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Dedicated Micros CCTV solutions protect Ottawa's public areas

Ottawa Tourism ©Dedicated Micros TransVu mobile technology solution adopted to protect Ottawa, CanadaCCTV solutions from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - including DVRs, and the latest TransVu mobile technology, are at the heart of a Proactive Audio-Video (PAV) surveillance system helping to protect the public parks, swimming pools and other areas of the Canadian capital city, Ottawa, from the safety and security issues caused by vandalism, drug use, drinking, graffiti and other i...

Dedicated Micros CCTV solutions help to protect Canadian capital's pools, parks and historic structures

Ottawa Tourism ©TransVu mobile technology solution adopted to protect Ottawa, CanadaCCTV solutions from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - including DVRs and the latest TransVu mobile technology, are at the heart of a Proactive Audio-Video (PAV) surveillance system helping to protect the public parks, swimming pools and other areas of the Canadian capital city, Ottawa, from the safety and security issues caused by vandalism, drug use, drinking, graffiti and other inappropriate activ...

Dedicated Micros confirmed as digital video recording (DVR) market leader by IMS research

  Research confirms Dedicated Micros dominant position in DVR market within EMEA regionThe latest research findings, published by IMS Research, have confirmed the market leading position of Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - as the number one supplier of own brand digital video recorders (DVRs) in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region and also the joint number one provider worldwide, with its proportion of the global market having increased by an impressive 18.8% compared to...

Dedicated Micros streamlines operations to maintain its market leading position

 Dedicated Micros streamlines operations in EMEA by 11 people to maintain its market position despite the current economic climateDedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has announced that employee numbers have been returned to 2006 levels in line with anticipated market volumes. This action streamlines operations in EMEA by 11 people so the world-leading CCTV specialist can continue to maintain its market position despite the current economic climate. Despite the market growth being below ex...

Dedicated Micros appoints CSD as new Australian distribution partner

  In addition to selling Dedicated Micros' CCTV products, CSD is geared-up to deliver a high level of technical supportCCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces the appointment of Central Security Distribution (CSD) as a key distribution partner for its industry leading products across Australia.The agreement will allow CSD, from November 3, 2008, to offer its customers a full range of DM distribution products including Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) such as the n...

AD Group and RML partner with Mazda AER for Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hoiurs endurance races

 The new partnership signifies the start of a fresh era for AD Group and RMLPrincipal sponsor, CCTV specialist, AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - and racing team RML announce the signing of a two-year deal with car manufacturer Mazda and race engine specialists AER to support their efforts in the Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours endurance races.  The agreement means the end of the link with MG, but the start of an exciting new partnership for RML and the Mazda-Lola...

Dedicated Micros' NetVu Console solution finalist for Security and Safety Award 2008 at Sicurezza

 Dedicated Micros' NetVu Console remote CCTV viewing station is a finalist in the Innovation category of the Security and Safety Award 2008Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has announced that its NetVu Console solution has been shortlisted in the high-profile Security and Safety Award 2008 to be held at the Sicurezza exhibition in Italy (25 - 28 November). A powerful remote CCTV viewing station, NetVu Console, duplicates the local control functionality of a Digital Video Recorder (...

Dr Nick Taylor of AD Group is promoted to Director of Hardware Engineering

  Dr Nick Taylor, Director of Hardware Engineering, AD GroupCCTV specialist AD Group, the parent company of Dedicated Micros, announces the promotion of Dr Nick Taylor to the position of Director of Hardware Engineering, accountable directly to the CEO of AD Group, Mike Newton, with reporting responsibilities to the AD Group Board.Dr Taylor originally joined the hardware development department of Dedicated Micros as a Senior Engineer in 1997 and became Hardware Development Manager for...

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros pushes ahead with DV-IP launch events

  The events are designed to highlight the features and capabilities of the company's latest generation DV-IP range of network recordersCCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - is to host a series of Launch Events, during November and December, from its new state-of-the-art demonstration vehicle.  The events are designed to highlight the features and capabilities of the company's latest generation DV-IP range of network Digital Video Recorders including the DV-IP RT,...

RemGuard remote CCTV offer to target Dedicated Micros' installers

  The new offer will allow cashbacks of up to £600 to installers linked to RemGuard's RVRCLeading remotely monitored CCTV provider RemGuard Visual Management, part of AD Group, has unveiled a special offer which will allow participating Dedicated Micros' installers to earn up to £600 cashback for each NetVu Connected system - including the DV-IP Server, SD Range and DS2 - fitted by them and then connected to RemGuard's BS8418 compliant Remote Video Response Centre (RVRC).Un...

