Gas leak detection, with a camera!

Opgal Optronic Industries, a global provider of thermal and long-range near-IR imaging solutions, released a new long-range model of its EyeCGas IR gas-imaging camera, using a 75mm lens. Utilizing its proprietary optical design, the EyeCGas IR camera enables remote inspection of potentially leaking areas by detecting and visualizing even the smallest gas leaks from hundreds of meters away. EyeCGas... Full story

Historic city in Georgia modernizes public security with Messoa cams

Situated at the foothills of the Trialeti mountain range, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, is an ancient city founded in the fifth century. Although Tbilisi has been destroyed and rebuilt numerous times, the layout of the Old Town remains mostly intact with narrow alleys and traditional architecture, drawing tourists to this historic city.
In 2011, the municipal administration of Tbilisi kicked off a renovation project to modernize the city, especially some of the old districts. A vital part of this project was to replace the old CCTV surveillance systems with an integrated IP-based system. This 2-year project aimed to provide a more modernized, safer urban environment for its residents and the foreign visitors...more

Rio metro ensures safe travels with system upgrade from lndigoVision

Background MetroRio, Rio de Janeiro's metro system, has deployed a complete IP video surveillance system from IndigoVision to protect the 700,000 people who travel daily on its network and to allow for future extensions of the metro service.
Solution IndigoVision won the contract to replace MetroRio's ageing analogue surveillance system because of the image quality of the IndigoVision cameras, which makes for precise identification of individuals in recorded images, coupled with the flexibility of the IP system, which can be scaled up as the metro network grows...more

 

Danish bank enhances overall security with March Networks solution

March Networks announced that Danske Bank Group, Denmark's largest financial institution and a top-100 world bank, has selected the company's video management software and hybrid recorders for advanced security at its corporate facilities in Copenhagen. The upgrade expands the March Networks solution the bank is currently using in more than 150 retail banking branches across Norway and Sweden, and continues to deploy working with certified solution provider Stanley Security Solutions...more

 

Chinese auto parts group enhances work flow using Axis solution

Mission The Weichai Industrial Park had incorporated monitoring systems from different manufacturers. Thus the entire industrial park consisted of four sets of monitoring systems operating independently, causing many problems for system maintenance and expansion. The laboratories of the industrial park required a comprehensive video surveillance system, that must be able to uniformly manage the existing monitoring systems...more

 

Oklahoma casinos opt for Axis cams

As the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma began to expand its casino operations, tribal leaders realized that many of their facilities had outgrown the limitations of their existing analog surveillance technology. In looking to modernize their security system, they sought an open IP-based solution that would provide secure, evidentia?ry-quality video recordings, operate at 30 frames per second and would be easy to set up and expand without major expense or disruption of gaming activity...more

 

Making HD less of a gamble for casinos

Under current economic conditions, figuring out a cost-effective and future-proof technology migration path is not easy for any industry. “Because so many operators are still using analog, it is very difficult to integrate HD into the current infrastructure,” said Scott Paul, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Pelco by Schneider Electric. “A cost-effective means of transporting the existing analog cameras into the digital system and maintaining the existing analog system is essential. Educating and training operators to go digital and understanding the new operation is also essential.”...more

 

US fast-food chain Chick-fil-A improves service quality with Envysion platform

Envysion, the Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, announced that Chick-fil-A has selected Envysion as a video provider. Chick-fil-A, a leading quick-service chicken restaurant with more than 1,600 locations in the United States, will use Envysion to improve operations, training and customer service.

“At Chick-fil-A, we are always focused on improving quality and customer service. Using Envysion, our Operators are able to track and review key indicators of customer service performance, such as discounting or speed of service,” says Alex Doverspike, director of financial return at Chick-fil-A. “The insights from Envysion have enabled our Operators to improve operating procedures and employee training, enhance individual accountability to customer service and provide the utmost customer experience to our guests.” ...more

 

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Bosch president update from Essen 2012

This year's security fair takes place at a time that is characterized by worldwide political and economic challenges. Security is an all-important factor here, meaning that our market is experiencing incredible dynamics in many regions and more subdued investment activity in others. In 2011, growth in the world market for security technology amounted to a little more than 3 percent. China, the ASEAN states, Russia and Latin America, in particular, made outstanding contributions toward this trend. In Europe, however, the financial crisis prevented several countries from achieving higher levels of growth.
Bosch Security Systems achieved sales of US$1.865 billion in 2011, which was 5 percent more than the previous year. In ...more

Protection One partners with I-View Now to offer cloud-based services

Protection 1, the second-largest business and home security company in the U.S., has partnered with I-View Now to enable cloud-based video services. The integration of the I-View Now technology enables receipt of alarm video – both pre- and post-alarm - in Protection 1's security automation system by alarm center agents, as well as simultaneous delivery to customer mobile devices and event storage on the customer's eSuite web-based account.
“Verified response is a rapidly increasing requirement due to budget and manpower constraints of the authorities we depend on to respond to alarms,” said Don Young, chief information officer at Protection 1. “The solution from I-View Now ...more

