Novel applications of RFID to drive market to surpass $14B by 2017, ABI says

Companies, governments, and industries are increasingly turning to RFID as they look to modernize their operations, becoming more efficient and enabling quicker, more convenient service. The traditional uses of RFID for the identification of animals, people, and within the automotive sector are continuing to grow and are projected to increase by $2.8 billion from 2012 to 2017. However, ABI Research's new RFID Market Tracker found that modernizing RFID applications will grow twice as fast with annual ...more

PureTech provides perimeter surveillance for Texas water utilities

PureTech Systems, specializing in wide-area surveillance software, announced two completed installations of its PureActiv system for a major undisclosed Texas water utility. The recent installations for perimeter protection were performed by Schneider Electric and include video analytics, thermal and visible light cameras, access control integration, mega-pixel cameras and the PureActiv geospatial (map-based) command and control...more

 

Czech City Cuts Crime and Improves Traffic With IndigoVision

The city of Chomutov in the Czech Republic has chosen a new wide area surveillance system, based on IndigoVision's IP Video technology, to replace its ageing analogue CCTV system from the 1990s. The new wide-area system is part of the city's strategy to reduce crime and improve traffic flow monitoring across Chomutov. It provides the city of 50,000 (80,000 in the metropolitan area) with system reliability and security, as well as integrating with the city police's crisis management software which is linked to it by three Control Center stations. Control Center is the user interface to IndigoVision's Security Management Solution SMS4. The high level of integration has led to improved decision-making and response...more

 

Mobotix and Pivot3 team up to monitor Anchorage bus depot

Mobotix and Pivot3 announced the Municipality of Anchorage has deployed a comprehensive surveillance system at the Anchorage Downtown Bus Transit Center. The Anchorage Department of Public Transportation is using the Mobotix cameras and Pivot3 appliances to hasten police investigations, increase operational efficiency and maintain video for compliance and investigations...more

 

UK University Residence Selects Salto Smart Solution

Warwick's on campus accommodation has over 6,500 bedrooms available for the 2012/2013 academic year. The latest of phase of this is the new Sherbourne development, which is situated in pleasant green surroundings approximately 10 minutes walk from the central campus, and consists of six blocks offering 527 individual single bedrooms...more

 

Samsung Techwin reacts with quick response at UK college

Nature has played its part in helping Easton and Otley College bring forward a decision to upgrade its video surveillance system. The college, which is situated eight miles north of Ipswich, was recently struck by lightning during a ferocious storm and most of the cameras and control equipment were damaged...more

 

Virginia private school leverages access control and video integration from Next Level

Next Level Security Systems announced that St. Mary's Catholic School has deployed the NLSS Gateway as its new security management platform. The school is leveraging the NLSS Gateway to integrate the campus' access control and video surveillance into one easy-to-use solution.

"We strive to provide the ultimate level of security for our students while also remaining visitor-friendly and maintaining the character of our school," said Janet Cantwell, Principal, St. Mary's School. "We saw the opportunity with Next Level to do something unique, enhancing our current capabilities with state-of-the-art technology" ...more

 

Painting a 3-D Picture in Security

Hardware and Software Requirements
Regardless of the type of 3-D technology, there are inevitably certain hardware and software requirements. Ultimately, “when it comes to 3-D technology, the question comes down to processing power and the ability to visualize 3-D content in a timely manner. In the context of a security environment...more

South Carolina beach resort simplifies management and enhances security with Brivo access solution

Brivo Systems LLC announced that several properties in the Barefoot Resort complex in Myrtle Beach, SC have deployed the Brivo ACS WebService cloud-based solution to improve safety and security. STOP Security is the dealer and installer for this large-scale project.

