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 Andrew Maynard and Darren Conquer will provide telephonic support for Samsung's security productsSamsung Techwin Europe Ltd has strengthened its technical support team with the appointment of Andrew Maynard and Darren Conquer as Technical Engineers.Andrew Maynard, who has worked as a Service Engineer within the electronic security industry for ten years, was until recently with WOT Security whilst Darren Conquer has been a Senior Technical Support Engineer for Videoswitch, where he ha...

Milestone's IP software is number one in the world, five times in a row, according to IMS ResearchPhoto: Finn BrondumAt three o'clock on the afternoon of 14th June, the Danish royal ship Dannebrog was the setting for His Royal Highness Prince Henrik to hand out this year's King Frederik IX award for Excellence in Export. Milestone Systems CEO & President Lars Thinggaard proudly accepted this honour.Since its founding twelve years ago, Milestone Systems has established itself as an...

The increase in market share is a result of remarkable sales growth with a full range of 2-megapixel cameraVIVOTEK Inc. announced rapid worldwide growth in sales of its megapixel network cameras in the first quarter of 2010, as a result of remarkable sales growth with a full range of 2-megapixel cameras. According to market research firm IMS Research, VIVOTEK have made impressive market share gains in EMEA and the Americas. Alastair Hayfield, Research Manager at IMS Research commented: "Meg...

Intersport placed an order for 25 Axis network cameras and AXIS Camera Station softwareMissionAt 4,000 square metres in size, the Intersport Megastore in Roermond is a prominent member of the International Intersport organisation. The retail store, located in a 35,000 square metre retail park in the south of the Netherlands, is open 363 days a year. A large surface area implies a large number of visitors and a wide range of products. Under these conditions video surveillance is an absolute neces...

Manufacturers who receive the awards are both nominated and voted for by professional security installersSamsung has been voted CCTV Manufacturer of the Year for the second successive year by the readers of Professional Security Installer Magazine.The prestigious award was announced at the PSI Premier Awards dinner which was attended by over 150 representatives from the security industry at Moor Park Golf Club, Rickmansworth on 8th June 2010. The PSI Premier Awards are given in recognition...

Pictured on the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours are  the RML AD Group co-drivers: Andy Wallace, Tommy Erdos and AD Group's CEO Mike NewtonPhoto: David Lord/DailysportscarEntrepreneur and long-term racing driver Mike Newton, who is the CEO of CCTV specialist AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - was celebrating on the podium at the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours on Sunday after coming third in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class alongside co-drivers Brazilian Tommy Erd...

Milestone's IP is operating with MobiDEOS MobileCamViewer for mobile access to video surveillanceAt Goodwill Industries locations in Illinois, Milestone Systems XProtect™ open platform IP video management software is operating with MobiDEOS MobileCamViewer for mobile access to video surveillance and remote video on their BlackBerries, to monitor and reduce shrinkage. The solution is also a tool for safety and employee training, with the Milestone platform enabling investigations of innovat...

A major component of the School's video surveillance system is the NetDVMS solution from OnSSILos Angeles-based Stephen S. Wise Temple and Schools has recently implemented a multi-faceted security and video surveillance system to ensure the safety of facilities, members, students, faculty and staff. A major component of the system is the NetDVMS Video Surveillance Management and Control Solution from OnSSI which manages networked video from cameras located throughout the facilities and integrate...

The integration is between Milestone XProtect software and the new Bosch NBC-225 and 255 IP camerasMilestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software, announces plug-and-play integration between Milestone XProtect™ software and the new Bosch NBC-225 and 255 IP cameras, enabled using the ONVIF specification standard. Milestone is hereby the first video management software product to support the newest models in the Bosch 200 Series of IP cameras.Both...

IQinVision partner integrators, installers, and engineers will now find it easy to design IP video systems IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, announced that the on-going process to further improve the IQeye.com website has reached an important milestone with the release of five new and updated IQdesign Tools. Now, registered users can calculate bandwidth and storage, frame rates, energy consumpti...

