Digital video recorders (DVRs) News

AD Group has announced that, as of 1 July 2008, the President and CEO of US-based Dedicated Micros Inc., Dr Alan Calegari, has transitioned to a new role as Non-Executive Chairman to DM Inc., providing strategic support to the Executive Team."We are very grateful to Dr. Calegari for his significant contribution to Dedicated Micros," said Nigel Petrie, AD Group Chairman.  "In this new role, he will continue to provide strategic support to the Dedicated Micros Executive Team in...

  Genetec expects that its local presence in the market will help build solid partnerships Genetec recently announced that the company has opened a sales office in Spain as part of its European growth strategy.  Due to increasing demand in the Iberian market, Genetec selected one of Madrid's most popular business centers as the hub for its new regional office. With over 2000 installed cameras already being managed in Spain by Genetec's revolutionary IP video surveillance solution,...

Buoyed by the burgeoning demand for security products and surveillance solutions across China, New York-listed China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. (CSST) is anticipating to hit its revenue projections of US$380 to $400 million for the full year 2008.  Besides capitalising on robust domestic demand, CSST is also leveraging its growing reputation to establish its footprint in highly promising international markets. "We are quite well positioned to enjoy a period of sustain...

D-Tec - part of AD Group - announces that it is a finalist in the International Achievement category of the influential Security Excellence Awards 2008 - promoted as the security industry's 'Oscars'.  The company is a worldwide leader in CCTV camera-based Video Smoke Detection (VSD), which analyses images to provide early warning of fire, whether accidental or deliberate (arson).The shortlisting of D-Tec reflects the growing take-up of its Video Smoke Detection (VSD) solutions in large scal...

CCTV surveillance equipment manufacturer TeleEye is setting new standards for security industry remote monitoring.  The company has developed a specialist BS-8418 academy designed to create and promote high quality CCTV monitoring solutions with BS-8418 compliance throughout.Central to the academy's charter is a commitment to reducing false alarms from CCTV monitoring systems.  End users and the police both benefit by saving the time and money wasted on unnecessary call outs.  The...

Panasonic System Solutions Europe (PSSEU) has selected five new work placement students to join the EU marketing team on a year long placement to build upon its business growth overseas. The placement students will be working alongside professionals on projects including events and exhibitions, website and portal design, advertising, and media relations to support and strengthen the existing central marketing team.  The newly appointed recruits include Luke Hansford who will be responsible...

DM Fusion security installer Crimewatch Systems has rolled-out an advanced, remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV solution - built around Dedicated Micros NetVu Connected CCTV systems and NetVu ObserVer management software - to provide out-of-hours protection against vandalism and criminal attack for 15 widely dispersed sites in Cheshire, England, operated by HW Martin Waste Ltd.The sites secured by Crimewatch Systems - and its associated SSAIB accredited RVRC (Remote Video Response Centre...

Bosch Security Systems has launched its ‘Bosch Security Academy' catalogue, detailing its comprehensive range of training courses available to installers and end-users.Bosch's new training academy aims to bring the highest level of manufacturer training to the industry, to improve product knowledge, competency and professionalism.  Courses within the catalogue are run free of charge and are relevant for installation engineers and sales teams.  The courses cover the selection, ins...

Sony recently revealed how it has strengthened its market-leading security offering through a re-evaluation of its distribution network that sees Norbain SD, one of Europe's most successful distributors of electronic security systems, become one of two key distributors in the UK.  The announcement will place Sony at the forefront of Norbain SD's network of specialist dealers. Building on its extensive IP and analogue line-up, which recently saw the introduction of nine new cameras including...

Multi-layered security is becoming an ever increasing focus for retail operations worldwide as they seek to combat crime which can have a significant impact on profitability.  A new shopping centre in Austria has demonstrated how an interoperable approach, combining video surveillance, access control and intrusion technologies, has been used to address loss prevention.The centre, which features some 83 shops and restaurants over an area of almost 40,000 square metres, is operated by two com...

