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Mission Fast-growing microbrewery chain Zerodegrees was dissatisfied with the limitations of the analogue-based CCTV cameras and digital video recorders installed in some of the sites it acquired in London.  For its new restaurant and microbrewery sites, chief executive and co-founder of Zerodegrees, Nick Desai, wanted the ability to ensure evidence caught on camera was usable for police identification purposes.  He also wanted to be able to keep an eye on his growing business whilst...

Unipart, one of Europe's leading logistics businesses, with a £1bn turnover, has a portfolio of customers as diverse as Jaguar, Homebase, Halfords and Vodafone.  What these blue chip companies value about Unipart is not just its first-class performance, but its commercial agility.  Unipart has recently benefited from installing a Siemens access control system at its Oxford headquarters. Siemens access control system, Granta, is a PC-based security management system that allows u...

RemGuard Visual Management's RemVu Aquila transmission equipment, supplied through its franchise operation RemGuard Australia - part of AD Group, is playing a key role tackling out-of-hours crime at Stillwell Trucks based in Milperra, New South Wales. Stillwell is a Sterling, Freightliner, Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Dealership, specialising in new and used commercial vehicle sales, service and parts.  Prior to the RemGuard solution, Stillwell was experiencing repeated major th...

  BWA at Security 2008 in Essen, GermanyThe industry's top safety trade fair at Essen had been successful and lots of visitors have attended the booth of BWA in order to be informed about the current novelties.A live UMTS video broadcasting directly from the BWA booth with connection to Google Maps had been the highlight.  The new firmware update for the DiREX-Pro recorder does not only allow recording almost at real time but also offered support for USB-GPS receivers.  The v...

  VIVOTEK effectively enhances hotel security in BaliPurpose The United Nations' Climate Change Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place in Bali during 3-14 December 2007.  Because an influx of more than 10,000 attendants were expected to stay in the region during this period, every hotel was trying to grasp this business opportunity by differentiating itself from other competitors in its services and facilities.  The owners of Aston Bali Resort and...

  HID Global promotes Anthony BallHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, recently announced that Anthony Ball has been appointed Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Identity and Access Management (IAM), for HID Global, reporting to Steve Wagner, senior vice president.  In his new role, Mr. Ball will play a strategic role in realising market-facing synergies, while focusing on driving innovative growth initiatives...

 Genetec's IP license plate recognition (LPR) solutionGenetec recently announced that the Anti-Aggression Brigade from the Brussels Police Department has chosen AutoVu, Genetec's IP license plate recognition (LPR) solution, to facilitate the detection of stolen vehicles within the city.  The entire installation consists of six AutoVu Sharp cameras that can be interchangeably mounted on 10 police vehicles and that have been pre-cabled and pre-configured for ease of portability...

  Paul Jones, Business Development Manager for Sony productsNorbain has appointed a dedicated business development manager, Paul Jones, to support the popular Sony brand.  Sony has an extensive IP and analogue line up and has seen significant growth since appointing Norbain as a key distributor."We are delighted to appoint Paul as business development manager for Sony products," says Andrew Pigram, Norbain's technical director.  "Paul has continued to develop h...

 Graham Brown, Sales Excutive (Ireland) and Paul Taylor, Sales Manager (United Kingdom) Paul Taylor has joined ACT as UK Sales Manager with responsibilities for all sales operations in the UK.  Paul has extensive experience in the access control market having worked in both manufacturing and distribution.  ACT are delighted to announce the following additions to our sales team.  We wish both Paul and Graham every success in their new roles.Paul Taylor has joine...

Jeremy Kimber, Honeywell's EMEA Marketing Leader, analyses the rising phenomenon of video analytics in the security industry. Like the pharmaceutical industry, CCTV is always unveiling a new wonder cure.  Given the rapid pace of technology development, it is inevitable that new  Rapid growth predicted for analytic software market within the next two to three years solutions are constantly being brought to market.  However, in many cases these new solu...

