The HDcctv Alliance, the trade association for the global HDcctv industry, announced a new membership structure that makes it easier for companies to enter the fast-growing market for HDcctv-compliant products and upgrade from conventional CCTV technology.
The city of Freeport, Texas has selected ADT Security Services to provide and install the first phase of a wireless video surveillance system to help reduce crime in a public housing project and a marina. Later planned phases of the system will help protect critical infrastructure in one of the nation’s largest ports and home to the fourth largest oil reserve and 29 chemical companies.
IndigoVision’s integrated IP video solution is at the heart of a major security upgrade at BBC Monitoring’s sites in the UK.
LG and electronics go hand-in-hand, but in the security industry, the company isn’t a household name. That’s about to change. GVI Security, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, will be bringing LG security products to the market today.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Mar 08, 2011
GVI announced Monday it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with LG Security to represent LG’s line of video surveillance solutions in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Securityhunter will provide federal agencies with a simplified and accelerated means of securing a wide range of physical security solutions at discounted General Services Administration rates, including those that meet Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 requirements.
Envysion Inc. recently announced that OTAC Inc. has selected Envysion as its exclusive video provider and is deploying the company's Envysion Insight solution to all existing locations.
IQinVision recently announced the completion of a major video surveillance project with the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS).
LogicMark brings to market several personal emergency response systems, all equipped with two-way voice pendants that provide peace of mind to those who wish to maintain an independent lifestyle but want the assurance that help can be summoned if needed.
Speco Technologies is the first company in North America to become an authorized test center (ATC) for HDcctv compliance testing.
Grandstream Networks and Logiware gmbh has announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between Grandstream’s ONVIF-compliant IP video surveillance cameras and Logiware’s go1984 video management software.
The science similar to the type used in airport body scanners could soon be used to detect everything from defects in aerospace vehicles or concrete bridges to skin cancer, thanks to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Avigilon recently announced that Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento, Calif. has deployed the Avigilon HD Surveillance System as a key component of its security initiative aimed at reducing crime and increasing patron safety.
The NLSS Gateway is now verified to integrate with Arecont Vision megapixel cameras supported in the dedicated IP video testing facility.
Government agencies overseeing national and local parks and municipal and private utilities -- including water and wastewater -- have remote communications and physical security requirements that are often challenging to address. Connecting multiple distant sites at speeds equal to those achieved over wire is a daunting proposition but is necessary when fiber or leased lines are too costly or impractical. The needs are pressing when an act of crime or vandalism, an environmental disaster, or loss of communications can potentially cost millions of dollars to mitigate and even cause the loss of lives.
- By Ksenia Coffman
- Mar 01, 2011
2011 will be a big year for IP surveillance. Not only has its growth remained steady throughout a recession, but large surveillance projects are announced each day. This is the year when the network camera celebrates its 15-year anniversary.
- By Fredrik Nilsson
- Mar 01, 2011
The Hillsborough County Sheriff ’s office (HSCO) in Tampa, Fla., is a full-service law enforcement agency comprising more than 3,400 employees. Leadership and officers value integrity, professionalism and community-oriented policing as the top priorities of agency operations. Today, HCSO, led by Sheriff David Gee, is one of fewer than 20 public safety agencies in the nation to attain law enforcement, jail and medical accreditation.
- By Lee Caswell
- Mar 01, 2011
When border security comes to mind, people typically think of long lines at border crossing stations, fence lines, and the reported apprehension of illegal immigrants. Although those quintesssential images accurately depict daily life at the border, they certainly don’t tell the whole story.
- By Jake Lahmann
- Mar 01, 2011
A wide range of Arecont Vision megapixel camera models have achieved UL listing by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. under the UL-60950-1 standard for information technology equipment. Arecont Vision is the first high-volume megapixel security camera manufacturer to UL list its products.
They’ve always been the Achilles’ heel of video surveillance, whether analog or digital cameras are involved: those nasty shadows, glares, reflections and direct sunlight that turn captured images into darkness or wash them into a brilliant, undetectable white. Higher-resolution cameras simply exacerbate the problem.
- By John Monti, Mark S. Wilson
- Mar 01, 2011