Security camera systems

Dahua Technology, a solution provider in the global video surveillance industry, has launched three new AI XVR products—the DH-XVR8208A-4K-I, DH-XVR8216A-4KL-I, and XVR8816S-4KL-I. Offering incomparable perimeter protection, face recognition and metadata search technology, they are applicable to numerous industries ranging from retail to banking and real estate. Being cost-effective and user-friendly, Dahua AI XVRs aim to create more value to users. With 8/16ch perimeter protection, the XVR intelligently avoids false alarms to less important objects such as falling leaves and rain, and send alarms only when identifying human or vehicle, therefore hostile intrusion can be contained, potential losses can be reduced, and manpower can be saved. Target object modelling The AI-powered face recognition technology behind these XVR products enjoys a high reputation in the industry, winning several first prizes in international competitions. Being acknowledged on performance for both efficiency and accuracy, Dahua Face Recognition could alarm for suspects on blacklist, allow passing for authorised people on whitelist, also alert for approaching of strangers. The new products offer enhanced process efficiency as well as reduced time and labour cost with the integration of a powerful, multicore CPU Utilising 4ch Metadata Search functions, the new XVR products are smart search enabled, capable of automatically extracting face feature attributes, including gender, age, glasses, masks, beard, facial expressions, and target object modelling. Furthermore, the new products offer enhanced process efficiency as well as reduced time and labour cost with the integration of a powerful, multicore CPU. Providing human-related metadata to platforms, Dahua Technology’s AI XVRs allow potential business applications realised by third-party software and algorithms. Intelligent perimeter protection Holding Dahua Technology’s patented HDCVI technology, these new AI XVR products are featured with long distance transmission, seamless upgrading, and IoT into analogue monitoring—all while maintaining perfect 4K resolution over coax. Dahua has already launched several series of cameras, recorders, and network video servers. With its extensive portfolio of front-end and back-end products with HDCVI technology, Dahua solutions can be easily integrated into self-contained systems to satisfy the needs of both system integrators and users. Integrating intelligent perimeter protection, advanced face recognition, powerful metadata search and HDCVI technology, Dahua Technology’s AI XVRs are designed to bolster video security to offer a safe, efficient, and intelligent environment. With a mission of ‘Enabling a Safer Society and Smarter Living’, Dahua will continue to focus on serving partners and customers around the world by ‘Innovation, Quality, and Service.’

IDIS America will make its first appearance at the ISC East security trade show in booth #251, November 14-15, at the Javits Center in New York, to highlight the company’s award-winning end-to-end video surveillance solution, and speak to the specific market-needs and requirements of integrators partners in the region, as well as key vertical industries concentrated in the Eastern United States. At ISC East, IDIS will demonstrate key offerings from the IDIS Total Solution—an end-to-end, single sourced offering that delivers exceptional plug-and-play simplicity combined with highest-quality performance and a low total cost of ownership. Compatibility, now featuring the longest recorder warranty in the industry, with a low total cost of ownership. Additionally, IDIS’s critical failover features and hardened network security protocols provide complete reassurance against a full spectrum of risks. IR Fisheye Camera and H.265 4K recorder IDIS technology featured at ISC East will include the DirectIP 12MP Vandal-Resistant IR Fisheye Camera with true WDRIDIS technology featured at ISC East will include the DirectIP 12MP Vandal-Resistant IR Fisheye Camera with true WDR and both onboard camera- and client-side image dewarping (including mobile devices, client PCs, and NVRs); the DirectIP 8300 Series 64 Channel H.265 4K Recorder, delivering enterprise-level performance with a single next-generation NVR; and IDIS VA in the Box, a powerfully versatile analytics tool that arms small- and medium-sized businesses, especially retail operations, with the business intelligence they need to make to be as competitive as possible. The IDIS booth will also feature a robust preview of the company’s new IDIS Compact Solutions line, a choice of network and HD-TVI cameras and recorders, easy to install and configure, at a highly competitive price point. The line, designed for rapid installations (including multi-site rollouts), comes without any compromise on IDIS’s signature reliability and performance and addresses specific requirements and challenges of both integrators and end-users looking to protect small- and medium-sized operations in a variety of vertical markets, including retail. Connecting with current and potential partners The technology solutions IDIS will feature are all key components of the latest offering in the powerful IDIS Total Solution“IDIS is looking forward to joining the conversation at ISC East this year,” noted Keith Drummond, Senior Director, IDIS America. “ISC East’s reputation as a valuable forum to address regional challenges and highlight industry innovation is well known, and the show will provide IDIS with the opportunity to connect with current and potential partners end-users from the east coast and beyond in a direct and meaningful way. “We’ll be highlighting technologies developed to meet market-identified challenges, and showing how they can specifically meet the challenges and requirements most common in the region. We look forward to a great show.” The technology solutions IDIS will feature at ISC East are all key components of the latest offering in the powerful and award-winning IDIS Total Solution.

