Video Surveillance News

Pelco and DSX Access Systems, Inc. have partnered to provide seamless integration of Pelco advanced digital video recording systems and IP video management software with DSX access control systems.  This collaboration provides a solution for the recording, storing and retrieval of video-based intrusion and access control events, allowing stored and live video from Pelco DX Series digital video recorders or the Endura Network Based Video System to be accessed from within the DSX WinDSX or Wi...

Milestone Systems, global thought leader and developer of open platform IP video management software, celebrated its tenth year anniversary on February 1st.  Founded in 1998, the company has expanded successfully with high growth rates, as one of the world's innovative drivers of digital video surveillance. When Milestone Systems started in business, few people in the security industry anticipated their role in the coming revolution to move the analog world to a digital one.  Milestone...

TeleEye, the Hong Kong based, world class manufacturer of CCTV surveillance and BS 8418 compliant transmission equipment, has recently appointed Andrew Jackson to the post of Account Director in the UK.  Andrew has extensive security industry experience, a proven track record in business development and a wealth of knowledge relating to Far Eastern and Middle Eastern business and culture.Andrew spent 17 years with Gardiner Security (now ADI-Gardiner), working ultimately as a CCTV divisional...

MissionAfter the University of Aberdeen conducted a strategic review of security, the university decided to rationalize four stand-alone analog CCTV systems and establish a central control room for the entire university.  The four systems varied in age and the university wanted a single system, which would feature new cameras as well as including existing analog cameras.  The system would have to offer the flexibility to cope with future expansion, and to eliminate stand-alone propriet...

IMS Research's latest report on the video surveillance equipment market across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has confirmed that Axis Communications has grown its share of the network camera market in the region from 42 per cent to 46 per cent.Within the security cameras category of the report, which includes all cameras (analog and network based), IMS ranked Axis as the number three brand within EMEA, an equal position to last year's report but with a marked increase in overall...

Milestone Systems, a leading global developer of open platform IP video management software, continues its fast growth by opening new country offices and hiring experienced professionals from both the security and IT industries.Milestone Systems has opened an office in Paris, announcing Jean Charles Barbou as the Country Manager, France.  He comes to Milestone with a stellar track record from working 18 years in the computer and software industry for companies such as Niksun, Tripwire, Axen...

Raytec Ltd is taking part in a series of free educational seminars.  These roadshows will demonstrate how to bring together high quality components and services to optimize the performance of your distributed CCTV system.  Raytec will be highlighting the importance of dedicated CCTV lighting and will provide all visitors with a free CCTV lighting support pack.  Other exhibitors include Dallmeier UK, Optex and Visual Verification.The shows will be held in t...

The Halifax Group recently announced the acquisition of North American Video, a worldwide leader in the implementation of integrated video surveillance and security systems.  Cynthia Freschi, NAV founder and chief executive officer, will retain a significant stake in the company and continue to serve with the existing senior management team.  Terms of the buyout were not disclosed."Our partnership with Halifax will accelerate North American Video's continued growth and expans...

CCTV evidence from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has helped to secure the conviction of five men at the Old Bailey who were involved in the high profile £53 million raid on a security depot in Tonbridge, Kent, in February 2006.A series of high quality images recorded by Dedicated Micros BX2 digital CCTV recorders installed on the ground at the depot - and broadcast on TV nationwide - have proved invaluable in helping the Police to piece together the events which took place on the e...

In today's world of convenience foods, the supply of high-quality food products, delivered on time and at a reasonable cost, is an extremely competitive market place in which to operate.  Standing out as market leaders in their field, Kepak Convenience Foods (KCF) began as manufacturers of frozen beef burgers for the Irish food-service market.  By the end of 1989, the company's business had grown to such an extent, that it supplied half of the retail frozen beef burgers sold on the Iri...

Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, that staged its annual UK and Ireland partner conference over two days, on 15-16 January 2008 at Sopwell House, St Albans, Hertfordshire, attracted record numbers of partners this year.  A total of 50 installers, integrators and application developer (ADP) partners joined and all Axis UK distributors also attended on the second day.  Partners were treated to a number of presentations including the Axis 2008 Product Inno...

Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, has released a study that shows an IP-based system of 40 cameras offers a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than an analog-based surveillance system.  The study also shows that if IP infrastructure is in place, the IP-based video surveillance system will always cost less.The study was commissioned by Axis in order to develop an understanding of the total cost of ownership for both an analog surveillance system and an IP-based video...

March Networks, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, is pleased to announce its ranking as the second largest supplier of video surveillance equipment to the North American retail market in a new report from IMS Research.The report, Security in Retail: A Survey of Retailers in North America, estimates that March Networks is one of three video surveillance equipment providers with a 6 percent share each of the $437 million market, expected to grow to $586...

Dallmeier's participation at Intersec 2008 in Dubai was a major success.  The new elegant Dallmeier design products were a particular highlight - especially the DesignCams and the innovative Video Management Centre VMC-1 Eagle.Dallmeier DesignCamsCustomers increasingly demand more than just a technically flawless product; they also view cameras from an aesthetic point of view.  Many of them consider it important that the cameras seamlessly integrate themselves into the overall des...

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...

