Education security applications - Case studies

Top marks for NetVu Connected CCTV from Dedicated Micros at Huddersfield Technical College

Huddersfield Technical College, situated in West Yorkshire, is starting to reap the practical benefits of an advanced NetVu Connected CCTV solution specified and installed by DM Fusion member Oracle Vision, to deliver effective protection for its 22,000 full and part-time students studying courses from GCSE to degree level.The geographically dispersed College has four key sites, all of which are now covered by the new digital CCTV solution which comprises two DS2 DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) f...

Vigilant at the University of Bath

When the University of Bath decided it was time to upgrade the campus security, CCTV was clearly recognised as having a big part to play."The challenge was to find a video management system which could give us complete control over the cameras already in place whilst giving us unlimited expansion potential," said Brian Schofield, Head of Security Services. "We also needed a system which could integrate and interact with our access control system in order to get maximum benefit fro...

Morse Watchmans delivers proven solutions to lock & key vulnerabilities in educational facility

The school installed 5 KeyWatchers and Perkins is pleased with online monitoring Key control system solidly recommended in testimonials If keeping track of your car keys or house keys can sometimes be a challenge, imagine what it must be like to have responsibility for the day to day management of hundreds of keys, all coming and going and being used by a multitude of individuals. But if you ask this question of Bob Perkins, Director of Safety and Security at the Southern...

Dallastown Area School District moves security to head of the class

Students in the Dallastown Area School District near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, are learning their actions speak louder than words.  The district's IT department recently installed video surveillance technology from Bosch Security Systems in the area's high school and middle school.  Now, more than 70 Bosch FlexiDome IP cameras monitor the hallways and cafeterias, and the school district plans to add 50 more cameras to the facilities by the end of the 2007-2008 school year.  Using...

Visimetrics deploys cross-campus hybrid recording

Visimetrics, manufacturers of the Digital Evidence Recorder, have recently added IP-based OCTAR Net NVRs to the University of Wolverhampton's cross-campus CCTV system providing a hybrid recording solution to over 270 cameras.  The University's CCTV recording system now spans the three campus areas of Wolverhampton, Walsall and Telford in the UK's West Midlands.The recent upgrade adds to the existing recording system of OCTAR System DVRs sited across many of the University's facilities. ...

Tranter awards full marks to Bosch for school's CCTV

With the need to protect pupils, staff and property high on the national curriculum, Manor High School in Leicestershire has turned to local CCTV specialists Tranter Fire & Security for the answers, and Tranter has in turn specified a solution based around sophisticated technology from Bosch Security Systems (BSS). The system comprises more than 40 cameras - a mixture of Bosch Dinion and Flexidome devices - installed at various strategic points around the school including entry/exit poi...

Midland Borough School deploys Brivo ACS for student and staff protection

Brivo Systems, LLC, the leader in Web applications for access control and security systems, announced recently that Midland Borough School District in Midland, PA, has installed the Brivo ACS WebService™ access control system at its elementary and middle schools.  ADT Security Systems, Inc., specified and installed the Brivo system. Prior to installing Brivo, Midland's classroom doors opened to the outside, and the back and loading dock doors were unlocked at most times. "There w...

Warsash Maritime Academy monitors simulator tests with IQeyes from IQinVision

IQinVision, market leader in high performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, recently announced that the Warsash Maritime Academy in Southampton has deployed IQinVision IQeye 700 Series megapixel cameras to improve the effectiveness of its simulator training for students entering the shipping and oil industries.  Design and installation expertise was provided by InCam Digital Surveillance and Smart CCTV Ltd.Warsash Maritime Academy provides...

Repton Preparatory School finds hidden benefits with Paxton Access Control system

Repton Preparatory School (also known as Foremarke School) has used a Paxton Access Control system, supplied by Norbain SD, to help improve secure access to classroom blocks.  The system is saving them time and money, and has also provided them with a new way to measure time and attendance.Repton is a fully co-educational school with a strong boarding ethos and is home to 600 pupils.  Established 450 years ago, it has established a strong tradition of distinguished alumni in...

Mirasys controls the campus

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology had suffered serious material loss due to theft, burglary and vandalism, leaving personnel and students feeling unsafe as a result.  An extensive computer theft justified installing a new video surveillance solution.  However, creating such a solution was challenging, as the university area consists of nearly one hundred buildings.The open platform Mirasys V series, featuring local data acquisition, analysis and recording, combined wit...

