Wisely prepared companies in the resale channel will continue to benefit from the new, emerging climate of security and IT convergence.
- By Frank Barbetta
- Feb 05, 2008
A large German manufacturer wanted to reduce its operating and data storage costs while increasing the security efficiencies of the several hundred video surveillance cameras it uses to monitor a huge production facility. To accomplish this, the firm placed RFID tags on all the assets passing through the facility.
- By Sharon J. Watson
- Feb 05, 2008
When many industry observers talk about how IT is changing security, the discussion typically reverts to the concept of hanging 30-year-old panel technology onto 10-year-old Ethernet backbones.
- By Martin Huddart
- Feb 01, 2008
Pelco and AMAG Technology have partnered to create a complete product integration of video, access control, intrusion and visitor management, biometrics and other security and building management functions.
An IP video solution has been installed to enhance the security at Royal Vopak’s petrochemical storage terminal in West Thurrock, U.K.
How’s this for a nightmare scenario? Stealthy bad hats sneak up on an IP video camera attached to a remote fence and unplug it from its Ethernet cable.
- By John W. Verity
- Jan 23, 2008
Petards Inc. recently announced that Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel in Cherokee, N.C., has once again chosen Petards for video surveillance, and taken delivery of equipment to upgrade and expand its Universal Video Management System (UVMS) capabilities.
ioimage recently announced that the Shi Jia Zhuang experimental high school in China has successfully completed installation of ioimage’s video surveillance system to protect it’s 2,500 students, supervise the schools entrance and prevent theft.
A museum dedicated to the power and mystique of the Ford Mustang in Tampico, Mexico is using an IP video surveillance system to protect a fleet of the valued vehicles.
A complete end-to-end IP video solution is being deployed at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as part of a campus-wide CCTV upgrade.
At Chase Farms in Walkerville, Mich., IP video software will manage more than 100 surveillance cameras by this spring.
Arecont Vision recently debuted a full line of H.264 IP cameras at INTERSEC Middle East in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
IP-networked CCTV cameras have become more cost effective than analog in installations requiring as few as 40 cameras, according to a report released in September.
- By Steven Titch
- Jan 07, 2008
Whether in retrofit or new construction on college campuses, the business case for deploying wireless access control systems in networked openings is compelling. Wireless solutions seamlessly integrate into existing access control panels, eliminating wire between locks and access control panel interfaces and providing a complete solution at each opening. Implementing a wireless solution takes significantly less time than its traditional hardwired counterpart.
- By Beverly Vigue
- Jan 07, 2008
An integrated IP video CCTV system is providing monitoring for a traffic calming system in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The CCTV system monitors a series of automated bollards that regulate traffic on a number of the city’s streets, alerting the Antwerp Police to malfunctions, accidents and acts of vandalism.
IP video has helped transform the local policing of a small town in Northern Italy. Sergnano has a population of just 3,000 and employs only two law enforcement officers to police the town.
At a session on risk assessment at the ASIS International Seminar and Exhibits in September, a security professional spoke of his company’s reluctance to perform a top-to-bottom risk assessment out of fear of discovering and documenting a problem that might lead to liability if that problem were to lead to a serious accident, breach, or loss of life or limb, before it could be fixed.
- By Steven Titch
- Dec 05, 2007
What do Apple iTunes and YouTube videos share in common with the video surveillance industry? H.264, the latest standard for video compressor/ decompressors, or codecs.
- By Barry Keepence
- Dec 04, 2007
For the young and hip looking for cool nightspots as well as for families filling a weekend with festivals and fun, downtown Dallas is a popular destination. Once relatively deserted at night, the 1.3 square mile area known as the Central Business District is booming.
- By Sharon J. Watson
- Dec 03, 2007
The world of the IT security professional has always been dynamic, if not somewhat unpredictable and even chaotic at times. From continual changes in technology to the seemingly endless barrage of new and more potent security threats, the best IT security professionals remain vigilant and stand ready to quickly identify and adapt to whatever new challenges are thrown their way.
- By George Adams
- Dec 01, 2007