Dedicated Micros to spotlight enhanced CCTV capabilities at Security ESSEN 2008

 The DV-IP Server network DVR will be one of the products highlighted by Dedicated Micros at Security Essen 2008CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros, part of AD Group, will be using Security Essen 2008 to unveil a number of new and enhanced NetVu Connected surveillance products, including the latest generation DV-IP Server network DVR and the advanced, entry-level DV-IP Express.Features built-in to the new DV-IP Server transform this popular network DVR into a fully scalable, hybrid, syste...

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros looks to the future with three new French appointments

  Pictured, left to right, are Donatien Saah, Technical Support Representative; Sylvaine Guillet, Administrator and Olivier Nissen, Sales ManagerDedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces that it has made three new appointments to strengthen the CCTV specialist's sales, technical support, and administration functions in the fast growing French market.Working out of the Paris office, the new members of the team, at Dedicated Micros France, are Olivier Nissen, Sales Manager; Donatie...

Magazine highlights Dedicated Micros' DM Fusion installer's school project success

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - reports that the work of Spectre, a DM Fusion programme installer, to secure Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield has been spotlighted in an extensive three-page feature in the latest issue of Security Installer magazine. The article, entitled 'Spectre Helps School Play Safe', appears in the magazine's August edition as part of its 'Network Solutions' supplement and highlights how Little Aston Primary School, which has the UK's fir...

Dedicated Micros announces extension to free ICED-HyperDome promotion for UK customers with SD range purchase

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces that it is now extending a special SD Range / ICED-HyperDome UK promotion until the end of November 2008 as a result of phenomenal demand from UK installers.This move will give installers an additional three months to buy any 8, 12 or 16 channel SD Range DVR and still be eligible to receive a free ICED-HyperDome at the point of purchase, with two free HyperDomes available to those who opt for a 32 channel model.Designed to celebrate the continued m...

PAK Supermarkets welcome Dedicated Micros' CCTV of the future

PAK Supermarkets, Europe's largest Asian supermarket chain, and a favourite for ethnic cuisine lovers across the Midlands, is benefiting from the latest NetVu Connected CCTV technology developed by Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - and installed by DM Fusion installer Security Direct.Since opening in April, PAK Supermarkets' new £7 million store, based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham, has been attracting a plethora of shoppers from as far afield as Leicester and Banbury.  With a vas...

AD Group's Pauline Norstrom is re-elected as Chairman of BSIA CCTV section

Pauline Norstrom, the Director of Worldwide Marketing at CCTV specialist AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - has been re-elected as Chairman of the CCTV Section of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA).  The result will see Norstrom remain in this pivotal role allowing her to continue to oversee the development and promotion of CCTV best practice.Alongside being Chairman of the CCTV Section, Norstrom heads-up its technical committee, TC/10, which focuses on CCTV s...

PAK Supermarkets welcome Dedicated Micros' CCTV of the future

PAK Supermarkets, Europe's largest Asian supermarket chain, is benefiting from the latest NetVu Connected CCTV technology developed by Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - and installed by DM Fusion installer Security Direct.Since opening in April, PAK Supermarkets' new £7 million store, based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham, has been attracting a plethora of shoppers from as far afield as Leicester and Banbury.  With a vast 80,000 sq ft of ground to cover across the store it was imper...

AD Group announces change of role for Dedicated Micros Inc. President and CEO

AD Group has announced that, as of 1 July 2008, the President and CEO of US-based Dedicated Micros Inc., Dr Alan Calegari, has transitioned to a new role as Non-Executive Chairman to DM Inc., providing strategic support to the Executive Team."We are very grateful to Dr. Calegari for his significant contribution to Dedicated Micros," said Nigel Petrie, AD Group Chairman.  "In this new role, he will continue to provide strategic support to the Dedicated Micros Executive Team in...

Financial focus for security

When it comes to the application of sophisticated security techniques in the banking environment - to keep assets, staff and customers safe and secure - financial institutions are looking carefully at how they can seamlessly integrate advances, such as High Definition CCTV and the monitoring of their cash machines, into their existing infrastructure.  Pauline Norstrom, Director of Worldwide Marketing at Dedicated Micros, discusses the challenges. A key issue for banks is to ensure that the...

Crimewatch Systems specifies Dedicated Micros' CCTV solution to offer event-driven protection for household waste sites

DM Fusion security installer Crimewatch Systems has rolled-out an advanced, remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV solution - built around Dedicated Micros NetVu Connected CCTV systems and NetVu ObserVer management software - to provide out-of-hours protection against vandalism and criminal attack for 15 widely dispersed sites in Cheshire, England, operated by HW Martin Waste Ltd.The sites secured by Crimewatch Systems - and its associated SSAIB accredited RVRC (Remote Video Response Centre...