DM Fusion security installer Crimewatch Systems has rolled-out an advanced, remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV solution - built around Dedicated Micros NetVu Connected CCTV systems and NetVu ObserVer management software - to provide out-of-hours protection against vandalism and criminal attack for 15 widely dispersed sites in Cheshire, England, operated by HW Martin Waste Ltd.The sites secured by Crimewatch Systems - and its associated SSAIB accredited RVRC (Remote Video Response Centre...

  Raúl Valenziano (L), Anixter Vice President of Marketing, Latin America & caribbean and Manuel Nylén (R), Milestone System, Territory Manager for Eastern USA & Latin America Milestone Systems, a global leader for open platform IP video management software, strengthens its relationship with Anixter into Latin America.  The partnership between the two companies, which is already successful in North America, will help bring IP video so...

Bosch Security Systems has invested a significant amount of money, time, and effort over the last year to bolster our training offerings for our customers.  With new training centers, more in-depth classroom courses, and a greater range of eLearning offerings, we are helping to support and educate dealers and integrators as the market shifts toward greater adoption of IP security solutions. This month, we opened a , increasing the number of Bosch training facilities to five nationwide....

CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has announced that the feature-packed 16-channel model from its SD Range of Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) has received an extremely positive review in an in-depth Bench Test which has just been published by UK magazine Security Installer.The review, entitled 'Instantly Likeable', which features in Security Installer's July edition, was conducted by independent testers and sees the SD DVR - which is targeted at small to medium sized applicati...

On Sunday, 13 July, seven employees from CCTV specialist AD Group's subsidiary RemGuard took to the saddle in a 60-mile Manchester to Blackpool cycle ride to raise an impressive £1,000 for good causes including the Christie Hospital in Manchester - one of Europe's leading cancer treatment centres - and the Wigan and Leigh Hospice.Many of the group were able to purchase new bikes for the event through a generous 'Cycle to Work' scheme run by AD Group to encourage employees to look after the...

  It is necessary to have a larger fundamental knowledge of the development from analog to network-based technologyAs the video surveillance market changes from traditional analogue technology to being IP-based, the Danish Industry Association for Safety and Security is experiencing a need for increased education.  Milestone Systems is providing the network expertise, holding a series of valuable IT knowledge courses for the members, specially relating to the new digital developme...

Revolutionary video analytics deters theft by publicly projecting real-time footage of tracked suspectsioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced today that its intelligent video solution has been implemented in two 14-storey apartment buildings each housing 400 families in Tokyo, to prevent theft and criminal activities. In a ground-breaking application of video analytics, images of suspicious people are projected onto a large screen on the buil...

Airport owner BAA has agreed a £3.6million contract with Siemens Building Technologies to design the entire information and communications system for the planned new Eastern Terminal at Heathrow.Heathrow Eastern Terminal will replace Terminal 2 and the Queen's Building and will be used by the Star Alliance, the global group of more than 20 airlines. Siemens, as Master Systems Integrator (MSI), is responsible for the end-to-end delivery, from concept design to operational readiness of the I...

  Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision CEO, giving the keynote speech at the launch launch conferenceIndigoVision, a leading supplier of integrated IP video security solutions, has opened a new regional sales and support centre for the Middle East in the Dubai Internet City, a free economic zone for Information Technology companies in the United Arab Emirates.  The opening ceremony was attended by local businesses and members of the press and was followed by a conference for IndigoVisio...

 Milestone has consistently grown 40-60% per year  Milestone Systems, a global developer of open platform IP video management software for surveillance systems, today announced $27 (€17) million in growth stage funding from Index Ventures, one of Europe's top venture capital firms.  This is the first ever external investment into Milestone, after nearly a decade in business, and marks the latest investment from Index Ventures' €400 million growth fund, which closed...