De Montfort University goes NetVu Connected for enhanced campus security

Leicester-based De Montfort University has adopted an advanced NetVu Connected surveillance solution from DM Fusion member Security Design Services, featuring CCTV systems from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - to maximise the safety and security of its 20,500 students and 3,240 staff.                  Key elements of the ambitious scheme include the linking back, over fibre, of 21 geographically dispersed c...

University of Aberdeen builds a future-proof IP-surveillance system using Axis network cameras and encoders

MissionAfter the University of Aberdeen conducted a strategic review of security, the university decided to rationalize four stand-alone analogue 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 analogue cameras.  The system would have to offer the flexibility to cope with future expansion, and to eliminate stand-alone prop...

CardSmith selects Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies as access control & security provider

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that the company has become the preferred access control and security provider for CardSmith, which supplies colleges and universities with complete one-card transaction management solutions.  CardSmith not only supplies campuses with card system technology for a host of on- and off-campus applications, but also manages the complexities of the resulting card system and program operations.  To complement its card-based service suit...

Kaba revise Gloucestershire College security

One of the greatest challenges for any educational establishment is balancing the need to create an open and stimulating environment that encourages learning, whilst ensuring that the people and equipment within are protected from the threat of theft, vandalism, physical attack and abuse.With a wide product range including mechanical, mechatronic and electronic access control systems, Kaba has not just introduced standard solutions, but has created bespoke products specifically for the education...

University of Miami adopts campus-wide IP-CCTV

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 analogue CCTV system, leading to many...

ioimage chosen to protect Shi Jia Zhuang High School in China

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...

IP installation at faith school on London/Kent border

North London-based IP consultancy UBIQZ has overseen a 50-camera Internet-addressable installation at a Church of England school on the southeast London/Kent border. The site is a significant case study in that it employs Power over Ethernet (PoE) from the Israeli manufacturer PowerDsine with both camera data and power being transmitted across CAT5 wiring from the principal server room.  The cameras monitor a range of situations and behaviour among pupils, staff and visitors. The school and...

St. John’s College High School rolls out Brivo OnSite SE™ to meet specific demands

Brivo Systems, LLC, the leader in web applications for access control and security systems, has announced that St. John's College High School in Washington, DC, has deployed the Brivo OnSite SE access control system in key locations throughout their 27-acre campus.  eVigilant of Arlington, VA, specified and installed the Brivo system.St. John's, an independent school with 1,100 students and 150 staff, formerly used a standard lock and key system.  The SJC Administration sought improved...

Ikegami cameras define image quality - 110,000km into space

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)...

Axis helps Aberdeen University to modernise and extend its surveillance campus-wide

Network cameras and video servers from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by Arthur McKay at The University of Aberdeen- one of Scotland's premier universities with more than 500 years of history.  The university recently embarked on a major new building programme to upgrade and extend facilities for the 14,000 students that are now enrolled there.                 &...

South Lanarkshire Council works with Optex to protect its primary schools

Innovative external detection technology from Optex Europe, manufacturers of the award-winning Redwall range, is being deployed by South Lanarkshire Council to combat crime and reduce costly repair bills from vandalism at two primary schools in its area.In these two schools alone, graffiti and outbreaks of fire had caused an estimated £500,000 of damage.  Protecting these sites was crucial to prevent further incidents, and so Ian Porteous, CCTV Development Manager at South Lanarkshire...

Axis helps Witchford Village College cut theft, vandalism and tighten security

Network cameras from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by Ely Telecom, working alongside Education ICT's server engineers to deliver a modern IP-Surveillance solution at Witchford Village College, near Ely.                     This village secondary school, which serves 900 11-to-16-year-olds in this predominantly rural area, originally installed an analo...

JVC IP CCTV equipment installed at college for disabled students

JVC Professional Europe have provided Treloar College, a specialist college for disabled students based in the outskirts of Alton in Hampshire, with IP security cameras and security management software for a comprehensive IP security system.  The project is supported by the City Livery Company of Security Professionals, as well as by JVC.  Treloar College provides education, care, therapy, medical support and independence training to young people aged 16 and over with physical disabili...