Barefoot Resort is a sprawling 2300-acre resort that includes 14 communities each with their own pool, four world class golf courses, tennis and basketball courts, bike trails, walking paths, and South Carolina's largest swimming pool. At the resort, Omni Management Services manages the Master Associations, which include more than 700 single-family homes; oversees resort operations for 2,800 owners; and directs the homeowner associations of five condominium developments totaling 1,000 units...more

 

Georgian metro ensures travelers peace of mind with Qnap solution

Tbilisi Metro, operated since December 1966, is a rapid transit metro system in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. At present, the system consists of 2 lines with 22 stations. Constructed at the depth of 100 meters underground, Tbilisi Metro is one of the deepest subways in the world. Many people in the city depend heavily on Tbilisi Metro for daily traveling because of its convenience...more

 

German Museum Deploys Avigilon Surveillance to Protect Exhibits from Theft and Vandalism

Avigilon, a leader in high-definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that the Bomann Museum in Celle, Germany, which showcases the region's folklore and history, has deployed the Avigilon high-definition surveillance system to improve onsite security, protect exhibits from theft and vandalism, and reduce overall security costs.
The Museum upgraded from its analog-based surveillance system, which had reached its performance threshold and could no longer scale to meet future needs, to the advanced functionality of the Avigilon high-definition surveillance system. "We needed a more effective and reliable way to protect our most valuable exhibition pieces," explained Frank-Ulrich Strauss, facility manager at the Bomann Museum...more

Scottish museum shields exhibits with VCA Technology analytics

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke would no doubt be impressed that a unique set of armour made over 460 years ago for him and his horse, is being watched over by security cameras equipped with VCA Technology Video Analytics, at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

Despite the fact that the priceless exhibit is the only known surviving set of amour of its kind, the Museum's curator has been determined to allow visitors to have an unobstructed view of the highly impressive artefact. With the risk of unintentional damage being caused by visitors getting too close to the exhibit in their enthusiasm to have a close up view of the magnificent workmanship carried out by 16th Century craftsmen, the Museum has put its trust in the detection capabilities of VCA Technology Video Analytics software, to alert security personnel to the danger...more

 

Gallagher Perimeter-Proofs Aussie Mines

Xstrata Copper's Mount Isa Mines in Australia operates one of the largest underground mines in the world. The company's mining and smelting complex at Mount Isa produces copper anode and lead bullion containing silver and zinc concentrate.
Handling explosives, operating machinery and working as deep as 1800 meters below ground require first class safety and security systems. Sjeff Klaassen, from Xstrata Copper's security partner ADT Queensland said ongoing security reviews and upgrades had become an integral part of the business planning process with a range of safety management and improvement systems being implemented in line with Xstrata Copper's safety and health policies...more

 

Axis Monitors for Mining Efficiency

In May 2006, Stracon Mining entered into an alliance agreement with Oceana Gold New Zealand. The mine, on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, is a 24/7 operation and employs 110 staff.
The mine is subject to challenging temperature and precipitation conditions. Annual rainfall is 2,100 mm. While snowfalls are regular during the winter, summer temperatures can reach around 35 degrees centigrade. Ore zones are only mined during daylight when on-the-spot visual checking is possible...more

 

Thrive Intelligence launches VSaaS with edge analytics

THRIVE Intelligence, replicating a model that has been successful in basic burglar and fire alarm detection for nearly three decades. THRIVE's video security as a service offering integrates event-based video monitoring, edge-based analytics, audio intervention, GPS tracking, and other alarm monitoring services. THRIVE 360, the Company's flagship combination of technologies, analytics, and real-time monitoring, comes together in THRIVE'S national central command center, located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth... more

Arecont Vision appoints CMO

Arecont Vision has named technology and security veteran Marc Ladin to the post of CMO. Ladin's efforts will focus on extending the Arecont Vision brand, increasing market awareness of the company's capabilities and continued success, and enabling the company's global ...more

