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Axis Communications, the global leader within network video, is experiencing increasing interest in its training program - Axis Communications' Academy.  The extended use of network cameras in various applications around the world is one reason for this.  However, the main driver is the ongoing technology shift from analog CCTV to IP-based video surveillance systems.To support Axis partners and customers globally, Axis' Academy conducts training at a number of locations in the US, Euro...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, announced today that IMS Research estimate Axis' global market share for network cameras at 32%.In the same report*, IMS rank all vendors providing video surveillance equipment, including digital and analog security equipment such as cameras, recording solutions and video servers/encoders.  "Axis has moved from 12th in the world in last year's study to be positioned 8th in 2006.  This is very impressive for a comp...

Jack Fernandes, President and CEO of American Fibertek, Inc., has announced the appointment of Theodore "Ted" Turczyn as Director of Distribution Sales.  Turczyn joined AFI this month following a successful career in the communication systems integration field, including positions with Belden Cable and International Fiber Systems.                      "Ted has extensive ex...

March Networks™, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that Stephen Nicolle has joined the March Networks senior management team in the position of acting Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to Peter Strom, President and CEO.                      Mr. Nicolle has more than 22 years of experience working in the comm...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently that it has signed a distribution agreement with CMI Inc., a leading Canadian channel management company of security and IT products throughout Canada.As part of the agreement, CMI Inc. will offer its customers ioimage's off-the-shelf intelligent video encoders and IP cameras with built-in video analytics.  CMI's client base spans Canada and includes security systems integrators, architects &...

ACTi's PCI encoder cards and video servers are fully integrated with Ortega's VideoSm@t software, enabling a Canadian entertainment centre to incorporate IP based CCTV systems.  The new hybrid DVR system integrates the analog camera and IP camera on the same server.  Using the hybrid DVR system enables simple control interface and effective management over a wireless environment.There are 13 apartment buildings, a mall, commercial buildings as well as an entert...

Students reflect on what security means to them.Panasonic Security Systems, a division of Panasonic System Solutions Company (PSSA), and Panasonic Authorized Dealer Allen Security & Consulting of Wendell, NC, recently sponsored an essay contest at three Raleigh, NC area schools.  Students from East Wake Academy, Zebulon GT Magnet Middle School, and Wakelon Elementary School were asked to write an essay about what security meant to them. Panasonic provided 20 lucky students with MP3 play...

Located on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport, the Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel is a modern, elegant hotel.  One of the largest hotels in the UK, it offers a wide range of facilities including 649 comfortable bedrooms, a 28 room dedicated conference centre catering for up to 700 delegates, Business Centre, health club, brassiere restaurant and lounge bar.Ensuring the smooth operation of the hotel’s day-to-day running requires a not insubstantial measure of professional management,...

  Axis network cameras  installed in the Durant, Broken Bow and Pocola casino locationsAxis Communications recently announced that more than 300 of the company's network cameras have been installed in three casinos owned by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.  The Axis network cameras will be used in conjunction with the Universal Video Management System (UVMS) solution from Petards, Inc., a developer of advanced video surveillance systems and one of the leading security supplier...

In large public sports venues where emotionally charged crowds gather, there can be civil disorder, especially with intoxicated people and over-zealous fans.  The Charles Koch Arena at Wichita State University has more than 10,000 seats, and regularly draws full capacity crowds from both the university and the surrounding community.  The mix of campus and urban area also has the potential to involve more risk of assaults or theft.  The campus police wanted to ensure the best safet...

The Jewish Museum in Frankfurt is one of the three major Jewish museums in Germany.  It traces the interrelationship between Jews in Germany and their environment based on the example of Frankfurt.  Prior to World War II the city of Frankfurt had the highest percentage of Jewish inhabitants with over 26,000 Jewish citizens.  The building is secured today by 360° video surveillance.  Its open character was intentionally selected, as the changing exhibitions are to be acces...

The coastline of Dubai is rapidly changing as The Palm islands emerge from the sea.  Today, the city of Dubai, currently the fastest growing metropolis on earth, and holds approximately 1.5 million people.  By the year 2015 this number is expected to have increased to 3.0 million.  To promote tourism, three Palm islands are being built by Nakheel in the waters of the Arabian Gulf.  Construction on The Palm Jebel Ali will begin this year.  Reclamation of The Palm Deira...

ADT, Salpomec and UPM Raflatac have announced the opening of a unique Apparel Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Solution Centre.  This new facility demonstrates how RFID can significantly enhance supply chain management and in-store retail operations for garment manufacturers, brand owners, retailers and logistics providers."Optimisation of the supply chain is a vital competitive factor for both apparel manufacturers and retailers alike," says John Smith, Vice President of Ret...

"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...

Agent Vi, IQinVision, IPVision Software and Appear Networks join forces to provide leading-edge IP-based network security information management system.IPVision Software together with IQinVision, Agent Video Intelligence, Inc., and Appear Networks today announced a collaborative marketing partnership that provides a fully featured security information management system. The collaboration integrates four industry security solutions to provide customers with a leading-edge IP-based network ca...

EverFocus Electronics Corporation is proud to announce that Joe Troiano has been appointed as the company's new Vice President of Sales. As the new VP of Sales, Troiano says, "EverFocus is the leader in high-quality and affordable CCTV equipments.  EverFocus' major advantage over other competitors is that we are a true manufacturer of CCTV products.  With this advantage, we are able to maintain cutting edge technologies and high standards of quality on every product...

