Case studies

IP Video security systems manufacturer IndigoVision has completed an integrated system at Doha International Airport (DIA) in Qatar consisting of over 600 cameras and 200 Access Control points.In addition to the ‘GE Secure Perfect' Access Control solution used at DIA, IndigoVision's IP-Video system provides interfaces to ‘Cardax' and ‘Lenel OnGuard' systems, with ‘Software House' in development.  IndigoVision also freely supplies an Integration Ki...

ChallengeHartwall Areena needed a top-of-the-class security solution to secure the organized events and the attendees.  To be able to offer an enjoyable experience at the Hartwall Areena, disorderly behaviour, such as misdemeanour, sabotage, vandalism and fights had to be prevented.SolutionMirasys V series was installed to meet todays and the future's requirements and security standards of huge public venues.  Mirasys V series is exceptional as it can receive video data from both analo...

Network cameras and video management software from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video have been installed in popular Borough Market restaurant Roast.   The IP-Surveillance deployment followed production of a feasibility study by security integrator and Axis partner, AMW Security Technologies Limited.   AMW advocated upgrading to a highly comprehensive IP-Surveillance system in order to get much better coverage in the back and front of house areas of Roast...

TSS (Traffic Safety Systems) - part of AD Group - has supplied its latest PatrolVu mobile digital CCTV system to equip two new patrol vehicles in support of Barnsley's multi-agency Safer Neighborhood Teams (SNTs).  The solution is being used primarily to help tackle anti-social behaviour and reduce crime and disorder in the local area.The new vehicles, which TSS has fitted out, feature low light CCTV cameras on the front and also roof mounted; an on-board monitor for image review; advan...

COE Ltd, the UK designer of advanced video surveillance systems, has completed a project to extend and update the control and transmissions systems for a 300 camera upgrade for Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.  This upgrade is based on COE's high capacity fibre optic video transmission and CCTV control technology.  The contract, won through competitive tender, included additional cameras and strategic Control Rooms to ensure continuous monitoring throughout the airport.COE...

American baseball team, St. Louis Cardinals' new home has the same name as its previous nest, that's where the similarities end.  Among the major enhancements at Busch Stadium III is state-of-the-art video security surveillance, which knocks the ball out of the park when it comes to going beyond other networked CCTV systems.St Louis Major League Baseball franchise has built itself a new $365 million palace and is protecting it with a virtual fortification, one of the most advanced n...

Fastlane Glassgate speedgates from Integrated Design have been installed at 35 Portman Square, London W1, as part of the building refurbishment of the multi-tenanted 67,578 sqft (6,278 sqm) prestigious office building. A plan was drawn up to provide a security system in the reception hall to the main entrance to the building, limiting access to only authorized occupants and visitors.  A card swipe access control system and turnstiles were therefore required integral with the door entry con...

TSS (Traffic Safety Systems) - part of AD Group - announces that its Radar Autovision mobile CCTV technology has been selected by the Kuwait Police Department for a roads policing trial in their patrol cars.Julian Cooke, International Sales Manager at TSS, comments:  "The evaluation of Radar Autovision by the Kuwait Police began at the end of March and follows on from interest expressed by Injifa Security Services, part of the Al Wazan Group of companies, based in Kuwait City who speci...

The booming local economy of the Glasgow metropolitan area in Scotland has meant that large numbers of companies have been drawn to the region in recent years, many of them to new business parks on the outskirts of the city.  These locations require effective surveillance and patrols ensuring that break-ins, fly-tipping and thefts are minimised.Against this backdrop, security and business support supplier The Corps has designed and set up a new national CCTV remote monitoring facility in Gl...

BAA selects Navtech after four-month operational trialsA major contract win by UK-based independent radar systems specialist, Navtech Radar, underscores the critical importance that safety and security plays in international air travel.Navtech Radar has won a strategically important contract for its W800 Automatic Surveillance system with the largest UK airports operator, BAA plc.  The system will be installed at Heathrow Airport where it will provide continuous automatic surveillance of ar...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced today that BFi OPTiLAS, a distributor of specialized products and services for Europe's electronics and photonics markets, has deployed over 1,000 of its systems.  Serving as ioimage's distributor in Spain and Portugal, BFi has incorporated security and surveillance solutions at a myriad of public, government and private organizations.  The partnership's rapid success was marked by its 1...

Livestock Poultry Health Program upgrades security and productivity Brivo Systems, LLC, the leader in web applications for access control and security systems, announces that Clemson University's Livestock Poultry Health Programs in Columbia, SC, has installed Brivo's ACS WebService to ensure full access control of their facility.  The Livestock Poultry Health facility houses four agricultural departments and sees upwards of 200 staff and visitors a day.  ADT Security Systems of Colum...

