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The study was carried out in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK about CCTV and its role in society New pan-European research commissioned by Security Products from Siemens has found that a clear majority of consumers do not believe that the widespread use of CCTV infringes on people’s civil liberties. In addition, the survey revealed overwhelming support for the use of CCTV in reducing crime. The study – carried out by YouGov between February and March 2013...

Secutech Excellence Awards aim to reveal trends and technical progress in IP surveillance The winners of the 2013 Secutech Excellence Awards were announced at the 16th edition of Secutech which was held from 24 – 26 April 2013 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Centre, Taiwan. Secutech, an annual international exhibition and conference for the electronic security, info security, fire & safety sectors was organised by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd. It attracte...

BSIA’s ID section chairman, Anthony Pearlgood, gave an update of the section’s achievements over the past few years The Information Destruction Section of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) hosted its fifth successful Conference and Exhibition last week at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 5th June 2013. The day proved to be a successful day for both delegates and exhibitors alike, with delegates having the opportunity to attend a compr...

IP audio and control specialist Barix introduces a unique solution helping media companies, businesses and other multi-site network users to route multicast traffic over remote network links, enabling bandwidth-efficient, multicast delivery over the public internet. Multicast uses special destination addresses to target groups of subscribed devices, and deliver data and streams such as voice (general paging) and audio (background music).  In contrast to standard connections where each devi...

Vicon Industries Inc., a leading designer and producer of network video management systems, has introduced the H264-16CH-ENCDR, a high-performance, 16-channel H.264 encoder that allows for the use of analogue cameras side-by-side with IP models within a VMS network. The encoder’s seamless integration with ViconNet VMS provides full support of all ViconNet features and controls, including PTZ control, museum search, dynamic load balancing, automatic detection and alarm configuration and rep...

The SIA’s summit featured several leaders in government and politics as keynote speakers The Security Industry Association has wrapped up another successful Government Summit and Public Policy Dinner. This year’s Summit featured several leaders in government and politics as keynote speakers, including: Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Penn., chairman of the Ho...

Mattes will assume his leadership role with the company effective immediately Diebold, Incorporated recently announced its board of directors has named Andy W. Mattes as the company's new president and chief executive officer. Mattes was also named a board director, and will assume his leadership role with the company effective immediately. In addition, Henry D.G. Wallace, Diebold executive chairman of the board, will assume the non-executive chairman role effective August 15....

SightLogix will host a webinar for integrators, A&Es and end users SightLogix, Inc., the leading smart thermal camera manufacturer for perimeter security applications, will host an educational webcast for integrators, A&Es and end users about implementing smart thermal technology to solve real-world security problems. Presented by SightLogix President and CEO John Romanowich, Smart Thermal Cameras for Outdoor Security will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 1:00 pm...

Raytec VARIO Infra-Red LED lighting provides quality images in utter darkness Raytec did something a little different this year at IFSEC by hosting their very own Infra-Red photo booth! Raytec asked all unsuspecting visitors of IFSEC 2013, ‘Have you ever wondered what you look like under Infra-Red?’, then invited them into their IR photo booth to find out and have a little fun in the dark - with props provided! In addition, there was the chance to win a Kindle Fir...

The event offers networking space to over 150 cutting-edge technology vendors and over 4000 security professionals A networking space for over 150 cutting-edge technology vendors and over 4000 pre-qualified IT and security professionals, ALL-OVER-IP Expo 2013 provides global vendors with unique keynote speaking opportunities for the 6th time this year. Educational Keynotes allow global technology leaders to: Build or increase brand awareness among Russian buyers Meet dist...

The category recognises outstanding service, growth, innovation and investment in training Octavian Security, the industry-leading security provider, has added the Services Award at the Nottingham Post Business Awards 2013 to its 10 years’ worth of accolades. The company, which has won business and industry awards every year since it was founded in Nottingham a decade ago, beat hundreds of other entrants for the award. The category recognises outstanding service, growth...

The special free seminar is to be held on June 18th at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel at Keystone Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that it will be participating in "The Bulletproof Mind" Facility Safety Seminar in Indianapolis. Professionals and managers responsible for securing and protecting enterprises, schools, universities and hospitals can attend a special free seminar featuring the world’s leading expert on causes of violence, Lt. Col. Dav...

QTS 4.0 integrates multi-window operations into web-based user interface  At the Computex Taipei 2013 opening day, QNAP Systems, Inc. showcased its app-centric QTS 4.0 Turbo NAS operating system providing exciting home multimedia applications, unveiled the high performance business-class 400 TB Turbo NAS solutions with VMware VAAI certification, demonstrated the developers platform for QNAP Turbo NAS, and displayed the VioStor NVR firmware v4.1.0. Visitors could experienc...

Access Direct Sales provides representation in all Canadian provinces Arecont Vision, the industry leader in IP megapixel camera technology, is pleased to announce that effective recently, Access Direct Sales, Inc. will represent the company in Canada. Access Direct Sales provides representation in all Canadian provinces. “Access Direct Sales is the perfect partner to help Arecont Vision further penetrate the growing Canadian security market demand for IP surveillance s...

MOBOTIX AG has unveiled the MxActivitySensor – a revolutionary technology that registers traveling movement of people and objects, while dismissing redundant changes and movement in the scene. This drastically reduces the number of false alarms. Through the development of the MxActivitySensor, MOBOTIX has re-invented a method for intelligent video motion detection. "MxActivitySensor is a completely new technology that is literally five years ahead of existing video motion detection system...