  Moscow Underground receive security upgrade from Axis network video productsAxis Communications recently announced that Moscow Underground has installed Axis network video products as part of an integrated security system aimed at improving safety and security for passengers and staff on its subway trains.  The initial installation consists of around 1 000 network video products, with the potential for additional installations.The installation on the main subway line Moscow Unde...

Agent Video Intelligence Inc (Agent Vi), the global leader in enterprise-grade video analytics, today announced the appointment of Russel Salmon, CPA, as Chief Financial and Operations Officer, effective immediately.  "The addition of Russel Salmon as CFO and COO rounds out our leadership team as we expand our presence and capabilities as a global company," stated David Anthony, Chairman of Agent Vi's Board of Directors and Managing Partner of 21Ventures, the company's lead invest...

Internationally recognized Prof. Gerard Medioni, Ph.D., brings video processing and computer vision expertise to the exploding enterprise-grade video analytics marketAgent Video Intelligence Inc. (Agent Vi), the global leader in enterprise-grade video analytics, today announced that it has appointed Dr Gérard Medioni, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman at the Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California (USC), to the company's Board of Advisors."Given the converg...

Collaboration turns cameras into intelligent edge devices enabling next generation video surveillance and analytics for enterprise customers at lowest reasonable cost.Agent Video Intelligence™ Inc., the global leader in enterprise-grade video analytics, today announced that Cohu Electronics has licensed Agent Vi's next generation video analytics software technology for use in Cohu's 3960 Series "i-view.net" IP camera.  With the addition of AgentVi's camera-optimized VI-Agent...

University of Costa Rica has four analog speed domes on one of its buildings that is very far from the monitoring centre.  It would cost the school a significant sum of money to extend coaxial cables between these two locations.  Actual coaxial cabling work would also have taken a lot of time and caused considerable inconveniences to the people in the university.  Fortunately, ACTi's partner in Costa Rica, Sonivision S.A., successfully solved the university's headache by a hy...

Bosch Security Systems has been awarded the contract to provide CCTV systems for video surveillance at the world's most famous folk festival - and beer festival - Oktoberfest in Munich, for the sixth consecutive year.The contract has been awarded by the security authorities of the City of Munich for Bosch to install 12 AutoDome cameras at the main entrance, the tents' access points and along the rows of rides.Bosch's AutoDome camera is an automatic camera with a dome-shaped housing, which can sw...

The MG Lola EX264 owned by CCTV manufacturer AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - and run by RML has emerged victorious once again in the LMP2 class at the Le Mans 24 Hours.  Securing the "baby" prototype class two years running - unprecedented for a British team - is impressive by any standards in such a testing endurance race at what is the most famous sports car venue in the world. Sponsored by AD Group companies including AD Aerospace, Dedicated Micros, D-Tec, R...

The ruggedised TransVu mobile digital CCTV recorder from AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - is playing an invaluable role ensuring the safety and security of the students who travel daily on 100 school buses serving the public schools system in Tallahassee, Florida, with a further 100 planned as part of an ongoing program by integrator North American Video.TransVu - which recently received the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category (Britain's most prestigious bu...

BackgroundHeart FM is one of the Midlands' most popular commercial radio stations.  From its studios in a courtyard just off Birmingham's busy Broad Street, it serves a weekly audience of some 778,000 listeners across Warwickshire and the West Midlands, with a core target audience of 25 - 44 year olds.Like all media outlets, it needs to have tight security - especially due to its central location, which offers an open face to the public.  This makes strictly controlling access to all,...

Efficient Pedestrian And Vehicle Access Control Certified According to ISPSThe port installation at Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) received International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS-Code) certification on July 1, 2004.  This code encompasses a wide variety of internationally binding measures designed to improve port safety. Similar to airports, for example, the approximately 600,000 ship passengers passing through Lübeck are required to go through a security gate...

Dense NetworkThe city of Kaiserslautern is committed to serving its citizens well.  This is also reflected in the wide network of public transportation the city operates: 13 day bus and six night bus lines as well as approximately 450 bus stops throughout the city make sure that the 105,000 inhabitants of the German metropolis can get conveniently from A to B.  It is no wonder, therefore, that around 13 million passengers use the services of the TWK Verkehrs-AG each year.  This tr...

Axis cameras were deployed by CNL to help secure priceless art works including ‘The Scream' on loan to the Royal Academy of Arts from the Munch Museum in OsloNetwork cameras by the global leader in network video Axis Communications, were selected as part of a comprehensive surveillance solution put together for the Royal Academy of Arts (RAA) by leading integrator CNL (Computer Network Ltd).  The RAA was given less than a week to install a new security system in its main galleries pri...

More than a hundred of Rainbow CCTV's lenses have been installed recently at the US Army's Fort Leonard Wood complex in Missouri USA.  The vari-focal lens is designed for applications requiring an extremely wide field of view. The lens model L163VDC4P has a focal length of 1.6~3.4mm to provide a horizontal field of view of 180°.  The DC auto-iris lens has an aperture of F1.4~360 and is compatible with 1/3" and 1/4" cameras.The units have been installed as part of an exten...

The Customer's ChallengeMount Enterprise, Texas, population 586, is situated at the crossroads of Highways 84 and 259.  Traffic is light, children can walk safely around town, and life is good amongst the old oaks and pines that provide shade from the Southern heat. But even in a quiet town, crime occasionally happens. On a Friday morning, a masked man walked into Citizens National Bank (CNB) in Mount Enterprise, pulled out a gun and held up a teller at point blank.  Moments later...