To accommodate a major expansion of the video surveillance system now protecting port operations, officials with the Port of Corpus Christi (Texas) have selected Siemens Building Technologies Inc. to upgrade the capabilities of the entire system.
Axis Communications recently announced that Grambling State University is using its network cameras to ensure the safety of its students and property.
IP video technology is providing a new state-of-the-art digital CCTV system for Wythenshawe Shopping Center in the south of Manchester, UK.
Strix Systems recently announced that its Access/One Outdoor Wireless Systems and integrated high performance Personal Mobile Command communication systems are being deployed for emergency response vehicles and tactical mobile communications for public safety at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
For the third year running, Lenel Systems International has claimed top honors from industry peer Axis Communications by being named the company’s “Total Solution Partner of the Year.”
Crowds in public venues create special demands for safety that are being addressed by the Rhode Island Convention Center complex.
While analog cameras still dominate the video surveillance market, the advent of IP or network cameras over the last decade represents the highest growth area for the market. Going forward, the installation of network cameras is expected to account for nearly 50 percent of all video surveillance cameras in North America by 2013.
Drug store giant Walgreens has just completed installing and networking Ionit Technologies Inc.’s DVR system to monitor, manage and protect more than 6,200 stores, facilities and distribution centers around the country.
- By Brent Hamachek
- Jul 01, 2008
When many security professionals think of thermal security cameras, they think of exotic cameras with long-range, high-resolution performance that can cost as much as a nice car and feature applications befitting their high-end status: border security, huge industrial facilities and the like.
We now live in a digital world. Digital technology, just like the air we breathe, has penetrated our social life in every respect, including surveillance systems in the security industry.
Critical infrastructure organizations are essential to the functioning of societies and economies. The role of these facilities in international commerce makes their security a top priority. But given the complex and often geographically dispersed nature of these facilities and assets, critical infrastructure security often presents a daunting challenge.
- By Mariann McDonagh
- Jul 01, 2008
Rewind to the year 1991. Literally. After 14 years of overused VHS tapes, programmable VCRs and older matrix switchers, the Dearborn County, Ind., Sheriff ’s Department was overdue for an upgrade to its video surveillance system. The deputies and officers wanted a security system that would allow them to depend less upon manned in-house security and more upon digital, PC-controlled cameras and recorders.
- By Del V. Salvi
- Jun 30, 2008
The implementation will enable a research team to gather real world data to build models and algorithms for software application development relating to BEWARE (Behavior based Enhancement of Wide-Area Situational Awareness).
The bill ensures state and local governments can purchase fire alarm systems, access control devices, perimeter security and video surveillance systems and countless other homeland security goods and services, at GSA-approved reduced prices.
This Award lauds GE Security's portfolio reorganization strategy to ensure that it delivers on its vision and potential as the leading video surveillance vendor.
The customer, which manages some of the world's most prestigious hotels and hospitality-related businesses, selected the CIEFFE portfolio of interoperable encoders, standard resolution and megapixel cameras, video analytics and advanced video management software.
Bosch Security Systems and NetApp Inc., have formed a strategic, global partnership to capitalize on the rapid development of the IP video surveillance market. Under terms of the agreement, Bosch will sell and support cobranded NetApp storage devices as part of its CCTV portfolio.
A network of megapixel behavior-recognition smart cameras has been installed at Queen Mary, University of London, one of the UK’s leading research-focused higher education institutions.
ioimage recently announced that its intelligent video solution has been implemented in two 14-story apartment buildings each housing 400 families in Tokyo, to prevent theft and criminal activities.
March Networks, a provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced recently that CIEFFE, a March Networks Company, has been selected by a leading international hospitality group to supply its award-winning IP video surveillance solution for installation at the customer’s premiere hotel property in the United Arab Emirates.