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The missionEgnatia Motorway wanted to develop a wireless traffic surveillance project along the 9 km of the motorway that runs from the Metsovo interchange to the Peristeri interchange.  Despite being only 9 km in length, this route has the most difficult and varied terrain on the motorway, hence the need for surveillance cameras. The solutionEgnatia Motorway installed a total of 14 AXIS 213 PTZ Network Cameras to monitor traffic flow and provide surveillance and security at the point of th...

High-resolution bullet cameras from Rainbow are being used for security monitoring and licence plate recognition at the vehicle terminal serving Europe's busiest port, Dover. The cameras are allowing Kent Police to observe both freight and car traffic at the Eurotunnel plaza in Folkestone which connects with the M20 motorway.  They are being used within ticket machines and operator's booths, the system activation being hardware triggers from loops on traffic lanes or contact closure when ti...

Comprehensive networkThe city of Kaiserslautern is committed to serving the needs of its citizens.  This is reflected in the wide network of public transportation the city operates: 13 day bus and six night bus lines as well as approximately 450 bus stops throughout the city make sure that the 105,000 inhabitants of the German metropolis can get conveniently from A to B, around 13 million passengers use the services of the TWK Verkehrs-AG each year.  This traffic company, a division of...

Meeting needs within public transportation - fixed and mobile.  Verint highlights concepts and offers the practical example of BOGESTRA in Germany, to show how these systems can achieve outstanding and measurable results.Whilst Video security systems cannot prevent malicious defacements, aggressive vandalism or criminal behaviour by passengers, if integrated into comprehensive security strategies and partnerships, they can contribute toward improving employee and passenger safety and reduci...

BSIA will present one of six break-out sessions delivered by the industry's leading experts at IIPSEC 2008.  The presentation at 14.00 GMT on 30th January 2008 will focus on IP as an essential enabling technology in the application of BS8418 - the British Standard for detector-activated, remotely monitored CCTV.  It will look at the impact of IP technology in the application of the standard and its results in providing the bottom line security and financial benefits of BS8418 comp...

Syd (Peter) Heals has been appointed to the board of directors of Bell Group Limited and Bell Security Limited. This board oversees Bell's UK security and fire systems businesses within the corporate structure of parent organisation Securitas Systems AB.Syd Heals has been Chief Operating Officer of Bell Security's Commercial Security and Fire UK systems operations since January 2006.  He entered the industry in 1978 and joined Bell Security in 1990, where he has gained extensive commercial...

SENKOADL has appointed a European sales representative to promote the company's range of IR-adjusted fixed, varifocal and zoom lenses.Stefano Ulliana, 33, hails from Milan.  Stefano speaks English, French and Spanish as well as his native Italian.  He has come across to CCTV from a background in ethical sales within the medical sector and sees many parallels between the two markets.Stefano said, "I'm looking forward to the challenge and expect to gain business for SenkoADL in the...

IndigoVision's complete IP Video solution has helped transform the local policing of a small town in Northern Italy.  Sergnano has a population of just 3,000 and employs only two law enforcement officers to police the town.  The installation of an IndigoVision IP-CCTV system has enabled the police officers to cover a much larger area more effectively, reduce vandalism and respond more quickly to incidents and crime.The cost effective IndigoVision solution was the key to the success of...

The requirementThe Big Screen Project is a unique initiative in public space broadcasting.  It is a network of outdoor cinema-size video screens, located in major city centres around the UK, showing local and national news, events and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The project is a collaborative partnership between the BBC, various local authorities and a number of sponsors including The Royal Bank of Scotland.  The screen technology is provided by Philips with content b...

Tradition obligates"We know most of our 800 car dealership customers personally.  As a result, we can offer them very individualised service, which distinguishes us from our larger competitors."  For Heinrich Krawietz, co-owner and managing director of Auto-Schöttle in Stuttgart-Botnang, consistent customer care is not just another slick marketing phrase.  In his dealership, word is worth just as much as a signed contract.  Hard work, cost savings, trust,...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, announced today that IMS Research estimate Axis' global market share for network cameras at 32%.In the same report*, IMS rank all vendors providing video surveillance equipment, including digital and analogue security equipment such as cameras, recording solutions and video servers/encoders.  "Axis has moved from 12th in the world in last year's study to be positioned 8th in 2006.  This is very impressive for a co...

Ipsotek has opened the UK's first video analytics training centre.  Courses aimed at Value Added Resellers (VARS), specifiers, integrators, consultants and end-users will cover the theory and practice of behavioural analytics.  Few dispute the importance of CCTV analytics but with its educational Partner Programme, Ipsotek is the only developer offering formal training in this rapidly emerging technology.The courses - primarily for sales and technical professionals - are set at three l...

ProblemMost break-ins are over in less than four minutes.  A good police response takes at least ten.  Tesco losses were substantial: fast acting thieves were stealing from petrol filling stations and Express stores with impunity.OptionsAll conventional types of security had been tried.  None were successful in stopping the losses.SolutionSmoke Screen by Concept Smoke Screen.  These images are taken from genuine CCTV footage captured in a Tesco petrol filling station in Manch...

Mark Thomas, managing director of iWatch UK, one of the country's leading Remote Video Response Centres (RVRCs), is a guest speaker at IIPSEC in January 2008.  Mark, a recognised expert on end-to-end CCTV monitoring, will present a seminar entitled "The Changing Landscape of IP Alarm and Visual Verification."Mark's experience in the three key areas of successful monitoring, namely CCTV system installation, remote monitoring and video transmission equipment makes him a unique autho...