 The results for the first quarter are above Mobotix AG's expectationsMobotix AG, a technologically leading system provider for digital high-resolution network-based video security systems, has reported the results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008/09 ending on 30th September 2008.The Mobotix Group (IFRS consolidated statements) has reached a sales growth of 48.2% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008/09 resulting in sales of 10.3m EUR (previous year: 7.0m EUR).The group EBITDA r...

 Synology's Surveillance Station provides a great platform to manage VIVOTEK's network camerasWith the September release of the updated Disk Station Manager 2.0 firmware, Synology is glad to announce the cooperation with VIVOTEK.  The cooperation further consolidates their presence on the emerging IP surveillance market.The latest firmware added various new enhancements, including MPEG-4 video format, mega-pixel video support, and Alarm Recording Mode.  Currently, 17 fixed and PTZ...

  Multi-technology smart cards support HID's installed base of physical access control cards whilst reinforcing the global move to a single cross-platform card used for multiple applicationsHID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, has announced that it has acquired Nectar smart card .NET technology, based on Microsoft.NET, from StepNexus and Hive Minded. Nectar is a commercial and licensable reference implementation of a .NET...

 Cary Robins, President of ChipWrightsBedford, MA, based ChipWrights Inc, part of CCTV specialist AD Group, has announced the appointment of Cary Robins to President.  Robins has been at the helm of ChipWrights since 2005, when AD Group added the semiconductor company to its portfolio of high-tech companies.Under Cary's leadership, ChipWrights developed and released its exciting new CW5631 System-on-Chip (SoC) featuring the embedded ChipWrights CWv16 Visual Signal Processor (ViSP)...

 Hirsch drives open and secure network computing standards into physical security industry Hirsch Electronics, a leading supplier of physical access control and security management solutions to enterprises and government agencies, announced it has joined the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and will participate in its Trusted Network Connect (TNC) work group to enable more secure computing across the enterprise.  By joining with other TCG member companies such as IBM, HP, Microsoft,...

   Prime Minister's meeting aimed to advance the cooperation between China and Denmark in business and climate-related issuesPrime Minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen lead a delegation to China the week of October 20th, with a specially chosen group of representatives that included Milestone Systems, global developer of open platform IP video management software.  The agenda of the trip was future business collaborations and environmental matters between China and Denma...

  The Geutebruck platform uses DSP technologyWhen the Casino Berlin relocated its gaming machine hall to a new home in the base of Berlin's TV tower in February 2006, a new tailor-made CCTV system went into operation and has worked smoothly ever since.  It was the casino's crucial requirements for system stability for constant monitoring and flexibility for future expansion, which led installer Fleischhauer Cottbus to use a GeViScope CCTV platform and a 15 TeraByte GeViRAID databa...

  SALTO chose Essen to preview its new concept in access controlSALTO Systems says visitor numbers to its stand at this years Security 2008 show in Essen, which was a joint collaboration with its European partner EVVA, was unprecedented due to the eagerly anticipated launch of its new XS4 RFID self-programmable contactless access control system.For the first time ever worldwide, the company chose Essen to present its new concept in access control that allows users to ‘jump' up to...

During this year's Security show at Essen in Germany, Sony showcased is entire Video Security line-up, including megapixel cameras and a preview of its next generation hybrid recorder - which supports both IP and analogue cameras.   Sony goes mega at Essen - click here to watch the videoblog function submitQuickLinksForm(){ if (document.quickLinksForm.articlesection.selectedIndex==0){ return ; } document.quickLinksForm.action+="&articlesection="...

  Bamber Bridge FC's ground has been renamed the QED StadiumQED, national distributor of CCTV and security equipment have invested in their local "Grass Roots" football team Bamber Bridge FC.The initial 3-year deal means that Bamber Bridge FC's ground has been renamed to the QED Stadium.  Currently top of the Unibond League, Bamber Bridge have had a great start to the season after narrowly missing promotion last year.Dave Arrowsmith and Ian Smith, company directors at QE...

