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Optelecom-NKF, Inc., a leading global producer of advanced IP-video network solutions, announced recently that it has won an award from leading gaming industry systems integrator, Southwest Surveillance Systems, to provide security solutions for a major Indian-owned casino located in Southern California.  Terms of the contract were not disclosed.The casino is one of Southern California's premier entertainment and gaming destinations, drawing millions of visitors each year and paying out...

IndigoVision, the leading supplier of IP Video and Alarm management solutions, has doubled its sales for the third consecutive year, far outperforming similar companies in this increasingly important sector of the security market.  In its preliminary year-end results the company has reported an increase in product revenues of 92% to £13.3m ($26.8m) for the year ending 31 July 2007, with operating profits increasing by 81%.  In anticipation of continued growth, IndigoVision has in...

COE Ltd, the UK developer and supplier of advanced video surveillance systems, announces that Mark Norton joins COE this month as Global Sales Director responsible for all COE's sales activities worldwide.      Mark's distinguished sales record includes having been one of Compaq's first salesmen in the UK.  Over a period of 12 years Mark helped build Compaq from zero to a turnover of US$3 Bn, split equally between hardware and services.  Mark's...

VIVOTEK has successfully passed a rigid selection procedure and has been awarded with the "10th Rising Star Award" by Taiwan's Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA), Ministry of Economic Affairs.  There are more than 70 companies applying for this award, and only 9 of them obtain this honour.  Those winners, possessing the potential to be the rising star of Taiwan, all have outstanding achievements in the global market, a remarkable competitive edge ...

The new Videotec website is online.  With a complete restyling of both graphics and structure, as well as versions in four languages, the new website is an efficient working tool for users and potential users of our products.  The general area contains information about the history of the company, its values, the people who work there; and then news and events in real time, the much appreciated views of our customers and installers and examples of installations all over the world....

Kaba Group's sales for the 2006/2007 financial year were up 20% at 1.25 billion.  Net profit rose 24.5% to CHF 84.8 million.  The newly acquired companies Wah Yuet Group and CSS Inc. made significant contributions to this excellent result.  Acquisitions- and currency-adjusted, sales were up by 5.7%. In financial 2006/2007, the Kaba Group achieved a 20%, or CHF 207.7 million, increase in sales to CHF 1,248.7 million.  Part of this rise is due to the first-time consolidatio...

AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - has concluded a deal with the administrators of Baxall Limited, KPMG Corporate Restructuring, which will secure the ongoing supply of the Baxall ICE range of mini-domes and cameras.  The Daresbury-based CCTV specialist has acquired the intellectual property, current inventory, as well as the production equipment, ensuring the smooth transition of the range into AD Group and, specifically, the Dedicated Micros CCTV product family. &nbs...

The IP UserGroup, the fastest growing physical security technology forum in the world, recently announced the appointment of Susan Brady as the new Managing Director of the IP UserGroup USA, effective September 15th.  Brady takes over from Bruce Doneff, who has led the organization since its launch in April 2006.  Doneff will continue with the IPUG, serving as the Public Relations and Media Officer. Brady takes over the IP UserGroup after more than 17 years as Editor in Chief with Secu...

With the dark, long, winter nights fast approaching, CCTV systems will come under increasing pressure to perform in low light conditions.  Some systems may not be up to the task and will fail to achieve the effective night-time images required.  With this in mind, Raytec have developed a "CCTV Lighting Pack" which is available to all installers, consultants and end-users.  The pack includes a complete set of CCTV lighting tools to help you achieve effective night-time im...

Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Mirasys has been growing fast on the European surveillance software market.  With a local presence in Scandinavia and Spain, Mirasys continues its expansion into Central Europe with a new office in Hückelhoven, Germany.  The office will be headed by regional Sales Manager, Mikael Winqvist. "Central Europe is an interesting opportunity," comments Mikael Winqvist.  "The market is very active, but I am certain that the technolog...

Dowshu, the world's leading 32 and 64 channel DVR manufacturer, is pleased to announce the opening of its new research and development facility.  Located next to the company's manufacturing site in Cork, the new facility provides the company with even more scope to develop, build and test CCTV equipment prior to delivery to customers.  The new 90m² facility includes a technically advanced test area and extra manufacturing space.Cork Managing Director, Joe Leen, commented,...

Milestone Systems, the global leader for open platform IP video management software, intends to continue driving global business growth by appointing high-technology veteran Eric Fullerton to a new position as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer.  This expands his role beyond the Americas to have a global impact on new business expansions for Milestone. "We're extremely pleased to have Eric as the CS&MO for Milestone Systems.  His success in building our business in the Amer...

IPCCTV.COM has become only the fifth distributor in the UK to be appointed by Milestone Systems, the global leading provider of open platform IP video surveillance management software.IPCCTV.COM is the IP division of Y3K (Europe) Limited, a name which reflects a very forward-thinking company and one of the most pro-active in the security products market today.  From humble beginnings in 2000, the company has grown into one of the largest independent CCTV companies in the world. Behind the s...

COE Ltd, the UK-based developer and supplier of advanced video surveillance systems, is delighted to announce two further high quality arrivals in its UK field sales team.Richard Allen-Miles has joined as Global Account Manager, based in the UK.  Richard brings significant experience in the surveillance industry gained from a career with Mitsubishi, Richardson Electronics, TAC and others.  He will focus on global Systems Integrators and selected other major accounts.Neil Smith has also...

Fire UK, the fire systems division of Bell Security Ltd, has attained LPS 1014-certified status.  Bell regards this important third-party recognition of the quality of its installations - from the certifying audit group BRE, for the LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board) - as the attainment of a further goal in a strategy to help expand its portfolio of major customers nationwide.  Fire UK already holds BAFE/NSI Fire Gold accreditation and in recent months has made project wins in...