Europe's largest lime works7 million tons of lime are needed in Germany each year and approximately 25 % of this demand is met by Europe's largest lime plant in Wülfrath.  This is where Rheinkalk GmbH, a member of the Belgian Lhoist Group, quarry some 8 million tons of limestone in their Flandersbach plant each year and use it to produce 1.8 million tons of burned and more than 3 million tons of unburned lime products.  The plant's biggest customer is the German steel industry, w...

  OV Ready enables seamless interoperability between any ObjectVideo® OnBoard™ enabled device  EVT, a developer of video management and NVR software, recently announced that they have become a full member of the ObjectVideo OV Ready Application Partner Network.  As a part of this relationship with ObjectVideo, the leader in intelligent video, EVT has adopted the OV Ready Protocol - an XML-based intelligent video network protocol that standardizes video analytics rul...

IndigoVision, a leading supplier of complete IP Video and Alarm management solutions, recently announced that it will support the network video standard being developed by Sony, Bosch and Axis, once it is ratified.Commenting on the announcement, Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision CEO, said: "We are pleased to announce that IndigoVision's class-leading Security Management Software, ‘Control Center', will support cameras compliant with the forthcoming standard.  ‘Control Cen...

D-Tec - part of AD Group - announces that its partner in the Middle East region, BSS-ME, has supplied, tested, and commissioned seven advanced IP-based, NetVu Connected, FireVu units to provide a state-of-the-art CCTV-based VSD (Video Smoke Detection) solution for the main tunnel at the famous Palm Jumeirah man-made island in Dubai.Fast responseNow monitored around the clock by BSS-ME's supplied FireVu based solution - which has the ability to deliver a fast track response to potential fire dete...

D-Tec - part of AD Group - has announced that its partner in the Middle East region, BSS-ME, has supplied, tested, and commissioned seven advanced IP-based, NetVu Connected, FireVu units to provide a state-of-the-art CCTV-based VSD (Video Smoke Detection) solution for the main tunnel at the famous Palm Jumeirah man-made island in Dubai.The creation of the Palm Jumeirah, which has been dubbed the 'eighth wonder of the world', has dramatically changed the Dubai area, doubling the Emirates' beach f...

Siemens Building Technologies has announced a new partnership with Texas Instruments, which will see a whole range of new products developed for the video surveillance market.The first products to be launched were on show at the recent IFSEC 2008 exhibition as part of Siemens' Innovations Wall feature.  The popular SISTORE range of digital video recorders, manufactured in Germany, is the first to benefit from this technology partnership, with four new versions of the SISTORE MX hybrid recor...

March Networks®, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that CIEFFE, a March Networks Company, has been selected to provide the Al Ain International Airport with an IP video surveillance solution for enhanced security in the authority's terminal and cargo facilities.Al Ain International Airport, located in the United Arab Emirates, chose Al Fahad Smart Systems, an experienced CIEFFE systems integrator, to deploy the solution as part...

Verint Systems Inc. recently announced that the University of Leeds has deployed the Verint® Nextiva® Enterprise IP video solution to enhance the safety of students and facilities across the university's campus and associated locations in West Yorkshire.The University of Leeds is the second largest university in the UK with 30,500 students and 8,000 staff, and is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well being of its community.  In support of this commitment, the university has...

  The integration offers video surveillance market greater flexibility and choice of cameras as well as high video qualityEVT, a provider of video management software, and VIVOTEK, a leading manufacture of IP surveillance products, announced recently the beginning of a cooperation to integrate VIVOTEK's complete line of products with EVT's video management software.  The integration offers video surveillance market greater flexibility and choice of cameras as well as high video qu...

Clear signalsGerman railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) gives high priority to keeping travellers informed.  This explains why 220 million euros were invested in a single ‘Traveler Information System' project.  The system is a technical and organisational platform that supplies consistent, reliable and up-to-date information about the current operating status to customers and employees alike.  Thanks to this system, on-board personnel can, for example, use text messaging tec...