrance of the Blue Ridge Parkwa...
20 Old Bailey installed Avigilon five megapixel cameras on the exterior of the buildingChallengeLocated directly across from the United Kingdom's Central Criminal Court, the building at 20 Old Bailey Road needed an advanced surveillance system to monitor activity around the building for greater overall tenant security.SolutionThe management team at 20 Old Bailey installed Avigilon five megapixel cameras on the exterior of the building to monitor traffic, the parking lot, and the main entrance. T...
Octavian has been appoitned by Balfour Beatty to provide services for Nottinghamshire road schemeConstruction security specialist Octavian Security has won the contract to provide services to contractors working on a multi-million-pound road scheme in Nottinghamshire.Engineering and construction giant Balfour Beatty has appointed Octavian to provide static and mobile services as it delivers the A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement Scheme.The assignment will require a team of security...
ACTi launched an IP video surveillance project to secure mobile operator Utel in Kiev, UkraineCosmonova LLC, ACTi's premium partner in Ukraine has recently launched an IP video surveillance project in the data center of Utel, an associate company of Ukrtelecom. Utel is a mobile operator which has national wide network coverage. With Utel's service, their customers can easily use mobile connections, plugging devices to access to the internet and transmit MMS and SMS at all...
IndigoVision's IP Video technology is at the heart of a major 4-year CCTV upgrade to the Welland Canal section of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Dubbed Highway H2O, the Seaway is the safe, reliable and environmentally friendly transportation route of choice to the heart of North America. IndigoVision's position as a technology leader in IP Video is underpinned by the numerous projects that have been field proven over a number of years, such as the one for the Welland Canal. The all-Canadian Welland...
The missionEgnatia Motorway wanted to develop a wireless traffic surveillance project along the 9 km of the motorway that runs from the Metsovo interchange to the Peristeri interchange. Despite being only 9 km in length, this route has the most difficult and varied terrain on the motorway, hence the need for surveillance cameras. The solutionEgnatia Motorway installed a total of 14 AXIS 213 PTZ Network Cameras to monitor traffic flow and provide surveillance and security at the point of the two...
The Düsseldorf fire and rescue service replaced its ten-year old video and intercom systems with a new integrated video- and intercom-over-IP solution from manufacturers Geutebruck and Schneider Intercom (also known as Commend International). The system links twelve fire stations via the existing municipal IP network and serves two functions. Some of the cameras monitor the emergency call points outside the fire stations which the public can use to raise the...
The search for greater energy efficiency Green initiatives and reducing carbon footprints are at the top of many organizations and according to the Carbon Trust Organization, by simply switching machines off after use or turning the heating down in warm weather, a real savings of energy can be made. Just reducing energy usage by 20 percent could add as much as the same amount to your profits as a 5 percent increase in sales. Axis Communications, the global market leader in network video, is on...
With more than 200 schools and facilities, 138,000 students, and over 21,000 employees, security is a critically important undertaking for the Montgomery Country (MD) Public School system, the 17th largest in the US. MCPS maintains its own central alarm control center-monitoring perimeters, boilers, water flow, refrigeration, breakage of windows, and more-that receives over 36,000 separate alarms throughout the year. The MCPS Department of School Safety and Security oversees 200 plus security s...
First AID for the El Fresno Tunnel Getting to the beach is about to get a whole lot easier. A new highway, the A-63, is currently being built on the northern coast of Spain in the mountainous region of the Principality of Asturias. The road is intended to cut traveling time between the capital, Oviedo, and the coastal city of Canero. Just the section of the highway between the cities of Grado and Doriga alone will reduce an auto- mobilist’s journey by more than ten minutes. Advancing at s...
One of the UK-based largest banks in the world has recently specified TeleEye CX784 video recording servers for its ATM sites, including self-banking centers all over the Asia Pacific region. They have commenced the installation in Hong Kong and the project will be continued in other Asia Pacific countries. Some of the main reasons for selecting TeleEye CX784 are listed in the following: 1) Efficient compression Our proprietary SMAC-M compression in CX784 is proven to be...
RemGuard Visual Management - part of AD Group - is urging users of remotely monitored, detector activated, CCTV to follow a simple five point winter 'healthcheck' of their sites, to stay safe and secure, as the nights draw in and Britain's weather becomes even more unpredictable.Said Alan Collinge, Operations Director at RemGuard: "A few simple checks now can avoid headaches later. Undoubtedly, winter is a challenge for any sort of equipment. Just as you would have your car or boiler inspec...
The network uses Alvarion's point-to-point BreezeNET B and point-to-multipoint BreezeACCESS VL The ChallengeThe Municipality of Vic sought to deploy a traffic surveillance network for the Guardia Urbana (Urban Guard) that could seamlessly integrate with the existing analog CCTV system. Since there was no communications infrastructure in place, the municipality required a vendor who could implement the entire network. Vic officials also required a highly secure network that could be controlled an...
Alvarion's video surveillance network improved overall public safety and security throughout BinghamtonThe backgroundThe City of Binghamton, located in the southern tier of New York in the US, is the county seat of Broome County and the principal city and cultural center of the Greater Binghamton region. Situated at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers, Binghamton is approximately 11 square miles in area and boasts a population of 47,380. The Binghamton Police Department (PD) is...