Axis Communications UK, the global leader in network video, has welcomed Daren Lang into the position of Business Development Manager.Daren will be responsible for developing Axis' sales activities with installation and integrator partners and to spearhead the Axis Architecture and Engineering (A&E) programme.  The recently launched A&E programme is designed to support network architects, engineers and consultants who are responsible for designing and specifying IP-based securit...

March NetworksTM, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that Banco del Bajio S.A. has selected its digital video software and systems for more than 140 retail banking branches throughout Mexico. Headquartered in Leon, Guanajuato, Banco del Bajio is the country's eighth largest financial institution with assets of more than $4 billion.  It is associated with Banco Sabadell, the fourth largest bank in Spain. Banco del Bajio is us...

CCTV transmission veteran Digby Hardy has launched a new company, VIOTRAN, offering a broad range of transmission products for both Coaxial unbalanced and Twisted Pair balanced video signal transmission.With over 10 years specialist experience in the transmission business, Hardy comments, "We have identified a growing demand for specialist providers of transmissions solutions in the CCTV sector.  VIOTRAN's comprehensive range of passive baluns, video launch amplifiers, high gain li...

On Tuesday September 11th 2007, many hundreds of Pelco employees, honoured guests and the public joined together in commemoration of the Sixth Anniversary of September 11, 2001, and to celebrate the lives of the fallen heroes from that day."We must never forget the thousands of innocent men and women who went to work that day and never returned home," explained Pelco President and CEO, David L. McDonald.  "I strongly believe that every American now shares this responsibility....

Geutebruck and its Australian partner Crimewatch Video have formed a new company, Geutebruck Pacific.  Headquartered in Sydney, with State Offices in Brisbane and Melbourne, the new venture will appoint official partner integrators, provide local training and undertake joint exhibition and direct marketing activities aimed at expanding business in the Pacific region, particularly in Australia and New Zealand.  Geutebruck is a German family firm with an outstanding record for developing...

Milestone Systems, the global leader in open platform IP video surveillance management software, has signed a Milestone Solution Partner agreement with OPAX, a video analytics developer based out of Norway.OPAX develops software with unique detection technology, a type of Video Content Analysis (VCA) that is one of the fastest growing segments in the security market at the moment.  With Research & Development conducted since 1974, OPAX is a pioneer in this rapidly growing video analytic...

Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, announced recently it has signed an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to renew its Official Worldwide Olympic Partnership for a further eight years through to the 2016 Olympic Games.  The signing ceremony, held at The Banqueting House in London, was hosted by IOC President Jacques Rogge, and Fumio Ohtsubo, President of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Under the terms of th...

Pelco is pleased to announce an exciting new collaboration with Milestone Systems, the world market leader for open platform IP video management software. The partnering of these two global industry leaders has resulted in the development of a software management platform that allows Pelco Camclosure IP and IP3701 cameras to work with Milestone's XProtect family of software.  It allows users to seamlessly integrate Milestone XProtect to Pelco Camclosure IP and IP3701."We selected M...

The Mercia Technology Seed Fund has completed an investment in Scyron, the security and surveillance services company.  The Mercia Technology Seed Fund, a leading provider of venture capital to early stage technology in the West Midlands, invested alongside Datasat, the global turnkey communication solutions company, and management.  Scyron will reinvest use the funds from the additional stake to support its further growth further into the commercial sector within the UK as well as ove...

Contigo, the leading provider of turnkey GPS solutions for asset tracking, fleet management and personal safety, is pleased to announce its partnership with Bold Technologies.  This alliance was formed to enhance the functionality of Contigo's GPS platform by providing alarm integration into the most innovative software automation platform for the security industry, Bold Manitou.Subscribers using Contigo's revolutionary 8100 indoor-locatable asset tracking beacon currently receive email and...

IndigoVision, a leading provider of IP Video security solutions, has appointed Gavin Richardson to the new role of Group Sales Director, with full responsibility for the company's global sales operation.Gavin brings to IndigoVision more than 20 years of sales and account management experience, with the last 12 years in senior sales management roles with companies such as QinetiQ and BT.  He has managed large global teams that have delivered exceptional sales growth, an attribute vital t...

Leading security solutions provider Adams Rite has opened what is believed to be one of the first facilities in the UK able to test products to the highest grades of European lock durability and safety performance standards BS EN 1125 and BS EN 179.Simon Guy, Technical Manager at Adams Rite, explains, "The Test Room is an important part of Adams Rite's extensive and ongoing European product development program.  We use this state-of-the-art facility to rigorously evaluate locking produ...

Pixim Inc., a leading provider of image sensors and processors for enterprise security cameras, announced that it has appointed Thomas Ayers to the position of vice president of engineering and promoted Dr. Justin Reyneri to chief scientist.  Both Mr. Ayers and Dr. Reyneri will join forces to develop and implement next-generation Pixim chipsets across applications for the dynamically growing security camera industry.  Pixim chipsets are already incorporated into the world's leading...

CCTV camera-based Video Smoke Detection (VSD) pioneer, D-Tec - part of AD Group - has undertaken an intensive three-day training session in Hong Kong for its partners in the Far East, the first time that the company has delivered this type of event in the region.The in-depth training was designed to strengthen D-Tec's relationship with its key partners in this fast growing area, and to offer them valuable back-up and support as they expand the customer base in the Far East for VSD technology. In...

Videotec, leading European manufacturer of CCTV products, has recently appointed Cyril Wong as Sales Manager for its subsidiary in Hong Kong. Cyril comes to Videotec after spending ten years in customer service and business management as Sales Manager with the international company Tyco Fire and Security in Hong Kong. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.In his new role, Cyril will be responsible for the development and growth of existing and...