CCTV lighting specialists Raytec have created a virtual tour of their IFSEC stand in high quality video For anyone who couldn't attend IFSEC 2010, CCTV lighting specialists Raytec have created a virtual tour of their IFSEC stand in high quality video. Most ‘buzz' on the stand was generated by the launch of Raylux Urban, a new range designed for multi-purpose lighting applications requiring white-light debuting at IFSEC for the first time. Alongside the core range of Raym...

The cameras can be used directly with DVRs on a stand-alone basis or used in conjunction with LPR software systemsRaytec's latest Voyager 2 ANPR cameras have been installed at the busy Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle to improve security and traffic management. In an extension to an existing ANPR system, shopping centre managers wanted more control over access to service areas, limiting traffic to deliveries, staff and authorised contractors. Eldon Square is home to more than 100 stores...

When it comes to maximising the benefits of CCTV, a key priority, in the first instance, must be to look at the frontline where the all-important images are being captured.Whether being used for commercial or public space surveillance, as the eyes of a solution, cameras must be both fit for purpose and positioned so they are able to see, at an appropriate level, what is actually going on in a designated area, with the right amount of illumination also a prerequisite.This focus on how cameras are...

In a fully equipped operating theatre at the German Heart Institute in Berlin trainee surgeons, anaesthetists and cardio-technicians practise open-heart surgery on a sophisticated dummy.  A Geutebruck hybrid recorder stores video, audio and theatre equipment data, while streaming it in real time to the trainer in the control room and to fellow students in a lecture theatre.  With a special medical torso, complete with beating heart and simulated responses to different drug treatments a...

SightSensor video cameras are now compatible with Avigilon's Control Center HD video management softwareSightLogix®, the leading supplier of automated outdoor video systems for area and perimeter security, has partnered with Avigilon to provide compatibility of SightSensor™ intelligent video cameras with Avigilon's Control Center high-definition (HD) video management software. SightSensor™ thermal and visible intrusion detection cameras are designed for accurate, automated video...

Detailed interior tunnel view as seen by Arecont Vision's AV3130 megapixel cameraRecognising the license plate numbers of cars travelling at high speeds through a dimly lit tunnel may seem like a highly challenging surveillance application. Fortunately, MegaVideo® Day/Night dual-sensor cameras from Arecont Vision can provide detailed and sharp images even in low-light environments. That is why; the local law enforcement and traffic authority of a recently constructed motor vehicle tunnel in...

Sanyo has hired Stephen Lightfoot to design and produce the content of the surveillance training coursesSanyo has announced that it will be offering training courses to educate end-users, specifiers and consultants, installers, system integrators and distributors on how to design, install and commission a CCTV system based around Full HD camera technology."Since the beginning of 2010 we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people who wish to learn more about our Full HD camer...

"We are a public facility that needs to be hospitable and accessible to the community on the one hand, but on the other hand, we see changes in such growing communities as ours where crime becomes more of an issue.  We are committed to ensuring the safety of both our patients and employees," says the Executive Vice President at a hospital in New York State. "It's a vulnerable population with many of the patients being elderly or psychiatric, and we have to protect them at the same time as t...

 AXIS P3344-VE network video camera was installed so that a live feed of the birth could be streamed onlineAxis Communications, the global leader in the network video market has provided an AXIS P3344-VE network video camera to Tallinn Zoo in Estonia to capture the moment an Amur leopard, one of the world's most endangered species of big cats, gave birth to two cubs.Born on the 15th April, the two cubs are very welcome additions to the zoo as there are only about 35 Amur leopards remaining...

Scan Computer implemented Arecont's IP-based, high resolution video surveillance system at their head office One of the many strengths of a megapixel video surveillance camera is its capability to capture the minute detail in a scene, which can then be used in forensic analysis and as solid evidence in criminal proceedings. This was the objective for Scan Computer International, one of Europe's largest independent technology suppliers, when they implemented a new IP-based, high resolution v...