Disruptive technologies and economic tsunamis help strengthen security industry

Memoori's 2012 Survey of the Physical Security Industry to be published in October shows that in the last 6 years, despite disruptive technologies and economic tsunamis, it has become a stronger more resilient and profitable business. Whilst there has been a natural demand for security because of the need to counter the increased threat from terrorism, crime and theft this is not the only driver. ... Full story

Anixter unveils IP video migration program

Anixter recently unveiled its new ipAssured: defining network video migration (DNVM) program that will provide a road map for security end users and integrators looking to migrate their video surveillance networks to a real-time, scalable, IP-based solution. The new program establishes an open system, standards-based network video architecture to address current and future video surveillance applications. This provides customers a framework to make informed decisions and specify the subsystems of an interoperable video surveillance solution.
Anixter anticipates that this program can reduce a customer's total cost of ownership (TCO) and create greater usability ...more

New kid on the VMS block

3VR, the video intelligence company, announced that it is opening up its Video Intelligence Platform for integration with select hardware partners for the first time. This is a first for 3VR's Video Intelligence Platform as its Video Management Software (VMS) has only been available for use with its own Network Video Recorders (NVRs) and Hybrid NVRs in the past.
Intransa, the physical security infrastructure and services company, marks the first implementation of 3VR's Video Intelligence Platform with a third-party hardware provider. Intransa customers now can augment their existing hardware infrastructure with 3VR's VMS suite of forensic search and ...more

11 things about ‘smart' cams

More and more we see the idea of “smart cameras” being introduced in the physical security marketplace. Why is that? Actually, it's for a couple of good reasons. Smart cameras excel at addressing highly constrained, single-purpose detection needs. A key factor instrumental in the proliferation of smart cameras is that they address tasks that are generalized across physical sites, such as counting,... Full story

Global IR imaging market to reach $3.9 billion by 2017, MarketsandMarkets says

According to a new report 「Global IR Imaging Market (2012 – 2017) - Forecast, Trend & Analysis」 published by MarketsandMarkets, the value of IR imaging market was $2,183 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $3,861 million by 2017, at an estimated CAGR of 9.5%. In terms of volume, the total number of IR imaging camera shipped was 318,000 in 2011 and expected to reach 1.41 million by 2017, at an estimated CAGR of 28.6%.

IR cameras were initially developed for military applications, and this application had contributed to a major chunk of the revenue to the total IR imaging market. For many years, this technology was restricted to military/defense, academia and niche markets. However, due ...more

US golf club secured by cloud-based access control

Brivo Systems, cloud applications for security management, announced that the Bridgestone Golf headquarters in Covington, GA, has deployed the Brivo ACS WebService cloud-based solution to improve safety and security. Southeastern Security Professionals, LLC. (SSP), based in Suwanee, GA, is the dealer and installer for this project.

「We had outgrown our former access control system, and we tried to control access through our existing alarm system—that didn't work out so well,」 recalled Suzanne Zimmerman, Human Resources Manager, Bridgestone Golf, Inc. 「The system was unreliable and difficult to operate.」

Chao Chen of SSP introduced Zimmerman to the Brivo ACS WebService solution. 「We watched a demo of the system, and I loved it. The demo was a big selling point. We like how user friendly the Brivo system is and the fact that there is no software. Everything is in the cloud. When I think back to the issues we had with our old access control system—the software updates and computer glitches—we cut ...more

ADT is now independent from Tyco Int'l

The ADT Corporation, the electronic security, interactive home and business automation and alarm monitoring services industry in the U.S. and Canada, returned to the public equity markets as an independent company after completing its spinoff from Tyco International Ltd. Founded nearly 140 years ago, ADT begins its next chapter as one of the most well-known and trusted brands in the security industry, with $3.1 billion in 2011 annual revenue and 6.4 million customers. Its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ADT and it is a constituent of the S&P 500 index.

「The launch of ADT as an independent company is a great moment for our employees, and it marks an exciting milestone in our proud history,」 said ADT CEO Naren Gursahaney. 「ADT leads the security industry because of our commitment to customer service, focus on innovation and continued investment in our infrastructure and our people. But what really differentiates us is that we never forget what we do for a living – we help save lives.」
With nearly 16,000 employees in 200 locations, ADT maintains the largest sales, installation and service field force of all security providers. The company's six fully redundant alarm monitoring centers comprise the industry's most robust monitoring network. ADT serves one-fourth of the North American residential and small-business monitored security market, fully six times the size of its closest ...more

Global IP cam and VCA market to reach $5.8B by 2017, MarketsandMarkets says

According to a new report 「Network Camera and Video Analytics Market - Global Forecast , Trend & Analysis (2012 - 2017) " published by MarketsandMarkets, the network camera and video analytics market, on the whole, is expected to reach $5,760.27 million by 2017, at a CAGR of 22.4% from 2012 to 2017.

