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Market research conducted by Agility PR on behalf of IP-surveillance market leader Axis Communications at the International IP Security Exhibition & Conference (IIPSEC 2008) last month, showed that 77% of respondents saw the ability to monitor images remotely over the network was a key end-user benefit when installing an IP-surveillance system.The industry is also witnessing the impact of the latest technical developments in IP-surveillance:52% of respondents think that improvements in quali...

From 4th to 9th March 2008 it is once again time.  CeBIT, the world's most comprehensive showcase of digital technology, will open its gates again in Hannover, Germany.  Regensburg based CCTV/IP specialist Dallmeier will also participate together with MBB Gelma GmbH in Hall 6, stand B24. Dallmeier, the leading global supplier of network-based video surveillance systems, has been dealing with the development and production of high-quality comprehensive solutions for the CCTV/IP area for...

OPS will be key in providing in Genetec’s IP physical security solution to the Australia/New Zealand market Genetec, a pioneer in IP security solutions and a technology leader within the physical security industry, announced recently the appointment of Open Platform Systems (OPS) Pty Ltd as its value-added distributor in Australia and New Zealand.  The Asian market is considered critical to Genetec's global presence and growth, and the appointment of OPS will be key...

IQinVision, market leader in high performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, recently announced that the Warsash Maritime Academy in Southampton has deployed IQinVision IQeye 700 Series megapixel cameras to improve the effectiveness of its simulator training for students entering the shipping and oil industries.  Design and installation expertise was provided by InCam Digital Surveillance and Smart CCTV Ltd.Warsash Maritime Academy provides...

The Norbain Group recently announced the creation of an operation in the Benelux region. The trading companies, called Norbain Nederland BV and Norbain Belgium SA/NV, will provide Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg with the very best levels of service and technical support for which Norbain is renown.Headed up by General Manager Eric Vanseuningen, the operation's head office and distribution centre is based within Breda (NL).  It is anticipated that the 10 person strong team will double in size...

IKEA France has invested in IndigoVision's complete IP Video solution for CCTV surveillance in its new 20,000 m2 flagship store in Grenoble.  Swedish-based IKEA is one of the largest and best-known home furnishing retail groups in the world, with stores in 36 countries.  IKEA invests heavily in CCTV technology in their stores to ensure their customers and staff are safe and secure at all times.  The new store, which opened in October 2007, is seen as a test site for the adoption o...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology had suffered serious material loss due to theft, burglary and vandalism, leaving personnel and students feeling unsafe as a result.  An extensive computer theft justified installing a new video surveillance solution.  However, creating such a solution was challenging, as the university area consists of nearly one hundred buildings.The open platform Mirasys V series, featuring local data acquisition, analysis and recording, combined wit...

Milestone Systems, leading developer of open platform IP video management software, recently held its bi-annual ‘MIPS' event in Puerto Rico.  Several hundred security industry professionals gathered to learn about the latest in digital surveillance solutions and future strategies.  Network camera manufacturers and integrated software solution partners were honoured with awards, and the company's 35,000th customer installation was celebrated.The Milestone Integration Platform Symp...

Panasonic System Solutions Europe has announced a distribution partnership with Scott & O'Shea, Ireland's largest independent distributor of CCTV.Based in Dublin, Scott & O' Shea has partnered with Panasonic System Solutions Europe to drive the sales of Panasonic products across the whole of Ireland, including the entire range of CCTV products; both analogue and IP, NMStage digital signage software and medical cameras.Craig Wilkinson, Technical Sales Director of Scott and O' Shea, commen...

Pyronix Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Maurice Taggart as Account Manager for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Maurice brings 25 years experience in the security industry with him and has worked in all sectors, starting with installation companies, and then moving into the intruder manufacturer sector as Sales Manager in Ireland, helping to substantially grow the Irish market by introducing new products. More recently, he was an Area Manager with distributor Gardiner S...