The Mosaic Group, one of the UK's largest fashion retailers, has ambitious plans to expand into Europe and has decided to stay committed to a British manufacturer to supply the digital video recording equipment for its new branches.As part of Mosaic's drive into Europe, Videoswitch DVRs have so far been installed at stores in Amsterdam, Dublin, Hamburg and the Hague with more to follow in the near future. Mosaic, renowned for its highly fashionable but affordable clothing, trades under a...

Zoom lenses from Rainbow are being installed across Dublin as the Irish police force (Garda) expands and upgrades city centre security systems.The lenses, which have various focal lengths, are being used at shopping precincts, tourists quarters, leisure facilities and on river frontage.  Extensive use is being made of 7.5-112.5mm models.  These are functioning from high-resolution cameras and are used in colour, monochrome and infrared modes according to the nature of the site and ligh...

High-resolution bullet cameras from Rainbow are being used for security monitoring and licence plate recognition at the vehicle terminal serving Europe's busiest port, Dover.  The cameras are allowing Kent Police to observe both freight and car traffic at the Eurotunnel plaza in Folkestone which connects with the M20 motorway.  They are being used within ticket machines and operator's booths, the system activation being hardware triggers from loops on traffic lanes or contact closure w...

COE Ltd, the developer and supplier of advanced video systems, has just celebrated the completion of two major rail upgrade projects in Spain with its X-Net transmission system.  Both projects are part of the high speed rail system upgrades currently in progress across the country.The Barcelona to Madrid high speed rail link is 300Km long and continuous monitoring of the rail link is provided by more than five hundred COE Series 300 and X-Net OPT-1 long haul fibre video links.  This is...

Senai International Airport, one of Malaysia's fastest growing airport hubs, has installed IndigoVision's IP Video technology to provide site-wide CCTV surveillance.  The Airport is located at the southern gateway of the Malaysian Peninsula in one of the country's strategic development zones, the newly launched Iskandar Development Region.  The airport has both a passenger terminal and a separate logistics and cargo complex, with plans to handle 2 million tonnes of cargo a...

ACTi's SED-2310Q video server has been successfully implemented in Cisco's wireless video monitoring system for the Cheever Racing/Crown Royal Daytona Prototype team in the Grand American Road Racing Series. There are four analog cameras mounted at different locations on the race car to monitor different areas such as the driver's upper body movements, the view in the front, the view in the back, etc.  The ACTi SED-2310Q compresses the input to real-time, full D1 @ 30 fps MPEG-4 video and t...

Sophisticated technology from Bosch Security Systems (BSS) is playing a central role in a major new CCTV installation by CDS (Computerised & Digital Security Systems) at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, as it migrates its existing analog CCTV system over to IP.The system, specified by the University in conjunction with specialist consultants Global MSC Security, is an entirely Bosch-based solution comprising primarily fully-functional high-speed domes and associated transmission and digit...

Westminster Abbey has become the first of the major heritage sites to opt for Monitor AFx Wireless Integrated Security Management (ISM) technology from Chubb Electronic Security (CES) - a method of combining and controlling the data from two or more previously independent devices onto one software application, with one database, using an existing IT network as host.  Chubb Electronic Security is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX)This means that t...

Wireless IP technology from Bosch Security Systems (BSS) installed by Central Security Systems (CSS), a leading specialist in local authority CCTV solutions, is proving a winning combination for Gedling Borough Council in protecting local residents from petty and serious crime as part of a much wider crime and disorder partnership initiative.Four town centres - Arnold, Mapperley, Carlton and Netherfield - will be making maximum use of some of the latest camera, encoder, recording and video manag...

COE Limited, the developer and supplier of advanced video systems, has completed the supply of COE X-Net® to Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) for the Valencia Metro video monitoring system upgrade.  Against strong competition COE X-Net® was selected for new station upgrades.  Valencia Metro consists of four lines and serves over 61 million passenger journeys a year from its 116 stations.COE has for several years supplied multi-channel video transmission technolog...

Cars at one of Britain's most prestigious motor museums are being protected with a breakthrough security product which contains DNA.The collection at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, worth in the region of 50 million pounds, is being painted with a glue which contains segments of unique genetic code, as part of their ongoing security.The museum, in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire, recently launched the innovative new marking scheme.  Now the museum's team of technicia...

A leading manufacturer of highway and traffic control products, Wanco, Inc., has chosen Vicon Industries to provide cameras for their new portable surveillance units.  These compact, self-contained units provide a convenient and rapidly deployable solution for temporary remote surveillance needs at construction sites, outdoor events and other locations where there is a temporary need for surveillance. Up to four Vicon SurveyorVFT 23x day/night camera domes are mounted atop a 26 fo...