Network / IP security - Case studies

COE Group plc, the developer and supplier of advanced video surveillance systems, announced today that it has completed a major upgrade of the Bradford City Centre CCTV system using COE's X-Net and Network Recording systems.COE worked with Bradford's CCTV management team over several months to design and implement an IP-based digital video transmission network and digital recording solution for the several hundred cameras used in Bradford and the surrounding areas.  The existing COE...

IndigoVision's IP Video technology is providing remote monitoring for Verbund Group hydroelectric power plants along the River Danube in Austria.  Verbund is the largest power generation company in Austria and derives over 90% of its generating capacity from renewable hydropower.  Previously all power plants and facilities were monitored by local analog CCTV systems with continuously manned control rooms.  Within 5-6 years Verbund plans to convert all 88 hydroelectric power pl...

If you're the subject of a 999 emergency call to the ambulance service in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk you can expect one of 100-plus frontline vehicles operated by the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust (EAAT) to come to your aid in double-quick time.  But the Trust also has a duty of care to its staff.  Around the clock, 24/7, staff at the Trust's new Norwich control centre respond to thousands of 999 and other calls.  Not before time, a new CCTV system now allows their move...

The Port of Turku, Finland's second largest seaport, has invested in IndigoVision's complete end-to-end IP Video solution to provide an innovative approach to site surveillance.  More than four million tonnes of cargo and over four million passengers pass through the port every year and safety and security are paramount to the port's operation. The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area arou...

ADT, the UK's leading provider of electronic fire and security solutions, is participating in an exciting new joint initiative to enhance the protection of schools in the London area.  The project involves the use of Internet protocol (IP) based closed circuit television (CCTV) technology, which enables schools to be monitored from the Bromley Council CCTV control centre.In partnership with Synetrix, a leading integration and managed services provider, and Redbridge CCTV, a leading CCTV con...

IndigoVision is providing wireless IP Video technology to protect the construction of the exclusive Sentosa Cove development in Singapore.  Originally conceived to emulate the waterfront resorts on the French Riviera, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, Sentosa Cove is an oceanfront enclave of 2,500 well-appointed residences expected to be completed by 2010.The construction of the first phase is due for completion at the end of 2006 and is protected by a mixture of 50 fixed and PTZ outdoor...

Milestone-Axis networked video surveillance solution protects people and property in 22 buildings.The nearby Fort Riley military post creates a transient - and growing - student population for United School District 475 in Kansas.  A security system was required that could scale with the demands to build new facilities, be cost efficient, effective, and provide both central and local management of multiple locations.  Open platform IP video surveillance software from Milestone Systems...

ACTi empower Nextan, a system integrator in Singapore, successfully enhanced the security system for the outlet.  They installed 125-channel surveillance sites in Malaysia.The outlet is through out Malaysia from Northern states to Southern states and owned by Dynasum Sdn Bhd.  They are the first privately owned company in Malaysia that introduces IP products in such scale to enhance their business operation.  The company chooses ACTI's products video servers instead of the convent...

All Change!After new standards of safety and operational efficiency were adopted by Network Rail, Pentax lenses have been selected as the eyes of the network's Driver Only Operation CCTV system.CCTV cameras acquire images from the length of the platform and project them onto a colour monitor on the platform next to the driver's cab.New rolling stock saw its introduction some 10 to 15 years ago.  In order for the new trains to be compliant with safety requirements, visual surveillanc...

"We have a stable, leading-edge technology system that is helping our fight against criminal activities very successfully.  We would recommend this system to everybody."- Ashley Willoughby, Computer and Security Manager for Three Counties ShowgroundThe ChallengeBecause of the sheer physical size of the Three Counties Showground with numerous entranceways and public access areas, vandalism was becoming a major problem.  After normal closing time people could still wander into...

Locarno reacts to the problems of vandalism with Video-Over-IP solution using Milestone Systems software and Panasonic network cameras.  In addition to many technical benefits, the surveillance provides a feeling of personal safety without being obtrusive."Acts of vandalism no longer have any place in our town, thanks to leading-edge technology, which provides the requisite deterrence with the utmost discretion," says Clemente Gramigna, Ing. Dipl. EPFL/SIA, Centro Informatico Comu...

"All customers - and ourselves as well - have been screaming for a user interface where you can integrate all your security elements so you have an overview of all your buildings at once.  Milestone is the solution!" - Christian Larsen, Technical Director at installation partner Plahn Systems. ChallengesThe DFDS headquarters cover 150,000 square meters in a suburb of Copenhagen where 11-12,000 shipments occur daily.  Customers demand the highest security for their goods, but...

The Background Radiohead, an internationally recognized 5-piece rock band, have a reputation for innovative, creative music, selling millions of records worldwide.  Each new Radiohead album outlines a new direction, always achieving critically acclaimed success for the band.Radiohead are currently playing a number of European Festival dates before headlining the V Festival in Chelmsford and Stafford in August.  The tour will enable Radiohead to debut new material that the band has been...

Leading UK gaming operator Stanley Casinos has selected the Visimetrics range of FASTAR and VADER Digital Evidence Recorders as part of a UK wide CCTV upgrade.  The roll out, managed and supported by specialist integrator ID Technology Group, involves replacing the existing VCR based CCTV systems across the entire regional estate of over thirty prime gaming locations. An extensive on site trial was carried out, during which Visimetrics were able to modify the product based on feedback...