Coinciding with the New Year festivities, IBS Security Solutions Ltd was able to celebrate the completion of its 100th CCTV system upgrade, carried out on behalf of the North Eastern region of the Co-op.Videoswitch also had reason to celebrate; as it is their DVRs which are at the heart of each of the upgraded systems.Ian Stoddart of IBS Security Solutions Ltd, whose research led him to recommend Videoswitch's Vi series DVRs, explains: "The safety of Co-op staff is our client's top priority...

Continuing a long-standing working relationship with JVC, Quadrant Security Group has installed a large number of the manufacturer's LCD monitors in a new CCTV control room for Huntingdonshire District Council.  Some 37 JVC LCD TFT screens have been used in total, in a newly built and designed facility that monitors 120 cameras across the busy Cambridgeshire town and beyond.Huntingdonshire Council wanted to move its entire CCTV monitoring operation into a new purpose built building - a proc...

Optelecom-NKF, Inc., a leading global provider of advanced IP video solutions for security, surveillance, and remote monitoring applications, recently announced it has opened a new regional sales office in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.  The opening of the Dubai office underscores the company's success in the Gulf region, establishing key vendor partnerships and participating in marquee projects such as Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Mall, Falcon Highway, Asian Games Qatar, and the Rastanura projec...

The US-based Western Virginia Water Authority, which provides a water service to 155,000 customers in Roanoke and Roanoke County, has adopted a NetVu Connected CCTV solution based around Dedicated Micros surveillance technology.Since 9/11, water authorities across the US have been duty-bound to re-examine whether their critical assets, such as dams, reservoirs, and water treatment facilities, are secure against threats.The Western Virginia Water Authority - which oversees assets including f...

BS 8418 compliant TeleEye transmission equipment has enabled CCTV monitoring station, iWatch UK, to prevent the theft of temporary road panels used by heavy lorries delivering effluent sludge fertiliser on to muddy, slippery fields.  350,000 tonnes of sludge, a bi-product of sewage processing, are spread on fields across the South East of England every year.Each road panel is made from aluminium and has a scrap value of £450 or more.  With upwards of 50 panels laid at each site,...

EVT, a developer of video management software, recently announced that it has received a large license order to deliver its Vertex networked video management and recording software to L.B. DeFence, a Russian subsidiary of Israeli Group L.B., a security systems holding company.  The initial order includes 1,000 licenses for Vertex networked video management software.  The licenses will be used for large-scale surveillance deployments in Russia. EVT signed an exclusive distribution...

NVT's UTP transmission technology provides clear surveillance images for a safe SharjahThe emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of a union of seven sovereign sheikhdoms, each comprising its own unique mix of Islamic culture and Arabian lifestyle. Throughout its current period of prosperity, Sharjah has taken the protection of its affluent city centre and residents very seriously. Since 2002, it has entrusted the installation, expansion and maintenance of the city's co...

EMI Security Products will display its complete range of professional security solutions at the International Security Conference (ISC West, Booth #9055) for the first time since being acquired by Mayville Products Corporation last March.  ISC West is scheduled to take place April 2-4 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. EMI Security is a well-recognised brand and trusted maker of industrial, commercial and residential camera housings and mounts for indoor and outdo...

TeleEye, the leading manufacturer of CCTV transmission products, has recently negotiated a comprehensive distribution deal with ADI-Gardiner.TeleEye DVR Transmitters send CCTV video from a security installation to a central, fixed location or remote video response centre (RVRC).  The DVR Transmitters are all BS8418 compliant and use SMAC-M compression technology to reduce CCTV video data for transmission and storage.  SMAC-M uses 40% less hard disc space than MPEG4 compression technolo...

IndigoVision will be showing for the first time a number of new products and enhancements for its integrated IP video solution at ISC West in Las Vegas, booth #7087.  These will include new additions to its popular IP dome range, a 4-channel transmitter/receiver rack and a major upgrade to its NVR capability.IndigoVision's new internal and external vandal resistant fixed IP domes are high-end professional CCTV cameras that incorporate a Sony EXview HAD CCD Sensor and the company's clas...