The global video surveillance market has changed dramatically over the years. The need for intelligent security systems, counterterrorist efforts, dwelling infrastructure and efficient investigations of criminal activities has fueled the demand for reliable and intelligent security systems. Video surveillance is rapidly changing from analog to digital systems, stand-alone solutions to networked implementation and growing array of complex video analytics. The advantages of surveillance systems over physical, manned security such as the ability to allow remote monitoring have resulted in wide deployment across the world.

Network camera and video analytics are only two components ...more

Tyco completes three-way split

Tyco, the world's largest dedicated fire protection and security company, completed its separation transaction.

Tyco is a $10+ billion global leader in fire protection and security solutions. Tyco designs, manufactures, installs and services fire protection and security solutions focused on finding smarter ways to save lives, improve businesses and protect where people live and work.
Tyco's broad portfolio of products and services allows the company to partner with customers to help them protect people and assets around the world. Tyco's solutions address these critical needs with leading edge innovations in fire detection and suppression, intrusion, video surveillance, access control, retail security solutions and personal protective equipment as well as monitoring, maintenance and service.

"This is an exciting day for Tyco," said George Oliver, Tyco's new chief executive officer. "As a more focused company, we are positioned to continue to invest in technology and innovation to provide industry-leading fire and security solutions."

George Oliver joined Tyco in July 2006, after serving ...more

Basler GigE cameras help inspect train tunnel in Switzerland

he engineering company, terra international surveys ltd., is located in Zurich, Switzerland. They have vast experience in civil engineering, hydrography, digital photogrammetry, GPS surveying and cadastral surveying.

In order to assure tunnel safety, tunnels need to be inspected on a regular basis to detect and document defects (cracks, scales, spalls, corrosion, etc.) at an early stage. This has often been done by using traditional procedures such as manual recording from mobile scaffolding. But these methods can only file cracks that have been detected visually by the people inspecting the tunnel surface. This procedure is time-consuming, labor-intensive and subject to a high degree of interpretation. It was time to develop a novel technical solution, an automated and systematic tunnel inspection approach with complete documentation.

In order to economically survey tunnels, terra developed a novel tunnel inspection system called tCrack and the necessary software for evaluating the captured data. It combines digital ...more

Missouri and New Jersey police deploy automated gunfire detection to enhance emergency response and investigations

SST, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D –MO) and other Kansas City, MO officials announced that the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) will be implementing the ShotSpotter Flex gunshot location, alert and analysis solution. This is an effort to support Kansas City's proactive policing strategies and deployments, in its ongoing commitment to improve the safety, security and quality of life for its residents by ridding the city of gun crime and gun violence. The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA), was the lead agency in the planning and procurement of the ShotSpotter service for the KCPD, and Congressman Cleaver was instrumental in securing the funding. ShotSpotter Flex is developed by SST, Inc., the world leader in wide-area acoustic surveillance and gunfire detection technology.

「Securing the funding to make this possible for Kansas City has been a long-term effort and a long time coming,」 said Congressman Cleaver, II. 「I am thrilled the day has finally arrived. My hope is this technology will help our excellent police officers get to ...more

Aoptix appoints Singaporean rep Certis Cisco

AOptix, a technology innovation company applying optics to transform identity verification and wireless communications, announced that Certis CISCO (A member of the Certis Group), a provider of protective security in Singapore, has become an AOptix SI/VAR partner. AOptix and Certis CISCO will work hand in hand to offer AOptix's iris recognition and face capture systems to customers using biometrics for identity verification in aviation security and other applications.

The Certis Group is the comprehensive security solutions provider in Singapore, with established regional footprints including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the United Arab ...more

London Bridge Station deploys ievo readers for access management

ievo is at the core of the $648m contract to redevelop London Bridge Station as part of the wider Thameslink programme within the capital. ievo was specified by Costain for the job following an incomparable product demo. This left ievo's elite list of installers eager for more information on the venture. Costain's decision to choose ievo products was due to the high reliability and robustness of the readers, making ievo the ultimate choice for the project. Managing Director of ievo Shaun Oakes expressed his pleasure by stating 「the success of securing this project proves that ievo are top of the biometrics industry. We worked relentlessly to develop a product that would surpass all others on reliability and robustness so it is rewarding to see that others are also now recognising this.」

The ievo readers are being used to centrally manage worker access to the tunnel shafts on Costain and Skanska's $329m London Power Tunnel contract for National Grid. The project is an extremely large ...more

Smiths Detection opens X-ray systems manufacturing facility in Malaysia

Smiths Detection has opened a major new manufacturing plant for X-ray baggage scanners, in Malaysia. Establishing this facility will help to expand sales of its advanced screening systems in the fast-growing markets of south-east Asia, notably for aviation security.

Pilot production at the 130,000 square foot site in the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru has started and most of the space is expected to be occupied within 18 months as the workforce gradually increases to around 170.

Mal Maginnis, President of Smiths Detection, said: 「The Asian aviation market is forecast to grow strongly for the foreseeable future, complemented by good growth in our other market sectors. The Johor plant ...more

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