Bates Security, LLC, a commercial and residential security company based in Kentucky with branches in Prestonsburg, Kentucky and Jacksonville, Florida, is happy to announce the recent acquisition of HITEC Security from Tommy Kidd of Pikeville, Kentucky. Bates Security and HITEC are a perfect match as both are family owned and operated businesses based in Kentucky. With the acquisition, Bates will be adding over 600 accounts to its customer base in Prestonsburg, where Bates does business under the ABCO Security name. “Tommy is a great guy and very enthusiastic about the security industry and he has built up a solid business,” said Jeremy Bates, President of Bates Security. “I have known Tommy for a while now and we are honoured that he selected us to be the ones to continue the legacy he has built.” Efficient transitioning process When I decided it was time to turn my customers over to someone, I knew that Bates Security was the right company to call"With the acquisition, Bates will bring on a new employee to the team, and Tommy will be an important part of the transition process and long-term servicing of the company. “When I decided it was time to turn my customers over to someone, I knew that Bates Security was the right company to call,” said Tommy Kidd, owner of HITEC Security. “I have known Bates for a long time and trust Jeremy and his people. They are good people and they know what they are doing, so I know my customers will be in good hands.” Bates Security and its sister company, Sonitrol of Lexington, received $10M revolving line of credit from Capital One to fund organic expansion and take advantage of acquisition opportunities in both Kentucky and Florida.

With a strong emphasis on the development of technical innovation and design, 360 Vision Technology, the UK CCTV manufacturing company, has forged close working partnerships with an array of technology leaders - to enable deep systems integration into a wide range of solutions suitable for a host of surveillance applications. A long list of UK and international technology companies enjoy a close working relationship with 360 Vision Technology, some of whom for over 20 years. But always, the driving factor in these relationships is 360 Vision’s commitment to deliver innovative high-performance CCTV camera solutions that provide no boundaries to deployment with 3rd party manufacturers’ equipment. Delivering innovative solutions 360 Vision has developed a reputation for delivering innovation and usable functionality, such as thermal imaging cameraOver many years, 360 Vision has developed a reputation for delivering innovation and usable functionality, such as thermal imaging camera, award-winning radar-controlled video surveillance, and industry leading Sirius powerful integrated LED white light and infrared (IR) lighting. Commenting on 360 Vision’s commitment to reliability, rugged construction, and outstanding customer support, Mark Rees, Managing Director at 360 Vision Technology said: “Right from the design stage of any new product, our R&D team aim to ensure 360 Vision cameras are the simplest to commission and best performing in their sector. Close working partnerships with like-minded systems manufacturers helps us to achieve that goal. “360 Vision’s partnerships with industry leading technology companies helps to feed technical and sharp-end feedback in to our constant product development - pairing our leading-edge surveillance camera technology with the very best in CCTV control, alarm handling, access control, rapid deployment, radar and wireless system solutions expertise.” Optimal surveillance imagery Many of our technical partners proactively demonstrate 360 Vision cameras at our resource centre"Working partnerships with 360 Vision enables preferred technical partners from across the security industry to have a close hand in the development of the functionality of 360 Vision’s cameras. With deep 3rd party integration to 360 Vision’s industry leading range of cameras, end-users can be guaranteed the best possible surveillance imagery, simplest set-up and seamless, intuitive control - plus numerous desirable performance benefits. “Many of our technical partners proactively demonstrate 360 Vision cameras at our resource centre,” adds Mark. “Here, customers are able to experience and evaluate proposed end-to-end system configurations in action - to support customers to make an informed decision on their choice of specification for installation projects.” Integrated and hassle-free systems Thanks to the on-going technical partnership between 360 Vision and selected technology manufacturers, simple product set-up, deep systems integration and performance benefits are built in to varied applications and sizes of CCTV installations across the globe. Via these long-term technical partnerships, 360 Vision Technology are not only ensuring installers and end-users can enjoy a fully integrated and hassle-free systems control experience, but to the wider world market, promote the benefits to be gained by specifying Best of British integrated surveillance solutions.

