Security service - Case studies

Digital Barriers, a UK-based provider of IoT surveillance and security technologies, has announced that it is one of the technology providers used by the award-winning Channel 4 hit series ‘Hunted’, to give the hunters access to the latest cutting edge techniques. The show includes both a civilian and celebrity series, where contestants try and evade capture from a team of expert hunters, usually former police, intelligence officers or armed forces. Live-streaming body worn cameras...

Hinduja hospital is an ultramodern, multi-specialty tertiary care hospital with a Medical Research Centre (MRC) in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, USA. The hospital has an inpatient capacity of 342 beds, inclusive of 53 critical care beds in different specialties. As a tertiary care hospital, the services offered are comprehensive, covering investigation and diagnosis to therapy, surgery, and post-operative care. The inpatient services are complemented with a day...

Becorp is a disruptive force in Barcelona’s domestic rental market. At a growing portfolio of multi-home complexes, they offer contemporary apartments with inclusive on-site resident services, such as concierge, swimming pool, gym and co-working. Having used mechanical lock-and-key security in past projects, Becorp are aware of its drawbacks, in both cost and management time. For a planned new build-to-rent development in the city, they sought a modern electronic alternative. A keyless so...

Workspace Group PLC is the provider of commercial business premises within central London and is ideal for businesses looking to make their mark in London. Like other commercial property owners, Workspace has been a victim of crime and anti-social activity during out-of-hours periods. By having a robust and reliable dedicated security monitoring service, the experts at Chubb’s Monitoring Centre, have supported a significant reduction in such offences. Proactive LCD video wall The dedica...

A Scottish social housing provider has teamed up with access control and door entry manufacturer Videx to equip 60 supported living flats with a customised solution, across 6 apartment blocks. Residents of St Peter’s housing development, managed by Glasgow-based Patrick Housing Association, required an easy to use but secure entry system to enable access for residents and visitors. Working with installer RenRoC, Videx supplied its popular IPURE system, an IP video door entry system, whic...

The Qatar Emiri Air Force's first TTH and NFH helicopters had a joint public premiere during Qatar National Day. The first TTH overland variant was delivered on 11 December 2021, by contractual commitments, and will be followed by the first NFH naval helicopter soon after its qualification in the next coming months. Deliveries will continue through 2025. As well as acting as prime contractor for the overall programme, Leonardo is responsible for the final assembly and delivery of the 12 NH...

The German company EBG compleo develops electric vehicle charging points that are sold worldwide. To win the contract for the “be emobil” charging points project for the city of Berlin, EBG compleo developed a solution that uses RFID to provide contactless access control at charging points. The key requirement of the project was: The RFID technology with VDV-KA protocol already used in the public transport system will continue to be used for user authentication at the electric charg...

RFID systems are widely used in hospitals and other medical facilities for contactless identification. For physical access control, or for visiting and documentation purposes, for example. The applications are mainly limited to hospital personnel, and their primary goal is to lower costs and expenses. But there are also many more potential uses for RFID in hospitals and these applications put the focus on patient comfort. During their stay at the hospital, patients have access to numerous...

It's a familiar problem for anyone who shops online: If a person doesn’t have any friendly neighbours to accept a package, it's very difficult for working people to receive a delivery. No success with follow-up delivery attempts either. In the end, the package lands at a service station that is neither close by nor has customer-friendly business hours. In 2015 the Erwin Renz Metallwarenfabrik GmbH & Co KG, the supplier for the German and European letterbox industry, developed an elect...

Heald, an innovator in the field of perimeter security technology and the largest manufacturer of quality security equipment in the UK, along with its German security manufacturer and distribution partner truckBloc, has secured one of Germany’s pioneering Christmas Markets in the city of Mainz. Set in the historical backdrop of the 1,000-year-old St. Martin's Cathedral, the Mainz Christmas Market features over 100 decorated stands and welcomes hundreds of visitors every year. Sliding bol...

To speed up journey times and maximise road safety and security for residents, commuters, and local businesses, the municipality of Tres Cantos in Spain has deployed an innovative smart city solution from security and AI pioneer Hikvision. Smart cities Wikipedia describes smart cities as “urban areas that use data insights to manage assets, resources, and services efficiently”. Other key benefits of smart cities include better traffic management and planning, real-time responses to...

Since 2004, G4S has played a pivotal role in securing almost every aspect of Guam’s biggest industry, tourism, protecting holidaymakers who visit Guam, and ensuring they have the best possible experience.  G4S has also partnered with the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) for more than seven years, providing safety and concierge services in Tumon, the heart of Guam’s tourism industry. VSOs and BSOs trained and certified lifeguards Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United Sta...

November was a prolific month in the celebration of world-class sporting events in Latin American football. Uruguay hosted the women’s and men's Libertadores finals, as well as the Sudamericana Cup final. Video surveillance and access control system During all the matches, Herta's video surveillance and access control system was used to analyse the entry of non-authorised people through facial recognition. The security operation was classified as "impeccable" by the Ministry of the Inter...

NSE IT Limited is a global technology enterprise, it focuses on delivering excellence in complex digital environment primarily in banking, insurance, capital market ecosystem, and online examination. The firm has three distinct business units - Digital Transformation, Digital Examinations, and Cyber Security and is powered by a workforce of 1500+ professionals who are certified technology and business domain experts. With 20+ years of experience, the firm is renowned for its expertise across la...

