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 Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, has published financial results for the first six months of 2008, which confirm the company's leadership position globally, with strong sales growth of 37 per cent in local currency up to SEK 882 M (£73.4m) in its core network video market and in the EMEA region, where net sales amounted to SEK 469.5 M (£39m).Highlights for the period include Axis' announcement of its expansion into Russia with the opening of a new sales...

Crowds in public venues create special demands for safety that are being addressed by the Rhode Island Convention Centre complex.  They are undergoing renovations that allow them to upgrade from a system of mixed and outdated analog surveillance equipment to a networked open platform to integrate all the elements of their security and add better technologies.  Milestone IP video management software plays a pivotal role in this migration."We're in a planning phase to go for the one...

Tough demands are placed on the digital video recorders in McDonald's restaurants.  One of the Dallmeier units even survived being attacked by a burglar and dumped in a sink of water.  But there are also challenges in everyday situations, and the machines must be robust enough to operate in a catering environment and flexible to allow upgrading if requirements change.  They need to be easy to operate and, above all, they must provide evidence-quality recordings, with no risk of an...

 The luxurious, 35 bedroom, Newcastle Quayside City AparthotelYorkshire-based, broadband specialists, Divine Internet, recently specified a range of VIVOTEK IP cameras to create a bespoke system at an exciting new building in Newcastle, Tyne & Wear. The four-star Newcastle Quayside Aparthotel is situated on an old brewery site on the banks of the River Tyne and offers all the luxury of an up-market hotel. Divine Internet was consulted during the build to do a retrospective fit of broadb...

IndigoVision's integrated IP Video technology has been providing multi-site CCTV surveillance for St Joseph's Health Care's four facilities in and around London, Canada since 2001.  The IndigoVision solution has provided St Joseph's with reliable and scalable CCTV surveillance for more than seven years.  The system now includes 250 cameras, over twice the number that was originally installed.  IndigoVision's position as a leader in IP Video technology is underpinned by the many pr...

Mirasys video surveillance software solutions are to integrate with pioneering H.264 megapixel cameras from Arecont Vision.Mirasys, one of the world's leading providers of open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions, recently announced that its networked video recording product line, NVR Pro and NVR Enterprise that launched at IFSEC 2008, will support the world's first full line of H.264 megapixel video surveillance cameras from Arecont Vision, the leading manufacturer of IP...

A leader in the manufacture of video and security equipment, Pelco is pleased to announce several new additions to its product line, which will be exhibited at the ISC West 2008 show next month in Las Vegas.  The following are among the new products slated for display at the show.Spectra IV IP An IP-based camera/dome positioning system with the features, responsiveness and reliability of the most trusted name in the industry, Spectra IV IP provides seamless integration into all video securi...

Continuing a long-standing working relationship with JVC, Quadrant Security Group has installed a large number of the manufacturer's LCD monitors in a new CCTV control room for Huntingdonshire District Council.  Some 37 JVC LCD TFT screens have been used in total, in a newly built and designed facility that monitors 120 cameras across the busy Cambridgeshire town and beyond.Huntingdonshire Council wanted to move its entire CCTV monitoring operation into a new purpose built building - a proc...

North American Video's announcement of the Venezuelan correctional facilities prison contract award is testimony to the company's continued global expansion and expertise in a wide range of security applications.  The project, which is under the auspices of a United Nations program to improve correctional facilities in developing countries, initially involves 36 prisons in Venezuela with additional sites under review for similar system deployments."This Venezuelan prisons project reaff...

Verint Systems Inc. today announced the availability of a new information pack and CD for security consultants across Europe, detailing the Verint NextivaTM portfolio of Networked Video Solutions.The pack comprises a binder with a wealth of information on Verint's Nextiva portfolio of Networked Video Solutions, including technical briefs and white papers, brochures and data sheets, A&E specifications, articles, case studies and contact details for more specific support."We want to ensur...