Notes from Norstrom

For many years, manned guarding has been the mainstay of the security industry.  But the cost of manned guarding is rising fast, which is why Shield Security Limited of Port Talbot has worked with Siemens Building Technologies Security Products to develop a solution which is not only far less costly, but also much more effective. When it was founded twenty years ago as a provider of on-site guarding services, Shield Security Ltd. was typically charging clients around £250 per week fo...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd., the world-leading supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and the Polish security specialist ID Electronics Ltd. have signed a licence agreement.With their long experience in the field of access control and other security systems and their broad base of satisfied customers, the partnership with ID Electronics contributes to strengthening LEGIC's position in Eastern Europe.ID Electronics was established in 1993 and playe...

Situations are seldom more serious for the emergency services than when a potentially explosive gas leak occurs.  Therefore Newport Pagnell's Fire Brigade had no hesitation in calling out Dyno-Secure when they were unable to gain entry to a property where the owners were on holiday.Events unfolded when a neighbour realised there was a strong smell of gas coming from the house next door where the family had been away for some days.  The fire brigade was alerted and, despite having t...

Industry veteran Bob Schindler was recently appointed National Sales and Key Accounts Manager for CCTV Sales for the Fujinon Broadcast and Communications Products Division. In his new role, Schindler will restructure Fujinon's CCTV division, supervise and support its regional managers nationwide, significantly expand sales, and raise awareness of Fujinon's CCTV lenses across the diverse customer base."Fujinon makes superior CCTV lenses and has a well-established, proven track record...

Panasonic's award winning System Solutions Division has established themselves as not only security manufacturing specialists but also as an integral fixture on IFSEC's floor plan for over 25 years now and will be exhibiting again at this years show, held at Birmingham's NEC from the 21st-24th May 2007.With new products including additions to the award winning i-pro range such as the WV-NS202 Colour Network Dome; featuring Super Dynamic III technology, and the slim line WJ-ND200 NDR; with remova...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, is the destination for visitors wanting to enhance their knowledge regarding the developments in IP-surveillance at IFSEC 2007. Visitors to the Axis stand will witness the unveiling of five new products in total, including a new family of megapixel cameras.  Axis will be demonstrating its recently launched products at IFSEC, such as the new AXIS 247S Video Server which converts one stream of analogue video into high quality...

Leading manned guarding company First Security has achieved Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) status for CCTV from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and its CCTV Training Centre has received Skills for Security and National Open College Network (NOCN) approval.One of the few training centres in the country to be officially accredited, First Security's training centre at Caledonia House will offer four-day courses in CCTV system operation and monitoring, in line with new legislation on Pub...

Featured at the show will be the new Cooper Fire range of conventional, bi-wire and analogue fire systems, the new Grade 2 intruder panel from Scantronic, the latest Mseries M2000 Grade 3 intruder panel from Menvier and the brand new Scantronic access control range At this year's Firex exhibition, Cooper Security, the name behind leading brands Menvier and Scantronic, is previewing a whole new series of product ranges.  These include the Cooper Fire range of conventional, bi-wire and an...

Video Domain's miniature DVR with cellular communications is a finalist in IFSEC 2007 Security Innovations Awards.  The DV-58/CELL is a stand-alone, miniature DVR integrating Cellular Technology, Sleep Mode and Advanced Video Motion Detection.  It has been designed to provide operational solutions for the following requirements:Can operate in any site without electricity or telephone linesCan operate with battery power, drawing only 10mA in sleep modeCan remain in the field for long pe...

Livestock Poultry Health Program upgrades security and productivity Brivo Systems, LLC, the leader in web applications for access control and security systems, announces that Clemson University's Livestock Poultry Health Programs in Columbia, SC, has installed Brivo's ACS WebService to ensure full access control of their facility.  The Livestock Poultry Health facility houses four agricultural departments and sees upwards of 200 staff and visitors a day.  ADT Security Systems of Colum...

The Mosaic Group, one of the UK's largest fashion retailers, has ambitious plans to expand into Europe and has decided to stay committed to a British manufacturer to supply the digital video recording equipment for its new branches.As part of Mosaic's drive into Europe, Videoswitch DVRs have so far been installed at stores in Amsterdam, Dublin, Hamburg and the Hague with more to follow in the near future. Mosaic, renowned for its highly fashionable but affordable clothing, trades under a...

Zoom lenses from Rainbow are being installed across Dublin as the Irish police force (Garda) expands and upgrades city centre security systems.The lenses, which have various focal lengths, are being used at shopping precincts, tourists quarters, leisure facilities and on river frontage.  Extensive use is being made of 7.5-112.5mm models.  These are functioning from high-resolution cameras and are used in colour, monochrome and infrared modes according to the nature of the site and ligh...

High-resolution bullet cameras from Rainbow are being used for security monitoring and licence plate recognition at the vehicle terminal serving Europe's busiest port, Dover.  The cameras are allowing Kent Police to observe both freight and car traffic at the Eurotunnel plaza in Folkestone which connects with the M20 motorway.  They are being used within ticket machines and operator's booths, the system activation being hardware triggers from loops on traffic lanes or contact closure w...

Specialist IP CCTV supplier Controlware Communications has been shortlisted for the Best Project Award as well as the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) award for use of technology for improving public safety at this years IFSEC Innovation awards.The judging panel were specifically looking for innovative installations that have a significant impact on public safety and have selected the North Lanarkshire Council project Controlware have been working on with partners ntl:Telewest Busines...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the world leading supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and Simet s.r.l., designer and manufacturer of products in the fields of industrial automation, data collection and safety, have signed a licence partnership. Simet extends its range of contactless identification products with personal identification technology of LEGIC.Simet was established in 1982 in Turin, Italy, and originally designed, engineered and manufactured...