When Cubic Transportation Systems and Transport for London identified that the Limehouse Link Tunnel in London’s East End would benefit from an upgraded traffic safety monitoring system, they opted for the advantages offered by Predator Ultra HD cameras from 360 Vision Technology. Traffic tunnels  Let’s face it: traffic tunnels are cool. Perhaps it’s their artificially lit, subterranean nature, coupled with the unspoken thrill of passing smoothly, at high speed, through...

Harrods Village, a prestigious gated development located on the banks of the River Thames, has teamed up with Interphone to implement a comprehensive maintenance solution for onsite security systems. Under the partnership, the security systems and building technology integrator has enabled Harrods Village to complete essential work and ensure door entry, access control, and CCTV systems are fit for purpose. Addressing the technology challenges “We have worked closely with Interphone to...

Smiles Dental is in the oral dental care industry with 57 practices across the UK. They provide high-quality, innovative dental treatment. From July 2007 to July 2009 the business had grown from 32 practices. Smiles Dental approached TopSource Worldwide to provide a long-term solution to deal with on-going accounting work and to provide a scalable solution to manage huge invoice volume. Smiles was faced with a 45-day backlog of invoice processing, no electronic copies of supplier invoices, and...

Peach Pubs is a unique and envied pub group founded by two enthusiastic individuals, Hamish Stoddart and Lee Cash. Driven by their vision to create a great business, Hamish and Lee started with one pub. They now own and operate fifteen venues with a short term growth target of twenty-two. Critically acclaimed, Peach has won or been a finalist for 36 major industry awards-including The Publican Multiple Operator of the Year. Finding scalable solution Peach operates with the conviction that a s...

The Praesensa public address and voice alarm system from Bosch is at the heart of the new safety system at Wycombe Wanderers’ Adams Park stadium. The football club chose for digital infrastructure design specialist and system integrator Landways to design, fund and install this new system, alongside high-performance solutions for Wi-Fi and security, to help realise owner Rob Couhig’s ambitious vision for a great match day experience. Digital message storage The stadium officials e...

Following a change in employment practices, created by the COVID-19 pandemic, many office-based employees now follow a hybrid schedule, working where they are needed or find convenient. The fast-growing use of flexible offices and co-working spaces is a testament to this emerging trend. With employees coming and going as they please, a change in how security and access control are managed is an urgent, but overlooked aspect that many firms are just waking up to now. Clockwise, renowned office...

MT Educare, a coaching institute since 1988, is a trusted brand in-classroom coaching and e-learning across India. With multiple locations and substantial growth, timely processing of staff and faculty payroll is crucial for MT Educare. With teaching faculty working at different locations for a varied time duration, capturing this diverse input correctly was a challenge. Besides, the confidentiality of payouts has been a major concern for MT Educare. Also, their HR team spent considerable time...

RPG Life Sciences Ltd. formerly Searle (India) Ltd. is a full spectrum, world class, customer focussed, innovative pharmaceutical organisation. They develop, manufacture and market, for national and international markets, a broad range of branded formulations, generics and bulk drugs developed through fermentation and chemical synthesis routes. RPG Life Sciences were facing service issues with their outsourced payroll provider. Not only was the service not up to the mark, the payroll solution p...

Sauer-Danfoss designs, manufactures and sells a complete range of engineered hydraulic and electronic components including Hydrostatic transmissions, Mobile electronics, Open circuit products, Orbital motors, Steering components and valves. The company has more than 20 engineering and manufacturing facilities in Europe, the Americas and Asia- Pacific regions with total employee size of more than 6000. Sauer Danfoss India Pvt limited is located at Kesnand, Pune and the unit is mainly into manufa...

The Kalyani Group had promoted Kalyani Wheels as a part of its diversification plan. Kalyani Wheels then had a technical collaboration with Lemmerz Werke, Germany. Subsequently, Lemmerz Werke became a joint venture partner and the new company was christened as Kalyani Lemmerz Ltd (KLL). The company manufactures Wheel Rims for utility vehicles, light and heavy commercial vehicles and tractors. Wheel rim technology Lemmerz is a pioneer in wheel rim technology and supplies to automotive manufact...

Dorabjee's identified that there was a problem in their bank reconciliation and invited TopSource Worldwide in May 2012 to review their Bank reconciliation process and controls and provide recommendations to address this problem. Bank reconciliation at Dorabjee's was reconciled till March 2011 with unreconciled transactions from 2006. Bank reconciliation was also completed episodically. There was no specific process or controls in bank reconciliation process. Bank reconciliation process TopSo...

Croatia has selected Intersec’s GeoSafe technology as the basis for its new national public warning system (PWS). The decision sees Croatia adopting a best practice response to the European mandate that all EU member states must implement a modern digital public warning system by June 20221. Ingolf Ruh, Chief Revenue Officer, for Intersec says: “The Croatian government wanted the best technology possible in order to serve its population in a crisis. Simply complying with the Europea...

Institución Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA) Exhibition Centre hosts over 100 events every year including trade shows and business meetings, but also large public events in the fields of sport, culture, and leisure. Boasting an exhibition area that covers 200,000 square metres of covered pavilions, 12 halls, two convention centres, and 14,000 parking spaces, the complex is operated by IFEMA Madrid and is one of the most up-to-date, technologically best equipped exhibition venues in Europe. Visit...