Vicon appoints US regional sales director

Vicon Industries, a designer and producer of network video management systems, announced the appointment of Dave Charles as Director of Sales, Eastern Region. In this capacity, he will assume responsible for management of Vicon's sales team serving the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. Most recently, Mr. Charles served as VP, Business Development for Lenel Systems International within the UTC Climate, Controls and... more

Moscow High-Profile Electrical Equipment Maker Manages Vehicular Access With Axxonsoft LPR System

The OJSC Progress Plant (Protvino, Moscow region) has been manufacturing low voltage complete devices for nuclear industry facilities and fuel-energy complex since 1967. In accordance with the Order No. 158-p dated March 5, 2000 of the Ministry of the Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, the plant was assigned head enterprise of the industry for developing, manufacturing and supplying of low voltage electrical equipment...more

 

Vivotek Secures Largest Transport Company in Queensland

Named in honour of Queen Victoria, Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state of Australia. Transit Australia Group is the largest privately owned public transport company in Queensland, Australia. From bus manufacturing through to the delivery of scheduled, school and chartered services, the company delivers transport products and services to the government, the industry and various communities of Queensland. Sunbus is one of the bus production entities owned by Transit Australia Group, carrying residents of Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton, Townsville, Magnetic Island and Cairns. Additional similar organizations under Transit Australia Group oversee other neighbourhoods, such as Gold Coast and Tweed Shire. Recently Sunbus embarked on a first and foremost surveillance system establishment throughout the facilities...more

 

London Luxury Hotel Checks in Samsung Techwin Cameras

One of London's newest luxury hotels, the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, has installed a 187 camera video surveillance system to enable security personnel to monitor activity in all its public areas.

The Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, which as its name suggests, is within walking distance of Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, has 370 rooms and suites spread over 14 floors. Ultra modern in design, it has facilities to attract both business people and tourists, with several restaurants, 10 conference rooms, a half Olympic size swimming pool and a spa area. The hotel incorporates renewable solar and photovoltaic panels, and has an on-site borehole to reduce water consumption – making it one of the most energy-efficient hotels to open in recent years...more

 

Wisconsin Casino Upgrades and Expands Security With IndigoVision Platform

In 2008, the North Star Mohican Casino in Wisconsin upgraded their surveillance capability with an innovative integrated solution using IndigoVision's IP Video technology. The system integrates CCTV, access control, intrusion detection, panic alarms and Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) into a single unified system that transformed the casino's operation. The surveillance system has been further expanded to cover the new resort hotel complex opened at the end of 2010...more

 

Basler Cameras Ensure Fair Play at Las Vegas Casino

With its vibrant casino atmosphere, dazzling shows, and top-name sporting events, Las Vegas is one of the prime tourist attractions in the United States. For almost every tourist, visiting a casino is an essential part of their trip to Las Vegas. However, most visitors aren't aware of the security measures casino owners must take to ensure fair play – be it security personnel or a surveillance system. And cheating players are not the only security risk. Given the large amounts of money present in a casino at any time, even employees might be tempted to dip their hands into the till. In addition, the risk reduction resulting from improved security measures helps casinos obtain better insurance coverage...more

 

ING Bank in Romania Protected by TDSi

TDSi offers a range of solutions that cater for the numerous and demanding access control needs of the banking and finance industry, whilst respecting the need to provide full value for money and return on investment – excellence that has been utilized by ING Bank in Romania...more

 

Virginia health care group deploys Mobotix cams and sound detection

Mobotix announced that Valley Health, a non-profit health care group in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, has deployed more than 100 Mobotix cameras across four of its six hospitals and now operates at least one of each type of Mobotix camera. Valley Health chose the Mobotix system to slowly replace its fleet of analog cameras, as well as reduce camera counts with panoramic views, streamline incident investigations with delivery of high-resolution images and allow for discreet camera placement...more

 

US food chain adopts hosted video from Axis to protect assets and streamline operations