JET Oil has installed IQinVision HD megapixel technology at 24 of its unmanned gasoline stationsIQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, announced that JET Oil has installed IQinVision HD megapixel technology at 24 of its unmanned gasoline stations. To date, the IP video surveillance systems have achieved considerable success in reducing equipment tampering and in increasing asset protection. JET Oil operat...

Mission Durban-based Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre is a state-of-the-art facility committed to taking customer service to new heights. Born from the dreams of businessman and surgeon, Dr Diliza Mji, it truly transforms private medical care in South Africa. Tragically, hospitals are no longer unaffected by the wide-spread crime affecting other businesses in South Africa. True to their calling to provide exceptional standards of service to their patients, Ethekwini Hospital has ident...

The event is an informative half-day seminar, taking place on 17 June, organised by The Security InstituteLeading surveillance solutions provider CBC (Europe) is teaming up with specialist independent security integrator Integrated Security Design Ltd (ISD-Tech) as part of an informative half-day seminar, taking place on 17 June, organised by The Security Institute. The event titled ‘Integrated Security - One solution to Maximise Your Security Operations', is being held at Dunsfold Park ae...

To protect visitors to the China Pavilion, nearly 700 Bosch high-performance CCTV cameras were installed Bosch systems contributing to smooth and efficient running of the event 700 Bosch cameras and a Bosch Allegiant Matrix System protect the prestigious China Pavilion Over 800 Bosch cameras and Bosch Public Address system with 1,600 speakers installed in the Expo Axis Bosch Security Systems is one of the principal suppliers of security equipment fo...

Axis M3114-R Network Camera Series honoured with best IP video product awardSecurity Products magazine announced the winners of the 2010 Security Products' GovSec Award at GovSec, the Government Security Expo & Conference. The Security Products' GovSec Award honours outstanding products being exhibited at GovSec.The Security Products' GovSec Awards were launched in 2009. This year, eight winners were honoured in six award categories: Access controlQuantum Secure, SAFE for Government Solution...

Bernt Lüchtenborg, a former building contractor from Brake in Germany, has some big ideas: To sail around the world, twice, alone and without setting foot on land - he calls his project sail2Horizons. As if sailing around the world twice was not ambitious enough, after the first circumnavigation ("sailing with the wind, as a warm-up," as he flippantly refers to it), he plans to turn around and sail against the prevailing wind for a second round. Of course, for such a daring mission, he nee...

  IndigoVision's distributed IP Video solution is at the heart of a revolutionary surveillance system that has had a major impact on the policing of the City of Lansing, Michigan's State Capital. Embracing IP Video technology has allowed the Police Department to develop a fully integrated Public Video Surveillance System (PVS) that has a vast reach across the city.The system was jointly designed and installed by IndigoVision's authorised partner Vidcom Solutions, the City of Lansing's...

The Council's Unit is fully compliant with the Data Protection Act for CCTV monitoringNorth Lanarkshire Council's Central Monitoring Unit has recently purchased twelve large format JVC monitors as part of a renovation of their control room operations. Their efforts were recently acknowledged with an award from CameraWatch, becoming the first public safety control room in the UK to be fully compliant with the Data Protection Act for CCTV monitoring. Emma Walker, Control Room Mmanager, explains ho...

Paul brings with him over 15 years of experience within both the UK and international security marketsOpen Protocol software specialist ESI has appointed Paul Dodds as Country Manager for the UK and Ireland. Formerly the UK Sales Director at Xtralis (ADPRO), Paul brings with him over 15 years of experience within both the UK and international security markets."The central station market is currently an area of high activity as the sector adapts to consolidated software solutions and the ado...

The stars on Sanyo's stand at IFSEC 2010 were the nine Sanyo Full HD CCTV cameras"We have always benefited from exhibiting at IFSEC but this year was particularly successful for us with a record number of visitors making their way to our stand," said David Hammond, European Sales Manager for Sanyo's CCTV division. "I am sure other exhibitors equally found IFSEC 2010 to be busy but I am very pleased to say that we seemed to have more than our fair share of visitors."The stars...