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The appointment signals the growing Middle East demand for the IDIS Total Solution IDIS has appointed Wael Tanoukhi to the position of Technical Manager to support its growing customer base in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Based out of the IDIS MENA regional headquarters in Dubai, Wael will lead pre- and after sales technical support across the region. He will also oversee the IDIS training program for both installers and end-users as well as driving product-market...

Barry will be responsible for developing relationships with key market influencers to identify new sales opportunities Barry Clayton joins Hanwha Techwin Europe following on from a highly successful career in loss prevention. During a 15 year period at retail giant Boots UK Ltd, Barry was involved in all areas of shrinkage reduction at the company’s stores, warehouses and distribution centres. In addition to leading complex, high value investigations, he also overs...

Buchanan will focus on developing new business for Arteco as well as adding valuable support Arteco announced the appointment of Nate Buchanan to the position of Western Regional Sales Manager for the United States. Development of new business Buchanan has more than 14 years of experience in the security, technology and engineering fields. In his new role at Arteco, Buchanan will focus on developing new business as well as adding valuable support in servicing the company&rs...

USPTO issued a 47-page written decision siding with MOBOTIX CORP Following a request from MOBOTIX CORP to review the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,975,220, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) ruled that the main claims of the patent are invalid and will be cancelled. Back in 2013, the digital video surveillance patent had been asserted in lawsuits filed by Texas-based ComCam International Inc. against MOBOTIX CORP and several other companies. Inter partes reviews...

Ms. Dougan was named 2012 Woman of the Year in the manufacturer category by the Women’s Security Council Arecont Vision has announced the retirement of Carole Dougan as Vice President of North American Sales. “Carole joined Arecont Vision six years ago as our Vice President of Strategic Accounts for the Americas. She did an excellent job building our business with our top distributors and systems integrators based in the USA,” said Scott Schafer, Executive V...

SATATYA acts as the master device, allowing management, monitoring and playback of up to 19 other devices and a total of 500 cameras Managing cameras at different locations or different recording devices centrally is a complex process. It involves managing a server and multiple monitoring devices along with complicated cabling. To overcome these challenges, Matrix SATATYA Video Surveillance solution allows managing multiple recording devices (NVR or HVR) through a single devic...

The mobile app utilises the worldwide GSM mobile network to send and receive text messages which act as instructions to redeployable CCTV systems Addressing the requirement for mobile CCTV to be as flexible as possible with the least hassle, the remote power control innovation from Revader Security enables users to power redeployable security systems on and off from a mobile phone, anywhere in the world. Greater flexibility The mobile app, available to download from the Appl...

The Video Management Centre VMC-2 stands out due to its ergonomic and intelligent design. It is made up of a touch screen, a joystick and a jog-shuttle. The individual components are modular and flexible, i.e. they are freely positionable and thus ideally suited for both left- and right-handed operators. Moreover, it is possible to use the components independently as stand-alone devices. The VMC-2 is compatible with SeMSy® III video management systems and is DIN EN 50130-4 compliant. VMC J...

Heatmap camera is able to provide accurate information about customer in-store behaviour and people counting camera offers retailers the opportunity to measure store efficiency between footfall The technology partnership established between Hanwha Techwin Europe and Facit has led to the launch of new Wisenet Heatmap and People Counting cameras. Each camera is supplied with a pre-loaded Facit Application that can be put to work straight out of the box. Wisenet Heatmap camera...

The Brentford Plugfest drew 56 technical expert attendees from 27 companies around the world ONVIF®, the global standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its 14th Developers’ Plugfest June 1st-3rd in Brentford, West London, at the Holiday Inn London – Brentford Lock. With multiple testings of ONVIF conformant products, the Developers’ Plugfest included interoperability testing for all six ONVIF profiles, including Profile...

Broadcast Wireless Systems takes 100 percent responsibility for design and integration as well as round-the-clock service and support Broadcast Wireless Systems, which offers objective technical expertise on specialist broadcast RF requirements, will unveil its plans for a new H.265/4K video codec platform at IBC 2016. Broadcast Wireless Systems Commercial Director Stuart Brown said, “Wireless camera operators face a double-squeeze. The demand for 2K and 4K content is i...

SG-System-Manitou central station integration supports visual alarm verification and reduced false alarms Tyco Security Products announced an enhanced integration between its SG-System 5 receiver and Bold Technologies’ Manitou central station software. The enhanced integration means that Manitou now supports visual alarm verification provided through SG-System 5 to provide central stations with the tools they need to more accurately access alarm situations and to reduce...

Kipod SMS has instant video content search across big data from any web browser and mobile device Kipod cloud video analytics platform was developed as potential system for smart city concept, as it provides surveillance on the country level and works as a united system, connecting 100,000 users to 400,000 cameras. Carrier class features What differentiates Kipod SMS from the majority of video management systems is a number of important features, such as: instant video co...

Vicon is accepting pre-orders for the IQeye 9 series box camera Vicon Industries announces that the IQeye 9 series box camera will be available this summer and Vicon is accepting pre-orders. The latest cameras from Vicon provide wide scene coverage and highly accurate object detection with increased resolution and outstanding image quality. The new IQeye 9 Series also has increased processing power to effectively run analytics and VMS applications at the edge. Features Po...

The 24 camera models in the new Wisenet Q series are packed with innovative features such as H.265 compression and WiseStream technology, a complementary compression technology which dynamically controls encoding, balancing quality and compression as per to movement in the image. When WiseStream is combined with H.265 compression, bandwidth efficiency can be improved by up to 75% compared to current H.264 technology WiseStream technology When WiseStream is combined with H.265 compression, band...