To solve distance problem and to save installation cost, EDS, the Turkey-based solution provider, decided to choose most advanced IP based CCTV systems, ACTi video server plus with Transcoder to enhance Turkey building security surveillance system.This building surveillance project uses 14 pairs of video server (SED-2100R) and Transcoder (SED-3200) for solving connection problem.  Since the security guards are used to operate the original DVR system or to use control panel to control PTZ ca...

Cega was founded in 1973 when two brothers, Graham and Clive Ponsford set up an aviation company at Shoreham Airport.  Operations soon moved to Goodwood, Chichester to meet a growing demand for repatriation of sick and injured holidaymakers.  By 1982 the founders decided to make Cega a dedicated air ambulance service, employing its own flight and medical crews.  Cega Group is in the top league of medical assistance companies globally, with a client list, which includes premier hou...

Inner city regeneration is believed to improve economic performance and tackle unemployment in our cities.  It also enables making the productive use of some of the brown field sites.  The Custard Factory in Birmingham is an example of how disused old industrial buildings can be brought back to life from what had seemed like terminal decline.  Sir Alfred Bird, who invented Birds custard powder, built the Custard Factory 100 years ago.  By the end of the 1800's Alfred Bird's s...

SCA Packaging is a leading provider in Europe of customer-specific packaging solutions with emphasis on state-of-the-art design and local service close to customer facilities.  SCA Aylesford is part of the Southern Region of SCA Packaging UK & Ireland and supplies industries such as consumer goods, produce, fmcg (fast moving consumer goods).  All products are produced from renewable and recyclable materials.  The Aylesford plant was opened in 1930 and the site also includes th...

The Sterile Services Unit at King George Hospital is responsible for cleaning, sterilising, checking, packing and distribution of hospital theatre and other equipment.  Their area spans Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals NHS trust.  TSSU also provides services for many private clinics and hospitals in the area.  The unit is extremely busy and in early 2005 the building was extended.  As part of the refurbishment project Jim Harold, Security Manager for Barking, Haverin...

Highly complex, wide-ranging system comprises hundreds of cameras to protect games DVTel Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that the company's intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC) was utilized as the command and control software for the IP-based, integrated security system at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.  The Games were conducted over 12 days in March...

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...

A public housing complex in Copenhagen has stopped arson, theft and vandalism using access control and fire alarms integrated with Milestone open platform IP video surveillance.Mjolner Park is a large public housing complex from 1987 situated in the Northwest section of Copenhagen, Denmark, managed by the Lejerbo association.  The complex has about 2,500 residents, of which almost half are under 18 years old.  Over 90% come from other ethnic backgrounds than Danish, comprised of almost...

Pan-European broadband networking company Easynet partner VisimetricsVisimetrics (UK) Ltd has been selected by Easynet to partner them in providing businesses and organizations with converged digital security and surveillance solutions throughout Europe.  The integrated solution provides innovative IP-based digital security and surveillance for companies looking to significantly improve their security responsiveness without compromising network operability. The solution is based on a wholly...

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...

CCTV systems were installed to provide comprehensive surveillance coverage for each event locationThe 2005 Carling Weekend, Reading & Leeds Festivals saw the two cities play host to the annual pop & rock gigs, transforming them into the world's leading music venues. The events each attracted 50,000 enthusiastic music fans over their three-day duration and included performances from high-profile bands, Iron Maiden and the Foo Fighters. With the popularity of the events growing year on yea...

To help improve and update the security system at the Møller Centre, a leading Cambridge-based residential training and conference centre, the company has chosen to install the latest Siemens Building Technologies Security Products access security system.The conference centre is owned by Churchill College at Cambridge University and was designed by Danish architect, Henning Larsen.  The AP Møller Foundation of Denmark funded the building to promote continuing educati...

NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen), the Dutch rail authority, is one of the world's busiest rail systems with 25,000 employees operating over one million passenger journeys every day.  NS is currently operating over 385 full service rail stations throughout the Netherlands and running approximately 5000 train journeys every day.  To protect so many stations, it was neither practical nor cost effective to locate CCTV monitoring staff at every station and so a centralised remote monitoring...

ACTi's Video Server, SED-2100R, and Transcoder, SED-3200, has enabled St. John Grande hospital in Krakow, Poland to create an IP based live video conferencing system.  The national event even involved the attendance of the current Polish prime minister, creating a much publicized event in Poland.  ACTi's partner, "Dipol" was in charge for the successful project deployment.  The new system allows centralised control and high flexibility in areas where remote conferencing...

Due to the difficult cabling issues in the dock, Westcon AS, the Norway-based service provider for rigs chose ACTi's IP Surveillance products and Imenco's video surveillance system integration services to deploy their security surveillance.  There are a total of 16 channels with ACTi's video servers, IP cameras and IP speed domes installed in this surveillance project.Since the ISPS code (International Ship and Port Facility Security code) makes the requirements to surveillance of port faci...

A complete IndigoVision IP Video solution has been installed in the Barrie Police Service headquarters in Ontario, Canada.  The system provides 24-hour surveillance for all parts of the police operation including interview and booking rooms, sally ports, operation centre and detention cells.  The IP Video system provides DVD-quality full frame rate images for both routine monitoring of the station and recorded video for evidentiary purposes that meets the requirements of the Canadian F...