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Theia Technologies announces the expansion of its line of high quality, megapixel resolution lenses with the new SL940 telephoto lens. With 5 megapixel resolution, IR correction and its compact size, the lens provides a combination of features rarely found in other telephoto lenses available on the market today.The new SL940 features a focal range of 9 to 40mm providing 36° to 7° horizontal field of view. With its 5 megapixel resolution, 4.5x optical zoom and 16x digital zoom capability...

The new day/night HD 1080p 2.0 MPx real-time network camera from ABUS Security-Center does not even miss the smallest of details - even at long range - in real-time with full resolution. This makes the TVIP52501 the professional surveillance tool for face recognition. With 2.0 MPx (1920 x 1080 pixels) the detection and identification range is up to four times greater, compared to VGA resolution. This yields a surveillance range of 400 percent and enables face recognition from a distance of 16...

Plustek announces its data transportation breakthrough via Dual Giga Lan as well as free storage up to 1TB for smoother picture quality and simultaneous channels for live monitoring and recording.Plustek's innovative Linux embedded Standalone NVR has surpassed the current market existing transmission speed limit by adapting Dual Giga LAN. This also means that after prioritising different monitoring areas, the choice is flexible to select a relative definition quality such as 1.3 Megapi...

Theia Technologies' Image Resolution Calculator App' for iPhones is now available. It follows the launch of the Android version in late 2010. Theia's Image Resolution Calculator app' is a tool for iPhone and Android smartphones that allows users to input video surveillance parameters and provides the corresponding image resolution from the convenience of a mobile device on location. Users input the camera resolution, sensor size, lens choice and one of 3 variables - camera distance, resolution,...

Security camera systems don't have human intelligence - but intelligent video analytics are the next best thing. Few new technologies have excited the imagination of video security professionals like video analytics. Through constant automated digital screening and filtering, video analytics can identify specific conditions and notify operators of potential issues, allowing security officials to make quick, informed decisions."The greatest value that I see in our analytics has to do with th...

Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, announced the GXV3662_HD, a new weather-proof, vandal-resistant and tampering-proof high definition (HD) IP Camera for challenging outdoor surveillance applications. Featuring multi-rate H.264 and MJPEG real-time video compression (up to HD720p), day/night mode, advanced mega-pixel CMOS sensor with wide dynamic range, integrated PoE, IP66 compliant casing, built-in heater and fan, an...

SightLogix®, Inc. announces the Video Security Trailer (VST), a self-contained perimeter security solution for temporary or long-term surveillance applications. Announced at ISC West, this next-generation system brings the same reliability and stability of SightLogix' fixed perimeter surveillance systems to temporary security applications. The SightLogix VST comes equipped with long-range SightSensor video analytic detection cameras, electronic pan/tilt positioning units, solar panels, ba...

March Networks is pleased to announce the launch of its Command video management platform. The scalable software provides customers with a sophisticated, web-based interface that is easy to use and highly customisable. Command fits easily into existing Information Technology (IT) infrastructure to ensure rapid installation and management. It also enables customers to select from hundreds of IP surveillance cameras and encoders through its support for ONVIF devices and direct integrations with le...

Interlogix™, a leader in security and life safety solutions for residential and commercial enterprises, has expanded its brand offering, including re-introducing the ITI™ and Aritech™ brands. Interlogix and its new portfolio of brands can be seen at ISC West in Las Vegas. Interlogix is a business of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.Interlogix offers some of the most-trusted names in security, and will re-introduce familiar brand names for sensors and...

Arecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, is displaying the latest additions to its MegaView™ line of all-in-one Day/Night H.264 megapixel cameras. The new 3 and 5 megapixel MegaView™ cameras are enclosed in IP66 (environmentally rated) and vandal-resistant cylindrical housings with versions available incorporating built-in IR illuminators and IR-corrected lenses. These all-in-one cameras are simple to install using an easily adjustable 3-axis brack...

