Dallmeier: video surveillance system for the Golden Valley Casino
Dallmeier: video surveillance system for the Golden Valley Casino. South Africa is a fascinating country – not only because of its breathtaking fauna and flora but also because it ...
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New EN 50132 standard for video surveillance systems
New EN 50132 standard for video surveillance systems. The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Cenelec has formulated “System requirements” part 1 of the EN 5013...
Security concept for La Serlas Zürich
Security concept for La Serlas Zürich. The Zurich Bahnhofstrasse is one of the best addresses in Europe and is synonymous with elegant shops and discrete banks. Boutiques with the ...
FLIR Commercial Vision Systems: PathFindIR thermal imaging camera
FLIR Commercial Vision Systems: PathFindIR thermal imaging camera. Stoof International (www.stoofinternational. de) was founded in 1865 by Karl August Stoof in Busendorf/ Kanin, Ge...
Basler Vision Technologies: Ultra Compact Megapixel IP Cameras
Basler Vision Technologies: Ultra Compact Megapixel IP Cameras. Basler Vision Technologies, a Germanbased company, has a background in the machine vision market. They are one of th...
Geutebrück: unpacking the video compression toolbox
Geutebrück: Unpacking the Video Compression Toolbox. It’s probably fair to say that few buyers of video security systems are experts in video encoding. And why should they be! It’s...
Sicurezza and Sicurtech Expo
Sicurezza and Sicurtech Expo. The exhibitions Sicurezza and Sicurtech Expo, encompassing a 4-day of business, professional update, training and technologies and closing today, made...
IIPSec 2009
IIPSec 2009. This years IIPSec in Coventry was a good opportunity for security professionals especially interested in IP technology to see the latest networked technology and it’s ...
Moscow International Security and Safety Exhibition co-located with Cardex
Moscow International Security and Safety Exhibition co-located with Cardex. In April every year, key members of the security industry in Russia and the CIS gather to discuss trends...
Security Russia takes place together with Interpolitex exhibition
Security Russia takes place together with Interpolitex exhibition. The first ever ‘Security Russia’ event will take place in Moscow between 27 and 30 October 2009 together with the...
High-end Video Alarm Technology plus Professional Emergency Service
Globally, photovoltaic systems connected to the grid rose from 16.6 GigaWatt (GW) in 2010 to 27.7 GW in 2011. The number of markets reaching more than 1 GW of additional capacity d...
Integrating Fence Detection and Video Analytics
Port of Charleston is one of the busiest container ports along the United States' Southeast and Gulf coasts. Moving more than 600,000 pier containers per year and ranked 8th larges...
Gasunie’s Gas Grid Safeguarded with Geutebruck GeViScopes
With over 15,000 kilometres of pipeline in the Netherlands and northern Germany, dozens of installations and approximately 1,300 gas receiving stations, Gasunie operates one of ...
A Security Management System for Puyang Tobacco Board Mission
In order to enhance security capabilities and reduce potential safety problems in the eight branches of the Puyang Tobacco Board, the use of a network camera surveillance system be...
The Main Functions of the BSIA and One of Its Member Companies, TDSi
Ground-breaking and innovative companies find it difficult to get legislation changed or to establish standards of practice by themselves. Here, a trade association will represent ...
An Efficient Method of Splitting DVI Video Signals to Multiple Devices
In the past, the distribution of DVI signals was implemented using hardware based matrix switchers. These are devices with a finite number of signal inputs and outputs. There are a...
Better Image Quality for Healthcare Applications
Video surveillance is critical to the hospital and healthcare environment. Surveillance challenges include expensive equipment, sensitive documents, pharmaceuticals, food services,...
Ukraine’s EURO 2012 Stadiums Are Ready to Host Safe and Secure Matches
EURO 2012 is being played in Poland and the Ukraine from June 8 to July 1st. The tournament will feature sixteen of the best football teams in the World in competition for the Henr...
Gas Detection: Finding Hidden Savings During Challenging Economic Times
During economic downturns, every department is asked to save money to weather the storm until economic conditions improve. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) departments are not u...
East Midlands Airport Takes off with Indigovision IP Video Surveillance
Located in the heart of the UK, East Midlands Airport is an important hub for UK passenger travel, connecting over four million passengers annually with more than 90 destinations. ...
Fire Protection: C-Tec Relocates to New Premises
Leading life-safety equipment manufacturer, C-Tec, has celebrated its 30th Anniversary by relocating to a magnificent new factory. Situated at the heart of Wigan's Challenge Way ...
Preparations Well Underway for Sicurezza 2012
Italy‘s key international event in the security sector, Sicurezza 2012 will be held 7-9 November at Fiera Milano. It covers all areas of interest to professionals in anti-intrusion...
Resolution, Not the Sensor Pixel Count
The Panomera multifocal sensor system from Dallmeier is making a big splash. Yet the company that manufactures it is deliberately not calling it a ‘camera' but a ‘multifocal sensor...
Zurich Airport Uses an Innovative Fire Extinguishing System from Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions
Data centres and server rooms present particular challenges when it comes to installing a fire fighting system. In order to protect the expensive computer hardware and most importa...
Airport Security: Interview with Peter Andres of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is one of the world's largest corporate groups in the civil aviation industry. The Group evolved in the mid 1990's from the scheduled airline operating under ...
An Oasis with Direct Access to Terminal 5
Sofitel London Heathrow is one of the largest conference hotels in the UK, owned and operated by Arora International Hotels. The hotel has been conceived as an oasis of luxury for ...
Digital Locks for the Atlantic View Residential and Vacation Appartments in Tenerife
Just off the coast of Morocco, around 1,300 kilometers from the Spanish mainland, lies sunny Tenerife - the largest of the Canary Islands. The year-round mild climate, diverse vege...
Large Hotels Offer Particular Challenges to Safety and Fire Protection Systems
Cerberus Pro, the fire protection system from Siemens Building Technologies Division, has been successfully installed in a new hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Confident, a Siem...
Systemic Thinking: In Conversation with Hans-Gernot Illig of Simons Voss
SimonsVoss can look back on a highly successful year and, according to a study by a strategy consulting company, landed in the top ten of the leading German medium-sized companies ...
Addressing the Special Needs of Hotel Safety and Security
What could be the usual company Security Manager‘s worst nightmare? Perhaps a wide open front door with no turnstile and lots of complete strangers strolling in and out unchallenge...
Is Access Control Ready for the NFC Smartphone Future?
The move towards getting Near Field Communications (NFC) technology into the hands of customers appears inexorable as businesses look at ways of optimising mobile payments and acce...
Hikvision Helps Denmark’s House of Amber Upgrade without the Drama
As any movie fan would know, the idea of knocking off a bank or jewelry store makes for a great plot device. But in the real world, while not nearly as exciting or thrilling, the t...
Morpho's access control solutions: A consolidated offering
Through the Safran's acquisition of the US company L-1 Identity Solutions in July 2011, Morpho has strengthened its access control terminal offering. Marie Garmendia, VP Sales Mar...
Bosch Security Systems Launches ‘Engineered Solutions and Software’ Range
To offer a comprehensive palette of services and tailor-made solutions for large projects is the aim of the new ‘Engineered Solutions and Software (ESS)' product group which Bosch...
Comprehensive Mobile Video Surveillance System for Public Transport
The Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) provides one of the most modern transport systems in the world. More than 500 million passengers travel every year via bus, tram and six sub...
