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One of the world's finest cricket coaching venues, the MCC Indoor Cricket School, is capitalising on the very latest CCTV technology from SANYO to help future Test and County stars hone their skills. The SANYO technology is a part of the School's Performance Analysis Suite, which was recently completed and has already been used by top cricketers including England's Alastair Cook.Founded in the 1970s, and re-built in the 1990s, the School, which is situated within Lord's Cricket G...

IndigoVision's complete IP-Video system is providing a comprehensive CCTV surveillance solution for the Police Service in Macau, one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, along with Hong Kong.  The new system has revolutionised how Macau Police monitor their operation and has provided them with faster video analysis and improved incident response.  IndigoVision was chosen following a successful test evaluation of competing systems by techn...

Mirasys Ltd, a leading provider of video surveillance software for the security industry is this year celebrating its ten year anniversary.Since its founding as a small IT startup in 1997, Mirasys Ltd has grown to become the Scandinavian market leader and a leading provider of surveillance software in Europe and North America.  Today, Mirasys software is used to monitor sites ranging from New York State school districts to holding cells in Queensland, Australia, and from diamond m...

Twenty members of the Frontline team recently took part in the 2007 London to Brighton Bike Ride and in the process raised over £6,000 for the British Heart Foundation."Members of our team individually raised many of hundreds of pounds through the support of their family and friends," said John Bryan the Director.  "The sponsorship provided by a number of our key suppliers, which included Boon Edam, DvTel, Norbain, Specialized Security Products, Barclays Bank, Devine an...

The coastline of Dubai is rapidly changing as The Palm islands emerge from the sea.  Today, the city of Dubai, currently the fastest growing metropolis on earth, and holds approximately 1.5 million people.  By the year 2015 this number is expected to have increased to 3.0 million.  To promote tourism, three Palm islands are being built by Nakheel in the waters of the Arabian Gulf.  Construction on The Palm Jebel Ali will begin this year.  Reclamation of The Palm Deira...

Retailers have been warned that they are not taking security seriously enough to tackle the rising amount of retail crime.Security specialist TAC says that retailers are seriously damaging their bottom line profits by not addressing crime properly.The claim comes after research carried out by TAC revealed that only nine per cent of retailers nationally treated security as a priority - even though crime cost the industry £2.5bn in 2005.TAC asked managers from leading high street stores and...

Forward Vision's Mic1-400 was recently tested head-to-head against high pressure water spray from a fire hose.  The test was conducted to confirm the Mic1-400's performance under extreme conditions well beyond its stated environmental specifications.  Constructed of CNC-milled 6mm-thick aluminium or 316L stainless steel, Mic1-400 is IP68 sealed for total protection against ingress and periods of immersion under pressure, providing absolute performance in extreme conditions such...

Paxton's Net2 system has supplied award-winning food producer Bigham's with a flexible solution that controls access and records timekeeping for more than 200 staff working in kitchen, office and storage areas throughout two buildings in Park Royal, London. The easily-managed security system ensures that only authorised people can gain access to each area.  It takes just moments to issue a new staff member with a card tailored to their role or - equally importantly - to cancel the card if s...

Derwent's REG™ number plate capture cameras have been used to improve security at the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the British horse racing world's top annual festivals.The number plates of more than 15,000 vehicles entering and leaving during the two-day event were captured by Derwent's REG Dual cameras, installed by Special Events Communications."Our engineers were able to set the system up very quickly because the cameras are literally plug and play," explains Don Wetherell of...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, has reported record attendance levels at its stand at the IFSEC exhibition during May.Axis had its most successful IFSEC exhibition yet, with visitor numbers substantially higher than at any other previous year.  At the stand visitors were showing great interest in Axis' three new megapixel network cameras, launched at IFSEC, including the AXIS 211M, a 1.3 megapixel network camera which uses megapixel resolution in MPEG-4 a...

