Surveillance & Security News for May 2010

Radstaak has over 15 years of experience in the security and smart card industriesHID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that Harm Radstaak has been promoted to Managing Director - Identity & Access Management, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In his new role, Mr. Radstaak is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of the company's business objectives, while positioning HID Global for growth within the region. With ov...

Tas Maniatis is now the Technical Sales Engineer for Milestone's IP software in Australia and New ZealandMilestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software, continues to hire new talent to support its international partner channel, with a Regional Sales Manager for Africa and two new Technical Sales professionals for Australia-New Zealand and India.Milestone Systems in the Middle East, Africa and Australia are expanding with more staff to support the continued growth in...

Mathew has interest in IT and advanced surveillance technologies as well as knowledge of the security marketArecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, announces the addition of three new Regional Sales Managers. Mathew Jenkins will handle the U.S. Southwest Region, Frank Polidoro will handle the US Northeast Region and Neetu Chaturvedi joins Arecont Vision as the Regional Sales Manager for India. The appointments, which are effective immediately, were annou...

Steve has worked within the CCTV industry since 2000Sanyo has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Steve Green as Business Development Manager. Steve, who will report to David Hammond, European Sales Manager for Sanyo's CCTV division, has worked within the CCTV industry since 2000. He was initially with Norbain where he was the General Manager of the National Accounts division and then had a spell of two years with Verint before joining Dedicated Micros, where he was the UK Sales...

The webinar covered dos and don'ts of video surveillance, scalability and multi-service networks etcPhysical security is becoming a critical topic for healthcare, housing authorities, education institutes, retail and commercial applications. Many of those entities have chosen to install network-based security and surveillance system in order to proactively combat violence and vandalism, and provide a safe environment.In the online webinar Adam Thermos, former Criminology Professor and an establi...

Verint has completed integration testing of its recording software with Motorola's IP radio systemVerint® Systems Inc. announced the expansion of its relationship with premier trunked radio provider Motorola. As a Motorola TETRA Application Partner, Verint has completed integration testing of its flagship public safety Audiolog™ recording software with Motorola's Dimetra™ IP radio system. Audiolog is part of Verint's broader Impact 360® for Public Safety solution an...

Intersec Thailand is part of Messe Frankfurt's global network of security trade fairsIntersec Thailand scheduled for 15 - 17 September 2010 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre has been rescheduled to 2011 owing to the current political situation in Thailand. A new date for the event will be announced in due course.The organisers Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and Ipex - International Promotion & Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced the rescheduling on 27 May 2010 d...

  Resolution quality must be considered when assessing surveillance effectiveness Surveillance cameras are becoming more and more commonplace, especially in busy metropolitan locales. Police and detectives hope to reduce crime rates by keeping a watchful eye on civilians but CCTV has only been helpful in solving a small percentage of crimes. Mike Lewis, Country Manager UK for CCTV manufacturer MOBOTIX AG, highlights key considerations for improving the efficiency of ex...

 P.Eye-S helps in remote detection of explosives at potential targets such as airports, military establishments, etc.Portendo AB and BAE Systems have signed an agreement to co-operate on civil and military detection systems for improvised explosive devices.The agreement means that BAE Systems obtains an exclusive license to market, sell and manufacture Portendo's P.Eye-S in the United States and Canada, for the civil market. The P.Eye-S is Portendo's first product for remote detec...

 IPSA has worked closely with the security dog industry on the creation of British StandardsThe International Professional Security Association (IPSA) and the National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users (NTIPDU) have formed an alliance to provide Quality Assurance and certification for selected specialist courses designed by the NTIPDU.NTIPDU, which has been supporting the security dog industry since 2002, has discovered a reluctance from existing awarding bodies to accredit a...

 The Finnish Transport Agency intends to build one of the world's most advanced distributed IP-CCTV systemsThe Finnish Transport Agency for Rail, Maritime and Road Administration, has announced that the pilot project for evaluating an advanced IP-based surveillance system for 11 train stations, was awarded to IndigoVision's Authorized Finnish Partner, Taitotekniikka (Kauppahuone Taito Oy).The pilot project, which will start this spring, will cover some 12 sites, of which 11 are rail st...

Lord Mayor of Newcastle (L) and Jonathan Levine, Managing Director of Axis Security (R)The Lord Mayor of Newcastle officially welcomed Axis Security, one of the UK's fastest growing manned guarding businesses, to Newcastle at the opening of its new regional operations centre.Axis, which is well-known for providing high-level security for a number of prestigious financial institutions and professional firms in the South, as it looks to expand its operations nationwide by opening a new office...

 Axis announced that 7,000 Axis 209FD-R network cameras will be installed on trains in SydneyThe year in briefSales totalled SEK 2,301 M (1,975), corresponding to growth of 17 percentOperating profit amounted to SEK 308 M (341)Profit after tax amounted to SEK 218 M (252)Events during the quarters 2009Q1: In March, a configuration and logistics centre (CLC) was established in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Martin Gren, one of Axis' founders, accepted the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awa...

Tour of Dallas Airport to highlight new Security Operations Centre featuring the Avigilon HD Surveillance SystemAvigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that one of its flagship customers, Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, is being showcased to a delegation of airport executives from Latin America. Sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and managed by the American Association of Airport Executives, the D...

The SAFE for Airports suite allows the Aspen/Pitkin Airport to future-proof their physical security infrastructure Quantum Secure, the leading provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems, announced that its SAFE for Airports solution has been chosen by the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport as its physical access and identity management solution. The SAFE for Airports solution will...