Jersey Mike's Subs, a national chain with more than 600 franchise-owned locations, prides itself on freshly sliced, authentic Northeast-style sub sandwiches made to- order just like they were in the original 1956 shop. Chris Johnson opened two Jersey Mike's franchise locations in Irmo, South Carolina, as a second business endeavor and was committed to delivering on the Jersey Mike's quality promise. He needed a surveillance system to secure his stores as well as provide live and recorded video to accommodate his busy travel schedule...more

 

US storage container retailer enhances security and business operations using Verint solution

Verint Systems announced that The Container Store – the nation's originator and leading retailer of storage and organization products – is deploying its Nextiva IP Video suite, including such solutions as video management and video business intelligence software, IP cameras and encoders. With these integrated capabilities, the organization will have the tools it needs to further its focus on customer experiences and workforce optimization, along with the ability to support other key retail operations requirements, such as loss prevention and security...more

 

Canadian electrical equipment wholesaler counters loss and vandalism with Mobotix

Mobotix announced that Graybar Canada, a wholesale distributor of electrical equipment including surveillance solutions, has deployed more than two dozen Mobotix cameras between its Markham and Halifax branches in response to loss prevention issues and vandalism. Graybar chose the Mobotix system for its ability to reduce camera counts with panoramic views, as well as its low costs and reduced bandwidth requirements...more

 

Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Turns to Animetrics 3-D Facial Recognition for Surveillance Investigations

Animetrics, a developer of advanced 3D facial recognition and identity management solutions, announced its selection with partner DataWorks Plus by the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) for an innovative facial biometric program with Pennsylvania police and sheriff departments. Animetrics' ForensicaGPS investigative face identity application is part of ...more

NFC Changing Identity Management

Identity is often thought about in terms of the card that carries it. Clearly, identity can now take the shape of a mobile phone, a USB thumb drive or some other medium. These and other virtualized credentials expand the concept of identity beyond traditional ID cards to include many different credential form factors. “This new way of thinking is driving fundamental changes in how we deliver and manage secured identities,” said Tam Hulusi, Senior VP of Strategic Innovation and Intellectual Property, HID Global...more

2012 — Year of HD-SDI?

Within two years, HD-SDI has established substantial awareness in the marketplace, as tangible products materialize from an earlier TV transmission concept. Market penetration, on the other hand, has been less than stellar, due to component/ system, pricing and deliverability issues. Is 2012 really the year of HD-SDI?...more

More Standardization Needed in HD-SDI

Standardization is a deciding factor for a product to be widely adopted. Although it may be harsh to ask a new ecosystem to immediately produce universally usable standards, it is nonetheless a problem HD-SDI must resolve...more

9 Access Control Pitfalls

1. Not Installing Surge Protection. We recommend surge protection on all data lines and reader cables, as well as for plug-in power supplies at each panel. Remember that surge protectors need a good path to Earth Ground to work properly. While nothing can prevent damage from a direct lightning hit, surge protectors will prevent damage from nearby lightning strikes, which can disable your system...more

SoCal movie theater chain simplifies security management with Next Level

Next Level Security Systems, a developer of a new breed of unified, networked security solutions, announced that Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, the fourth largest movie theater in the world, has deployed the NLSS Gateway at two of its theaters in Southern California. Cinepolis deployed the NLSS Gateway at its sites in La Costa and Ocean Ranch, Calif., to integrate multisite video surveillance and access control into one easy-to-use solution...more

 

World's First Outdoor Gigapixel Webcam

The world's first automated and outdoor gigapixel webcam, EarthCam's GigapixelCam, is now available to help project teams monitor jobsites and document progress with greater scope and precise detail. Using propriety technology and software, the revolutionary system has a unique robotic camera with a custom lens that surgically pans a jobsite at defined intervals, capturing multiple high resolution images. These images are then stitched together into an impressive 360-degree panorama as large as one billion pixels...more

