02.02.2010 • Videos

Large Screen Systems For Control Rooms

eyevis is a leading manufacturer of large screen systems for control rooms, monitoring centres, information, communication, simulation and virtual reality. Whether in control rooms...

01.02.2010 • Videos

IP Based RF Reader/Controller

Suprema launches Xpass access controller, an IP based RF reader/controller. Packed in a sleek and compact black body, the Xpass features PoE (Power over Ethernet), waterproof, netw...

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27.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Sentries at the Limits of Science

A particle accelerator is used for fundamental scientific research at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. Nobody is allowed to be in the tunnel while e...

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27.01.2010 • TopstoriesManagement

A Front-Row View

The new Central de Emergencias 112 de Cantabria, inaugurated on March 3rd 2009, is part of a larger effort undertaken by the government to improve emergency services for the citize...

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25.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Outdoor Surveillance

Outdoor security is essential for many businesses, with the outdoor perimeter of a site often representing an important security gateway. The threshold between the company's land a...

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25.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Always In Focus

EverFocus with their latest CCTV product developments - video recorders, conventional and IP cameras as well as management software. The new Paragon MPEG-4 DVR series by Everfocus...

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15.01.2010 • TopstoriesSafety

Sniffing Out Gases

With ever more improved sensors, modern detection technology for flammable and hazardous gases enables the design of highly reliable gas detection systems. The foundation for plann...

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15.01.2010 • TopstoriesIT-Security

Safeguarding Your Reputation

In this article David Tomlinson, managing director for leading data security company, Data Encryption Systems (DES), takes a detailed look at how encryption can safeguard a company...

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15.01.2010 • TopstoriesIT-Security

Integrated Total Solutions

The world is affected by the four megatrends demographic change, urbanization, climate change and globalization. Building Technologies Division provided answers at the Siemens Airp...

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15.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Integrated, Open and Future-proof

Within the Siemens Building Technologies Division, the business unit Security Solutions offers customers integrated security solutions ranging from the analysis of requirements and...

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15.01.2010 • TopstoriesFire Protection

On the Right Track

Thanks to their strength and resilience, polyester-glass and epoxide-glass laminates have become extremely popular with yacht manufacturers. Working with these materials, however, ...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSafety

Take a Deep Breath

The Micro IV single-gas detector is the successor to the proven Micro III. The key features of the previous model have been retained, and there is now some impressive added functio...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Crime on TV

Villennes-sur-Seine lies about 30 kilometers west of Paris, in the middle of a protected nature reserve. With 4,788 inhabitants, the small and prosperous city offers its population...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Reliable Perimeter Protection

Outdoor security systems detect intruders as soon as a protected area is entered and before intruders are able to gain access to people or valuable objects and assets. Sensors can ...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Seeing in the Dark

Today, the challenge to CCTV professionals is to make sure that video footage is effective on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year. Securing an area during the daytime is one thing. But w...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSafety

Emergency Evacuation

In the event of an emergency, employers and building managers have a legal responsibility for the safe and swift evacuation of every person in the building; this will include emplo...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Under Lock and Key

Keys are used to control access to so many things these days that there can be serious consequences when one is misplaced or has been taken without authority. Managing who is autho...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesManagement

A City of Dreams

The „City of Dreams" is a massive new casino project currently under construction in Macau - an integrated urban resort in which there will be exciting entertainment, elegant night...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Creative Monitoring

Visitors who cannot restrain their desire to touch, art thieves who are becoming more refined in response to rising prices on the art market, and acts of vandalism are increasingly...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Chipset Evolution - Is the Key

In years gone by, purchasers of CCTV systems would perhaps have looked no further than the outline description of a camera to decide if it was suitable for a specific project. The ...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Largest Ever HD IP Video System

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has deployed what is believed to be the largest ever High-Definition (HD) IP Video surveillance system to monitor its customs operation on the ...

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14.01.2010 • TopstoriesSecurity

Securing a Modern Metropolis

At the moment there are are lot of discussions about an internal report by the Metropolitan police in London about the use of CCTV in city centers. The effectiveness of CCTV as a w...

11.01.2010 • Videos

Basler IP Cameras

The Basler network camera product line offers flexible, high-performance solutions for a wide range of applications in the area of security surveillance. The cameras meet the marke...

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08.01.2010 • WhitepaperSecurity

A Close-up View: MP Lenses

Increasingly, megapixel cameras are conquering the security technology market, which offers not only high-resolution cameras, but now also megapixel lenses. The following technical...

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Retail Security

Latest in Retail Security: Experts Explain
three questions to five experts

Latest in Retail Security: Experts Explain

In our special focus, we ask three questions on security for retail to five experts