Case studies

Videx Security received an order of 100+ access control door entry systems from Kier Sheffield LLPHaving provided Kier Sheffield LLP with door entry solutions for over seven years, Videx Security has now received an order for a further 100+ DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) compliant systems. This order represents the largest single order ever placed by Kier Sheffield LLP for door entry systems and reflects their confidence in Videx Security, who specialize in solutions for the...

The newest technology in ACTi IP Surveillance Solution deployed at LA FOCACCIA Pizza restaurant in ItalyLA FOCACCIA is a family-owned Pizza restaurant located in Naples, Italy. During the daytime, more than 1000 students visit LA FOCACCIA for its delicious hand-made pizza. The store is always very crowded so it is impossible to keep an eye on every customer entering the shop. Safety is always the first concern for the owner. Even if it is after regular business hours, the owner still has to...

 IP-based Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras help raise arrest rate and record criminal evidenceThe city of Burbank, Ill., which neighbours Chicago and has a population of more than 28,000, has installed a new video surveillance system using 22 Sony SNC-RX Series IP network security cameras to aid the police department in preventing and solving crimes. Since completion of the upgrade in November 2008, images captured by the cameras have helped police make more than 13 arrests and recorded evidence for u...

 Augusta Metro Federal Credit Union uses standalone Schlage biometric HandKey reader from Ingersoll Rand Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies announced today that the Augusta Metro Federal Credit Union (Augusta, Ga.) is using a standalone Schlage biometric HandKey reader to provide its customers with self-service access to the safe deposit vault."When we completed our brand new state-of-the-art building in July of 2008, we incorporated the latest in technological advances for our custo...

The EOSS is equipped with two daylight cameras and a FLIR Systems ThermoVision 3000 core for night vision Border control means more than protecting land borders only. Numerous countries have a large coastline that needs to be protected as well. With over 3,200 kilometres of coastline, Sweden is just one example. Thermal imaging cameras are a great tool for protecting a country's land or coastal borders. Although FLIR Systems markets a full range of thermal imaging cameras with...

Port Louis, Mauritius, has invested in  new harbour-wide surveillance system from IndigoVision Port Louis, the capital and main port of Mauritius, has invested in IndigoVision's complete integrated IP Video solution for a new harbour-wide surveillance system. The flexibility and distributed nature of the system allows a number of different agencies to monitor their own operations within the port. Based in a new central control room and a number of sub-control rooms the Mauritius...

   Each fast food chain presents different security challenges End User: Pizza Properties and QSR Burgers Pizza Properties, Inc. and QSR Burgers, LLC are in the limited service family dining segment of the hospitality industry doing business under the name of its pizza and entertainment and fast food hamburger franchises. The company is headquartered in El Paso, Texas, and owns 40 Peter Piper Pizza and 34 Burger King franchises throughout the state. The restaurant ch...

 Video Surveillance System from March networks at Washington University in St. Louis performs flawlesslyHunkered down in a Joint Operations Center on the sprawling campus, law enforcement personnel representing the St. Louis County Police, the University Police Department, the City of St. Louis Police, the Missouri Highway Patrol, the U.S. Secret Service and a number of other federal, state and local government agencies relied on the University's March Networks® video surveillance...

Taipei Port Container Terminal Corp installs VIVOTEK's video servers and video receiversMissionTaipei Port, an important water transport in northern Taiwan, is a hustling and bustling seaport with 14 wharfs in operation. TPCT (Taipei Port Container Terminal Corp), the construction company of Taipei Port, installed a CCTV surveillance system to maintain security at this wide open seaport, but serious signal degradation from long distance transmission led to poor image quality, making it extremely...

  The Shougang Group, Caofeidian Coal Wharf and the Ore Wharf are all customers of Zenitel Zenitel, international market leader in integrated communication solutions for the professional market, is pleased to confirm its contribution to Caofeidian, mapped to become China's largest steel production base by 2010. Uniquely, the site has been designated as a model for the country's environment friendly industrial base and is set to recycle 99.5 percent of its solid waste and 99.7 percent o...

   Millwall FC's stadium ground has thirty-eight dome cameras Thirty-eight dome cameras are deployed at carefully selected locations both inside and outside Millwall FC's ground, known as "The Den", to monitor crowd activity and to ensure everyone visiting the club on match days can do so in a safe environment. The images from the dome cameras, which were installed five years ago at the South East London stadium, were until recently recorded on S-VHS analog video rec...

 Sureview Systems has successfully integrated Barix IP Audio device support within its Immix software platformBarix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, recently announced that Sureview Systems, a commercial security monitoring solutions provider, has successfully integrated Barix IP Audio device support within its Immix automation software platform. The connectivity with Barix devices enables communications with an unlimited amount of audio surveillance, inte...

 VIVOTEK's network cameras installed at National Gallery of AustraliaMissionNational Gallery of Australia (NGA), home to numerous exquisite and valuable artworks, is a thrilling work of art with subtle exterior and delicate interior design. Initially, a CCTV system was employed to protect gallery assets, but monitoring of the gigantic gallery remained difficult and inefficient. Because the interior of the gallery is frequently changed to accommodate a variety of exhibitions, the CCTV c...

