Case studies

Identification Cards used to track tourists, control immigration to Galapagos Islands Zebra Technologies, a worldwide leader in card printing and bar code labelling solutions, recently announced that the government of Ecuador has purchased four Zebra P420i printers in order to control tourism and immigration to the Galapagos Islands via secure plastic identification cards.  The ID card printers are being used to print and encode contactless smart cards for all Galapagos residents, and...

In an interesting and unusual application, CCTV cameras supplied by SANYO are being used to monitor hospital patients in the intensive care and high dependency units at the newly expanded Royal Blackburn Hospital in East LancashireInstalled by Romers Electronics who have recently been acquired by TG Baker Ltd, the cameras allow nurses to keep a close watch on patients without having to leave their central staff base on each ward, freeing up their time for other important duties.As the exist...

Reliable and proven intruder detection technology from Optex Europe has been praised by a leading security installer for playing its part in winning a significant performance award from the Metropolitan Police for reducing false alarms.The installer, Banham Alarms, received a Gold Award in the Metropolitan Police Service's annual Alarm Performance Awards scheme for the lowest false alarm rate, and highlighted Optex' detectors as being a major contributory factor in their success. Alarms Director...

SSS Systems, a Manchester-based specialist installer, has found an innovative way of protecting a customer's residential premises from unacceptably high levels of false alarms by installing REDWAVE detectors from Optex Europe - thought to be the first time such devices have been used outside of the commercial arena.SSS chose REDWAVE because of its ability to distinguish between genuine alarms and alarms caused by small animals or moving trees - two of the biggest headaches facing installers,...

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...

Advanced access for high security Hong Kong Immigration Department's headquarters Tyco Fire and Security recently announced that the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has chosen the CEM AC2000 (SE) (Standard Edition) access control system to secure its high security headquarters at the Immigration Tower, Wan Chai.  Thorn Security, Hong Kong was responsible for the entire system installation.With its mission to contribute to the security and p...

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 analogue CCTV systems with continuously manned control rooms.  Within 5-6 years Verbund plans to convert all 88 hydroelectric power...

The University of Reading's Department of Meteorology has deployed an AXIS 232D Dome Network Camera from the global leader in network video, Axis Communications, to support its meteorology degree students as they learn to predict weather patterns through studies of atmospheric sciences. The University of Reading's Department of Meteorology is internationally recognised as a world leading centre of excellence for the teaching and research of the science of the atmosphere and oceans, including wea...

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...

ADT today launches the latest electronic article surveillance (EAS) anti-theft system - the Sensormatic® Ultra·Exit - which has been designed exclusively for the European retail market.  This new detection system offers British retailers a solution to combat increasingly advanced shoplifting tactics, access extensive operational information and preserve store aesthetics.The Ultra·Exit system uses ADT's Ultra·Max® acousto-magnetic (AM) technology, which offers th...

Camera-lens combinations from Rainbow are being used by one of the USA's most prominent surveillance companies, Virginia-based New Technology Management Inc (NTMI.)NTMI is a world leader in the creation, integration and maintenance of security observation systems with clients including the US Army, Navy and Air Force as well as the Marine Corps and the Department of Homeland Security.The Rainbow cameras used by NTMI are the CLD46D 1/3" colour DSP models offering 460 TV lines resolution.&nbs...

Vari-focal lenses from US manufacturer Rainbow have been installed at thirty Holland and Barrett stores including sites in London, Birmingham and Amsterdam.  The lens is Rainbow's 3-8mm model, which is notable in that as a day-night unit it corrects the focus shift that occurs when using IR lighting. At the Holland and Barrett stores the lenses are operating within Rainbow's own dome camera assemblies.  The client is recording digitally using DVRs by Videoswitch with removable trays an...

1000 cards created by ScreenCheck Europe BV using Zebra Card PrintersThe Haarlemse Baseball Tournament attracts national television coverage and crowds of up to 20,000 people at each match.  The tournament features teams from China, Cuba, Japan, Chinese Taipei, the USA and the Netherlands.  Providing security at these events is a high priority.  The tournament organisers looked to Zebra Card Printer Solutions and ScreenCheck Europe BV to provide photo id security cards that were p...

IntroductionEastnets, a Dubai based leading Payments and Security Solution Provider, and Zebra Card Printer solutions partner since 1996, has provided an advanced Bitaqat-e ID Card Management and Issuing Systems to Dubai International Airport.  The solution, only found in two other airports worldwide, introduces the use of smart card technology at new electronic gates (eGates) in the airport, designed to reduce delays and enable registered passengers automated entry or exit through the airp...

A new non-profit business organisation, recently launched in Brussels, will develop international standards for intermodal freight container security to counter the threat to the circa €7 trillion international trade in goods, from terrorism and organised crime, including smuggling and theft. The International Container Security Organisation (ICSO), which will develop and publish global standards for container security devices (CSDs) and related systems, has been founded by leading bus...

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...

Solution to enhance transit security and ensure safe travel environment.Verint Systems Inc., a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for security and business intelligence, recently announced that France's Grenoble Transport Authority has deployed Verint's Networked Video solution across its network of trams to ensure a safe and secure travel environment for tourists and local residents.Grenoble, located in the French Alps, is a major tourist centre and attracts visi...

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...

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) is the number one provider of information communication technologies in Malaysia.  Recently they upgrade their surveillance with ACTi's IP surveillance solutions to protect students in their training centre day and night.  Due to the crime issues there, the system also provides higher security for their female students.  It's not doubt the system provide more protection for the assets and equipments in TM.  The Project was carried out by E...

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...