COE Ltd, the developer and supplier of advanced video systems, has just celebrated the completion of two major rail upgrade projects in Spain with its X-Net transmission system.  Both projects are part of the high speed rail system upgrades currently in progress across the country.The Barcelona to Madrid high speed rail link is 300Km long and continuous monitoring of the rail link is provided by more than five hundred COE Series 300 and X-Net OPT-1 long haul fibre video links.  This is...

Senai International Airport, one of Malaysia's fastest growing airport hubs, has installed IndigoVision's IP Video technology to provide site-wide CCTV surveillance.  The Airport is located at the southern gateway of the Malaysian Peninsula in one of the country's strategic development zones, the newly launched Iskandar Development Region.  The airport has both a passenger terminal and a separate logistics and cargo complex, with plans to handle 2 million tonnes of cargo a...

In keeping with tradition, Videotec will exhibit at IFSEC introducing several new products:Medusa is the new benchmark for enclosure for speed domes and network PTZ cameras.  Built in solid aluminium alloy, with a optically correct window made in polycarbonate, Medusa offers a innovative patented installation system A complete range of camera housings for thermal cameras applications.  Ideal for a extremely wide range of applications such as: fire monitoring and rescue, public safety,...

NICE Systems will be providing a live demonstration of its complete end-to-end IP video security solution, NiceVision Net, managed by the NiceVision ControlCenter application suite, at IFSEC 2007. Launched earlier this year NiceVision Net is part of the NiceVision suite.  It provides an enterprise-class, scalable and open IP system that includes edge devices, network video recorders (NVRs), video content analytics, extensive event management and control room visualisation.NiceVision Net ena...

NetView is an IP-based video management software system that provides a "virtual" matrix, event handling and video decoding capabilities.  It is a state-of-the-art replacement for legacy analogue matrices and as a software-based application it can provide multiple monitor capability via any PC on a network with a traditional CCTV keyboard joystick. NetView ensures that authorized personnel can track, view, map and identify potential threats immediately over multiple monitors with...

The new Videx Security website at http://www.videx-security.com/ is now up and running.  It has been completely redesigned to provide the site visitor with comprehensive information about the company and its door entry and access control products in a simple and user friendly way.Key features include a range of technical and literature downloads covering the complete Videx range.  You can also register and join the company's mailing list to receive automatic updates on any aspects...

smarti®, a complete multimodal biometric access control and time & attendance solution, has been shortlisted for the IFSEC Security Industry Awards in the Best New Access Control Product category for the second successive year.  Last year the smarti® Alcor unit was among the six finalists and this year the BSIA (British Security Industry Association) shortlisted the new smarti® Castor unit among the six best new access control products for the year 2007. smarti® manufact...

Chubb Security Personnel, one of the UK's leading manned guarding companies, has launched a specific operation dedicated to the supply and management of temporary security officers for use in retail, construction and Facilities Management (FM) environments.  Chubb Security Personnel is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).Ed Walker, Operations Manager, explains:  "We have provided temporary staff to a number of businesses, large and s...

Optex Europe, the leading manufacturer of internal and external detection technology, has promoted Nigel Hackett to Director in charge of sales within its REDWALL RVR division.  He will be responsible for managing and developing markets for external sensors in Europe and the Middle East, with specific emphasis on the remote video response sector. Nigel has worked in the security industry for more than 20 years, and has extensive knowledge particularly of the CCTV and systems integration bus...

ACTi's SED-2310Q video server has been successfully implemented in Cisco's wireless video monitoring system for the Cheever Racing/Crown Royal Daytona Prototype team in the Grand American Road Racing Series. There are four analog cameras mounted at different locations on the race car to monitor different areas such as the driver's upper body movements, the view in the front, the view in the back, etc.  The ACTi SED-2310Q compresses the input to real-time, full D1 @ 30 fps MPEG-4 video and t...

Sophisticated technology from Bosch Security Systems (BSS) is playing a central role in a major new CCTV installation by CDS (Computerised & Digital Security Systems) at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, as it migrates its existing analogue CCTV system over to IP.The system, specified by the University in conjunction with specialist consultants Global MSC Security, is an entirely Bosch-based solution comprising primarily fully-functional high-speed domes and associated transmission and dig...

VEREX, part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp., announces the release of Director V4.62, the latest version of the security management software used to manage all of VEREX's integrated products such as MONITOR xL, MONITOR ISM, and NetVision - and will be demonstrating it at IFSEC 2007."The new features in Director V4.62 were implemented to comply with the rigorous IT security policies of some of the world's largest financial institutions.  These new fe...

Honeywell will showcase a number of new products at IFSEC 2007 in Birmingham.  Honeywell Security will spotlight its ActivEye video analytics software; the ACUIX™ dome camera range; WIN-PAK® SE/PE with GALAXY integration - a single interface combining access control and video with intrusion detection; the Viewguard motion detector and the Domonial Tech Server wireless alarm system. "The products and integrated solutions being introduced at IFSEC are each timely responses to s...

Again VTQ Videotronik GmbH will take part at the IFSEC 2007 in Birmingham.  It will present a COFDM wireless system of the newest generation - its digital wireless video system O.R.C.A. II.  This system offers all features necessary for an optimal digital wireless transmission in DVD quality.  Thanks to its COFDM modulation and MPEG2 compression the video transmission operates highly stabile.  A mobile transmission with a high range is even in a heavily built-up area no...

Honeywell announces that its Domonial CMI800+ wireless security system has been shortlisted for ‘Best New Intruder Alarm Product' at the IFSEC 2007 Awards, to be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel on Monday 21st May.The Domonial CMI800+ combines the latest wireless technology with innovative design and features such as automated installation checking and remote servicing to produce the very best in intruder detection.  It is suitable for residential or commerc...