Cortech Developments is pleased to announce the integration of its Datalog MV with video cameras from Hikvision, global supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions. Datalog MV operates with the latest version of Datalog and significantly enhances the control, flexibility and stability of managing a wide range of camera systems. Datalog MV Datalog is a modular software suite that operates as a single or multi user graphical user interface, providing local and remote site monitoring and control of building, fire, security and energy systems. Datalog assists in reducing risk and cost while maximising efficiency, situation awareness and accountability. Datalog MV allows multiple CCTV brands to run as individual ‘plug ins’ which ensures overall system stability is maximised and the exposure to risk and downtime is reduced. Cortech Datalog MV- Hikvision video cameras integration The integration with Hikvision allows Datalog MV to show operators live or recorded video This integration with Hikvision allows Datalog MV to show operators live or recorded video. When an alarm occurs on Datalog any number of cameras can be automatically associated as well as other more complex causes and effects. Events can then be replayed on the Datalog screen to show the pre, post and live event video for instant verification. If PTZ cameras are in use, then these can also be managed and controlled through Datalog. Scalable and effective video security integration Jason Blundell, Head of Sales & Marketing for Cortech Developments commenting on the integration said “We are excited to welcome Hikvision into our portfolio of integration partners and we are looking forward to working with them. The partnership between Hikvision and Cortech demonstrates our on-going commitment to offer users flexibility and the widest choice, when selecting an integrated software platform.” “This partnership represents a powerful combination of technologies, reliability, performance, and compatibility. We are proud to have integrated our cameras with Cortech, to enable effective and scalable security operations in a new way”, said Justin Hollis, Marketing Director for Hikvision UK & Ireland Ltd.

Arecont Vision Costar, the provider of network-based video surveillance solutions, announces the promotion of a key staff member and the addition of skilled new sales resources to improve customer and partner support across several international growth regions. The company, a business unit of Costar Technologies, Inc. is increasing its presence in Europe, the Middle East, and India through strategic hiring. The international sales organisation has its regional headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is responsible for all worldwide Arecont Vision Costar sales and support activities outside of the Americas. Video management system The new Arecont Vision Total Video Solution and its component megapixel cameras offer valuable new choices to the market" “We are truly excited to promote and add these skilled and experienced team members and sales partners to both enhance our presence and deliver improved sales support to our end user customers, systems integrators, consultants, and technology partners,” stated Sanjit Bardhan, Vice President - International Sales, Arecont Vision Costar. “The new Arecont Vision Total Video Solution and its component megapixel cameras, video management system, video recorders, and cloud-based web services offer valuable new choices to the market, and our expanded team will help bring these products to our customers around the world.” Vineet Panwar has been promoted to Technical Director – International, leading all technical support activities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, and Asia-Pacific. Mr. Panwar first joined the company in 2015, as Regional Technical Manager for the Middle East, Africa, and India. Experienced sales professionals The European sales organisation has added Sergej Piculin as Regional Sales Director. Based in Solvenia, Mr. Piculin’s responsibilities include the DACH and Benelux regions, as well as Eastern Europe and Russia. He rejoins Arecont Vision Costar from his most recent role at IndigoVision, and is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana. In the Middle East, Khaled Shehata has been appointed as Regional Sales Manager for the region. An experienced sales leader, Mr. Shehata previously served in similar assignments with Harco Group for Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and most recently at SNB Middle East FZC, Dubai. Successful sales career We look forward to recognising their success in supporting Arecont Vision Costar customers and partners in the future" Vani Jeevan has been added to the regional team as Inside Sales Manager – International. Since graduating with an MCA degree from India’s Osmania University, Ms. Jeevan has had a successful career in sales, customer service, quality assurance, and client management in assignments in India and most recently Dubai where she is now based. In India, the regional sales organisation has been enhanced with the addition of manufacturer’s representative Hikam Vision. Mr. Bardhan’s team also added Innowave IT Infrastructure Ltd. as regional distributor for the country. “These promotions and additions to the team bring new skills and capabilities to our entire international sales organisation,” said Mr. Bardhan. “We look forward to recognising their success in supporting Arecont Vision Costar customers and partners in the future.”