At Chase Farms in Walkerville, Michigan, Milestone XProtect Enterprise IP video software from Milestone Systems is the powerful security platform chosen to manage over 100 surveillance cameras by this spring.  In the fall of 2007, over 60 Axis 223 M (2 megapixel) cameras from Axis Communications were already running at the full 1600 image size to deliver the exceptional clarity of true megapixel images. Chase Farms is leading the way in new technology for processing vegetables and frui...

Miami Miller School of Medicine as part of a campus-wide CCTV upgrade.  The University's medical campus spreads out over 45 acres in downtown Miami, Florida but it also has a number of remote sites, including one that is 100 miles north in Palm Beach County and another which is home to the new Miami Institute for Human Genomics, located 25 miles southwest of the medical campus.  This type of wide-area application was too demanding for the existing analog CCTV system, leading to many op...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently that the Shi Jia Zhuang High School in China has successfully completed installation of ioimage's video surveillance system to protect its 2,500 students, supervise the school's entrance and prevent theft.The Shi Jia Zhuang School campus covers an area of 45 acres and houses 13 educational buildings occupied by 2,500 students and 170 teachers.  ioimage's advanced video analytics were installed t...

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that the retail arm of a global consumer products organization is using the company's data analytics software in more than 150 US retail stores for advanced loss prevention.The organization, which operates nearly 500 retail locations worldwide, selected the March Networks LP Data Mining software suite to help reduce inventory shrinkage and improve overall store performance.  L...

Network cameras from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by one of Ireland's premier network integrators, DNA IT Solutions, inside the Kaziranga Forest Trail Habitat at Dublin Zoo.  The birth, which is due to take place within the next few weeks, will be the second elephant birth ever caught on camera in Europe.  Traditional analog-based CCTV cameras have been replaced by Axis network cameras, because the old ones were not delivering the high qu...

Vicon have manufactured video management solutions for airports and ports throughout the world.  For St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, simply wanting a high performance CCTV system wasn't enough.  They wanted a system that could be expanded over an extended period of time without replacing the existing infrastructure.  They found that solution in the Vicon family of video products and a business relationship that began almost 10 years ago is still going strong.Building...

IQinVision, market leader in high performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, recently announced that it continues to expand rapidly and add staff to support strong global sales growth.  Wendi Grinnell has joined the company as Marketing Communications Manager, while Don Ashley was promoted to Technical Services Manager and Dawn Miller promoted to Marketing Programs Specialist.  In addition to a number of recent US hires in engineering,...

Advanced monitoring and analytics capabilities enable more effective law enforcement and cost savings. With the rising crime rates in Savannah, GA, beginning to have a tangible impact on the safety of residents, tourists and the local economy, local government and law enforcement officials sought new solutions to their growing problem. Like many cities across the country, Savannah turned to public video surveillance systems as a counter measure.  They selected Tropos® Networks as the wi...

March Networks™, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, recently announced that Speedway SuperAmerica LLC has standardized on its retail business analytics solution for approximately 1,600 gasoline convenience stores. Speedway SuperAmerica LLC (SSA), a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation, is one of the nation's largest corporately owned and operated chains of its kind.  Following a successful pilot program in 200 stores, SSA selected the late...

The latest NetVu Connected Digital Sprite 2 (DS2) DVRs from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - are playing a pivotal role in helping US movie theatre managers and owners to effectively tackle real world activities away from the larger than life figures appearing on the ‘silver screen'.  These include anti-social behaviour, employee theft and the occasional faked slip-and-fall.A leader in the application of this CCTV technology is Muvico, which owns 13 theatres in Florida, Maryland...

Acquisition extends Bosch Security Systems' product portfolio and geographic presence in Canada, U.K. and U.S.Extreme CCTV Inc. and Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, recently jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Bosch will acquire all outstanding shares of Extreme common stock at a price of C$5.00 per share in cash, resulting in an aggregate purchase price of approximately C$93 million.  The purchase price represents a premium of approximate...

The RequirementHeatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust is an acute trust based in east Berkshire.  The Trust has two main hospital sites, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park in Slough, and four subsidiary clinic sites.  It has initiated a series of security measures aimed at improving security for patients, staff and hospital visitors.  Kay Loudon-Bruce, Head of Security at the Trust explains, "The genesis of the security system was in 1999 when we had had a number...

The capability of CCTV systems has changed dramatically in recent years with the move from analog to digital allowing more powerful and flexible systems to be rolled out for commercial and public space surveillance; the ability to record more pictures per second (driven by the development of more powerful video signal processors); cheaper storage; mobile systems on buses and trains; the increasing application of CCTV in a networked environment and new ways to automatically analyse images - from...

PurposeBased in Markham, Ontario, Canada, mobile robot development company, Dr Robot Inc., was looking for a high performance IP camera for its new series of mobile robots, i90. i90 robots were developed for applications such as security, remote monitoring, automatic tour guides and academic research and development platforms.  i90 is a fully wireless robot, and operates as an autonomous mobile wireless device providing remote monitoring, control and communication.  i90 communicates wi...

The same technology behind the ICD-809P and the ICD-879P (two new Ikegami high sensitivity cameras), available exclusively through its long-term distribution partner ADI-GARDINER, have been successfully used to take moving images from the Japanese KAGUYA (SELENE) lunar explorer. It is the first time that such high definition images of the earth have been shot so deep in space - about 110,000 km away from the earth.  The explorer was developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)...