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IFSEC International supports aims behind the National CCTV Improvement Week 2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

IFSEC encourages all CCTV practitioners to review their security camera installation and operation

As the UK counts down to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Olympic celebrations, security concerns will be at a record high. In recognition of this, IFSEC International, the world’s largest annual security and fire event, announces its support of the aims behind National CCTV Improvement Week (6 – 12...

Bharat Petroleum selects VIVOTEK security cameras to restructure its internal surveillance system

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

VIVOTEK's IP8362 camera, part of the VIVOTEK SUPREME series, was selected for the project

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Among the world’s largest corporations, the company was ranked #272 in the Fortune Global 500 listing for 2011.

Recently, BPCL embarked on a surveillance project as part of the organisation’s initiative to restructure the internal surveillance system. Prior to the structure reform, the old surveillance system was not centralised. As the headquarters would like...

Milestone releases XProtect® Corporate 5 with XProtect® Smart Client 7 security software

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has released XProtect Corporate 5 with XProtect Smart Client 7. XProtect Corporate is premium software for sophisticated, high-risk security installations. XProtect Smart Client, the operator tool for all XProtect VMS, has a new streamlined interface in this latest version. Milestone also announces the availability of the Milestone Integration Platform Software Development Kit (MIP SDK) 3 for Milestone Solution Partners (MSPs) offering applications that can be integrated into XProtect®.

The XProtect Smart Client is an adaptable, easy-to-use client application for the daily operations of surveillance installations. The new streamlined interface helps improve usability, making it easy to monitor installations of all sizes, access live video, investigate security incidents and export recordings. The XProtect Smart Client provides a uniquely efficient working environment that can be...

Lighting challenges in video surveillance in retail, financial and hospitality sectors

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Ambient lighting in hospitality environments pose major challenges for video surveillance

Variable lighting conditions pose a persistent challenge in video surveillance applications such as large retail locations, banks and financial institutions, and hospitality environments.

Challenges to lighting quality

Typically, retail locations, banks and hospitality venues include an abundance of windows. The resulting excessive light can damage video image quality, by flooding the image...

ClearView Communications’ client bags BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Award

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Matrox announces HDPC compliance for Input/Output video wall controller

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced that the Matrox Mura MPX Series video wall controller boards are HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant, simplifying the work for AV Integrators seeking to enable copy protected content across Mura-driven video walls. Mura input/output boards facilitate HDCP interoperability by capturing high definition video signals from up to four HDCP sources and displaying the content on up to four HDCP-enabled displays. A video wall controller with up to six boards can support up to twenty-four inputs that are scaled, positioned and manipulated across twenty-four outputs. Designed for high-performance video walls, Mura MPX Series is suitable for a wide range of applications including corporate boardrooms, auditoriums, large venue events, digital signage, and mission-critical environments.

HDCP is an encrypted protocol used between video sources and video receivers to prevent unauthorised access to protected content. The world's...

BSIA announces winners of Annual Security Personnel Awards

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The BSIA's Annual Security Personnel Awards will take place in June at the London Hilton, Park Lane

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is pleased to announce the regional winners of this year's Annual Security Personnel Awards. Now in their fourteenth year, the awards continue to recognise the excellent work and...

projectiondesign supplies projectors to AV systems designer and integrator Jumbo Vision International

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The projectors are used in communication and control room environment

Clearly demonstrating its ability to provide tailor-made visual solutions that deliver rapid return on investment for end customers, Norway's projectiondesign has supplied its projectors to specialist AV systems designer and integrator Jumbo Vision International. These are used in a communication and control room environment aimed at facilitating decision-making during critical stages in the commissioning and...

Plextek introduces codecs to tackle poor image quality of CCTV surveillance systems

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Plextek, the Cambridge-based business and product innovation consultancy has developed new codecs to address the issue of poor image quality that has become synonymous with many wireless CCTV surveillance systems. Current video surveillance techniques work well over wired networks, but wireless links add noise and latency that standard techniques such as H.264 and JPEG2000 fail to cope with. The result - intermittent and blurred images which make it difficult to identify perpetrators. By working closely with customers, Plextek's image and video processing specialists have developed a new simplified codec that is based on JPEG2000 and includes enhanced compression techniques to improve wireless video performance.

The new codecs are targeted at wireless systems over very low bandwidth links, including legacy systems and infrastructure. Plextek's approach takes advantage of the power savings from analogue processing and modulation, whilst providing the flexibility of digital...

Fujinon's CCTV telephoto zoom lens deployed at Scotland's Dolphin Conservation Society

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Pyser SGI Limited to supply Fujinon's CCTV cameras to a secialist Inverness based company WIldlife-for-all

A Fujinon D60x16.7SR4DE-V21 extreme long rame long range, high definition CCTV, day/night telephoto zoom...

Messoa launches SLI080 high power intelligent IR illuminator

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT