March Networks Corporation News

Stephen Nicolle joins March Networks as acting Chief Operating Officer

March Networks™, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that Stephen Nicolle has joined the March Networks senior management team in the position of acting Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to Peter Strom, President and CEO.                      Mr. Nicolle has more than 22 years of experience working in the comm...

Bank of New Zealand standardizes on March Networks digital video solution

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that the Bank of New Zealand has selected its R5 Visual Intelligence management software and networked video systems for more than 170 retail banking branches throughout New Zealand.  The rollout is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.  Approximately 80 units have already been installed.Headquartered in Auckland, the Bank of New Zealand is the country's third...

March Networks among fastest-growing technology companies in North America

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that it has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 listing.The company achieved revenue of $76.2 million in fiscal 2006, representing an increase of 712% as compared to fiscal 2002.  The company also ranks as one of the top 50 fastest-growing Canadian technology companies and leads five Ottaw...

March Networks expands Latin American customer base with latest banking win

March Networks™, a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, recently announced that a progressive financial services institution in Latin America has standardised on the company's digital video software and systems for deployment across more than 350 retail banking locations.  The company expects the systems to be deployed across all locations during the first quarter of its current fiscal year.The financial institution's banking branches are located wit...

March Networks and Telepac deliver advanced digital video solutions to the Brazilian banking market

March Networks™, a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership with Telepac Telecomunicações e Portas Automáticas Ltda. to provide integrated digital video systems and software to financial institutions throughout Brazil. Telepac is an electronic security systems provider with operations in Brazil and other locations worldwide.  The company holds an estimated 30% share of the Brazilian banki...

March Networks receives $6 million in orders from U.S. big box retailer

March Networks™ (TSX:MN; AIM:MNW), a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that it has received orders totaling $6 million during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2008 to provide its IP video management systems to a U.S.-based big box retailer.  The company anticipates that the orders will be shipped prior to the end of the second quarter.March Networks' advanced solutions help big box, supermarket, convenience, general merchandise and othe...

New rapid transit system in South Africa to include intelligent rail security solution from March Networks and Bombardier

March Networks, a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that 96 new Electrostar cars for the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link in Gauteng Province, South Africa, will be equipped with the Bombardier SEKURFLO transit security solution.  The video surveillance component of the SEKURFLO solution is jointly designed and developed by Bombardier Transportation and March Networks.Encompassing 80 km of dual-lane track, the Gautrain will connect Johannesburg and Tshwane (...

March Networks awarded international contract to provide mobile video surveillance solution to large transit authority

March Networks™ (TSX:MN; AIM:MNW), a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with a global systems integrator to deliver mobile video surveillance to a large transit authority.The agreement will see the March Networks mobile systems installed across the authority's entire bus fleet in a rollout expected to be completed by mid-2008.  The fleet currently serves millions of passengers each year in...

Leading retailer selects March Networks Professional Retail Services to optimise business intelligence

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that one of the largest retailers in the United States has selected March Networks Professional Retail Services for approximately 1,200 of its stores.The consulting and software maintenance services will enable the retailer to extract maximum value from March Networks business intelligence software already in use in the stores to reduce shrink, decrease in-store risk and improve overall store performan...

March Networks and BT Redcare offer advanced video surveillance solutions in the UK

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) based digital video surveillance solutions, announced today that it will work with BT Redcare Group, a division of BT Group plc, to offer advanced digital video solutions to organizations in the United Kingdom.Digital video surveillance and sophisticated video analytics are important business applications that can be added to an organisation's IP network - allowing video services to extend beyond traditional physical security and...

Video evidence backs up University Police

DVRs used to record interviews of suspects and victimsHeightened concerns over the safety of police officers and the need to defend officers against false allegations provided the impetus for Jacksonville State University (JSU) in Alabama to acquire March Networks video surveillance technology.With little more than hand-held audio tape recorders at their disposal, police officers were previously unable to record facial expressions and non-verbal behaviour that could provide context for statement...

March Networks introduces new members of its UK sales team

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, introduced today the new members of its UK sales team.Under the leadership of Michael Rack, March Networks' Vice President of Sales for UK and Ireland, the UK sales team has expanded to include three industry veterans.  Jamie Barnfield and Martin Cowley join the Company, as Sales Managers while Ian Dickinson will take on the role of Customer Services Manager.  The UK sales tea...