Bikes belonging to MPs and Peers were visibly marked with a permanent security marking before they set off on this year's All Party Parliamentary Bike Ride.As politicians and Lords gathered recently on College Green, in front of the Houses of Parliament, a total of 85 bikes were marked by security company Selectamark.  All of the bikes belonged to parliamentary employees who use their bikes to cycle to work, including Lords, MPs and even House of Commons catering staff. T...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has appointed Carol Cope as Partnership Manager to head-up the company's DM Fusion programme, which has been created to deliver enhanced support for key security installers across the UK.Carol brings more than 20 years of business experience in sales and marketing to her new role.  She has worked previously for a market-leading engineering company and, most recently, for the blue-chip consumer electronics company Sharp.Already Carol has been instrum...

HID Global, the trusted leader in secure identity, today announced the EMEA region launch of HID Identity, a new organisation offering a comprehensive set of solutions for the deployment of contact and contactless smart card-based identity credentials.  Following the successful launch of HID Identity in the Americas, the newly formed service organisation will operate under the auspices of HID Global AG in Geroldswil, Switzerland. HID Global combined the talents and resources of Interlock AG...

Global market leader in video surveillance, TeleEye Group has appointed Diamond Computers and Software and Sumikawa Sdn Bhd as authorised distributor in Greece and Malaysia respectively. Both Greek and Malaysian security markets have high development potential.  Greece produced a GDP of US$251.7 billion in 2006.  The principal economic activities mainly include the tourism and shipping industries, banking and finance, manufacturing and construction, and telecommunications.  G...

Lenses from Rainbow CCTV are being installed by Tyco Integrated Systems (TIS) throughout the Dutch motorway network. The 10-100mm motorised zoom units are being mounted on purpose-built CCTV poles, gantries and bridges at motorway junctions in areas including Arnhem, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague. The Rainbow lenses are part of pan & tilt assemblies and operate from IP67 housings created by TIS.  The units are being used with Bosch LTC0620 cameras while the telemetry contr...

IP Video systems manufacturer IndigoVision is providing the technology behind a new train dispatch system that improves passenger safety and speeds up operations for the Berlin S-Bahn.  The S-Bahn is a metro system that transports around 1.3 million passengers a day across a network consisting of 16 lines and 165 stations.  This innovative IP Video system allows the train driver to safely manage train dispatch via a CCTV display in the cab - the first installation of its type anywhere...

Verint Systems Inc., a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for security and business intelligence, today announced that the City of San Antonio has selected its Nextiva™ Transit solution and that Verint has received a multi-million dollar order to enhance security and improve operations of its entire bus fleet, including fixed route and paratransit vehicles. VIA Metropolitan Transit serves San Antonio and the majority of Texas' Bexar County, spanning approximately 122...

How UK airline catering company FFL used Axis IP-Surveillance equipment to ensure compliance with tight UK Department for Transport security regulations.Unimpressed with traditional analog CCTV surveillance systems, FFL's managing director Mark Matthews turned to InCam Digital Surveillance for an IP-Surveillance solution."It was very clear what we were paying for and the additional benefits we were likely to gain from going the IP-Surveillance route," says Mr. Matthews.When InCam d...

A 450-camera Bosch IP surveillance system has been completed for St Pancras International station, part of the high speed Channel Tunnel rail link, which is due to open in November.Controlware Communications provided technical design, product supply, integration, commissioning and operator training services for the new integrated system.The new surveillance solution includes a mixture of static and dome cameras, IP codecs, networked storage and an advanced management platform, so that images can...

The pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, ioimage, announced today that it is sponsoring and participating in the Video Content Analysis Conference organised by IMS Conferences.  In addition to helping professionals gain insight on how Video Content Analysis (VCA) can benefit their organisations, the conference will present case studies that highlight key issues related to this cutting-edge technology.Taking place in London on June 25th and 26th at the Hilton Padd...

