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Over eight Brivo wireless control panels were installed at the airport The Situation Santa Monica Municipal Airport sits on approximately 227 acres in the city of Santa Monica, California. It is one of the busiest single-runway airports in the nation with more than 150,000 flights per year. The perimeter of the airport property and other restricted areas are controlled by fencing and eight access gates. Previously, a standard non-networked punch code access system was used t...

Brivo has been installed on the main entrance doors, administrative offices, and the Business Manager’s suite The Situation St. John’s College High School (SJC) is an independent, Catholic, coeducational college preparatory school. Located on a 27-acre campus in Washington, DC, with 1,100 students and 150 faculty and staff, St. John’s formerly secured their buildings with a standard lock and key system. The Challenge The SJC administration sought improved...

The Appletree School installed Brivo ACS on the front door and assigned PIN codes to parents and teachers The Situation The Appletree School was founded as a private school in 1979 to serve the community’s preschool and kindergarten children, offering a soun curriculum presented in a unique, departmentalised style. Word spread of the wonderful care and education students received at the school and they soon had a long waiting list. Over time, Appletree has expanded thei...

In a move to provide unparalleled support for the technology powering today’s communications systems, Middle Atlantic Products announces the new VTC Series Mobile Videoconferencing & Presentation Cart System.  Designed with generous equipment mounting space, the VTC Series is a versatile mobile cart system for videoconferencing and presentation applications. The VTC Series was engineered with industry-leading screen capacity, supporting single screens up to 80” or dual larg...

Recognizing that many security deployments are often compromised with inadequate lighting and poorly coordinated with CCTV cameras, Talk-A-Phone has enhanced its blue light towers with an integrated high-efficiency LED area lighting solution. The new product features a photo-metrically optimized LED lighting array that covers the area surrounding the blue light tower. The new LED lighting array seamlessly integrates with video surveillance platforms, transforming the total solution from a pass...

The installation manages access to the main entryways of two buildings, each equipped with proximity readers The Situation Parkadon Management Inc. is a property management company specializing in Federal Section 8 housing (affordable housing), with offices located in Manhattan, Harlem, Brooklyn, and Jersey City, New Jersey. The management of Section 8 housing is a hard financial model to make work. At one project alone, the company experienced a $100,000 cost overrun in pro...

The new web-based interface system gives Redlands tighter control over its multiple hangars The Situation Redlands Municipal Airport has been serving the area’s aviation community since 1947. The general aviation airport spans 180 acres and serves more than 31,000 flights per year. A rash of avionics thefts prompted city officials, led by assistant public works director and airport manager Tom Fujiwara, to seek an affordable method to more effectively secure the expansi...

Eleven gates are controlled by the wireless control panels while two are controlled by IP-based controllers The Situation Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Colorado’s 4th busiest airport, has more than 180,000 take-offs and landings each year. The airport is home to a number of flight and helicopter schools and is the North American headquarters for Pilatus Business Aircraft. At any one time there are more than 2,300 airport and service-related personnel who need ac...

The church installed CyberLock on the exterior doorways, offices, classrooms and play area Problem: Re-Keying an Entire Facility Grace Christian Center, located in Killeen, Texas has approximately 170 doorways throughout 3 buildings, and over 2,000 adult members. With a facility of this size, they faced significant key control issues. “Our biggest concern was having to re-key the entire facility everytime someone lost a key ring, or a master key,” said Pastor Stev...

The church’s door locks could be easily retrofitted with CyberLock electronic cylinders Problem: Break-Ins, Thefts, and Vandalism Seattle First Presbyterian Church was established in Seattle, Washington in 1869. The city has literally grown up around them and security has been an issue. The church proper encompasses one city block with seventeen doors that are points-of-entry. Jace Allen, Church Elder, says, “Our perimeters had been breached many times and we expe...