A Japan based technological enterprise is working towards the formation of a technology corporate group. The company’s technologically advanced products include a diverse range of products that are used on land, sea, air and even space. The company offers a range of environmental and recycling plants, industrial plants to automobile and infrastructure equipment. And at every step, Kawasaki pays the utmost attention to humankind and the environment. This century old company has been able to establish a firm foundation as a technological enterprise. The company’s automobile division, which makes it one of the pioneer automobile companies, is spread on a global scale. Crystal clear images They also wanted to monitor how the employees interacted with customers, cleanliness of the premises The company having franchise stores operated by respective owners in India was concerned about the consistency in branding and customer service across these stores. They wanted a solution that could enable them to view the stores from a central location, specially the front end where their premium vehicles were displayed. They also wanted to monitor how the employees interacted with customers, cleanliness of the premises, whether the products were displayed in the right order, branding in the store and other process compliances. But at the same time, they did not want to invest in recorders as the numbers of cameras at individual locations were very limited. Matrix installed high resolution IP cameras at each store. These cameras provided crystal clear images of every corner of the store. This enabled the company to monitor every aspect of brand management such as order of vehicles, customer service, cleanliness, behaviour of employees, etc. Geographically separated locations A Matrix NVR was placed at the central location, and all the cameras from different locations were connected to itCameras were installed at each location based on the requirement and connected to a network switch with the help of CAT6 cables. Since there was a private connectivity between all the geographically separated locations of the company, all cameras at various locations were configured locally with VPN functionality (same class of IP address), and were viewed at a central location without port forwarding. A Matrix NVR was placed at the central location, and all the cameras from different locations were connected to it. This allowed streams from all twelve locations to be viewed on a single screen. In this way, Matrix helped the automobile giant maintain process compliance in its stores throughout the country. Centralised Control Better Brand Management Elimination of Compliance Check Costs Enhanced Security Employee Discipline Matrix products used: SATATYA CIBR13FL40CW: 1.3MP IP BULLET CAMERA SATATYA CIDR13FL40CW: 1.3MP IP DOME CAMERA SATATYA NVR24P: 24-CHANNEL NETWORK VIDEO RECORDER WITH 6TB STORAGE SUPPORT

Season-ticket holders at Belgian football club RWD Molenbeek will soon find it easier to enter the stands at their stadium, thanks to facial recognition technology that is set to be introduced at the turnstiles. Although the project is still in the test phase, fans ordering their season tickets on-line can already upload an ID photo. This photo will be compared in real time with images taken by two cameras installed in the season-ticket holders’ queue at the stadium entrance, allowing supporters to enter much faster. An automatic gate will be installed in early 2019. Data processing facility Spectators who have forgotten their paper ticket can still enter the stadium with no problem. Those who haven't uploaded a photo, or who have borrowed an entry ticket, will still have to pass through the conventional gates and show their ticket at the turnstiles. The system was installed by Zetes using Panasonic facial recognition technology. The detection system, with its fast and reliable data processing facility, means we can install a system to speed up entry checks to the stadium" The facial recognition software applies only to the access checks, as a further benefit for season-ticket holders. Thierry Dailly, chairman of RWDM, explains: “The detection system, with its fast and reliable data processing facility, means we can install a system to speed up entry checks to the stadium.” Alain Wirtz, CEO of Zetes, adds: “This project is a perfect example of how we can benefit from the innovative capabilities provided by the Panasonic group, owner of Zetes. Zetes specialises in this identification technology, which has many different applications. We hope this project can act as a shop window for our products.” The pilot project will run for about a year. Guaranteeing confidentiality Supporters’ photos are scanned and stored on an RWDM server, which is not connected to the Internet or to any other system. Only RWDM-authorised personnel have access to the data. Data collected by the entrance gate cameras is not recorded, guaranteeing confidentiality for the supporters. At this stage, the system is still in the test phase, and the facial recognition facility is not yet fully operational. The installation of the automatic gate at the beginning of 2019 will complete the planned programme. 2017 April, Panasonic acquired a majority shareholding in Zetes and 2017 July completed the acquisition of 100% shares of Zetes. Zetes was founded in 1984, and employs 1100 employees in 21 countries in EMEA in 2016. Its headquarters is in Brussels.

