GIT SECURITY AWARD 2016 – the Winners
Again it was a neck-and-neck race for the GIT SECURITY AWARD 2016. Only three products in each of the five categories could win: Those ones the most readers were voting for - via f...
CCTV
Hikvision Darkfighter Cameras secure Salford City
When Salford City Council began upgrading its public space CCTV cameras with Hikvisions Darkfighter models, video operatives reported some unusual results: they were suddenly able ...
BSIA welcomes revision of British Standard BS7958
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the revision of British Standard BS7958 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Management and operation Code of Practice, ...
Lifting the Airport Experience with Network Video
For a long time, video surveillance at airports was only a matter of security. Now, with the shift from analog to digital technology, numerous different airport operations can bene...
Interview with Joseph Grillo CEO/Managing Director of Vanderbilt International
In October 2014 Vanderbilt Industries entered into an agreement to acquire Security Products from Siemens, which was part of the Siemens Building Technologies Division. The acquisi...
Electronic Access Solution for a Luxury Hote
The Chedi Andermatt is a 5-star deluxe hotel that opened on December 6, 2013. It is the first stage of an integrated project being undertaken by Egyptian developer Samih Sawiris th...
Dallmeier Safeguards Train Stations in South Africa
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, known as Prasa, is responsible for the transport of several thousand passengers daily in RSA. A high-resolution video surveillance system...
Samsung Techwin Provides a Video Surveillance Solution for Şişli Municipality
Şişli is one of 32 major districts of Istanbul on the European side of the city. Covering an area of approximately 30 square kilometers, it is located at the exit of the Bosphorus ...
The Role of IP Technology within the UK’s Surveillance Network
With between 4 million and 5.9 million CCTV surveillance cameras in the UK alone, the CCTV industry, both in the UK and globally, is one of the largest sectors within the security ...
Decentralized IP-Video Surveillance System With CPTED Features
During the past 10 years, Lexington School District One has grown by an average of 513 new students per year, and the district remains one of the fastest-growing school districts i...
Big Market Potential in Small Systems
Even though most businesses are now well aware of the benefits of IP, video surveillance and network-based security solutions are expected to reach a tipping point to overtake the ...
Access Control: The Top Ten Tips from Paxton’
For many businesses, keeping data and valuable assets secure is of vital importance, whilst ensuring that any security threats are dealt with swiftly and effectively. Letting only ...
High Definition Stream Management
The scenario repeats itself all too often: The hourglass or spinning icon when accessing live or recorded video, waiting for the system to catch up. Slow, choppy and blurry video a...
Airport Safety & Security: Investment In Efficiency
With almost 9.8 million passengers traveling through its terminal in 2013, Edinburgh Airport is Scotland's busiest airport. More than 40 airlines serve over 100 destinations and th...
Mobotix With New IP Video Solutions At Security 2014
At this year's security in Essen, Mobotix presented new compact sized Hemispheric camera, demonstrated its recent remote station for the IP video door intercom and introduced new s...
Kiowa Casino Applies Video Technology from Dallmeier
The Kiowa Casino in Oklahoma, USA provides 60,000 square feet (over 5,500 m²) of undiluted Las Vegasstyle gambling excitement. Guests can choose from more than 900 slot machines wi...
Smart CCTV Solutions From LG Electronics
One Family With Many RelativesThe LG CCTV product family is growing. All new cameras are familiar to their siblings, the new HD-Line-Up has the same housing style as the well-known...
Security Surveillance in Glasgow Operations Center
2014 is going to be a significant year for Glasgow, as it saw Scotland's biggest city host the 20th Commonwealth Games in July. Alongside the Games, the city - which is also the fo...
Frankfurt Airport: Perimeter Protection 24/7
Calibration and Training Fraport AG not only manages the largest airport in Germany. With approximately 78,000 employees, the Frankfurt airport is also the largest local job site...
Comelit Announces Software Update To ViP
Earlier this month, Comelit UK, the Hertfordshire-based division of the global Comelit Group, invited a select group of architects, consultants and systems integrators to attend a ...
Interview with Joanne Herman, Samsung Techwin Europe
With its IP network-based video surveillance solutions, one manufacturer has wholly adopted and indeed contributed to the technology advances of recent years. In this brief intervi...
Hikvision Provides Security and Confidence Tools for South African Campus
It seems there isn‘t a week that goes by when some type of horrific schoolrelated incident is in the news. This phenomena is not linked to any country, but the unfortunate script u...
Video Surveillance: Certified Image Quality
Chinese IP video surveillance manufacturer Uniview is amongst the first companies worldwide that gained UL2802 certificate and the first manufacturer in the Asian-Pacific region. ...
When It Comes to HD Surveillance IDIS Is Rethinking the Approach
After years when only insiders knew IDIS, their big presence at IFSEC 2013 in Birmingham has brought the brand IDIS to the attention of a bigger audience. At Intersec in Dubai visi...
Vivotek Grows Business in the Middle East
Intersec in Dubai was a great chance for Vivotek to display their products and solutions to customers in the Middle East region. The Middle East market is one of the focus areas fo...
Hotel La Marvella Employs Axis Surveillance and Remote Monitoring Solution
La Marvella is a luxury boutique hotel located in the Jayanagar suburb of Bangalore. A part of the Best Western Premier group, the hotel prides itself for being an oasis of tranqui...
Security for Hospitals: Caring for Healthcare
Opened by Her Majesty the Queen in June 2012 as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Western Health and Social Care Trust's South West Acute Hospital is a brand new, state...
Videowall Equipment for Lugano Police Control Room
Lugano is situated in the very south of Switzerland idyllically at the shore of the lake that owes his name to the city. As with everything else, people in Switzerland place great ...
Video Surveillance: CCTV Upgrade at the University of London
Students and local residents will feel safer as Samsung Techwin DVRs are at the heart of new CCTV systems installed by Link CCTV Systems at eight University of London Halls of Resi...
Perimeter Protection of Solar Parks: Cost-Saving with Thermal Imaging Cameras
Spanish security specialist Omega Seguridad has already secured over 20 solar parks across Spain and its neighboring countries. The company always tries to convince its customers t...
Vivotek Is Awarded 2013 Top 10 Most Influential Smart HD Cameras Brand in China
Vivotek is honored to announce its achievement as one of the top 10 most influential smart HD cameras brand in China in 2013. The brand selection activity is cosponsored by China P...
Control Rooms: On the Go – Non Stop
Following the formation of Eyevis UK in the Summer of 2007, the company installed its first ever UK control room video wall system at Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council Urban T...
CCTV Footage: Reverse vandalism - Revellers Repair Bent Bike Rack
Reverse vandalism: CCTV footage seen by millions of people around the world shows that CCTV surveillance isn't always about crime. A few months ago in Boston, Lincolnshire, the my...
CEM AC2000 Chosen for Central Bank of Nigeria Security System
CEM Systems, a division of Tyco Security Products, has announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria has selected their AC2000 SE access control and security management system to secu...
Access Control: The End of Dealing with Legacy Security Systems
Dealing with legacy systems is a repetitive problem in the security management industry. Meeting the security policy with legacy systems can be tough, maintenance is expensive and ...