March Networks expands into the UK market, appoints Michael Rack to Vice President of UK sales

Company will showcase leading-edge digital video surveillance solutions at IFSEC 2006 in the UK.March Networks™, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, announced today that as part of its international expansion plans it has appointed Michael Rack as Vice President of UK Sales.Mr. Rack joins March Networks following a total of eight years at security provider Senstar-Stellar Ltd.  At Senstar-Stellar, Michael held various senior leaders...

March Networks strengthens international presence in the banking industry

March Networks, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, has announced, that one of Australia's largest banks has selected March Networks as the standard for its enterprise wide deployment of digital video surveillance solutions. With close to 900 sites, the bank will deploy the March Networks solution throughout its branches to deliver sophisticated and centralised digital video surveillance that will enhance the safety of customers and employ...

Ease of use prompts switch

Park Avenue Bank standardizes on March Networks TechnologyThe vast improvement in the quality of evidence obtained from digital video recording (DVR) systems is helping security executives in the banking sector resolve more and more incidents of fraud and theft.  Equally significant, says Larry Hale, assistant vice president of Park Avenue Bank, is the dramatic improvement in the speed of retrieving video evidence."Now, it's just a matter of typing in the date and time and selecting a...

Wild Wings

Restaurant chain's DVR systems keep profits from disappearingSmothered in one of 14 signature sauces from Asian Zing to Mango Habanero, and served up "Smilin', Sizzlin' or Screamin'," Buffalo Wild Wings are a popular American treat.  Meaty, tender and packed with flavour, they are a specialty of the house at 400 Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar restaurants across the U.S.For franchisees, wings and profits are one and the same, so making sure they don't fly out the back door makes...

A better focus on surveillance

Bank One is the nation's sixth-largest bank holding company, with more than 1,000 banking centers and business offices in 23 states and multiple countries.  Much of the company's growth has come as a result of mergers and acquisitions, which have also resulted in a mix of video surveillance systems.   Surveillance systems at some of the acquired locations had been in operation for more than 20 years, and some sites still used film cameras.  Other locations possessed the lates...

Good Manors depend on good digital image management

Why ‘only the best in visual surveillance' will doThe Celtic Manor Resort near Newport in South Wales will be most widely known as the host course to the recent All*Star Cup celebrity golf championship.  For golfing aficionados it will also be known as the host to the Ryder Cup in 2010.The Resort is noteworthy on several levels, not least of which is that it represents the single largest private investment ever made in the entire British hospitality industry.  Welsh telecommunica...

DHL uses DVR system for multiple applications

Digital System enhances security and helps resolve day-to-day issuesOutstanding customer service has helped make DHL one of the world's most recognised name brands. From its early days shuttling merchandise receipts between San Francisco and Honolulu, to its current status as a global express provider, DHL has focused on ensuring immediate, reliable and secure customer service.  To support that primary objective, the company has often turned to technology to improve efficiencies and conveni...

March Networks railway system win boosts mobile surveillance strategy for Europe

Ottawa-based network management specialists and DVR manufacturers Mach Networks have been specified to provide mobile video surveillance systems for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in California. March Networks' reseller and channel partner Diversified Security Solutions Inc. secured the contract through its Viscom Division in a deal worth $1.5 million, that includes a three-year maintenance agreement.  The programme will see some 80 light rail vehicles (LRVs) equipped...

Urban cure

New Zealand city brings new life to troubled neighbourhoodsA crime prevention video surveillance network deployed by New Zealand's Manukau City Council is proving to be an effective means of reversing urban blight.Crime rates have been slashed, drug dealing and other illicit activities have been curtailed, and real estate values are staging a comeback in four commercial areas subject to video surveillance.  Located on New Zealand's North Island within greater Auckland, Manukau is the countr...

San Francisco Muni deploys mobile DVRs on light rail fleet

Automated wireless download a key capabilityEfficiency is a way of life at San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni).  Each day, the public transit authority is responsible for the safe and on-time transport of more than half a million people, and the operation of a 1,000 vehicle fleet that includes light rail vehicles, electric trolley buses, diesel buses, historic streetcars and the city's world-famous cable cars. Muni staff is always looking for ways to work smarter and save time.  Tha...