 Morse Watchman's Keywatcher tracks and communicates status of keys at SEPTAThe Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has deployed the KeyWatcher Key Control System from Morse Watchmans to keep track of hundreds of keys used at its various bus garages, maintenance shops, an operations control centre and a money-counting facility in and around Philadelphia. KeyWatcher cabinets installed in the multiple facilities automatically record the access history of each key, inclu...

  President seeks reduced funding for transit, ports, and school programs President Obama's budget proposal includes ill-advised and disappointing reductions in funding for crucial physical security programs, Security Industry Association (SIA) officials said on Monday.Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget would cut hundreds of millions of dollars from transit, port and school security programs and provide them with much less money than the amount authorized by Congress or recommended in rec...

The Four Points has recently installed 139 Arecont Vision cameras covering large areasMegapixel IP cameras from Arecont Vision provide detailed, crystal clear images covering large areas at the new Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Kuching, Malaysia, owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., of White Plains, N.Y., one of the world's largest hotel companies. The Four Points has recently installed 139 Arecont Vision cameras, for both live monitoring and to enable operators t...

A major new-build bakery complex in the south-west of England deployed Vigitron's UTPVigitron's UTP power combiner and transceiver hubs have been installed at a major new-build bakery complex in the south-west of England.The units are being used with analog dome cameras from Panasonic and Concept Pro (Videcon PLC) in a structured wiring system for both security, management and general logistical monitoring. The machine vision aspect of the project allows management to follow the entire...

Steam Ship installed CCTV system monitored by RVR to protect against the threat of fire and vandalismThe Steam Ship (SS) Great Britain, designed by the 19th Century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is using a sophisticated CCTV system monitored by Remote Video Response (RVR) to protect against the threat of fire and vandalism.The system, installed by Bristol-based Cannon Security, comprises a series of passive infrared (PIR) detectors, seven dome cameras and voice speaker warning system, with i...

Quaddrix CCTV products installed at the Centro Mayor Mall located in Bogota, ColombiaQuaddrix teams with Integrator EBC Ingeneria S.A. to install Quaddrix CCTV products into the Centro Mayor Mall located in Bogota, Colombia. The Mall is expected to be the largest mall in Colombia and one of the largest in all of South America. The Mall covers 248,000 square feet and contains over 430 stores. this project will be finished in the second quarter 2009 and will expect to have over 100,000 visito...

Banking sponsored DCPCU saves in excess of £315 million through financial fraud prevention workThe Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU) - the specialist police squad that tackles cheque and card fraud crime in the UK - marks its seventh anniversary on Wednesday (29 April 2009).The DCPCU was launched on 29 April 2002 as a two-year pilot and, following the successful conclusion of this trial, it was established as a permanent Unit with an ongoing brief to help stamp out organized...

  FLIR Systems SR-100 cameras  protect the perimeter at ORLEN refinery  Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN, better known as PKN ORLEN is a Polish company. It is one of Central Europe's largest refiners of crude oil. ORLEN specialises in processing crude oil into world-class unleaded petrol, diesel, heating oil, and aviation fuel as well as plastics and other petroleum related products. Employing more than 20,000 people, PKN ORLEN operates 7 refineries, of which 3 are...

 Barionet devices allow monitoring of power cabinets and substations throughout SingaporeBarix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, recently announced the installation of more than 1,000 Barix Barionet IP control devices to monitor power cabinets and substations throughout Singapore.Barix Barionet IP control products are network-enabled, remotely accessible devices ideal for automation and monitoring applications in buildings, industrial and IT systems. The Ba...

COEX MECH/6 fixed camera stations are included in this solution to provide surveillance of Pump and Engine areas Hazardous area CCTV surveillance manufacturer, Synectics, has been awarded the contract to supply a complete CCTV system for the Gannet Alpha Platform in the North Sea by Shell U.K. Limited. The Gannet field lies 180 km east of Aberdeen, Scotland. The Gannet Alpha is a four-leg steel platform, which stands in a water depth of 95 m. Gale force winds, hurricanes, sev...

 Espanola General Hospital in Ontario, Canada has selected SALTO to upgrade its security management Located in Northern Ontario, Espanola General Hospital is a modern health care facility ,which provides a broad array of health care and medical programs and services to the local population catchment area of around 12,000 residents. These include primary, preventive and therapeutic care, acute care, long-term care and assisted living, as well as management of senior's housing, all on one sit...

 Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies fulfilled vital access and security requirements of Big YellowThirty-five refurbished and 11 newly-planned Big Yellow self-storage sites are being fitted with Dor-O-Matic slide automated door-opening systems, aluminum security shutters and Martin Roberts steel doorsets. The systems are supplied by Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies.Big Yellow, the leading self-storage brand in London and the South of England, asked Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies...

 Barix and Acutron deliver audio and control capabilities for entertainment and security purposes Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, announces that Acutron Electroacustica of Portugal has completed the installation of a Barix Audio over IP zoned audio solution for the Colombo shopping mall in Lisbon. The solution provides Colombo, one of the largest shopping malls in Europe, with a point-to-multipoint solution to deliver voice, audio and control signal...

 View large imagePolice in Westminster, in partnership with Covent Garden London, Sony and First Security have invested £150,000 to equip a converted Mercedes van The West End's crackdown on street crime gets a state-of-the-art boost today with the launch of Westminster police's first mobile CCTV unit. Police in Westminster, in partnership with Covent Garden London, Sony and First Security have invested £150,000 to equip a converted Mercedes van with all the latest in closed cir...