Drone finding technology can help mitigate the threat of drone accidents and terrorism Research by Oxford Research Group, describes the threat of high street drones as ‘a game changer in the wrong hands’, the Group’s report The Hostile Use of Drones by Non-State Actors Against British Targets goes on to say, ‘drones will be used as simple, affordable and effective airborne improvised explosive devices’. Drone prototype A prototype of Panasonic&...

VIVOTEK Mexico office will be in a position to gain valuable market insight and establish a stronger presence in the Latin American region VIVOTEK announced the opening of new development office in Mexico. The new office allows VIVOTEK to establish a stronger presence in the region and will offer greater access to the Latin American market while strengthening VIVOTEK’s competitiveness and localisation strategy. Develop business potential in Latin American market &ldqu...

The latest enhancement of Axis’ Zipstream technology offers more storage and bandwidth savings without compromising on important image details Axis Communications, a provider of network video, has introduced an enhancement of its award-winning Zipstream video compression technology. It now dynamically adjusts the frame rate, instantly adapting to any changes in the scene. The new dynamic frame rate feature offers significant additional bandwidth and storage savings for v...

Embedded active imaging system in Onyx EV76C664 synchronises external illumination and internal electronic shuttering e2v has announced the launch of the Onyx 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor. This new sensor has been designed using e2v’s advanced CMOS imaging technology, making it ideal for low light applications where premium performance imaging is required. The Onyx EV76C664 has an innovative pixel design which offers excellent sensitivity and performance in the near...

The ranking was published in “Video Content Analysis-World-2015” by IHS Technology Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi) has been named as the No. 1 provider of video analytics software, holding the largest market share globally. The ranking was published in a recent market research report on video surveillance by IHS Technology, entitled “Video Content Analysis-World-2015”. Comprehensive video analytics for effective security Agent Vi has been in the v...

IDIS Total Solution extends the DACH distributor’s offering IDIS, a global surveillance solutions provider, and VIDEOR E.Hartig GmbH, have signed a strategic partnership that sees the leading video-security, broadcast and image processing distributor offering the IDIS Total Solution throughout the German speaking markets of Deutschland, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Extension of video surveillance range with IDIS Total Solution VIDEOR decided to extend its video surv...

  In 2016, for the first time, there will be more HD CCTV cameras shipped globally than standard definition analogue cameras The world market for professional video surveillance equipment grew by 1.9% in revenues in 2015. This is according to recently published estimates from IHS Inc., through its Video Surveillance Intelligence Service. This is a much lower rate of growth than in 2014 (14.2%) and 2013 (6.8%).  Slowdown in Chinese video surveillance market Lower gro...

Panasonic will showcase its newly launched camera technology which will lead to a lower overall cost of ownership Panasonic will showcase its newly launched camera technology equipped with people masking technology, secure communications, smart coding and rain wash coating, as well as VIQS and facial recognition that the company says means a lower overall cost of ownership. Intelligent security “The theme for Panasonic at IFSEC 2016 is ‘Leading the way in intelli...

Ed has over 24 years of experience in a range of sales and management roles for security system integrators Bosch Security Systems, Inc. has named Ed Pedersen Vice President of Sales, Security Integrator and Distributor Channel. In this position, he will lead the company’s key account and field sales team for the security system integrator and distributor channel in the U.S.  Joining Bosch with more than 24 years of experience in a range of sales and management rol...

Andrew’s knowledge about access control, fire detection and integrated systems will be a valuable asset for Bosch Bosch Security Systems Ltd have announced the appointment of Andrew Pigram as the new Managing Director for the UK and Ireland. Andrew joins Bosch Security from AMG Systems Ltd where he spent the last couple of years as Sales & Marketing Director.Industry knowledge Fredrik Thor, Bosch Security Systems, Vice President of Sales for Nordics, Great Britain &...

The BVCA Awards are an annual celebration of excellence for UK businesses backed by private equity and venture capital Edesix, a global market leader in body worn camera (BWC) solutions, has won a prestigious industry award from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA).The company scooped the 2016 Growth Company Team award for Scotland in association with its VC firm, Panoramic Growth Equity.The BVCA Management Team Awards, produced in association with...

The expansion of the sales team to include industry leaders will help BluBOX across the country and abroad BluBOX Security, a provider of cloud-based physical security solutions, has announced Mark Scaparro has joined the BluBOX team as Sr. Vice President of Sales and Phillip Koken has joined as Regional Sales Manager, Western Region. “With these key additions to our team we will be prepared to meet the growing needs of our clients as we expand our dealer base acros...

The H4 SL harnesses patented Avigilon High Definition Stream Management (HDSM)TM technology to efficiently manage video data Avigilon Corporation, provider of trusted security solutions, announced the expansion of its H4 platform with the Avigilon H4 SL camera line (the “H4 SL”). The H4 SL provides exceptional image quality with an innovative modular design that is easy to install, reducing installation times by up to 50%. Available for order now in bullet and dome...

Genetec will offer previews of new technologies and launch their new Security Center subscription model at IFSEC 2016 Genetec Inc., a provider of open-platform, unified IP security solutions, invites IFSEC International 2016 attendees to visit its newly-designed experience centre at stand # F550 for demonstrations and previews of technology, trends, and insights that are shaping the physical security industry in 2016 and beyond. The conference takes place from 21-23 June at th...

The 1100 Series is engineered for seamless integration with other TKH Security Solutions Siqura have introduced their new 1100 Series, a range of intelligent security cameras. These cameras offer an integrated security solution and versatile features that help lower total cost of ownership, and meet the most demanding security requirements. A perfect example of Siqura's signature blend of high-end hardware and cutting-edge software. Range of formats Today’s application...