Network cameras and video servers from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by Arthur McKay at The University of Aberdeen- one of Scotland's premier universities with more than 500 years of history.  The university recently embarked on a major new building programme to upgrade and extend facilities for the 14,000 students that are now enrolled there.                 &...

An innovative combination of proven external detectors using shared patented technology from Optex Europe is playing an integral part in preventing the theft of precious and often valuable animals from a local zoo in Alfriston, East Sussex.  Drusillas Park covers 15 acres and it is widely regarded as the best small zoo in the UK.Drusillas Park opted for Optex Europe's detectors on the advice of the systems specialist Haven Security, following a spate of thefts from zoos last year, including...

Complus Teltronic Ltd will bring IoIP® (Intercom over Internet Protocol) to IIPSEC 2008 in January.  With the advances in IP technology, visitors this year will be able to see IP ready intercom units for plug and play solutions.New, working IP solutions will be exhibited on stand 69, featuring integral IP intercom products, the new Access Control Intercom module and the IP Help Point.  These can be used across a variety of applications including town centres, sh...

One of six technical sessions delivered by the industry's leading experts at IIPSEC 2008, a high level Masterclass session at 14.00 GMT on 29th January will look into the latest developments in Megapixel Technology.  Starting with a review of compression techniques, the session will investigate the operational requirements of the technology, how to determine how much resolution is required for each camera and how to choose the optimum lens.Recommended for:Solutions Providers, Inst...

Security is now part of the mainstream in day-to-day life at most further education facilities with access control rapidly becoming the fastest growing technology as older, more basic systems are replaced.  Marc Handels, Marketing & Sales Director for SALTO Systems Ltd, looks at how security on campus is changing and how access control manufacturers are responding to develop systems to keep pace with their education customers ever more complex requirements.When it comes to security, acc...

Jack Fernandes, President and CEO of American Fibertek, Inc., has announced the appointment of Theodore "Ted" Turczyn as Director of Distribution Sales.  Turczyn joined AFI this month following a successful career in the communication systems integration field, including positions with Belden Cable and International Fiber Systems.                      "Ted has extensive ex...

Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) has adopted the latest NetVu Connected Digital Sprite 2 (DS2) DVRs from Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - for a new sophisticated CCTV solution delivered by G4S Security Systems (UK) Ltd at the all-seater City of Manchester Stadium.                     An inherited system of 59 CCTV cameras linked to analogue multiplexers and video recorders was beginning t...

Dallmeier has been developing and manufacturing complete networked video solutions for casinos for over 20 years - from special casino cameras, picture storage and picture transmission, to the individually tailored management system with customized GUIs.  At G2E 2007 in Las Vegas, Dallmeier presented its overall concept for the specific requirements of casino applications.Highest availability - get 99.99994% First of all the Digital Matrix was shown with its DIS-2/M modular audio/video reco...

Premier Waste (UK) Ltd has adopted the latest remotely monitored, detector activated, CCTV service from RemGuard Visual Management - part of AD Group - to secure its extensive waste management and recycling site in Hyde, Greater Manchester.  The facility hit the headlines in September when CCTV images were shown in the media of a teenager aiming what appeared to be an AK47 rifle from the adjacent Newton Railway Station.            ...

IndigoVision's IP Video technology is providing CCTV surveillance for Edinburgh Castle, Scotland's number one tourist attraction and part of Edinburgh's World Heritage site.  Historic Scotland operates and maintains the Castle and the associated exhibitions but part of the castle continues to be occupied by the army.  This dual role means the Castle has to be open to over 1 million visitors a year, but still maintain the levels of security expected on a site with military presence.As p...

Frost & Sullivan will host a conference call on Tuesday 4 December 2007 at 14.00 GMT to provide industry participants with an overview of the recently published study focusing on Convergence of Physical Security with IP in the European Market.As technology advances in the security industry from analogue to digital, and to IP, vendors and customers are reviewing opportunities to secure facilities more comprehensively through multi-layered or integrated technology instead of isolated security...

March Networks™, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that Stephen Nicolle has joined the March Networks senior management team in the position of acting Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to Peter Strom, President and CEO.                      Mr. Nicolle has more than 22 years of experience working in the comm...

SANYO Security Systems, a division of SANYO Fisher Company, has announced the appointment of Mr. Robert Schindler to the position of Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast region.Mr. Schindler brings more than 25 years of security industry experience in managing sales and market development for Toshiba, Sony and Panasonic.  Robert's appointment, which is effective immediately, was announced recently by Mr. Frank Abram, Vice President and General Manager, SANYO Security Products Division.&...

The challenge  Boots is one of the best-known names on British high streets.  In recent years there has been a move to retail parks situated on the edge of towns.  As a result thieves have targeted the stores seeking to steal well-known brands of perfume and cosmetics. Options Stores have been fitted with ‘conventional' security; CCTV, monitored alarms and physical security such as shutters and grilles.  These have failed to stop the increasing losses to burgla...

BT Redcare provides comprehensive security solutions for retailers - helping them protect premises and stock, reduce theft and shrinkage, and improve operational efficiency. BT Redcare provides a range of secure alarm signalling and CCTV solutions appropriate to the level of customers' risk and specific business problems.  Our Loss Prevention Solution has been specially developed to help retailers reduce shrinkage and improve profitability. We can help retailers reduce theft & fraud b...

Vari-focal lenses from US manufacturer Rainbow have been installed at thirty Holland and Barrett stores including sites in London, Birmingham and Amsterdam.  The lens is Rainbow's 3-8mm model, which is notable in that as a day-night unit it corrects the focus shift that occurs when using IR lighting. At the Holland and Barrett stores the lenses are operating within Rainbow's own dome camera assemblies.  The client is recording digitally using DVRs by Videoswitch with removable trays a...