Sean was previously responsible as a Security Specialist at Anixter, Canada IndigoVision is delighted to announce the addition of Sean Thompson, as Canadian Sales Director. Sean was previously responsible as a Security Specialist at Anixter, Canada where he was top performing sales manager from 2007 to 2012 and generating Anixter Canada’s highest sales for Axis Communications products between 2007 and 2011. “It has been fantastic to bring Sean on-board to the Can...

Honeywell’s MAXPRO Cloud allows its user to access video surveillance anytime, anywhere without IT expertise Honeywell showcased its latest security innovations and technologies at its booth (#14023) at the ISC West 2013 held in Las Vegas. Tuxedo Touch with Total Connect:  Honeywell combines the coolness and versatility of  the Tuxedo Touch Home Controller with the real-time mobile access of Honeywell Total Connect to provide a really powerful and comprehensiv...

The new SNE Series is designed to meet the specific requirements of IP, Analog and Hybrid security systems Middle Atlantic Products introduced a new class of application-driven Security Network Enclosures at ISC West 2013. The latest in the company’s expansive offering of specialty-purposed equipment mounting options, the new SNE Series is a family of enclosures designed to meet the specific requirements of IP, Analog and Hybrid security systems. Security Netw...

The condominium complex installed 137 MOBOTIX cameras to grant the staff to investigate incidents MOBOTIX Corp., an industry-leading provider of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, recently announced the Panorama Towers deployed a comprehensive MOBOTIX surveillance solution to secure its 650-unit, 800+ resident luxury condominium complex in Las Vegas,Nev. About more than half of the planned 137 MOBOTIX cameras have been installed to grant the condominium staff t...

Verint Systems Inc. recently announced the launch of an integrated audio and video intelligence solution that provides command, control and communications centers, as well as public safety answering points (PSAPs), with a unified application interface to investigate incidents leveraging information from voice, video and other security systems. The solution serves as a forensic tool that can provide public safety organizations and other critical infrastructure entities with a 360-degree view of...

DVTEL is pleased to announce the release of the Solus VMS Version 6.2.1 with Camera Pack 1. In this release, the Solus-All-In-One features the new Dell Precision T3600 Workstation, and the Solus-Appliance comes with the new generation USS-SMB Elite servers. Both platforms offer improved performance for similar or lower prices!   Click the links here for the new data sheets on these products: Solus All-In-One <http://info.dvtel.com/rs/dvtel/images/Solus All in One Datasheet March...

Videx have introduced a new range of vandal resistant modules designed to complement the successful VR4K vandal resistant door entry panel range.  The VR4K series can be used with many of the company’s door entry and access control systems, including the digital VX2200 system, audio and video kits and the Videx GSM systems. The new VR4KNP modules have a 12 gauge stainless steel fascia with a robust and visually attractive die cast frame, vandal resistant buttons and features to assis...

Honeywell has further strengthened its MAXPRO® portfolio of IP video surveillance technologies by adding numerous enhancements to its line of network video recorders (NVRs). This includes support for cameras with ONVIF’s newest Profile S protocol and 360-degree cameras, virtualisation capabilities, and even smart video motion detection (VMD) features are now standard in the latest release of MAXPRO NVR 2.5. “As technology has evolved, so have end users’ expectations,&rdquo...

Join CyberLock for their webinar "A Practical Approach to Telecommunications Access Control." Click here for more information. CyberLock’s security systems keep a track of physical assets of the church Raising the Level of Security on a Church Campus Nearly 20,000 members call Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, their home church. The Church was challenged with raising the level of security across their large campus. One particular concern was keeping tr...

Middle Atlantic Products is introducing new height-adjustable Sit/Stand functionality for its family of ViewPoint consoles and technical furniture. Sit/Stand lift system functionality promotes proper ergonomics for healthy work environments, and is now available pre-installed in welded ViewPoint console bays or as a standalone work station model.  Ideal for dispatch, call center and surveillance and monitoring environments, these new models feature three convenient pre-set height settings...

