Case studies

Kings Waterfront is a £142m development on the banks of the River Mersey which will transform King's Dock into the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre.  The project will feature a 10,000 capacity performance area and exhibition resources to rival the NEC and ExCel.  It is expected that the venue will host events from rock concerts to trade shows, children's entertainment to international sport including tennis, boxing and gymnastics.  Supporting the complex is a 1,600-spac...

Cleveland Police have been able to add a crucial rapid deployment surveillance tool to their armoury, thanks to the development of the world's most successful 12~660mm motorized zoom lens by Pentax.The Cleveland Force is responsible for the policing of the four districts of Hartlepool, Lanbaurgh, Middlesborough and Stockton - an area covering some 230 square miles.  The population of over 550,000 is split between high density urban areas and outlying small communities.An ambitious and compr...

ADPRO Video surveillance and ANPR combine to test new technology and re-capture stolen vehicles in Bury.Innovative ADPRO video surveillance technology from Vision Systems Europe, combined with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and wireless communications from Motorola, are being used for the first time to help The Greater Manchester Police crack down on vehicle crime.Bury Council piloted the scheme by targeting one of the busiest car parks in the district.  It installed a single inf...

Leading food retailer deploys networked video solution at corporate stores and distribution centres and recommends solution for franchise-owned locationsVerint Systems Inc., a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for security and business intelligence, today announced that Domino's Pizza has deployed Verint's Nextiva™ Specialty Retail solution to enhance the security of certain corporate facilities, including distribution centers and corporate-owned stores.  Additiona...

The CCTV system at the ITN building in Gray's Inn Road, London has recently been upgraded to take advantage of the latest advances in digital recording.The home of ITV and Channel 4 news programmes previously had a CCTV system that used analog video recorders to store images captured by the cameras located in and around the building.Quantum Security was commissioned to research and subsequently install a digital video recording system."Working in conjunction with our suppliers Videcon,...

Janaf Plc., headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia, is managing an oil pipeline system, as a modern, efficacious and cost-efficient crude oil transportation system for both local and foreign users.  Janaf  has adopted , thanks to the integrator Tehnozavod Marusic k.d., a project for video-monitoring a pipeline streching from Serbian border to the Adriatic sea.Tehnozavod has designed and implemented an IP based system, teaming up with Videotec.  The first trance of 5 was realised on Adri...

IP Video systems manufacturer IndigoVision is providing the technology behind a new Homeland Security system for New London in Connecticut. New London is a thriving coastal city with a number of important and sensitive military, nuclear power generation and industrial sites.  Local security is therefore of prime importance to the Police Department, who are working in partnership with the Coast Guard and other agencies to ensure the community remains secure and to enable timely emergency res...

Kazan, the capital of the republic of Tatarstan, Russia, is one of the largest economic, scientific and cultural centres in Russia, as well as the oldest city with over 1000 years of Russian Federation history. The challenge The evolution of modern Kazan requires a pleasant ambience to live in.  First of all, arrangements have to be made for public safety, law and order, prevention of criminal activities, vandalism and terrorism.  The integration of an urban video surveillance syste...

The project requirement was to provide a public address facility that could be integrated with the Middlesbrough's existing CCTV network.  This would enable the CCTV operators to speak directly to members of the public, for example, requesting people to pick up litter they have dropped.  It could also be used for public safety and crime prevention, for example, to warn people that they are being watched on CCTV.An existing intercom system from Complus Teltronic was already in place, co...

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) based digital video surveillance solutions, announced today that it will work with BT Redcare Group, a division of BT Group plc, to offer advanced digital video solutions to organizations in the United Kingdom.Digital video surveillance and sophisticated video analytics are important business applications that can be added to an organization's IP network - allowing video services to extend beyond traditional physical security and...

"Value Place can record all transactions and also use it for training to assist the front-office people with any questions they may have.  The corporate office can log on remotely if there are incidents or events to check, make sure the standard processes are following the corporate quality requirements, and if any modifications are necessary."- Steve Johnson, Account Manager at ISG Technology Inc. Security challenges There is a small number of staff at each hotel which keeps the...