Crimewatch Systems specifies Dedicated Micros' CCTV solution to offer event-driven protection for household waste sites

DM Fusion security installer Crimewatch Systems has rolled-out an advanced, remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV solution - built around Dedicated Micros NetVu Connected CCTV systems and NetVu ObserVer management software - to provide out-of-hours protection against vandalism and criminal attack for 15 widely dispersed sites in Cheshire, England, operated by HW Martin Waste Ltd.The sites secured by Crimewatch Systems - and its associated SSAIB accredited RVRC (Remote Video Response Centre...

Bench test on Dedicated Micros' SD Range of DVRs results in 'instantly likeable' verdict

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has announced that the feature-packed 16-channel model from its SD Range of Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) has received an extremely positive review in an in-depth Bench Test which has just been published by UK magazine Security Installer.The review, entitled 'Instantly Likeable', which features in Security Installer's July edition, was conducted by independent testers and sees the SD DVR - which is targeted at small to medium sized applicati...

CCTV-based smoke detection solution from D-Tec installed for the Palm Jumeirah Tunnel in Dubai

D-Tec - part of AD Group - announces that its partner in the Middle East region, BSS-ME, has supplied, tested, and commissioned seven advanced IP-based, NetVu Connected, FireVu units to provide a state-of-the-art CCTV-based VSD (Video Smoke Detection) solution for the main tunnel at the famous Palm Jumeirah man-made island in Dubai.Fast responseNow monitored around the clock by BSS-ME's supplied FireVu based solution - which has the ability to deliver a fast track response to potential fire dete...

D-Tec's FireVu video smoke detection solution installed for the Palm Jumeirah Tunnel

D-Tec - part of AD Group - has announced that its partner in the Middle East region, BSS-ME, has supplied, tested, and commissioned seven advanced IP-based, NetVu Connected, FireVu units to provide a state-of-the-art CCTV-based VSD (Video Smoke Detection) solution for the main tunnel at the famous Palm Jumeirah man-made island in Dubai.The creation of the Palm Jumeirah, which has been dubbed the 'eighth wonder of the world', has dramatically changed the Dubai area, doubling the Emirates' beach f...

Dedicated Micros helps Birmingham primary school play safe

A Birmingham primary school is keeping the UK's first ever interactive playground safe and secure with the help of a CCTV system from Dedicated Micros, part of AD Group.Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield is nothing if not innovative.  The school is the very first in the country to have its own outdoor interactive playground that enables children to log onto a computerised system, collecting points from nine different pieces of apparatus around the playground as they play. ...

CCTV system from Dedicated Micros helps kids to play safe

A Birmingham primary school is keeping the UK's first-ever interactive playground safe and secure with the help of a CCTV system from Dedicated Micros.Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield is nothing if not innovative.  The school is the very first in the country to have its own outdoor interactive playground that enables children to log onto a computerised system, collecting points from nine different pieces of apparatus around the playground as they play.  "It's fun an...

Flying Le Mans exit for AD Group CEO captured on award-wining TransVu mobile CCTV system

Dramatic in-car CCTV footage from the famous Le Mans 24 Hours race, which has just been released, demonstrates vividly the moment when AD Group CEO, and founder of Dedicated Micros, Mike Newton's challenge in the 2008 event came to an abrupt end as his car left the track and took flight at 270 kph.Mike Newton, who already has two class wins at Le Mans to his name, had been driving the powerful RML MG Lola EX264 race car for nearly an hour - after taking over from his co-driver Brazilian Tommy Er...

Dedicated Micros surpasses competitors to win Product Innovation of the Year 2008 for HighVu Excel at the PSI Awards

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces that its enterprise level HighVu Excel system, a modular, expandable, high performance CCTV recording and IP transmission solution, has won the Product Innovation of the Year 2008 category in the PSI Premier Awards organised by PSI (Professional Security Installer) magazine.  The result was announced during a high profile PSI Premier Awards Event held on 3 June 2008, at Moor Park in Hertfordshire, England.Said Pauline Norstrom, Director of Wor...

Taking a closer view of CCTV with high definition solutions

By Pauline Norstrom Worldwide Head of Marketing, Dedicated MicrosConsidering trends in CCTV technology, the introduction of High Definition (HD) megapixel CCTV cameras, such as our own CamVu 2000, and associated HD recording and display solutions reflect a major watershed in the capability of CCTV systems from the enterprise level HighVu Excel to the new DV-IP HD.  Specifically in terms of the quality of images which can now be provided and, crucially, the potential to accurately identify s...

The Prime Minister of Malta pays official visit to Dedicated Micros’ global production facility

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces that the Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Lawrence Gonzi KUOM, LLD, MP, has undertaken an official visit to its global production facility on the island.  The production site manufactures the company's industry-leading security products, including the new DV-IP HD (High Definition) video server and its advanced ICE CCTV camera range.The Prime Minister toured the factory at the Bulebel Industrial Estate accompanied by Dedicated Micro...