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  The viewer can display fully synchronised video clips from several cameras on one screenEaston Police Department in Pennsylvania, USA has become the latest police authority to adopt IndigoVision's complete IP Video solution for its in-house CCTV surveillance.  The benefits of IndigoVision's technology for law enforcement applications have been demonstrated in numerous police stations and courts throughout North America, Europe and the Far East.The system was installed by IndigoV...

  Global Systems Integrators recommended Bosch Security Systems browser-based Access Easy Controller Like many businesses in major metropolitan areas, telx - a provider of Meet Me Room and Core Interconnection Facility solutions - leases space in a multi-tenant building that is home to more than 30 technology and enterprise companies.  This arrangement poses a security concern for telx, as it must protect customers' mission-critical Internet and telecommunications systems tha...

  Thyron Systems is integrating HID's Multi ISO reader into it's mobile payment terminalHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that its contactless HF Multi ISO Reader is an integral component of Thyron Systems' MPT500, the first mobile payment terminal to achieve MasterCard PayPass® certification.  With this certification, the MPT500 enables mobile merchants to take advantage of the speed and convenience of contact...

  The latest range of video encoders and cameras from Pelco now has integrated support by BarcoPelco and Barco are pleased to announce a new integrated solution that offers interoperability of their streaming video solutions.  Thanks to the open API standard used, Pelco video encoders and camera systems now perfectly integrate with Barco for streaming video solutions. According to company management, this combined solution offers the companies' shared customers ease-of-instal...

  SALTO Systems has supplied a smart access control solution for the new Student Life Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo)Home to almost 3,800 students, The University of Hawaii at Hilo is a state university established in 1947 as a branch campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  The school officially became a four-year baccalaureate institution to be known as UH Hilo in 1970.  UH Hilo's mission is to establish itself as a comprehensive university with an...

  Matrox Graphics is launching a new addition to its portfolio of hardware-accelerated IP-video decoding technologyMatrox Graphics will be launching an addition to its portfolio of hardware-accelerated IP video decoding technology for traffic management systems next week at the 15th World Congress on ITS. This new board set is capable of simultaneously decoding multiple IP video streams-at a variety of resolutions and encoded formats. Consisting of two boards, the decoder board co...

Simon Nash, European Product Manager, Network Video Monitoring, Sony Europe, explains the key benefits and potential impact of the new generation of groundbreaking intelligent cameras. It has long been known that there are inherent weaknesses in the process of manually scrutinising security  Intelligent cameras offer proactive network video monitoring monitors hour after hour, in the hope of pinpointing all possible risks.  The challenge has been to find a robust te...

 Sony provided a Network Video Monitoring (NVM) system consisting of 19 Sony SNC-DF40P cameras PC ONE challengeThe PC ONE showroom is best known for being the largest supplier of office automation equipment in Doha, Qatar - more than 500 customers could visit the store at any one time. However, the current security system didn't meet the company's security requirements, and therefore needed to be replaced. The new system needed to have the capability of being controlled from various of...

  HID Global promotes Anthony BallHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, recently announced that Anthony Ball has been appointed Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Identity and Access Management (IAM), for HID Global, reporting to Steve Wagner, senior vice president.  In his new role, Mr. Ball will play a strategic role in realising market-facing synergies, while focusing on driving innovative growth initiatives...

Jeremy Kimber, Honeywell's EMEA Marketing Leader, analyses the rising phenomenon of video analytics in the security industry. Like the pharmaceutical industry, CCTV is always unveiling a new wonder cure.  Given the rapid pace of technology development, it is inevitable that new  Rapid growth predicted for analytic software market within the next two to three years solutions are constantly being brought to market.  However, in many cases these new solu...

  Multi-technology smart cards support HID's installed base of physical access control cards whilst reinforcing the global move to a single cross-platform card used for multiple applicationsHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, has announced that it has acquired Nectar smart card .NET technology, based on Microsoft.NET, from StepNexus and Hive Minded. Nectar is a commercial and licensable reference implementation of a .NET...

 Cary Robins, President of ChipWrightsBedford, MA, based ChipWrights Inc, part of CCTV specialist AD Group, has announced the appointment of Cary Robins to President.  Robins has been at the helm of ChipWrights since 2005, when AD Group added the semiconductor company to its portfolio of high-tech companies.Under Cary's leadership, ChipWrights developed and released its exciting new CW5631 System-on-Chip (SoC) featuring the embedded ChipWrights CWv16 Visual Signal Processor (ViSP)...

 Hirsch drives open and secure network computing standards into physical security industry Hirsch Electronics, a leading supplier of physical access control and security management solutions to enterprises and government agencies, announced it has joined the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and will participate in its Trusted Network Connect (TNC) work group to enable more secure computing across the enterprise.  By joining with other TCG member companies such as IBM, HP, Microsoft,...

During this year's Security show at Essen in Germany, Sony showcased is entire Video Security line-up, including megapixel cameras and a preview of its next generation hybrid recorder - which supports both IP and analog cameras.   Sony goes mega at Essen - click here to watch the videoblog function submitQuickLinksForm(){ if (document.quickLinksForm.articlesection.selectedIndex==0){ return ; } document.quickLinksForm.action+="&articlesection="+d...

 OnSSI will exhibit at ISC EastToday's large video systems can provide a deluge of data, but it takes intelligence to make sense of it all.  Specifically, it takes intelligent, scalable, easy-to-use video control and an open-architecture, non- proprietary, video-centric PSIM (Physical Security Information Management) software platform to transform boundless video data into usable information.Two sessions at ISC East presented by Gadi Piran, president of On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc...