The SIA Government Summit is the premier public policy conference in the security industryThe Security Industry Association would like to thank the 13 corporate sponsors of its 2010 Government Summit.The Summit has four top-level sponsors:Hirsch Electronics ("Washington" sponsor) HID Global ("Lincoln" sponsor) ADT ("Jefferson" sponsor) Siemens ("Roosevelt" sponsor)Several other companies signed up as sponsors, as well:Bosch Adesta Honeywell GSA Schedules T...

smarti is a multi-modal biometric access control, time & attendance and building automation solutionAfter smarti Electra winning last year, TAB Systems was pleasantly surprised and excited when the new smarti® Guardeon unit was declared the Access Control Product of the Year at the IFSEC 2010 Security Industry Awards! smarti® Guardeon is the new rugged high security unit that combines TAB Systems core biometric access control with a built in proximity card reader and a myriad of othe...

  QNAP to showcase NAS and NVR solutions at COMPUTEX  2010QNAP Systems, Inc., the leading provider of network-attached storage (NAS), network video surveillance systems (NVR), and Network Multimedia Player (NMP), is pleased to announce that they are exhibiting at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010, the largest computer exhibition in Asia. They are going to demonstrate the new-generation Intel-based Turbo NAS series with significant breakthrough in hardware design to bring groundbreaking perform...

Compro integrates IP cameras and alarm sensors into one total solutionAccording to the recent report of the research firm Park Associates, monitoring fees for U.S. Households has increased 15% from $28.60 to $32.00 between 2008 and 2010.The residential security market keeps growing due to the rising burglary rate and home security awareness. Compro listens and responds to this demand and comes out with affordable Smart Home Solution for the market, to be exhibited at Computex 2010. Compro Smart...

The SourceSecurity.com team on the ground at this year's IFSEC recorded many of the exhibitors in their full glory:See the album with captions

The goal of the scope extension is to create a global network interface standard for access control devicesONVIF, the leading standardization initiative for network video products, announced that it will extend its scope to also include physical access control systems. The goal of the scope extension is to create a global network interface standard for access control devices as well as to ensure interoperability between network video products and access control systems.Many companies, including...

Axis will add central and local resources to enhance network video educationAxis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, announces that it is expanding its worldwide sales and marketing organization to help meet growing market demand. This expansion will enable Axis to better serve the current and future needs of its customers and its partner ecosystem and will specifically include more corporate and local resources to support specialist competencies in vertical industry s...

The remote video monitoring services market was worth nearly $250m across the Americas and EMEA in 2009According to a new report from IMS Research, remote video monitoring is forecast to be the fastest growing service within the remote monitoring market. The remote video monitoring services market was worth nearly $250m across the Americas and EMEA in 2009, and is experiencing impressive growth which will continue to accelerate as the global economy recovers and technology improves.According to...

The BSIA guide provides information on how access control can reduce risks that the healthcare sector facesThe British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has published a new guide to aid the healthcare sector in the use of access control systems.The guide is aimed at hospitals and residential care homes and explains how access control technology can better protect these sites, which are increasingly being targeted by criminals.Mike Sussman, Chairman of the BSIA's Access Control Section, commen...

Schools Can Get 0% Financing and 90 days deferred billing for installation of the access control systems Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies announced that its dealers and integrators can help private K-12 schools and colleges obtain and install their access control systems easier and faster through leasing. Working in tandem with First American Vendor Finance, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies dealers and integrators can help their private school customers eliminate the n...

NetVu Connected is at the heart of all IP video and integrated security products from AD Group companiesAD Network Video - the enterprise video arm of AD Group - promoted its high-level surveillance capabilities at the recent  IFSEC 2010 exhibition in Birmingham on a joint stand with Dedicated Micros, so emphasising the common technology base that exists across AD Group.AD Group created AD Network Video to bridge a critical gap in the market by offering the benefits of its world-leading vid...

Visionhitech Americas Inc will be joining other leading members of the security industry at PSA-TEC showVisionhitech Americas Inc is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to join the Professional Security Alliance. This brings VAI, a division of Visionhitech Co Ltd, into the world's largest family of security professionals, and gives the country's leading specialist integrators access to VAI's unique product offering.Scott Hamasaki, Managing Director, Visionhitech Americas Inc, sai...

The WV-CP500 static camera combines Super Dynamic 5 with Adaptive Black Stretch technologyPanasonic have for a long time provided accolade winning security solutions and with 2010's IFSEC now complete they have come home with another decoration to add to the collection, this time it's for the most prestigious annual CCTV product award from the industry's equivalent of the Oscars, the ‘IFSEC Security Industry Awards' where the company picked up the title of ‘CCTV Camera Equipment of t...

The security industry remains committed to its partnership to combat the cash-in-transit crimesThe British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the sentencing of five cash-in-transit robbers, which took place at Preston Crown Court.The offenders, who were responsible for two cash-in-transit robberies in the winter of 2008 during which a cash-in-transit courier was shot and seriously wounded, received hefty sentences totalling over 50 years. James Kelly, BSIA Chief Exe...

Each bus will include three Axis M3113-R network cameras and one Axis Q7401 video encoderAxis Communications' network cameras will be installed on Madrid's 2,300 public buses. Each bus will include three network cameras and one video encoder. The network video products will be part of a security system to improve passenger's security and safety. The installation started in late 2009 and the whole installation will be finished by the end of 2010."During the last few years we have seen a lot...