Cosmo Music was established in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada in 1968. Its current 56,000 sq ft store opened in 2008, making it the largest music instrument store in North America. It is also home to the Cosmopolitan Music Hall venue. Needing to replace a 20-year-old analogue video system, Cosmo Music Vice President and COO Rudi Brouwers, started researching modern video management software (VMS). Initially he intended to purchase IP cameras and a basic VMS with the ability to record and playback. But Brouwers soon learned of the vast capabilities of modern systems. He turned his focus to finding one that went beyond basic video management to offer business intelligence. Identify suspicious customers Brouwers ultimately decided on Axis cameras and Senstar’s Symphony VMS with its Face Recognition analytic In particular, he was interested in face recognition, which would enable Cosmo Music to identify suspicious customers to prevent shoplifting. Working with integrator Northern Alarm Protection Ltd. (NAP), Brouwers looked at a number of different systems, and ultimately decided on Axis cameras and Senstar’s Symphony VMS with its Face Recognition analytic. “I was sold on Symphony when I got to actually use it,” said Brouwers. “It floored me how easy it is to work, how straightforward it is. It is so user friendly it is unbelievable.” Brouwers likes several of Symphony’s core features, including: the ability to save video for up to six months (he had been hoping for 90 days) customisation options (for example, recording only when motion is detected) ability to bookmark video the mobile app, which lets users connect to Symphony via a smartphone or tablet to view and playback video, control pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, manage I/O devices, receive alarm notifications, and more. Face recognition analytic Before implementing Senstar’s Face Recognition video analytic, when a suspicious customer was identified through video surveillance, Brouwers would screen capture an image, email it to staff, and ask them to keep an eye out for that person. With Senstar’s Face Recognition video analytic, Brouwers can flag suspicious customers in Symphony. When that person enters the store again, Brouwers is automatically notified. One of our staff had a full beard one day and it was shaved off the next day and the system still picked him up" Brouwers tested the analytic thoroughly and was amazed by its capabilities. “One of our staff had a full beard one day and it was shaved off the next day and the system still picked him up,” said Mr. Brouwers. “That’s what sold me on it.” Symphony and the Face Recognition analytic, deployed on Senstar’s R-Series network video recorder (NVR) hardware, have been running at Cosmo Music since April 2018 and Brouwers couldn’t be happier. Business intelligence applications “It’s everything I dreamed of and more,” he said. From an integrator perspective, NAP, who had significant VMS experience but never used Symphony, thinks the product is a great option for business intelligence applications. “Symphony is the right fit for any application that requires enhanced security such as analytics. It’s superior to many other systems out there,” said NAP President and CEO Dave Koziel. “From a deliver what is promised standpoint, it’s 12 out of 10 on the scale.” Senstar’s Face Recognition analytic adds an additional layer of security to any video surveillance deployment Identify known and unknown individuals Create allow and deny lists, and be alerted when someone on that list is identified Save time and resources with a robust search functionality that lets users look for registered and unknown people in video Search across multiple cameras, and filter search results by match score or date and time Two-factor authentication processes for access control applications