Exacq Technologies, a leading manufacturer of video management system (VMS) software and servers used for video surveillance, is pleased to announce the integration of CitySync license plate recognition (LPR) software with the exacqVision video management system (VMS). “The partnership between Exacq and CitySync will provide a highly effective tool that combines both video and data evidence from the same user interface.” Users can now utilize CitySync’s industry leading LPR s...

Bosch MIC1 cameras are IP68 sealed to protect against water and dust ingress MIC1 Helps Australian Mine Move the Earth BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), Australia’s largest coal miner and exporter, was losing AUS $8,000 per hour in unrecoverable downtime, when cameras on its dragline excavators failed. In order to meet the requirement for constant video surveillance monitoring during dragline operation, MIC1 cameras from the Bosch Extreme CCTV series were selecte...

The Access Easy Controller readsthe building's HID cards as unique data strings End User: telx has more than a dozen locations nationwide and is the leading provider of carrier-neutral Meet Me Room and Core Interconnection Facilities in North America. telx's network facilities deliver quality solutions for telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprise networks. One deployment at telx can seamlessly provide customers access to an abundance of global netw...

The new hybrid system also allows CBS Studio Center to add cameras more easily End User: CBS Studio Center is a full service facility with 18 sound stages and many exterior locations, including three permanent sets - a New York street, Central Park and a residential street. There are 17 office buildings and 20 bungalows comprising approximately 180,000 square feet of production office space. In addition to 201 dedicated and more than 60 portable dressing rooms, the studio cen...

The Brivo ACS WebService system monitors access to the cafeteria and the restrooms The Situation Summarizing a lifetime of food service experience, Waytodough’s Ever Santana commented, “Most restaurant owners think they see everything — they actually miss a lot.” Santana is VP of Operations for Waytodough, a northern New Jersey-based owner and operator of 20 Dunkin’ Donuts franchise locations and a central baking facility, which services more tha...

The fire department installed CyberLocks on 25 narcotic safes and 46 on rescue vehicle narcotic safes Managing Access to Class 2 Narcotics As the largest fire department in the State of Nevada, Clark County provides emergency services to an area encompassing 7,910 square miles that includes the Las Vegas Strip and neighboring resort townships. They run a dual medical response system that incorporates their fire department and private ambulance companies operating under franch...

Talk-A-Phone announces integration of the VOIP-500 series phone / WEBS Paging Module with Singlewire Software’s InformaCast Advanced Notification solution. With Talk-A-Phone’s public release of the VOIP-500 firmware version 1.0.1.12, users of the InformaCast Advanced Notification can now send audio broadcasts to Talk A Phone’s VOIP-500 series phones and WEBS paging devices over a network. “We are extremely pleased to announce the integration with Singlewire”, said...

PureTech's new board consists of four strategic experts in fields related to the company's business model PureTech Systems is proud to introduce its new strategic advisory board. The board consists of four strategic experts in fields related to the company's business model. As a leader in geospatial video analytics, the PureTech leadership team will collaborate with the advisory board to gain strategic business and market insights to help the company continue to realize its vi...

CH Products, the leading manufacturer of PTZ surveillance joysticks introduces a compact and stylish addition to newest line of USB desktop joysticks. Incorporating the latest generation Hall effect positioning sensor, the RS Desktop features a three axes joystick with 12-bit resolution, delivering superior control for PTZ cameras. Supporting USB 2.0 HID “game controller” interface for plug-and-play connectivity, the RS Desktop is easy to use and compatible with a wide variety of vi...

Many forward-thinking organizations are rightly reassessing their security options In many industries, security and dependability are at the forefront of customers’ minds. But the fact is that firewalls and encryptions will only ever form part of the solution. Use of biometrics presents one of the most secure options for organizations, say Jon Mooney and Dave Bulless, security experts at Ingersoll Rand in the US and UK respectively. They list out the numerous benefits of...