  HIKVision was awarded for its' contribution to the 2008 Olympic GamesHikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd., the leading supplier of digital video surveillance products with the headquarters in China, was awarded on Sept. 17 by Yangshanqiao Olympics Security Center for Hikvision's remarkable contribution of securing the 2008 Olympic Games.On behalf of Hikvision, Changyang Cai, General Manager of Hikvision Beijing branch, received the award from lijing Xu, deputy minister of Olympics S...

 Conquest Hospital in East Sussex Based on a gently sloping site in Hastings, the Conquest Hospital is a modern District General Hospital. Built over four levels, the hospital opened 16 years ago and in 2002 merged with Eastbourne Hospital to form East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust serving the population of East Sussex. The Trust employs over 5,000 staff and is an extremely busy hospital trust. In the last year the Trust's maternity teams delivered 3,835 babies; 95,393 people were tr...

 OnSSI will exhibit at ISC EastToday's large video systems can provide a deluge of data, but it takes intelligence to make sense of it all.  Specifically, it takes intelligent, scalable, easy-to-use video control and an open-architecture, non- proprietary, video-centric PSIM (Physical Security Information Management) software platform to transform boundless video data into usable information.Two sessions at ISC East presented by Gadi Piran, president of On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc...

  Panasonic System Solutions CompanyName change reflects broader systems based approachPanasonic System Solutions Company is the new name for Panasonic Security Systems, a change that reflects focus on the company's unique ability to deliver the broadest range of customer driven end-to-end technology solutions."In today's business environment, integrated solutions reach across multiple departments and disciplines.  Panasonic is in a unique position to deliver fully integrated...

  Martin Morris, Security Sales Manager at Mayflex was in attendance to receive the award Mayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and physical security solutions distributor, continues to be recognized and rewarded for its dedication to supporting and distributing the Mobotix brand of IP digital surveillance products by receiving the Mobotix ‘Worldwide Partner of the Year Award' for the second year in a row.  The award was presented to Martin Morris, Securi...

  ioimage intelligent video devices to run on Genetec's IP video management solutionioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced it has entered into a technology partnership with Genetec, a leader in innovative networked security solutions.  As a result of this partnership, ioimage's video analytics devices can now be seamlessly integrated into Omnicast™, Genetec's IP video surveillance solution, enabling surveillance video to...

  Dallmeier cameras capture Jojo Rodriguez with his flight instructor Peter MüllerLoopings, Cuban eights, rolls - with aerobatics, the world is upside down. Besides kilter and physical fitness, one other thing is particularly important for a safe flight and success at championships: intensive training.  Peter Müller, flight instructor in Florida, uses a very special technology during training flights.  Dallmeier cameras on board the aircraft record the entire flight...

  The Heitel team met and offered information to customers and interested parties In early October, HeiTel Digital Video GmbH presented a variety of innovations including its new hybrid CamDisc HNVR video recorder and CamControl MV video wall software at the world's largest security technology trade fair, Security, in Essen, Germany.  The HeiTel team met and offered information to customers and interested parties from Germany and around the globe at an inviting and open trade fair...

  The events are designed to highlight the features and capabilities of the company's latest generation DV-IP range of network recordersCCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - is to host a series of Launch Events, during November and December, from its new state-of-the-art demonstration vehicle.  The events are designed to highlight the features and capabilities of the company's latest generation DV-IP range of network Digital Video Recorders including the DV-IP RT,...

  Professional video surveillance at the soccer stadiumThe French engineering company Ingenica has been tasked to install a MOBOTIX network-based video surveillance solution at the Parc des Princes soccer stadium in Paris.The stadium is home of the French premier league soccer club Paris Saint German and has seen quite a number of international games, such as the European Cup final 1984, the 3rd place final of the 1998 World Cup and the Uefa Cup final 1998 between Inter Milano and Lazi...