Surveillance & Security News for July 2010

Brickcom will host a training course featuring on how to create a secure wireless IP surveillance systemAfter two successful stops in New York and Washington DC with the Tri-Ed / Northern Video Technology Roadshow, Brickcom Corporation, a leading manufacturer of IP surveillance products, will join the roadshow once again in North Hollywood, California on July 22, 2010. This roadshow offers attendees the opportunity to speak with representatives from many of the largest manufacturers from ar...

  View of Durban World Cup stadium, taken from Durban Railway station where Sony HD CCTV cameras have been installedIt took 4 days, 6 plane journeys (approx. 14,450 miles) and 3 cities for SourceSecurity.com's editor, Ghislaine Bombusa, to visit one of Africa's first significant installation of High Definition (HD) CCTV surveillance solution in a railway installation, before stopping by to watch a historic World Cup quarter final unfold, live at the Green Point Stadium. The journe...

SourceSecurity.com's editor was invited by Sony Professional Solutions Europe to the 2010 World Cup destination to visit its High Definition (HD) surveillance CCTV installation at Durban Railway Station. On the trip she was able to visit the prime tourist spots and watch a World Cup quarter-final. See the highlights in pictures below: See the album with captions

Networks Centre will promote and support the full range of IP video products manufactured by LILINNetworks Centre, one of Europe's leading Network and Cabling product distributors, has been appointed as an official UK distributor of LILIN equipment. Under the agreement Networks Centre will promote and support the full range of ONVIF complaint IP video products manufactured by LILIN. These will include - HD cameras, IR cameras, hybrid digital recorders, network video recorders, wireless tran...

"Applying OSIPS to ICAM" provides a detailed analysis of the access control environment specified by ICAMThe Security Industry Association (SIA) has released "Applying OSIPS to ICAM", an application white paper that highlights the role that standards developed by SIA had in the federal government's Identity, Credentialing and Access Management (ICAM) roadmap document.The ICAM roadmap, sometimes referred to as FICAM when relating to federal government applications, provid...

artec received official sponsoring for its novel video-analysis process for use in video surveillanceFunding for artec's new state-of-the-art project is now guaranteed: artec technologies AG (WKN 520958) just received assurance of funding for its project to develop a new network-based interview recorder system. The guarantee comes from the Central Innovation Programme for medium-sized businesses (ZIM) of the German Federal Department of Economics and Technology.artec is well-recognized as the te...

WiMAX, to be displayed at Secutech, is ideal for surveillance systems which needs to span large areasBrickcom Corporation, a leading manufacturer of IP surveillance equipment, will be attending the largest security tradeshow in Vietnam, SecuTech Vietnam, from August 25-27, 2010. This third annual tradeshow will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC), Hall A1 in Ho Chi Minh City. Joining over fifty companies from ten countries, Brickcom will display its latest solutions...

Set on a peninsula with panoramic views from almost every vantage point, the 600-acre Lough Erne Golf Resort is the ultimate expression in old world heritage and new world luxury. Its two championship golf courses are set on the shores of Lower Lough Erne and Castle Hume Lough.The resort is designed with luxury and comfort in mind, and accommodation comprises 120 guest rooms made up of 53 hotel bedrooms, two Deluxe Suites, two Lakeview Suites and two Courtyard Suites and 25 Luxury Lodges each ex...

SYAC and NEXXT have outstanding reputations in the Italian professional security marketHikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of digital video surveillance products, has announced a new partnership with Italy's professional electronic security distributor NEXXT, the distribution arm of SYAC group, who will now be the sole strategic distributor for Hikvision surveillance products in Italy."At SYAC group we are sure that Hikvision will continue its aggressive growth in the...

Users returning their MIC300 will be eligible to receive a £500 credit towards the price of a new MIC400 CCTVBosch Security Systems has launched a new scheme for users of its MIC300 cameras to receive a financial incentive to upgrade to its new MIC400 model before the MIC300 reaches its ‘end-of-service' on 31st December 2010, from when Bosch will no longer offer a repair service on the MIC300.Users returning their MIC300 Series camera to Bosch Security between now and the end of the...