  Panasonic System Solutions CompanyName change reflects broader systems based approachPanasonic System Solutions Company is the new name for Panasonic Security Systems, a change that reflects focus on the company's unique ability to deliver the broadest range of customer driven end-to-end technology solutions."In today's business environment, integrated solutions reach across multiple departments and disciplines.  Panasonic is in a unique position to deliver fully integrated...

  ioimage intelligent video devices to run on Genetec's IP video management solutionioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced it has entered into a technology partnership with Genetec, a leader in innovative networked security solutions.  As a result of this partnership, ioimage's video analytics devices can now be seamlessly integrated into Omnicast™, Genetec's IP video surveillance solution, enabling surveillance video to...

  Dallmeier cameras capture Jojo Rodriguez with his flight instructor Peter MüllerLoopings, Cuban eights, rolls - with aerobatics, the world is upside down. Besides kilter and physical fitness, one other thing is particularly important for a safe flight and success at championships: intensive training.  Peter Müller, flight instructor in Florida, uses a very special technology during training flights.  Dallmeier cameras on board the aircraft record the entire flight...

  ioimage's video analytics solution was  installed at the construction site of a $104.5 million high school in California ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances, announced its video analytics solution was recently installed at the construction site of a new, $104.5 million high school for the Poway Unified School District (PUSD) in Southern California to protect the site and construction materials from theft and vandalism.Systems integrator HowTec Video Security Sys...

  The University at Buffalo has a very widely distributed multi-campus environment with varied security needsThis 7-campus university in upstate New York manages food services that total $20 million annually from vending machines, convenience stores, cafes and restaurants.  Loss prevention is an important part of this, centrally handled with efficient network surveillance from Milestone Systems, the global leader for open platform IP video management software. The largest campus l...

 IndigoVision provides IP-CCTV solution for Sakhalin-2 project (© Sakhalin Energy)IndigoVision's complete integrated IP Video security solution is being used to monitor a LNG plant and 800km gas pipeline as part of the Sakhalin-2 project in Eastern Russia.  The company believes the 600+ camera system is the world's largest wide-area CCTV project and demonstrates that IndigoVision's technology is being deployed in the most demanding surveillance applications.  T...

  Genetec employees are provided with attractive retirement and profit sharing plansGenetec was selected, for the third year in a row, as one of Montreal's Top Employers.  Published by The Montreal Gazette, the annual listing showcases the best employers in respect to criteria such as physical workplace, atmosphere, health and family benefits, vacation, internal communication, performance management, professional development, and community involvement.Evaluated by the editors of C...

 Cognitec Systems to feature on Alexander Haig's 21st Century BusinessCognitec Systems - a leader in face recognition technology and systems, today announced that it is going to be featured on Alexander Haig's 21st Century Business Television series."We are very pleased with the opportunity afforded to us by 21st Century Business to disseminate Cognitec's vision and product offering.  Over the last few years, Cognitec has achieved a leadership position within the face recogni...

SourceSecurity.com recently caught up with Jonas Andersson, business development director at Axis Communications, to talk in more detail about Axis' ground-breaking co-operative agreement to work collectively with Bosch and Sony on the development of a standard network interface for network video products.  The resulting collaboration, now called Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF), will strive to develop an open industry standard and is inviting would-be participants to register via...

 Little Chute Area School District in Wisconsin Little Chute Area School District focuses its strengths and resources on developing the individual talents and skills of its students. Based, as the name would suggest in Little Chute, Wisconsin the school consists of three buildings that serve the needs of elementary, middle and high school students.The Little Chute Area School District is committed to providing an environment that provides a quality learning experience for all. With app...

  Dr. Bob Banerjee will present on the evolution from analog to digital videoAt the Security Canada Central Conference and Exposition, Dr. Bob Banerjee, product marketing manager for Bosch, will present on the evolution from analog to digital video and will clarify the fundamental differences between the various definitions of video over IP.  The session, titled 'VCRs, DVRs, NVRs. What Next?'  will take place on Thursday, October 23 at 10:15 am in Room Pinset 1.   &...

  Genetec has rapidly built a highly successful company in the Canadian technology industryGenetec is ranked among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years.  Genetec's increase in revenues of 799% percent from 2003 to 2007 resulted in a 24th ranking. For over a decade, the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program has tracked the successful growth of Canadian-grown globa...

  Identica Holdings has teamed up with HID Global to provide vascular biometric solutionIdentica Holdings Corporation recently announced that it has partnered with HID Global, to provide a state-of-the-art vascular biometric solution to the entire franchise of Club Fitness centers, a 25-year-old chain located across the St. Louis, MO metro area.Identica, a leader in next-generation biometric identification and security solutions, will embed secure iCLASS® contactless smart car...

  Ingersoll Rand takes off at Heathrow Airport, UKIngersoll Rand Security Technologies has supplied bomb blast resistant doors and Martin Roberts steel doorsets throughout Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5.  The building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership at a cost of £4.3billion.Due to tens of millions of passengers using the facility each year, it was vital that this iconic building would be as accessible as possible.  It also had to be highly secure from...

  The Warwick project has an overall count of 83 camerasNot all video surveillance projects are created equal. Some come with very specific challenges and obstacles.  The Warwick, Rhode Island Housing Authority can testify to that.  Its goal was to protect residents with video surveillance at five of its housing complexes.  The five sites are in an area of about 10 square miles, all within one to three miles of each other.What made a wireless solution particularly challe...