Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd. recently announced that its License Plate Recognition system -- SeeCar -- was selected to automate access control to 1,300 parking spaces, including guest parking, in B.S.R. Towers, a complex of two office towers located in Israel.
IndigoVision’s complete IP video solution has been deployed across 17 cities in Latin America resulting in a significant decrease in local crime.
PalmettoNet, one of the largest providers of digital fiber optic network transport in the Carolinas, has partnered with ITC Solutions, a division of International Tela-Com, Inc. to install an AMAG Technology Symmetry Security Management System.
A new type of video surveillance technology called adaptive learning video analytics is revolutionizing physical security with its ability to analyze input from hundreds or even thousands of security cameras and provide alerts to potential threats as they occur.
- By Eric Eaton
- Dec 01, 2008
If one were to take a sample poll for the definition of convergence, it’s quite likely there would be as many variations in the responses as the number of people polled.
- By Cynthia Freschi
- Dec 01, 2008
• Access Meets Identity<br />
• Beyond Plug and Play<br />
• The Open-Standards Solution<Br />
• Here Comes H.264
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that Tri-City Mechanical, a 512-employee design/build contractor in Chandler, Ariz., is using Schlage bright blue Web-enabled access control software and Schlage wireless access control locking systems to reduce false alarm calls at its 77,000 square foot facility.
With IP poised to drive video security market growth over the next five years, camera manufacturers have begun to get serious about developing a standard interface for cameras and video management systems. But the effort may not be easy. A battle over the specification has erupted between the three leading camera manufacturers, which favor one approach, and a wider swath of the industry, which supports another.
- By Steven Titch
- Nov 25, 2008
Pivot3 Inc. recently announced two new customers in the gaming surveillance storage market. Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, Ore., and Silverton Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas have both installed Pivot3 solutions to store, protect and retrieve critical video surveillance data.
March Networks, a provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, recently announced that a major financial institution in Latin America has selected the company's NVR systems and investigation software for deployment across more than 1,900 retail banking branches and automated teller machines.
As organizations look to increase the number of cameras and access control terminals within their security infrastructure, power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switches and midspans are getting more and more attention as a cost-effective way to extend power to remote devices.
- By Steven Titch
- Nov 21, 2008
ioimage recently announced that it has been selected to protect sensitive areas of the Vatican.
ioimage intelligent video appliances, monitored by an ioiware Command Center, are being used to detect intruders along a 60-kilometer perimeter of sensitive areas, entry and exit gates and the wall surrounding the Vatican.
IndigoVision’s complete IP video solution has been chosen by the $1 billion M Resort, Spa and Casino. The newest Las Vegas casino resort resides on South Las Vegas Blvd. and will open in March 2009
In its newest report on the market for video content analysis, IMS Research forecasts that its penetration into network surveillance cameras will exceed 40 percent by 2012.
Chase Farms in Walkerville, Mich., didn’t plan to turn video surveillance into a risk management tool; it just happened.
- By Steven Titch
- Nov 14, 2008
As Madonna fans gathered for the November 6, 2008 Sticky & Sweet concert performance at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium, LiveNation security personnel got a bird's-eye-view of the entire crowd and venue with the help of TopEyeView, providers of a real-time video-streaming blimp used for surveillance, monitoring and broadcasting.
Amid week-long political conventions and massive campaign rallies, wireless video surveillance has emerged as an indispensable tool for law enforcement and public safety agencies throughout the country.
Pivot3 Inc. recently announced that the Paterson Police Department in Passaic County, N.J., chose the Pivot3 storage solution as part of a high-definition video surveillance project.
Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., upon the resolutions of meetings of the respective boards of directors Friday, agreed to start discussions for a capital and business alliance between the two companies.
ioimage recently announced its video analytics solution has been implemented at several DHL Express sites throughout Europe, including Heathrow Airport in the UK and Leipzig Airport in Germany, as well as ground hubs, terminals and other facilities in Bonn, Germany, Genk, Belgium and Budapest, Hungary.