Sean Kelly and Jonathan Murray have joined Access Control Technology as Technical Support RepresentativesAccess Control Technology (ACT) Ltd., is delighted to announce the further strengthening of the Technical Support team with two new appointments. Sean Kelly and Jonathan Murray have both joined ACT in the role of Technical Support Representative. Sean is a graduate of NUI Galway where he completed a degree in Electronic Engineering. Following his graduation Sean worked in the Power Electronic...

CitySync's ANPR system with FAAC barriers was installed at all entry and exit points to the staff car parkThe Wales NHS Trust Singleton Hospital in Swansea is using a new ANPR barrier control system to manage the parking problems with their staff car park.Previously, the hospital used a swipe card system to allow staff free parking. Unfortunately, the system was being abused with people lending their swipe card to friends to give them access to free parking or parking in there on a day off to go...

The Cube CCTV camera drew attention because it encloses the built-in antenna within the camera's housingAt ITEX 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Brickcom Wireless Cube Camera was awarded the ITEX Gold Medal. Of the seventy inventions entered in the exhibition, the Cube Camera drew attention because of its unique design which encloses the built-in antenna within the camera's housing.The 21st International, Innovation, and Technology Exhibition (ITEX), which is organized every year by the Malay...

HDcctv surveillance camera connection technology presents an alternative to analog video and IP networkingHDcctv Alliance®, the global security industry consortium established to manage and promote technical standards for HDcctv equipment interoperability, announced that TEB, an innovative French designer, manufacturer and integrator of video surveillance solutions, has joined the Alliance to develop and market a complete range of HDcctv-compliant products.HDcctv surveillance camera connecti...

A very strong close of the second quarter generated growth of 6 percentNet sales during the period amounted to SEK 1,321 M (1,074), and sales amounted to SEK 678 M (542) for the second quarter. Operating profit during the period amounted to SEK 169 M (93), and operating profit amounted to SEK 74 M (46) for the second quarter. Profit before tax during the period amounted to SEK 168 M (92), and profit before tax amounted to SEK 74 M (46) for the second quarter. Profit after tax during the period t...

Hampshire County Council has upgraded its service to CRYPTOCard's award-winning BlackShield ID platformHampshire County Council has extended its five-year relationship with authentication authority CRYPTOCard to roll-out two-factor authentication for education staff across participating schools in the county.With CRYPTOCard's innovative, user-friendly authentication service, the county's teachers will be able to access education services, such as SIMS.net which holds comprehensive information on...

ICAM smoke detection solution provides reliable detection in a wide array of challenging environmentsXtralis, a leading provider of powerful solutions for the early detection of fire, gas and security threats, announced that its ICAM aspirating smoke detection (ASD) system is being used to provide early warning fire detection in the lift shafts throughout London Gatwick Airport.Lifts are a critical component of building infrastructure, particularly in busy passenger terminals. However, installin...

The company Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Union Bank, N.A., is a full-service commercial bank providing an array of financial services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. The story of Union Bank goes back more than 145 years to the founding of The Bank of California, the first incorporated commercial bank in the West, and a predecessor of Union Bank. Today, the financial institution honours that history with a commitment to superior...

The events have a common theme - ‘Innovation in IP - All That's New'March Networks® will detail how organizations can achieve new levels of cost-effective fault tolerance in their IP video surveillance systems as a featured speaker at the IP-in-Action LIVE conferences in Dublin and Belfast, Ireland. Sharing the common theme of ‘Innovation in IP - All That's New', attendees will learn about the latest network-based security solutions from industry experts such as March Networks, w...

