Axis helps Sydney Airport take security to new heightsThe mission Following major redevelopment of Australia's busiest airport where annual passenger numbers topped 30 million for the first time in 2007, Sydney Airport Corporation recognised an opportunity to upgrade its analogue-based video surveillance solution to leverage the benefits of IP technology due to recent government requirements and recent events globally. Sydney Airport sought a more flexible, scalable solution that could keep pace with its growing operations while maintaining the highest level of security and safety that staff and the travelling public expect from an airport regularly voted one of the world's best.
The solution Sydney Airport decided to migrate from video servers to Axis network cameras. It has transitioned an analogue-based video surveillance system comprising analogue cameras over coax, to a hybrid IP-based solution with a total installation of more than 1,000 cameras.
The network cameras feed directly into the airport's Digital Video Manager video surveillance system delivered by Honeywell, a leading Axis partner. The video solution is fully integrated into the airport's current comprehensive security, access control and surveillance system.
The result The migration to Axis network cameras delivers the benefits of true IP as well as time, cost, and space saving  benefits. Sydney Airport has greater flexibility to configure the system to its needs, giving it access to more and better data that ultimately improves its ability to monitor and respond to issues as they occur. "The flexibility of the Axis network video solution gives us better capacity to monitor and respond to issues as they occur and post incident. It gives us more information and more data to make better assessments," says Kyile Whyte, AVSEC Infrastructure, Technology and Systems Manager, Sydney Airport Corporation. | 
