Key Note: UK CCTV Market to Grow by 3.9 Percent by 2011

This Key Note market report examines the UK CCTV market, which has experienced a downturn since 2008 owing to the recession. Key Note estimates that the value of the CCTV market including installation and maintenance as well as equipment, but excluding the cost of monitoring fell by 16.5 percent between 2009 and 2010, to more than US$ 660 million at end-user prices.  read more

IDC: Smart and Connected Technology to Become Important for Megasporting Events

Cisco outlined its vision for the role that technology will play in megasports events of the future. A white paper from International Data Corporation (IDC) sponsored by Cisco assesses the impact that smart and connected technology may have in terms of supporting the planning, staging, management and subsequent ongoing economic contribution of a megasports event within a region, particularly in a developing-country market environment. read more

Pelco IARC Selected for Governmental Network Security Efforts

Pelco management announced that the company’s Information Assurance team has been selected and reorganized as the Information Assurance Resource Center (IARC) to support the Schneider Electric North America organization in its government network security compliance efforts. read more

Morpho Detection Awarded UK Transportation Detection System Contact

Morpho Detection, part of Morpho, Safran group’s security business, announced that the United Kingdom Department for Transport (DfT) has approved the trace detection system for use in U.K. transportation security applications. The UK approval paves the way for more countries to use the technology to help protect security interests. read more

3VR Helps US Bank Cracks Down on Fraud

3VR Security, a provider of intelligent surveillance and search, announced that customer Union Savings Bankhas leveraged 3VR’s search-based surveillance and analytics technology to capture 80 times more usable security video and maintain one of the industry’s lowest fraud rates.  read more

Document Security Systems and CardLogix Partner up for e-passports

Document Security Systems, a provider of optical deterrent technologies and CardLogix, a manufacturer of smart cards and software, announced a strategic partnership to create secure e-Passport solutions. The two companies are working on combining chip-based encryption and graphic features that will make e-Passports a fast, effective and accurate means of identification. Credentials with chip and graphics technology are ideal for all forms of identity, including e-Passports, National IDs, driver licenses and many other official forms of secure identification.  read more

Infinova Watches over Indian Toll System

Infinova announced that peripheral ring roads, expressways, interchanges and toll plazas on the outskirts of Bangalore developed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) will use a variety of Infinovacameras as part of a customized independent vision-based solution created by Infinova and Deepti Electronics & Electro-Optics (DELOPT) to be installed at all eight plazas and their 106 total toll lanes. read more

Bosch Keeps an Eye on Wildlife

Bosch Security System's PTZ cameras have weathered harsh environmental conditions for nearly a decade to give visitors to the Scottish Seabird Center (SSC) an insight into the otherwise inaccessible world of Scotland's coastal wildlife.  read more

Morpho Detection Upgrades Baggage Screening at HKIA

Morpho Detection, part of Morpho, Safran group’s security business, has been contracted to install four explosives detection systems (EDS) by Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), the operator of Hong KongInternational Airport. read more

Mobile Surveillance Units Enhance Policing of Soccer Matches

Vemotion Interactive announced that its real-time video solution has been deployed by Leedswatch, a surveillance operation run by Leeds City Council, Community Safety, to enhance its support of West Yorkshire Police operations at key soccer matches. read more

Frost & Sullivan: UK Residential Security Market Less Impacted by the Economic Recession

A decline in construction output caused by the economic recession and rising unemployment affected the UKresidential security market. After the overall slump in 2009, a modest recovery is expected in 2010 and more sustained one will start in 2012. However, the installed base of professionally monitored systems seems to be relatively untouched by the economic downturn. read more

Zetes Biometric Solution Optimizes Logistics Processes for European Lingerie Supplier

Zetes, a pan-European supplier of solutions and services for the automatic identification of goods and people, has implemented its voice solution at Vanity Fair Brands (VFB) Lingerie Europe, for the automation and optimization of its logistics processes. read more

Aware Biometrics Application Provided for US Federal Agency Credentialing System

Aware, a provider of imaging and biometrics software, has supplied client- and server-based software products for the "PIV" employee credentialing system of a large US federal government agency. The software is part of a solution deployed by ICF International subsidiary Jacob & Sundstrom, an IT services firm with PIV expertise and experience. read more

Brivo Systems Expands US Police Department with Access Control Software-as-a-Services

Brivo Systems, a vendor for Web applications for access control and security systems, announced that theRaleigh Police Department (RPD) continues to expand the deployment of its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) at a growing number of police substations and other locations. ASG Security is the integrator on this ongoing project. read more

Control4 Wireless IP Platform Installed at UK Resort

Control4, a provider of IP-based home and hospitality control systems, announced that its platform is being used to enhance the guest experience at Jumby Bay, a Rosewood Resort located in Antigua, West Indies.  read more

Identive Group Acquires Identification and Security Solutions Provider RockWest Technology Group

SCM Microsystems and Identive Group, a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RockWest Technology Group, an identification and security solutions provider. read more

Apollo Video Technology Surveillance Solutions Transport at San Diego Metropolitan Transit System

The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has selected Apollo Video Technology’s DVR and back-end management software for its fleet of transit vehicles. In the first phase of the project, Apollo will replace existing transit surveillance systems in 246 of MTS fixed-route buses and deploy wireless back-end equipment providing fleet-wide data and real-time video streaming. read more

Securitas Acquires Polish Security Services Company Nordserwis

Securitas has acquired the security services company Nordserwis in Poland. Enterprise value is estimated to more than US$1 million. read more

Datacard Boosts Productivity and Cuts Costs for High-Volume Smart Card Issuer

Datacard announced that Giesecke and Devrient (G&D), one of the smart-card innovators, has deployed a new card delivery solution that is driving productivity gains and cost savings in a G&D service bureau located in the U.K. The card delivery solution, which features an enhanced envelope insertion system, is being used to issue millions of smart cards each month for banks and credit-card organizations all around the world. read more

Konnetix and Merit LILIN Partner Up

Having joined the LILIN-certified partner program and completing an intensive training course, Konnetix, the data cabling and network build specialist, is rolling out a new security infrastructure using LILIN IP videoproducts. read more