Nortech Control Systems Ltd are pleased to announce their recent acquisition of proximity reader manufacturer JTI Technologies Ltd. JTI Technologies Ltd was established in 1998 and designed the ‘DualPROX™' family of readers.  The DualPROX™ family of readers offers the choice of flexibility and cost effectiveness whether it is for a new access control system, expansion of an existing system or simply replacement readers.The DualPROX™ readers read both old PAC (153...

Panasonic System Solutions Europe is delighted to announce that the WV-CW960 colour dome surveillance camera, featuring Super Dynamic III technology, has been awarded the PSI Premier Award for CCTV Product of the Year 2007.The awards evening, hosted by the Pro-Activ Publications team, took place on the 5th of June at the exclusive Moor Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire and recognised all those who had achieved excellence throughout the year in a variety of areas.  The awards were voted for by...

Scyron, the security and surveillance services company announced today the appointment of Michael Wilks as Chief Executive Officer to spearhead the company's international growth.  He takes up the new position with immediate effect at the company's UK headquarters and Security Research and Development Lab at the University of Birmingham Research Park. The privately-owned UK company is at the forefront of creating a new category of 'intelligent' CCTV and surveillance systems....

With all the hype surrounding so-called 'Talking CCTV' now being rolled out as part of public space surveillance in Britain's cities, that allows control centre operators to speak to people picked-up on camera, one would be forgiven for thinking that this was some radical new form of security that had just emerged, particularly as the coverage from the non-specialist broadcast media seems to point inexorably to this conclusion.The reality however is somewhat different.  Those ou...

Rainbow's bullet cameras are monitoring some of the finest racehorses in the world at stables in Kentucky, USA.  The cameras are allowing breeders to observe mares during the crucial days of foaling and have been installed at several leading breeders by local integrator Barney Miller's.   A notable site is Glen Ridge Farm, Lexington, where a prominent breeder is using the cameras in nine stalls and reviewing images at night from the comfort of their home on a hard-wired system wit...

Vandal-resistant dome cameras from Rainbow are being used at BP petrol stations across the United Kingdom for general surveillance at the company's forecourts. Installers, Cambridgeshire-based AGE Electrical Services, report that the domes are compact and unobtrusive, meaning the units are unlikely to be struck by high-sided or unusually shaped vehicles as they move around the BP sites.  Use of these cameras forms part of BP's wide-ranging CCTV measures aimed at health & safety, logisti...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading manufacturer of contactless smart card systems for personal identification applications, and InterCard GmbH Kartensysteme, the market leader in multifunctional card systems, have signed a licence agreement.  LEGIC all-in-one card technology is a perfect fit with InterCard systems and makes it possible to tap into new markets.InterCard GmbH Kartensysteme, formed in 1978, is based in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany and has been developing and distributing m...

Octavian Security Ltd, the security arm of the Octavian Group of Companies has announced the launch of its first Canadian office.  To be based in Downtown Vancouver, Octavian Security Inc is to offer manned security solutions to Canadian organisations and also provide high end security consultancy.The UK based, internationally operating security specialist is about to secure its first contracts in the city, which are expected to be in the construction and logistics sectors.  Octavian&#...

RemGuard's remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV service is being applied at Rosehill Industrial EstateLarge scale protectionIn another Australian example, RemGuard's remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV service is being applied to the large multi-tenanted $137 million Rosehill Industrial Estate, owned by ING Industrial Fund, situated in suburban western Sydney, where RemGuard provides overall 'perimeter estate monitoring'.The original intent was to employ after hours security guard...

Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced it was voted Best Intruder Manufacturer at the PSI Premier Awards, which took place on 5th June at Moor Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire.Exclusively selected by security installers, the prestigious annual awards event and its honorees garner industry respect.  Honeywell was awarded the Intruder Manufacturer of the Year award based on the superior level of customer care and impressive sales performance achieved in the sector throughout the past year."...