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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...

The capability of CCTV systems has changed dramatically in recent years with the move from analogue to digital allowing more powerful and flexible systems to be rolled out for commercial and public space surveillance; the ability to record more pictures per second (driven by the development of more powerful video signal processors); cheaper storage; mobile systems on buses and trains; the increasing application of CCTV in a networked environment and new ways to automatically analyse images - fro...

The RequirementHeatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust is an acute trust based in east Berkshire.  The Trust has two main hospital sites, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park in Slough, and four subsidiary clinic sites.  It has initiated a series of security measures aimed at improving security for patients, staff and hospital visitors.  Kay Loudon-Bruce, Head of Security at the Trust explains, "The genesis of the security system was in 1999 when we had had a number...

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)...

Complus Teltronic's 2007 series of intercom workshops came to a successful conclusion on Thursday 22nd November at the Western Business Centre, near Stansted.  Other venues for the autumn series were located in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Coventry and Bristol.Topics covered included the latest advances in IP (internet protocol) technology, which reduces cabling costs and allows advanced networking functions.  Intercoms for disabled refuges to BS5839 Part 9 have wide spread appl...

Axis Communications, the global leader within network video, is experiencing increasing interest in its training program - Axis Communications' Academy.  The extended use of network cameras in various applications around the world is one reason for this.  However, the main driver is the ongoing technology shift from analogue CCTV to IP-based video surveillance systems.To support Axis partners and customers globally, Axis' Academy conducts training at a number of locations in the US, Eu...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, announced today that IMS Research estimate Axis' global market share for network cameras at 32%.In the same report*, IMS rank all vendors providing video surveillance equipment, including digital and analogue security equipment such as cameras, recording solutions and video servers/encoders.  "Axis has moved from 12th in the world in last year's study to be positioned 8th in 2006.  This is very impressive for a co...

Ipsotek has opened the UK's first video analytics training centre.  Courses aimed at Value Added Resellers (VARS), specifiers, integrators, consultants and end-users will cover the theory and practice of behavioural analytics.  Few dispute the importance of CCTV analytics but with its educational Partner Programme, Ipsotek is the only developer offering formal training in this rapidly emerging technology.The courses - primarily for sales and technical professionals - are set at three l...

An innovative combination of proven external detectors using shared patented technology from Optex Europe is playing an integral part in preventing the theft of precious and often valuable animals from a local zoo in Alfriston, East Sussex.  Drusillas Park covers 15 acres and it is widely regarded as the best small zoo in the UK.Drusillas Park opted for Optex Europe's detectors on the advice of the systems specialist Haven Security, following a spate of thefts from zoos last year, including...

Frost & Sullivan will host a free telephone and web briefing on Thursday 29 November 2007 at 14.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of the recently published study focusing on the European Active RFID Market.The increasing need to track assets and people is creating tremendous opportunities for active RFID market.  Moreover, the ability to track in real time and the accuracy of the active RFID systems are driving the adoption in many end user segments such as h...

Edward Troha, Director of Marketing for ObjectVideo, questions the actual intelligence of some video analytics packages. While roaming the halls of the seemingly endless stream of security and surveillance trade shows, have you ever asked yourself if all of the devices and software and solutions that claim to be "intelligent" really are?  No way.  Perhaps the more important question is "what can you do today to most effectively educate yourself on the fact and fict...

Secure Design KK, the Japanese developer of biometrics fingerprint authentication technology, announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire 53.9% of Beyond LSI Inc ("BLSI"), a Japanese company which provides biometric fingerprint solutions for a wide variety of applications, such as cell phones, personal computers and physical access to its technologies for algorithms, LSI and embedded network systems.BLSI was established by members of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Under t...

With great honour, VIVOTEK is pleased to announce its receiving of the 16th Taiwan National Outstanding Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Award, the highest honorary recognition for SMEs in Taiwan.  The awardees were all praised by Taiwan's Vice President on the award ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Taipei Hotel on October 30, 2007.The National Outstanding SMEs Award is bestowed on small and medium size companies that are stable and have an extremely promising future.  After a r...

If you happened to read my recent article referring to my passion for the motorcar, you may be surprised to learn that I ever walk anywhere.  However, it is often necessary to put the car keys away and opt for a more environmentally friendly mode of transport to travel the few hundred yards from car to shop, cinema, restaurant or similar establishment.When walking in our town and city centres on a Friday or Saturday night, it is hard not to be struck by the level of anti-social behaviour -...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, has reached a milestone in its business.  The company has now delivered one million network cameras since it launched the world's first network camera 11 years ago.  The market is showing increasing interest in network video products for various security installations.  In the first half of 2007, the company increased its sales in the video product segment by more than 40 per cent.Since the launch of the first...

VIVOTEK is pleased to announce the spin-off of its SoC Department into a subsidiary company, VATICS INC.  VIVOTEK held a grand opening on September 14th to celebrate this milestone and officially declare this news to the public.VATICS will still specialize in the development of multimedia SoC (System-on-Chip).  Prior to the spin-off, VATCIS had successfully developed an encode SoC, called VVTK-1000, that is currently used for all VIVOTEK's 7000-series IP surveillance product lines...