IEI Technology Corp. (IEI), the global industrial PC innovator, released a 5.25" Single Board Computer (SBC), the NOVA-PV-D4251/D5251, featuring quad PCIe GbE for networking applications. The NOVA-PV-D4251/D5251 is equipped with Intel Atom D425/D525 processor. IEI Intel Atom D425/D525 SBCs are specifically designed for affordable, entry level computing with 800 MHz DDR3 memory support and an increased processor speed of 1.8 GHz. The key features of the NOVA-PV-D4251/D5251 include ASF 2.0 su...

Pelco by Schneider Electric will soon release its first product that conforms to standards developed by the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF), with the release of Digital Sentry video management software version 7.2, scheduled for May 2011. Pelco by Schneider Electric will be demonstrating this new ONVIF 1.02-conformant software during ISC West 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the Pelco booth (#16042) and at the ONVIF Plugfest on Thursday, April 7."This new software release is the lat...

 Ian Cook, VAR Sales Account Manager, Sicura Systems addressing delegates at the Global MSC Security conferenceSicura Systems attended the recent Global MSC Security conference in Bristol where Ian Cook, the company's VAR Sales Account Manager, addressed delegates on the subject of the pending Protection of Freedoms Bill and its likely effect on public space CCTV.Mr. Cook took as his starting point, the recent Gerrard/Thompson figures, which suggest that 6% of the UK's CCTV cameras are on b...

Axis Communications, the market leader in network video, presents easy-to-install indoor and outdoor professional pan/tilt/zoom dome surveillance cameras that allow users at a remote location to pan 360° over a wide area and with 18x optical zoom. The competitively priced AXIS P5522/-E PTZ Dome Network Cameras are ideal for stores, banks, museums, warehouses, parking lots, construction sites and business premises."The indoor AXIS P5522 and the outdoor-ready AXIS P5522-E are aggressively...

Panasonic network dome security cameras mean high quality video with small network allocation is coupled with noise reduction, face wide dynamic technology and vandal resistant build quality to make a fully comprehensive indoor install.PSNE launches the WV-SF346 and WV-SF342 vandal-resistant indoor network dome cameras to broaden the i-Pro SmartHD range of options for installers.Panasonic's Uniphier® technology maximises network traffic management enabling simultaneous H.264 (High-profile) a...

 SMR series comes with a wide range of models eight to 32 channels   Surveon, the complete megapixel solutions provider, announced the SMR (Smart Megapixel Recorder) Series, a further expansion of its megapixel NVR product lineup. The SMR Series meets demand for megapixel surveillance with a wide range of models that feature eight to 32 channels and accommodate two to eight hot-swappable hard disk drives with hardware RAID protection.Their high-performance recording, optimisation for m...

Remote Video Response (RVR), one of the UK's leading providers of remote monitoring services, launched a portable, monitored CCTV system that can be rapidly deployed in applications where surveillance is required on a temporary basis. RVR is a business of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp (NYSE:UTX).RVR's new and improved NAS system combines a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) day/night dome camera and wireless passive infrared (PIR) detectors within a tough, Kevlar reinforced housin...

After the series production start of their new CCD box camera models last December, two new Basler IP Camera models with CMOS sensors have followed suit. They feature 720p HD and 5 megapixel resolutions, and a third model with 1080p Full HD resolution is due to follow next month.The BIP2-1280c-dn high definition model provides real-time video at a frame rate of up to 30 fps using MJPEG, MPEG-4, and H.264 compression. The BIP2-2500c-dn IP Fixed Box Camera model is equipped with a 5 megapixel sens...

 BSIA's breakfast event was related to data destruction which has proved beneficial for trade associationsThe British Security Industry Association (BSIA)'s Information Destruction Section held an exclusive breakfast briefing for senior staff of trade associations, to raise awareness on the importance of effective data destruction strategies, legislations surrounding sensitive data management and consequences for non-compliance. The briefing took place on Friday 1st April at the Institute o...

 Optex releases new innovative wireless products and launches an ipod competition Optex Europe, leading developers and manufacturers in the field of wireless detection technology, has launched a competition that offers security installers the opportunity to win one of five iPod Touches. The prize draw, which runs from April to August with a winner selected each month, is being run by the company to coincide with the release of its new innovative wireless products.The HX80N is a ne...