New security and surveillance upgrades have been announced at Manchester Arena, with the first phase expected to be complete by mid-autumn. The system upgrade includes the installation of next generation camera technology combined with cutting-edge access control and is set to be rolled out ahead of a number of high-profile events that are being staged at the arena this autumn. Following the installation of the latest state-of-the-art security cameras, developments include super high definition 4K resolution images and enhanced video analytics with appearance search, plus self-learning analytics with presence/absence detection and the ability to detect unusual motion events. Similar effective solutions Reflex systems was chosen by SMG Europe having looked at similar effective solutions designed and installed by them at the award-winning Leeds The new facilities will also see an improvement in data management and delivery, and form part of an expanding security network which enables remote monitoring off-site at venues across the UK. The large-scale upgrade will be implemented by South Yorkshire-based firm Reflex Systems, a security system installer whose previous projects include providing deployable security systems for the G8 Summit, as well as work at off-park venues at the Olympics, Wimbledon, and Wembley Stadium. Reflex Systems will be leading on the Manchester Arena upgrades. The specialist firm was chosen by SMG Europe having looked at similar effective solutions designed and installed by them at the award-winning Leeds first direct Arena and other large capacity public venues. Intelligent video stream Lee Sinnott, senior facilities manager at SMG Europe, said: “The scope of the project was to deliver a powerful scalable end-to-end surveillance solution over an IP network, employing the latest HD/4K cameras, video analytics at the edge and through an intelligent video stream data management system.” Results allow us to actively monitor & effectively manage large crowds in differing light conditions both in real time and forensically “The challenge to find the right surveillance system with state-of-the-art technology that operates in a harsh light environment was realised through a detailed study and product testing with temporary camera deployments during Arena events. The results allow us to actively monitor & effectively manage large crowds in differing light conditions both in real time and forensically, post event. Providing video evidence of the highest quality was an important deliverable on the project.” Public venue applications “The planned installation of an expanded access control solution with system integration into the CCTV was a key part of the project. The electronic access control system will now provide us with the capability to respond to national threat levels and dynamically deploy a range of security measures through a powerful user interface.” John Pye, managing director of Reflex Systems, said: “Some of the technology involved in the upgrades at Manchester Arena is very new in terms of its features, and is a convergence of security with IT and advanced management software.” “We have significant experience in the area of public venue applications, and through our expertise and technology partners we deliver solutions which allow venue owners, whatever scale, to provide safer and more secure environments for everyone.”

AxxonSoft technology speaks to product simplicity, ease-of-use and advanced functionality during the FIFA World Cup in Russia. Within the framework of preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, AxxonSoft's tech support customised settings on more than 1,350 video channels at 3 stadiums and at a central monitoring station to meet the Ministry of Internal Affairs' needs through a centralised monitoring system. AxxonSoft, in collaboration with this global high calibre event, launched this state-of-the-art technology system within just 1 month, utilising team members to rollout. Videos were streamed from stadiums and surrounding territories, fan zones, and other locations deemed critical from the point of security Situational video analytics AxxonSoft's Intellect software managed a total of 960 video surveillance channels at Samara Arena, Mordovia Arena, and RZD Arena — the latter of which was used as a training base for referees. 250 of those channels employed AxxonSoft's situational video analytics to monitor the stadiums, 41 license plate recognition channels to monitor vehicle traffic, and 9 facial recognition channels to monitor for individuals prohibited from accessing the stadiums. Video monitoring was also integrated with access control, fire and security alarm systems. The Ministry of Internal Affairs' central monitoring station, powered by AxxonSoft's Intellect PSIM platform, pooled over 390 video channels from all 11 World Cup host cities with video feeds displayed on an interactive map. Videos were streamed from stadiums and surrounding territories, fan zones, and other locations deemed critical from the point of security for participants and guests of the World Cup. Integrated access control software The World Cup stadium security