Notes from Norstrom

IQinVision, market leader in high-performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, recently announced that Poland's Silesian University has deployed IQeye 705 megapixel cameras to support critical global climate research.  IQinVision distributor Suma Sp. introduced the IQeye technology to the university. Silesian Earth Science faculty have conducted research for over 25 years on changes at the Spitsbergen glacier for the Hansbreen tongue and its...

Visimetrics have recently provided the digital recording solution for the CCTV upgrade of the West Coast Main Line's 17 stations operated by Virgin Trains.  The recording solution for the project is based upon the integration of FASTAR, VADER and OCTAR DVR systems tailored specifically to meet the recording profiles required at each station on the line.The national rail network effectively categorises each station depending on its use, footfall and importance to the network.  With a va...

Cognitec Systems, a leader in face recognition technology and systems, today announced that its FaceVACS technology has been selected by the Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA) of Taiwan as the core face recognition software for its ePassports initiative.Cognitec face recognition software is integrated within the CryptoMetrics VisMatch solution that is utilized to confirm the identity of passport applicants.  These biometric solutions utilize scanned passport applicant photos, processed to In...

"Savoir vivre" in FrankfurtIn the middle of the hectic Frankfurt banking district, tranquility can be found at the traditional Le Méridien Parkhotel Frankfurt.  Located in the idyllic Wiesenhüttenplatz, a street surrounded by trees, the hotel, which was built in 1905, offers its guests a superior standard of comfort as well as a discreet and courteous service with all the flair of a grand old establishment.  Guests are guaranteed a haven of comfort and relaxa...

Specialist recording and storage systems manufacturer, Visimetrics, has appointed a new Business Development Manager to focus on the company's growing IP-centric recording solutions.Mark Blackwood joins the company with more than 20 years security industry experience, most recently at ADI where he was responsible for business development of IP-based CCTV solutions.Mark will be supporting current and future customers with system design and technical consultancy specifically in the area of IP-base...

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...

  Mobile Network Leaders Help Accelerate Adoption and Deployment of Next-Generation 4G WiMAX Wireless Technology Continuing to help advance mobile WiMAX wireless technology, mobile broadband technology companies Alvarion Ltd. and Huawei Technologies ('Huawei' ) - leaders in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world - have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). The group was formed in June 2008 by members of the WiMAX...

Waterland Hospital chooses IQinVision and Keyprocessor for integrated security.IQinVision, market leader in high-performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, today announced that the Waterland Hospital in Purmerend, the Netherlands, has deployed IQinVision megapixel IP cameras to achieve superior video surveillance results.  Keyprocessor installed the security system in which video surveillance, access control, parking management, and interco...

The 1st of June 2008 saw the official birth of a new name in UK security and fire systems provision - Niscayah Limited.The date marked the culmination of the visual identity change and renaming process for the staff and offices of the former Bell Security.The business, established in 1986, announced at the turn of the year that it would follow its parent, Niscayah Group (formerly Securitas Systems), into the new branding programme designed to provide a unified, international identity for the spe...

UK distributor QED have modernised and refreshed their brand.  QED say they have done this to help highlight their new product ranges and service offering.  The new brand adopts a strong purple colour theme that will be used throughout their new literature, website and all communications. QED Marketing Manager Matt Byrom commented: "The brand refresh will allow us to communicate more effectively to our customers and help us keep our service at the highest level.  This is not...

In one of the most challenging CCTV projects anywhere in the country, one of CBC's Ganz C-Allview high-speed ruggedised PTZ cameras has been fixed to a 90ft vertical cliff-face to capture unique live images of nesting sea birds. The camera has been installed on a cliff-face 70ft above the sea at Portland, Dorset, with images of guillemots and other birds relayed back to a visitor centre at the nearby lighthouse. Jason Fathers, director of specialist wildlife-watching company Wildlife Windows, in...

IndigoVision's integrated IP Video solution has been used to upgrade two Greek casinos to fully-digital CCTV surveillance, in full compliance with the demanding Greek gaming laws.  The Casino Rio, located north of the Western port city of Patras and Casino Xanthi, which is situated in the Northeast city of the same name, are now both benefiting from vastly improved CCTV systems. The two projects, totalling nearly 300 cameras, were installed by IndigoVision's local partner ILKA S.A., who wor...

German Distributor Videor again received the Axis Security Distributor of the Year Award in the whole of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) this year for its extremely good cooperation.  Lars Paulsson (Axis Regional Director EMEA & South America) and Bodil Sonesson (Vice President Sales) from Axis presented Uwe Höppner (Security Product Manager at Videor) with the award at the Distributor Conference 2008 in Forte Village, Sardinia.  127 Axis customers from over 30 countries at...

Siemens Building Technologies Security Systems has completed a £400 thousand pound refurbishment and upgrade of a unique control room, which provides Enfield Council, along with other organisations in the area, with all their monitoring, alarm and response needs. The Enfield Public Safety Centre (EPSC) in Edmonton was officially opened in May 2003 providing a combined CCTV control, traffic enforcement and alarm receiving base 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Bringing together First...

When property developer Bowmore Estates wanted state of the art security systems for its inspired development at Bowden Hill, in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, it turned to local installer - Total Fire and Security Ltd, who recommended the equally inspired Bosch Easy Series intruder alarm system. The Bowden Hill development, situated in a rural position outside the National Trust village of Lacock, comprises four new post and beam constructed homes from Germany manufactured by Huf Haus....

