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IFSEC 2008: NICE Systems demonstrated the enhanced CORE (complete, open, reliable and evolutionary) capabilities of its enterprise-class IP video management and recording solution - NiceVision Net - for security & surveillance teams in transportation, industrial and urban environments. At IFSEC, NICE Systems presented their expanded NVR9000 series of NVRs with new turnkey options offering enhanced recording and storage performance, integrated NiceVision Analytics and lower rack-space hardwar...

ACTi Corporation and NetAware, a professional Internet solution provider in Holland, have successfully installed an IP surveillance system in Circuit Park Zandvoort, and enabled the world to join the car racing online in real time.At Holland's former Formula 1 racetrack, 19 analog high-speed day/night domes around the track were installed.  Redundant fiber rings have been put around the circuit, with a total of 500 single-mode fibers.  No circuits in Europe or even the world has this k...

Axis Security, one of London and the City's fastest growing security service providers, is to embark on a major new growth strategy following the appointment of a new Managing Director and the recruitment of a proven senior management team.Jonathan Levine, who has been in the security industry for more than 20 years most recently with First Security, has taken over as Managing Director and been joined by four of his former senior management colleagues, David Mundell, John FitzPatrick, Neil Ames...

  Mobile Network Leaders Help Accelerate Adoption and Deployment of Next-Generation 4G WiMAX Wireless Technology Continuing to help advance mobile WiMAX wireless technology, mobile broadband technology companies Alvarion Ltd. and Huawei Technologies ('Huawei' ) - leaders in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world - have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). The group was formed in June 2008 by members of the WiMAX...

IndigoVision's integrated IP Video solution has been used to upgrade two Greek casinos to fully-digital CCTV surveillance, in full compliance with the demanding Greek gaming laws.  The Casino Rio, located north of the Western port city of Patras and Casino Xanthi, which is situated in the Northeast city of the same name, are now both benefiting from vastly improved CCTV systems. The two projects, totalling nearly 300 cameras, were installed by IndigoVision's local partner ILKA S.A., who wor...

Legoland® site contains approximately 55 million Lego® bricks set in 150 acres of parkland and is visited by 1.5 million annually.Vikings' River Splash, the latest, largest, wettest ride at Legoland® Windsor, required optimum security surveillance to ensure customer safety and efficient operation.  Staff at the Berkshire attraction are now able to watch visitors from two control desks at any point on their journey through the rapids ride.  DES Security Systems were cho...

VIVOTEK is honored that its new product PZ7151/7152 received the most prestigious SecuTech Award 2008, within the ‘Digital Surveillance' category, and was also chosen as ‘the most favoured product' by SecuTech online readers.  This award was announced at Asia's largest international security exhibition - SecuTech - in Taipei, Taiwan.VIVOTEK's PZ7151 (PoE) /PZ7152 (WLAN), equipped with a progressive scan CCD sensor and pan-focus 2.6x optical zoom lens, is a high-performance netwo...

As in previous years, Dallmeier's stand at IFSEC 2008 once again attracted an increased number of visitors.  The German manufacturer presented a host of innovative products and customer-oriented solutions for professional CCTV/IP video security applications.VMC-1 ‘Eagle' (Video Management Centre) - Perfect harmony of technology and design  Customers, journalists and industry experts, equally applauded Dallmeier's new Video Management Centre VMC-1 ‘Eagle', with its ergonomic...

WHSmith has employed an innovative CCTV system, SentryVision® SmartTrack™, at their distribution centre in Swindon. Brian Cottrell, WHSmith's Crime and Facilities Manager said: "Our distribution centre in Swindon covers an area of over 250,000 sq. ft.  During the year, we pick approximately 94 million items and dispatch 6 million packages.  With a building of this size and with the amount of activity that goes on, there is no way that a conventional CCTV system woul...

The VIDEOTEC team is delighted to confirm the boom in interest at its stand at IFSEC 2008.  Visitors expressed their appreciation of the increasingly advanced technological progress made by the new products on show, which encourages VIDEOTEC to continue with its chosen policy.The chairman of VIDEOTEC, Alessio Grotto, expressed his satisfaction, "Our commitment and the ensuing significant investments in R&D are aimed at offering the security market solutions with high technological...

Sainsbury's uses NVT's UTP camera video transmission network to secure its distribution centresTrading through hundreds of stores across the UK under the brands Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Sainsbury’s Local, Bells Stores, Jackson’s Stores and JB Beaumont, leading food retailer J.Sainsbury plc strives to provide great products at fair prices, and to exceed customers’ expectations in the supply of healthy, fresh and tasty foods. Meeting the continual demand of supplying its s...

Videotec's Asian branch has just moved their offices to a more strategic position for logistics and sales in the Hong Kong area.From the new larger offices, show room and warehouse, the staff will act promptly to deliver its customers an improved service and to efficiently promote the Videotec products.  The ongoing growth of the Hong Kong branch demonstrates the success of the company's expansion policy to create a thoroughly integrated subsidiary in their own local area and which therefor...

It's in London.  It's one of the most famous world sporting venues.  It holds international events and it's televised. These are just four of the reasons why the Brit Oval can be considered a prime target for troublemakers and why Senior Operating Manager and Safety Officer, Scott Carey, is determined that the cricket ground's security facilities are regularly updated to take advantage of the very latest technology.Scott who has been responsible for security at what is the home of Surr...