NICE Systems, the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, recently announced that is has received a 7-digit order for its digital video surveillance solution from a major European national rail infrastructure operator. The NICE solution will expand the existing implementation of NICE Inform, multi-media command and control solution.  The NiceVision video security solution will be deployed in seven rail s...

Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, has awarded Irish security installer MTS Security its Best New Partner Award 2007 at its recent partner conference held at Sopwell House, St Albans.  Dublin-based MTS Security had expertise in access control and intruder alarms before building expertise in IP-Surveillance deployments over the last two years. MTS Security decided to make a commitment to IP-Surveillance following attendance at an AXIS Academy training session in 2006.&n...

EverFocus Electronics Corporation kicked off the New Year with its very first National Sales Meeting held in Pasadena, CA, on January 29-30, 2008.  Nothing captures the essence of EverFocus better than the theme of this year's National Sales Meeting: "One Vision, One Focus."   Hosted by Joe Troiano, new Senior Vice President of EverFocus, this event brings together EverFocus Regional Sales Managers and key personnel, and 33 manufacturer's Sales Professionals with area co...

Software specialist Sicura Systems exhibited for the first time at IIPSEC 2008, showcasing their DigiFendTM range of network digital management software.On the stand, DigiFend was integrated with Wavesight wireless transmission products and Bosch encoding and decoding products to produce a real-time CCTV & surveillance scenario."At IIPSEC, we welcomed visitors to our stand to see how easy it is to integrate DigiFend software to maximise the efficiency of client infrastructure costs and...

His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent, paid a visit to CCTV specialist AD Group this morning, Friday 8 February, to officially open the company's Daresbury Park, Warrington, Headquarters building.  The Duke of Kent was accompanied by The Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, Mr William Bromley Davenport, throughout the event.A number of civic dignitaries were also in attendance including: The Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale, Mr Mike Hall; The Mayor of Halton, Councillor Mr Mike Hodgkinson and Th...

Sony has announced a groundbreaking application of its leading IP Network Video products with Experian FootFall's counting solutions.Using IP cameras for the first time, Experian FootFall, the market-leading pedestrian counting services provider, has chosen a range of Sony's mini-dome, fixed and pan-tilt intelligent network cameras, supported by Sony's Distributed Enhanced Processing Architecture (DEPA) technology, to strengthen its current sensor-device line-up which includes traditional therma...

From 22nd to 24th January 2008 it was once again time. The International Casino Exhibition ICE, one of the most prestigious exhibitions for the gaming and gambling industry worldwide, opened its gates again in London.  Regensburg based CCTV/IP specialist Dallmeier also participated again, this time with a new stand design.Adhering to the motto "CCTV/IP security solutions for casinos: diversity and integration", Dallmeier showed its complete product range.  A particular highli...

Verint Systems Inc. recently announced that German transit operator Deutsche Bahn has selected its NextivaTM Transit solution to enhance the safety of passengers traveling across Hamburg's urban railway network.Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, is home to more than 1.7 million people.  Deutsche Bahn's S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH has six lines and 67 stations with more than 147 kilometres of track, and its 164 three-part vehicles carry 500,000 passengers daily.  The Nextiva solution will...

IQinVision, market leader in high performance megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, recently announced that the Livingston Mall in Livingston, New Jersey has deployed IQeye megapixel IP cameras from IQinVision to improve security at the super-regional shopping centre.  Supreme Security Systems, Inc., Union, NJ, designed and installed the integrated, IP-based video surveillance system and is overseeing its continued expansion.The Livingston Mall in...

Wimbledon-based Ipsotek installed its video analytics software on a trial basis after motion detection and a competitor's analytics proved unable to cope with the demanding conditions at the site.  Using thermal imaging cameras, Ipsotek provided scenario-based detection software which met the client's stringent service level agreements (SLAs), particularly governing detection accuracy. Phil Foreman of Universal Security, the installation company for the project, described the unusual challe...