 SightLogix welcomes aboard former U.S. homeland security and state and government intelligence professional, Jack TomarchioSightLogix, Inc., the leader in outdoor video analytics systems for perimeter security applications, announces the appointment of Jack Tomarchio to its Board of Directors. Mr. Tomarchio is a respected homeland security and intelligence professional and will help in guiding the strategic direction of the company to grow in the federal, state and local government markets...

 Global Armour SA EOD Suit is designed with the operators comfort and protection as the primary focusGlobal Armour SA's exclusive worldwide EOD partner, Defence and Security Equipment International Ltd (DSE International), has announced the sale of 17 Complete Sets of Global Armour EOD suits to an unspecified Indian State Police Force. This follows the sale of 32 suits to another Indian Police Force only last month. As part of the procurement process for the order, these suits were independ...

 Nursing students rely on the Unitec network to connect to a secure web-based central server and upload details Unitec New Zealand is a major tertiary education provider that offers postgraduate and degree level study, as well as vocational education and training to more than 50,000 students. Unitec has around 55 full time IT staff members that manage a network of approximately 4,000 connected nodes, seventy five percent of which are workstations. There are also approximately 300 to 40...

 Guangdong Unicom selected Proxim's Tsunami MP point-to-multipoint broadband wireless solutionsLeading all of the country's provinces and municipalities in gross domestic product, exports, retail sales and industrial output, Guangdong Province is at the heart of China's trading success. Bordering Hong Kong in southern China, Guangdong is China's largest recipient of foreign direct investment and generates the country's highest international tourism earnings. To provide effective telecommun...

 WSF has utilised a combination of Proxim's Tsunami MP.11 5054 R base station units and Tsunami MP.11 5054 LR The Washington State Ferry (WSF) system deployed Proxim's license free WiMAX solutions to provide wireless backhaul to their entire fleet of vessels, enabling them to offer Wi Fi access to all passengers. WSF has utilised a combination of Proxim's Tsunami MP.11 5054 R base station units and Tsunami MP.11 5054 LR base and subscriber units to provide point to multipoint connectivity w...

 BSIA members preview this year's Moscow International Protection, Security and Fire Safety (MIPS) exhibition due on the 26th - 29th AprilMembers of the British Security Industry Association's Export Council have given an exclusive preview of what visitors can expect to see at this year's Moscow International Protection, Security and Fire Safety (MIPS) exhibition, which takes place from 26th- 29th April.As the trade association representing the UK's private security industry, the Briti...

 The metadata extracted from the video as it is being recorded is used by FiND for creation of databaseLeading CCTV storage systems manufacturer, Visimetrics (UK) Ltd, will be launching the result of a £1M research and development project at IFSEC this year. FiND will significantly reduce the search time of large periods of CCTV recordings for key points of evidence. The R&D project team includes the DTI's Technology Strategy Board, Loughborough University, PERA and Visimetrics.Cr...

 Bosch's objective is to achieve a return on sales between 7 and 8 percent despite the earthquake in JapanThe Bosch Group has made a good start to fiscal year 2011. Despite uncertainty in the wake of the events in Japan, it continues to see favourable prospects for growth and earnings. "No one can say at this point what the precise effects of the disaster in Japan will be. Nonetheless, we remain confident that our sales will pass the 50-billion-euro mark for the first time in 2011,&quo...

 Various teams including security, medical, transportation, parking, sports, anti-doping etc. used Cassidian RadiosThe Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in February-March this year were accompanied by a TETRA system based on Cassidian technology securing the radio communication. Radio communication was crucial for the accomplishment of the event and according to the Norwegian TETRA service provider TC Connect, the expectations for the system performance were high: 100% availabilit...

  SeeView and Alvarion team up to offer hybrid wireless video surveillance in the U.S.  SeeView Security, Inc. (SeeView) announced today that it has teamed up with global leader in Broadband Wireless Access Alvarion, to offer hybrid wireless video surveillance systems to the federal government market in North America. SeeView's solutions consist of IP-based surveillance camera systems combined with Alvarion's industry leading broadband wireless systems to offer the Federal Governm...