The Surveon NVR2100 series is a powerful network video recorder supporting up to 64 channels of megapixel quality video. Featuring a virus free, installation free embedded design that is fully burn-in tested, the NVR2100 eliminates compatibility issues while reducing maintenance overheads. In addition to this, the NVR2100 also features Surveon's Clustered Video Storage Technology (CVST), enabling seamless online storage expansion and configuration, while reducing maintenance, provisioning, and e...

The programme helps software vendors fully integrate Axis network video products into end-customer solutions Axis Communications, the world leader in network video, evolves its Application Development Partner (ADP) programme with local competence, increasing the range of localised end customer solutions. “We see the opportunity to work more closely with ADP Partners of strategic importance in local markets as an important step in maintaining our continued global market...

McCool has led product development teams at SynOptics, NeXT Computer and Advanced Micro Devices Firetide Inc., the technology leader in next-generation wireless mesh networking, announced the appointment of Cisco veteran John McCool as president and CEO. McCool comes to Firetide from Cisco, where he was CTO and SVP of Cisco’s Global Enterprise Segment and led the “borderless networks” initiative, which accounted for one-third of Cisco’s $46 billion sale...

Football legend Jean-Marie Pfaff will meet the visitors in the truck as star guest at the roadshow in Rotterdam and Antwerp In response to exceptional demand, another date has been added to the Panomera roadshow: On 21 June the showtruck will be appearing in Antwerp, Belgium. And for good measure, Dallmeier has organised a very special highlight for visitors to the events in Rotterdam and Antwerp: Footballing legend and world-class goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff will meet the vi...

As a result of this agreement, more businesses will benefit from the unique features and reliable performance Bosch Security Systems, Inc. has signed a new agreement with Ingram Micro Inc to make its products available to the distributor’s channel partners in the U.S. Customers of Ingram Micro’s Physical Security business unit will now have access to Bosch’s broad portfolio of products and systems for communications, video surveillance, intrusion detection an...

Basler was one of the first companies to put modern CMOS image sensors onto the market 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of Basler AG. Norbert Basler established the company in 1988, pursuing his dream of using machine vision to revolutionise the quality assurance process. His vision is now clear to everyone: Basler has become a leading global manufacturer of industrial cameras, with annual revenues of around 56million € and an ambitious growth strategy. Ye...

Matrix Comsec, a leading manufacturer of enterprise security solutions introduces an IP based Surveillance Solution - SATATYA NVR400. This strengthens its portfolio of Video Surveillance products, which already have DVRs and cameras. Matrix is intending to promote the product in domestic and international market simultaneously, considering the growth that security market offers. With the launch of SATATYA NVR, the video surveillance portfolio of Matrix has become more stronger. This technically...

CommonWealth magazine’s 2012 Top 2000 survey focuses on the business performance over the past three years VIVOTEK is honoured to have been named in the “2012 Top 2000 Survey” comprehensive business ranking in CommonWealth magazine, issue no. 522. VIVOTEK ranks 14th among the companies listed in “Taiwan’s Top 50 Performers”, which focuses on the business performance over the past three years of the companies listed in the “2012 Top 200...

The seminar provides an overview of the key elements of modern CCTV systems MOBOTIX AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has had its seminar: “A vision of future proof digital CCTV” approved by The Construction CPD Certification Service. The seminar provides an overview of the key elements of modern CCTV systems and covers topics including decentralised technologies, sustainability and UK Home Office guidelines...

Hikvision, the global leader of video surveillance products and solutions, is proud to announce the release of its 720 TVL analogue camera series. Notably, this series features a new technical concept called PICADIS: a "Perfect Imagery Capturing - Advanced Digital Image System". This new analogue camera series is designed to empower surveillance users to achieve the highest level of image quality in the analogue world. Keen Yao, International Marketing Director of Hikvision said: "Hikvision is...

Hikvision has introduced a series of online distance learning training modules to assist dealers, installers, system integrators get up to speed on the latest technology built into Hikvision video surveillance products. Three online training modules, which are available free of charge to Hikvision customers, allow participants in their own time to learn how to achieve maximum advantage from the innovative features built into the company’s cameras, DVRs and software. Established in 2001,...

The SIA Government Summit provides attendees with unique insights to understand the security industry The Security Industry Association (SIA) Government Summit, the premier annual public policy conference in the security industry, will be held June 4-5, 2013 at the W Hotel in Washington, DC. The SIA Government Summit provides attendees with unique insights that help them better understand how policy drives business in the security industry. The exclusive nature of the setting...

Exacq Technologies is pleased to announce several significant performance improvements to the A and Z-Series exacqVision hybrid and IP camera servers.  Up to 180% Higher Storage Rates With the adoption of the latest Gen 3 Intel® Core processor family, the maximum video storage rate has increased in A and Z Series servers. Increases of up to 50%–180% are achieved in A-series servers. This enables storage of higher frame rates, larger image sizes or higher quality video, all at no...

Stadium and Arena one2one is a unique meeting model facilitating interaction between clients and vendors Following successful marketing events for the AEC (architects, engineers, consultants) community at ISC West, Samsung Techwin is announcing their participation as a platinum sponsor of Reed Exhibitions’ Stadium and Arena one2one Summit. Scheduled for June 3-5 at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, NV, the event will provide a unique venue for AECs to learn more about the req...

KLM Marketing will represent Arecont Vision in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US Arecont Vision, the industry leader in IP megapixel camera technology, is pleased to announce that KLM Marketing (KLM) now represents the company in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, specifically Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Southern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.  “We are excited to have Paul Walter and his associates at KLM come on board t...