Modern CCTV: Back on the Rails
A lot has happened as a result of the Fifa football world cup in South Africa. But the country at the southernmost point of the black continent is still plagued by a high rate of c...
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Displays: Built First to Last
Eyevis has introduced numerous features to prevent so-called ‘image sticking' effects which are likely to occur on LCD monitors when static content is displayed over prolonged time...
No Place to Hide
Our article ‘Please Remain Seated'reported on Secura's system for scanning passenger vehicles and lightweight goods vans for contraband and/or dangerous goods. One key aspect was k...
Please Remain Seated
Frequent flyers don‘t think twice about walking through an archway at the airport to detect any metal that they are carrying. They are also used to handing over their hand luggage ...
Back on Track
Within the Siemens Building Technologies Division, the business segment Security Products offers a broad range of products for access control, intrusion detection and video surveil...
HDcctv: The Third Way
HDcctv is a new digital camera interface technology bringing uncompressed HDTV to surveillance monitors for the first time. HDcctv joins CCTV and IP network video as a third camera...
A Security Checklist
Europe seems for the most part to be a blissful island of peace and harmony. Paying continuous attention to personal safety is not an issue for most of the European Union's 830 mil...
Access Control: Putting the Face to the Name
Combining access control and digital video in a single system is easy with Bosch's new generation of access controllers. The controllers support direct integration with the company...
Take a Good Look
A burglary takes place and there is a great deal of anger about the resulting damage. Fortunately the premises are equipped with a video system which enables the incident to be ana...
Behind the Scenes at Uniqlo
A classy gala party marked the opening of Uniqlo's European flagship store in the trendy Opera District of Paris, on Rue Scribe only steps away from the famed Paris Opera House, Pa...
Cisco presents innovations for urban safety and security
Ciscoannounced at ASIS 2010 a series of product innovations that expand the core capabilities of its open-platform safety security solution that helps communities transform the wa...
Bosch Security Systems Chairman Gert van Iperen with positive outlook
In the press conference at Security Essen show 2010Gert van Iperen, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Robert Bosch GmbH Security Systems Division gave apositive outlok for...
Lasers in Security
Protecting persons, securing valuables, preventing (or at least the early detection of) crime, electrical and electronic systems for secure building automation are increasingly gai...
Unseen Until Needed
Stöbich has installed its textile fire protection closures in the world's most spectacular new museum building. ‘Invisible' fire protection systems were used to satisfy the extreme...
Sicurezza: A Secure Date in November
Sicurezza is the international safety and security trade show that will be held in Milan, Italy in halls 1, 2 and 4 at the Fieramilano Rho from 17 to 19 November (new dates). The e...
Happy Birthday!
There is good reason to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of Geutebruck, the German video security system producer. The company has grown literally from a garage busin...
The World of Security and Fire Protection
This year, the organisers of Security Essen promise more area for concepts from fire protection and IT security. During the show more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 nations will pre...
Storage Solutions for Video Surveillance
Video surveillance storage is different from standard IT data storage. First, it is important to realise that video surveillance data is fundamentally different from IT data and ye...
All Sorts of Sports
The Arena Zagreb is a new multi-purpose sports center with a seating capacity of around 16,000. Located in the south west of the Croatian capital, it was completed in 2008 in time ...
Shedding Light on Cabling
With the migration from analog to digital video surveillance continuing there remains a crucial requirement for reliable transmission of the video signal during today's period of c...
Creativity, Progress & Excellence
Founded in 1980, Lilin has more than 600 employees worldwide and offices in more than 13 countries and partners in over 20 countries. With 30 years experience in CCTV the company r...
Combining Technology for Day and Night Vision
Grouped together under the Discoverii product name, Secura Systems provide a range of day/night cameras that meet perimeter surveillance demands of up to 3 km at night and 10 km by...
Cargo Screening
August will see another deadline missed to deliver effective security for belly-hold freight on passenger flights. The news was broken by Gale Rossides, Acting Administrator of the...
Power to the People
Coal, gas, nuclear or hydro-power, solar power, geothermal, renewable energy, combined cycle or biomass - every power plant is different. From the way in which it produces energy, ...
One for All
The key ring in your pocket is probably quite heavy, with keys of different shapes and sizes to fit the front door of your house, the garage, the garden shed, the main entrance to ...
Managing the Current Situation
Control rooms are required to provide the highest levels of security at lower and lower operating costs. They must do this whilst juggling multiple disparate systems and trying to ...
HD Cameras and Alarm Systems Integration
At Ifsec it was time for Panasonic to present the third generation of i-Pro SmartHD cameras to their European customers and to show the new Smart HD concept, GIT-SECURITY.com had a...
Innovations on the Doorstep
According to the figures of the last half-yearly report, the business of Mobotix AG is growing splendidly. Against a consistently difficult economic background, in the first six mo...
Sunny in South Africa
Slot machines, roulette tables and entertainment - the choice at the Grand West Casino near Cape Town leaves nothing to be desired. The Grand West, which is part of the Sun Interna...
Solar Power
With growth rates of 60% solar power plants are one of the most rapidly expanding segments in the energy sector. But how can the huge open-air solar parks - which can quickly reach...
IP Video Secures French Eurotunnel Terminal
In a major CCTV upgrade, Eurotunnel's French passenger terminal has deployed a widely distributed IP Video solution from IndigoVision. Used for security, traffic management and imm...
Making a Virtue of a Necessity
Meeting fire safety approvals required by law doesn't have to be a headache. Bosch's integrated fire detection and voice evacuation solutions can be tailored to any size of busines...
Sealing Safely
Rychiger, with its head office in Steffisburg in the Bernese Oberland, belongs to the leading international manufacturers of customer-specific filling and sealing machines. Their s...
Pauline Norstrom and Dedicated Micros Awarded
CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - has won the Integrated Security Product of the Year category at the Ifsec 2010 Security Industry Awards for its groundbreaking...
Palatial Displays
The Seif Palace was built by order of Sheikh Mubarak the Great and has been extended over the years. It is a focal point of Kuwait City and it is seen as an integral part of Kuwait...