Dedicated Micros have had tremendous success delivering CCTV solutions to the banking sector in the Middle East, which faces a multitude of threats including fraud, theft and physical attacks on staff and customers. Across the Gulf Cooperation Council area, Dedicated Micros can count 10 major banks - in Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia - as customers, the largest has nearly 1000 systems installed. As our CCTV systems are embedded, rather than PC based, they ar...

The full range of HD cameras, 4 channel encoders, servers, workstations, lenses, and software etc from AvigilonTo meet the increasing demand for the industry's highest resolution end-to end-HD solution, BFi OPTiLAS has further increased its UK stock to include the full range of HD cameras, vandal resistant domes, panoramic domes, 4 channel encoders, servers, workstations, lenses, network accessories and software.Free next day delivery (M.O.V on in stock items) is now available throughout the UK...

The website helps to visualise how specific security technologies can be applied by end-usersHoneywell recently launched a new website designed to complement its broad range of security technology. The Honeywell City interactive website serves as a single online destination to help security dealers and end-users visualise how specific security technologies can be applied in homes, businesses, commercial sites and critical infrastructure. From high-rise office buildings to single-family...

Basler IP cameras will integrate with GEUTEBRUCK's GeViScope and re_porter server and recording systemsBasler Vision Technologies has teamed with GEUTEBRUCK, one of the world's leading manufacturers of video security systems, to integrate Basler IP cameras with GEUTEBRUCK's GeViScope and re_porter server and recording systems. The GeViScope and re_porter systems allow storage and transmission of digital video signals from all Basler IP camera models, including both standard and day/night models...

An Avigilon network video recorder stores up to 31 days of continuous surveillance videoAvigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that they have installed the Avigilon HD Surveillance System to monitor traffic at Greenwich Peninsula, a new district in London surrounding the world-class music, sports, and entertainment complex, The O2. The Avigilon HD Surveillance System has also been installed at indigO2, a 2,350 capaci...

The SourceSecurity.com team was invited to the IMS Video Content Analysis Conference earlier last month. The conference attracted senior excecutives and decision makers representing companies involved in VCA from around the world, both as speakers and delegates.

Silver Control gathers visual information from over 10,000 CCTV camerasBritish Transport Police's (BTP) ‘Silver Control' is a fully equipped, wide-area CCTV enabled command and control centre that is used to oversee major events and incidents in and around London. Its ‘Silver' designation is a reference to its position in an overall command structure, of which Gold Command is responsible for formulating event strategies, whilst Silver command manage the deployment of resources to ful...

The improved quality and intelligibility of PA announcements are a real benefit to the Norwegian traveling publicIn 2009 ASL Safety & Security were awarded the £1.2m contract for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the monitored Long Line PA system for the country's national rail administrator Jernbaneverket.Crucial factors in the contract award were the ability of the ASL solution to integrate with the client's passenger information management system and their capabi...

  Cutting costs on security investments puts small businesses at the risk of criminal activity During tough economic times, many small businesses can be found guilty of neglecting investment in their on-going security protection.  Naturally, this can prove to be problematic as the impact of break-ins and criminal activity greatly affect the accounts and day-to-day running of the business. Luke Martyn, SMB specialist at ADT Fire and Security provides practical, cost-ef...

Benson will be responsible for selling memberships, sponsorships, market reports and other SIA productsThe Security Industry Association (SIA) has hired Marc Benson, a salesman with more than 20 years of experience, to join its sales staff.Benson spent 12 years at the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) in Northern Virginia where he rose to the position of Senior Director for Association Sales. While at the NAA, he generated more than $2 million dollars annually selling products that included...

Vsoon Beijing has a strong focus on high communication IP applicationsNedap Security Management and Vsoon Beijing have recently announced their partnership for the Chinese market. Vsoon Beijing will include the AEOS security management system in its product range. AEOS consists of standard hardware and software components that can be used to create custom-made security solutions. AEOS fits perfectly in the product portfolio of Vsoon Beijing. Vsoon Beijing has been active in the security mar...