project included requests to integrate access control software, as well as develop a screen manager to adaptably manage camera layout and the video wall. These functions were successfully implemented at the World Cup stadiums and will be incorporated in Intellect 4.11.0. Over 9,000 Intellect-powered video surveillance cameras were used to monitor the security of over 2 million spectators The Intellect PSIM platform was employed in various areas of 10 out of the 12 stadiums where 49 World Cup matches were played. Over 9,000 Intellect-powered video surveillance cameras were used to monitor the security of over 2 million spectators who attended the games. AxxonSoft software was also widely used at training camps, fan zones, transportation infrastructure, and other sites where teams and fans arrived and moved around the country. Advanced stadium security technology “The team at AxxonSoft were really excited to be part of a project of this calibre. We were able to demonstrate product simplicity, ease-of-use and advanced functionality through our stadium security technology. The FIFA World Cup was a great success in Russia and just proves how we can work together with top agencies and companies to provide a safe environment for all,” says Global Marketing Director for AxxonSoft, Colleen Glaeser. FIFA president Gianni Infantino called the 2018 World Cup the best in its history. In addition to commenting on match attendance and television viewership numbers, Infantino gave high praise to the quality of infrastructure and security.

With a heritage stretching back over 500 years, Gebrüder Weiss is one of Europe’s oldest transport and logistics companies. Based in Vorarlberg, Austria and with more than 7,000 employees in 150 locations around the world, it is also one of the largest. Sony video security in logistics centers Customers of all sizes trust Gebrüder Weiss to ship their consignments quickly, safely and undamaged to their destination Customers of all sizes trust Gebrüder Weiss to ship their consignments quickly, safely and undamaged to their destination. To guarantee this and make the entire logistics chain traceable, the service provider relies on comprehensive video surveillance in its logistics centers, which is regularly updated to reflect the latest state of the art. Gebrüder Weiss has now expanded its existing monitoring solution at the company’s largest distribution centre in Maria Lanzendorf near Vienna that previously featured almost 500 Sony cameras and Milestone's video management software (VMS). This has been supplemented with the addition of 33 Sony SNC-VM772R 4K video security cameras. Sony 4K cameras The upgrade ensures greater security, comprehensive package tracking and the ability to track any damage. The new Sony 4K cameras are used mainly to monitor reloading from larger trailers into smaller trucks. Their field of view covers the actual transfer area as well as the interior of the trailers and conveyor belts. The SNC-VM772R features a large CMOS sensor with 4K resolution that combines excellent image quality and large depth of field, even in difficult lighting conditions. The camera’s robust design with integrated image stabilization ensures smooth, clear video images despite vibration, dust and exhaust fumes from passing trucks. Video monitoring The new 4K cameras can track several objects simultaneously with either VGA or Full HD resolution The cameras’ installation ensures that the entire transshipment area is monitored at all times, with no blind spots caused by vehicles or pallets. In addition, the new 4K cameras can track several objects simultaneously with either VGA or Full HD resolution. The SNC-VM772R's 20-megapixel image sensor also enables capture of high-resolution Evidence Shots – still images with greater than 4K resolution that allow even the smallest details to be viewed clearly. For Gebrüder Weiss, the Sony solution is thus an outstanding alternative to multiple PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) cameras or multi-sensor systems. Installation and integration into the existing environment were carried out by local Sony partner ÖWD Österreichischer Wachdienst Security & Services. With 2,800 employees, ÖWD is one of the largest security companies in Austria and maintains 24/7 technical teams in all Austrian states. "Since it opened in 2006 we have been using Sony cameras at our terminal in Maria Lanzendorf, which is our largest in the world" says Werner Drnec, Operations Manager at Gebrüder Weiss, Maria Lanzendorf. "Both the image quality and reliability – with failure rates close to zero – have always exceeded our expectations, and even in the current project they proved themselves in a direct comparison. Our confidence in the Sony brand plus easy, seamless integration into our existing environment added to this."