When it comes to remotely monitored CCTV, fact can often be stranger than fiction as the operators at one hardworking RVRC (Remote Video Response Centre) I talked to in the North of England can testify.One of the most blatant examples, captured by their cameras, concerns a mother and daughter who decided to stage a forecourt ‘incident' at a motor dealership.  While waiting for the daughter's car to be fixed an apparently dishevelled mother told garage staff that she had slipped on som...

Nicolas Richter, Head of Security Products for Siemens Building Technologies, looks at the increasing importance of interoperability in the security market. In trying to identify the greatest driver in the security market at the moment, I would have to say interoperability.  If you look at intrusion, for example, it is no longer just intrusion, particularly in the commercial sector.  The access control system operates during office hours but then out of hours, yes, you have the i...

A revolutionary new online tool developed by Geutebruck promises to eliminate tedious paperwork and drastically reduce the time taken to produce tender documents for CCTV projects.  Their Interactive Specifier Library is now available free to planners, installers and architects at www.geutebrueck.com/isl/.In the Interactive Specifier Library you select system components from an extensive list.  As you click, the ISL collates the appropriate tender texts to generate a full tender specif...

Reed Exhibitions, organisers of leading US events ISC West and ISC East, have selected SourceSecurity.com as sole European / EMEA news and content provider for their newly launched website, ISC365.com.SourceSecurity.com, the leading European portal and promotional medium serving the security industry, will be providing news and content on a real-time basis."We recognise that the security industry is a global one, and that there is an increasing need to provide our audiences with news and is...

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 ...

Milestone Systems, the global leader for open platform IP video management software, last week held its fourth international partner conference, called MIPS, the Milestone Integration Platform Symposium.  The event gathered over 200 participants in Denmark, coming from 27 countries and representing 85 companies: distributors, system integrators, solution partners and manufacturers of IP network surveillance systems. Designed to build knowledge and increase business skills for the Milestone...

When it comes to safety in the skies while the primary focus must be on the heightened terrorist threat, the same CCTV solutions can also be applied as a powerful tool to deal with a much more common and extremely disruptive problem, namely 'air rage' which can, in the worst cases, lead to physical assault and aircraft having to be diverted.Most of us on our travels will have come across examples of ill tempered, abusive, intoxicated and out of control passengers, for flight attendants a...

A leader in the manufacture of video security equipment, Pelco is pleased to announce several exciting new additions to its product line, which will be exhibited at the ASIS 2007 annual seminar and exhibits in Las Vegas next month. "We pride ourselves on consistently demonstrating excellence - with our fanatical customer service, on-time delivery, and by offering the broadest product line in the industry," says Scott Schafer, Pelco Sr. Vice President, North American Sales and Mark...

SourceSecurity.com took the time to catch up with the CEO and President of the company that invented the network camera more than 10 years ago, Axis Communications, to ask him whether the era of IP-based surveillance had arrived and what obstacles remain in the way of more widespread adoption. SourceSecurity.com: Do you think IP-Surveillance has finally come of age? Ray Mauritsson: Yes and it is not just Axis saying this.  You only need to look at the growth of sales of the network...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has launched a new CCTV Solutions guide to deliver in-depth details of the company's entire product range, from entry level to high performance enterprise systems.The landmark 44 page guide, which coincides with Dedicated Micros 25th Anniversary, represents the first time that the company has published a comprehensive overview of its CCTV products and their performance capabilities in one, convenient, reference guide. Crucially, the publication includes deta...

As the new school year fast approaches the issue for the authorities and operators alike of dangerous student behaviour on buses will once again be centre stage.  Disruptive pupils are problematic enough in a classroom environment but on a moving bus some of their antics can be positively life threatening.  Typical incidents can range from minor damage to seats and graffiti to in the worst case scenario large-scale fights breaking out near the driver, distracting him or...

Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, has published financial results for the first six months of 2007, confirming Axis' strong sales growth of 44 per cent in its core market of network video products and fortifying the company's market leadership both globally and in the EMEA region.For the first six months of 2007, Axis Communications reported total net sales of SEK* (Swedish Krona) 748 M, compared to SEK 540 M for the corresponding period in 2006, delivering an incr...

Schneider Electric announced today the acquisition of California-based Pelco Inc., a privately held company.  Pelco is a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of video security systems.Pelco will further strengthen Schneider Electric's Building Automation offeringCommercial, industrial and residential buildings represent more than 50% of Schneider Electric business.  Building automation, which encompasses power and HVAC control, electronic security and fire...

Located on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport, the Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel is a modern, elegant hotel.  One of the largest hotels in the UK, it offers a wide range of facilities including 649 comfortable bedrooms, a 28 room dedicated conference centre catering for up to 700 delegates, Business Centre, health club, brassiere restaurant and lounge bar.Ensuring the smooth operation of the hotel’s day-to-day running requires a not insubstantial measure of professional management,...