During the German Democratic Republic (GDR) times, enormous housing complexes often sprang up overnight - buildings that in their original condition today would be neither architecturally appealing nor offer tenants an attractive environment in which to live.  However, it does not have to be this way, as proven by the residential complexes at Györer Straße 1-4 and 5-7 in the north of the Thuringian regional capital of Erfurt.  After the fall of Communism, the buildings were...

  RemVu Aquila transmission equipment is playing a key role tackling out-of-hours crime at Stillwell TrucksRemGuard Visual Management's RemVu Aquila transmission equipment, supplied through its franchise operation RemGuard Australia, is playing a key role tackling out-of-hours crime at Stillwell Trucks based in Milperra, New South Wales. Stillwell is a Sterling, Freightliner, Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Dealership, specializing in new and used commercial vehicle sales, serv...

TVR Power is an approved service with over 20 years involvement in TVR engineering.  From development of engines for road and racing, to one-off prototype cars, TVR Power offers a team of highly skilled and factory trained staff based at their extensive onsite engineering facilities.Increasing security is of central importance to TVR Power.  Following a recent break-in they are committed to keeping all customers' vehicles fully secure.  This includes investing in a new digital...

MITIE is pleased to announce that they have been appointed as the exclusive retail guarding supplier to Marks & Spencer's wholly owned mainland UK stores.The contract, which commenced on 1 April 2007, follows the company's interim contract managing retail security activity at a selection of Marks & Spencer stores.  The new contract sees MITIE annually managing over 750,000 hours of manned security further enhancing MITIE's position as a leader in the provision of securit...

D-Tec's advanced CCTV-based Video Smoke Detection (VSD) system is being used to provide a rapid response to potential fires in the AU$554 million Sydney Harbour Tunnel.  Retrofitted to 80 of the tunnel's CCTV cameras - 40 in each tube - VSD offers a vital early warning of incidents in the tunnel which carries nearly 90,000 vehicles a day. The key benefit of the VSD, now being applied in Sydney, is its ability to use image-processing technology and extensive detection and known false alarm a...

Tyco Fire & Security today announced that Keflavik International Airport, Iceland has chosen its CEM AC2000 access control system to provide advanced security management.  The airport awarded the contract to approved CEM reseller, Securitas HF.  Keflavik is the main international airport for Iceland and features modern passenger and commercial facilities as well as extensive aircraft operation areas.  Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and servicing 1.8 million passenger...

In 2001 Brussels International Airport was a pioneer of IP Video when it installed what was then the largest networked video CCTV system in Europe.  Based on IndigoVision's IP Video technology the 700+ camera system was installed using their existing LAN and interfaced to the Airport Management System.  One of the main reasons for choosing an IP Video solution from IndigoVision was its flexibility and scalability which would accommodate the Airport's growth plans and allow a sm...

With the safety of students a primary concern at schools across the United States, administrators are faced with the task of finding security tools that fit within their ever-thinning budgets while helping them increase efficiencies.  At Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, N.C., information systems personnel enhanced the school's security, increased efficiencies and provided a platform for further technological sophistication in the years ahead simply by upgrading the school's person...

Economical yet professional.  That's the image the Metropolitan Council's Metro Transit staff want to portray with their Metropass cards.  Metropass cards are used for riders of bus and light-rail transit in Minneapolis.  Until recently, they were produced by an outside printing vendor, and the cost was becoming prohibitive.  Metro Transit's decision to bring the production inside not only saved money, but also improved the security of the cards.Metro Transit is one of the la...

MITIE is pleased to announce that they have recently been appointed as the exclusive manned guarding supplier to HM Courts Service (HMCS) and the Tribunal Service nationwide, further enhancing the Group's position as one of the UK's leading service providers and as a principle supplier to the Wider Police Family.The seven contracts, which are worth in excess of £20 million, will commence on 1 April 2007 and will see the company providing security to the nation's magistrates, cr...

Hundreds of thousands of people attended Independence Square in Accra, Ghana to celebrate fifty years of independence from British colonial rule on 6 March, 2007.  Designed by Pro Security Ghana Ltd, in what is understood to be the largest IP CCTV surveillance system in Africa, all celebration events were monitored and recorded for safety and security. "Being able to bring back high-resolution CCTV surveillance information from just about anywhere in the city has enormous benefits for...