Videoswitch have won the order to supply the digital video recording equipment for Telford Golf Club and Spa Hotel.Having been acquired by Q Hotels, the Telford Golf Club and Spa Hotel has undergone a multi-million refurbishment, which has included a new CCTV system.Three racks mounted Videoswitch Vi 405 DVRs have been installed.  Each has 16 channels and 1500 Mbytes of video storage capacity.  Collectively they can record video from the CCTV cameras, 48 of which have been installed th...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has introduced a "limited edition" European launch promotion for its feature-rich SD Range which is setting new standards for DVRs in the mid-range CCTV market, from video analytics to uniform recording duration and smooth motion video on all cameras. The special SD Range promotion is targeted at European security installers giving them the chance to receive a 100€ Amazon.com voucher for every SD model purchased.  In addition, those who order mult...

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...

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,...

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...

Network cameras from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by one of Ireland's premier network integrators, DNA IT Solutions, inside the Kaziranga Forest Trail Habitat at Dublin Zoo.  The birth, which is due to take place within the next few weeks, will be the second elephant birth ever caught on camera in Europe.  Traditional analogue-based CCTV cameras have been replaced by Axis network cameras, because the old ones were not delivering the high...

Ganz surveillance equipment has been installed to help protect a football stadium in Cyprus.  The new CCTV system, which is keeping watch over the 10,000-capacity Antonis Papadopoulos venue in Larnaca - home to Anorthosis FC - has been installed by Ganz distributor Wave Electronics, which is also a systems integrator.Wave Electronics' Sales Manager, George Socratous, explains that the Cyprus Sports Organisation commissioned the Ganz system as part of an upgrade of protective measures at oth...

The City Council (DCC) has selected AMG Systems to provide its fibre optic transmission network for traffic management and controlAMG Systems Ltd. has been contracted by Dublin City Council (DCC) to supply its new innovative fibre optic transmission system Guardian-LiteTM 3700 for traffic management and control of Dublin City and surrounding motorways.This announcement follows AMG's breakthrough in launching the world's first fibre optic transmission system to integrate Ethernet with high qualit...

COE Group Plc, the developer and supplier of advanced video systems, has been selected supplier of choice by Distelco, Italy, for the supply of high resolution video codecs for the Martignano Tunnel project in the Trentino region.  The COE X-Net® G3 MPEG4 codecs form the core of the video encoding and transmission system and will make up part of the overall safety system which also incorporates Citilog's MediaTunnel automatic incident detection across 26 of the 43 cameras located within...

COE Ltd, the UK designer of advanced video surveillance systems, has completed a project to extend and update the control and transmissions systems for a 300 camera upgrade for Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.  This upgrade is based on COE's high capacity fibre optic video transmission and CCTV control technology.  The contract, won through competitive tender, included additional cameras and strategic Control Rooms to ensure continuous monitoring throughout the airport.COE...

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...

COE Limited, the developer and supplier of advanced video systems, has completed the supply of COE X-Net® to Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) for the Valencia Metro video monitoring system upgrade.  Against strong competition COE X-Net® was selected for new station upgrades.  Valencia Metro consists of four lines and serves over 61 million passenger journeys a year from its 116 stations.COE has for several years supplied multi-channel video transmission technolog...

COE Group plc, the developer and supplier of advanced video surveillance systems, has partnered with ADT, the UK's leading provider of electronic fire and security solutions, to conduct a trial of COE's X-Net VI analytics and scene analysis software at Clapham Junction railway station, South London, to detect graffiti and other specific events.  The system operates on COE's X-Net G3 IP video codec.  Detection areas will be set up to cover the areas of highest crime and the results moni...

After twelve months of intensive engineering trials, Iarnród Éireann has approved the COE X-NET® MPEG4 video codec system for rail level crossing surveillance across the country.  Each system delivers high quality real-time images to the operation centre and is a critical element in the management of the many remote crossings on the rail system.COE Group Plc, the developer and supplier of advanced video surveillance systems, has many years' experience of designing and manu...

Technion University's school security program uses ioimage intelligent-video for protection from attacks and more The Technion Israel Institute of Technology is the oldest university in Israel.  Founded 1924 the university campus is located in Haifa's Neve Sha'anan neighbourhood on Mount Carmel.This post secondary school encompasses 1,325,000 square meters, which includes approximately 85 buildings. The university's landscape and terrain presents several security challenges.  The secur...

"We have a stable, leading-edge technology system that is helping our fight against criminal activities very successfully.  We would recommend this system to everybody."- Ashley Willoughby, Computer and Security Manager for Three Counties ShowgroundThe ChallengeBecause of the sheer physical size of the Three Counties Showground with numerous entranceways and public access areas, vandalism was becoming a major problem.  After normal closing time people could still wander into...

School buses are the safest vehicles on the road – 70 times safer than cars, light trucks and vans. Yet an average of 33 school-aged children are killed each year in bus-related accidents in the United States; the majority of those deaths occur in the “danger zone,” the 10-foot area surrounding the bus, because of passing motorists who disregard a bus’ stop arm. Spencer Community School District, located in northwestern Iowa and serving more than 2,400 students, is one of...