Network cameras from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by integrator Encom, to support Park West Enterprise Centre Management Company (PWEC).  PWEC manages the Park West Enterprise Centre in West Dublin, Ireland, which contains more than 80 companies and is set within the Park West Business Park which itself is home to more than 240 companies, employing more than 8,000 employees. PWEC called upon the services of one of Ireland's leading IP-Sur...

Videor invites for his next Information Days in the U.K now.  With a focus on Video over IP, the distributor will present his brands Aimetis, AXIS, eneo and Netavis and ensure that participants have a detailed and informative presentation on the brands.  An acute theme and numbers are limited, for this reason it is important to take an early opportunity to come and learn more about Video over IP and test the products on the day with lunch included.  The dates are:24 June 2008 - Ay...

Globally-operating Octavian Security is taking its industry leading standards to Spain to help businesses in the country enhance their own offerings.Octavian Seguridad, to be led by former US Army intelligence officer Ocie Eduardo Mathenia Golderos and Valencia University economics graduate, Jose Carlos Fuster, will operate initially from Alicante.The Spanish operation, which will also open branches in Valencia, Murcia, and Barcelona, complements existing Octavian Security offices in the UK and...

Legoland® site contains approximately 55 million Lego® bricks set in 150 acres of parkland and is visited by 1.5 million annually.Vikings' River Splash, the latest, largest, wettest ride at Legoland® Windsor, required optimum security surveillance to ensure customer safety and efficient operation.  Staff at the Berkshire attraction are now able to watch visitors from two control desks at any point on their journey through the rapids ride.  DES Security Systems were cho...

March Networks, a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Trax Retail Solutions, Inc. and its affiliated company. Scottsdale, Arizona based Trax is a leading provider of enterprise software for loss prevention, store operations control and profit optimization solutions within the retail sector. The agreement calls for the payment by March Networks of cash and com...

Shrinkage through theft has been well documented as being an area of major concern for all retailers, with estimated losses industry wide close to £2 billion in the UK over the past 12 months.  One of the UK's leading supermarket chains Sainsbury's, with an estate of 558 stores and 240 petrol filling stations (PFS), admits to suffering losses in line with average figures for the retail industry. Sainsbury's Technical Security Specialist Ray Waddington has been responsible for technic...

When New Zealand's Foodstuffs South Island Ltd. began crafting a blueprint for a common, chain-wide security and loss prevention platform, a key requirement was that all the pieces had to fit together. The challenge Foodstuffs South Island, a 137-store supermarket co-operative in New Zealand, offered its members a full range of head office-type services, including warehousing and distribution, marketing and advertising, accounting and information technology.  However, responsibility for l...

Mission Hughes and Hughes, Ireland's fastest-growing bookstore chain, required a cost-effective surveillance system to provide easy access to high quality images which could be used as evidence in cases of theft, vandalism or fraud across ten airport-based outlets including six at Dublin Airport.  The system needed to be straightforward to install and integrate with the airport's existing IT network infrastructure. Solution OmniSys is Hughes and Hughes' IT consultancy, responsible for su...

One of the largest leisure developments in the UK, Bradford Leisure Exchange, provides the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire with an entertainment complex that caters for thousands of visitors each week.  Comprising 205,000 sq ft of prime leisure space, its tenants include a Cine UK multiplex cinema, Hollywood Bowl, Pizza Hut, Frankie & Benny's, Nando's and a large Holiday Inn hotel.  With a multi-million pound annual turnover, Bradford Leisure Exchange is renowned as an integral...

Located in the Walker Hill Hotel on the tranquil slopes of Acha mountain in Seoul, Walker Hill Casino features 3,000 square meters of gaming space, 200 slot machines, 150 gaming tables and specially designed VIP tables. There were two key aspects of the new system installation at the planning stage of a digital security development in the casino, firstly optimised recording speed and quality and, secondly, watermarking. To view recording at a minimum of 30 images per second, in real time and f...

The challenge One of the UK's leading sportswear retailers, JD Sports, has undertaken a security overhaul of some of their stores as part of a major refurbishment program. The solution JD Sports worked with consultants and installers Integrated Electronic Security (IES) who specified a digitally networked security system based on Dedicated Micros' DS2 multiplexers and Dennard's dome cameras. AIan Baker at IES says, "With shops on most UK high streets and large stock distribution warehouses i...

Zenitel, international market leader in integrated communication solutions for the professional market, confirms how it gave security a voice this month at IFSEC 2008, the leading global event for the security industry.  With nearly 32,000 people attending the show, many identified Zenitel security solutions appropriate to their needs, including the STENTOFON talking CCTV system and the newly designed station range. Zenitel, with over 60 years of experience in major security and p...

VIVOTEK is honored that its new product PZ7151/7152 received the most prestigious SecuTech Award 2008, within the ‘Digital Surveillance' category, and was also chosen as ‘the most favoured product' by SecuTech online readers.  This award was announced at Asia's largest international security exhibition - SecuTech - in Taipei, Taiwan.VIVOTEK's PZ7151 (PoE) /PZ7152 (WLAN), equipped with a progressive scan CCD sensor and pan-focus 2.6x optical zoom lens, is a high-performance netwo...

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...

Honeywell recently launched The Security Channel™, a dynamic new website featuring a wide selection of videos that showcase the newest security technologies, introduce viewers to leading industry personalities and examine real-world security projects.  The Security Channel's inaugufral programming lineup includes an inside look at a digital video surveillance application at Washington's RFK Stadium, part of a series of video case studies that demonstrate the application of video surve...