Valens Semiconductor Introduces Uncompressed Connectivity to Network Cams Market

Valens Semiconductor, a provider of semiconductor products and inventor of HDBaseT technology, announced the new VS020 chipset, a digital connectivity solution for the CCTV market that enables unprecedented long-distance distribution of multimedia content to cameras and displays via a single Cat5e/6a LAN cable...more

Iris Scans on the Fly

BlinkSpot announces national availability of the company's first to market biometric solution for identifying, monitoring and reporting students as they board and exit school buses.
School officials have faced the challenge of knowing which 26 million students are riding which buses and having real time information as to when and where each student got on and off. When a child is missing or in the event...more

Vanguard Software Solutions debuts real-time H.265 software encoder

Vanguard Software Solutions (VSS), a provider of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC CODEC technology since 2004, trial runs a new generation of encoders based on HEVC (H.265), the Draft International Standard approved by the Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) in July 2012. The ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) established JCT-VC to develop the HEVC standard as a successor...more

Cisco releases new VMS version based on medianet architecture

Cisco announced Video Surveillance Manager 7.0, the industry's first solution built from the ground-up and certified to run in Cisco's virtualized Unified Computing System (UCS) environments. These new solutions now make it possible for customers in healthcare, public sector and retail to move beyond traditional basic safety and security surveillance deployments and use video to transform the way they...more

Sony, EMC, Next Level partner up to offer VSaaS, restriction free

Sony Electronics Security Systems Division and Next Level Security Systems are jointly developing a cloud-based video surveillance solution designed to deliver affordable, scalable security services and technologies to its worldwide customer base... more

3-D facial recognition for high-volume foot traffic

Artec ID, the 3D biometric division of Artec Group, and manufacturers of walk through identification systems, unveiled the third generation of Broadway 3D, their newest 3D facial recognition biometric system. The Broadway system identifies up to 60 persons per minute using 3D facial recognition sensors, offering high-speed access and contactless technology. It leads the way with better recognition... Full story

 

Multitier Approach Helps Seal the Deal

We have been around for more than 10 years, and currently partner with more than 150 dealers nationwide. We also work with system integrators on financial, highway and military projects, and with ...more

 

Change or Perish

We started in the 1970s, selling office automation products (hence the company name). About 15 years ago, we began to dabble in physical security, with Samsung Techwin cameras. It was not easy selling the ... more

 

Optex and Sloan partner for solar-power security solution

Sloan Security Technologies has integrated Optex sensor/detector products into the GenLux line of security poles. The innovative platform uses a wrap-around solar laminate to provide reliable off-grid power to sensors and surveillance devices.

Sloan and Optex have worked together to integrate Optex sensors/detectors into the Genlux system. The sensors/detectors increase ...more

Who You Know, What You Know

In Thai security, the business culture is such that relationships between local partners and local governments or users are valued most. Other than the three southern provinces that are experiencing...more 

IT background helps in physical, electronic security

Here is another success story from a Thai value-added distributor and system integrator.
When Advance Integrated Technology (AIT) was established in 1993, the company started as an IT...more 

Smart card and secure IC shipments to near 9 million, ABI says

ABI Research has identified a rapidly growing demand for secure microcontrollers enabling high levels of security and authentication within the anti-counterfeiting and NFC secure element markets, as well as increasing security within connected devices. From the previous market data, shipment forecasts for 2012 have been increased from 261 million to 540 million units.

「There appears to be a divide developing between the smart card vendors. Morpho, Watchdata, Kona@I, and Wuhan Tianyu recorded market share volume growth in 2011. At the same time, Gemalto, Oberthur...more

From guarding with eyes, to guarding with systems

Security services, and providers of such, in Thailand have come a long way. Back in the 1980s, there were only foreign companies (such as Chubb and Secom) operating locally. We started as a guarding...more

Thai market spiced up

Business TalkTalk to any business professional in Thailand, and the term AEC — ASEAN Economic Community — is bound to come up, as the entire country prepares itself to be the center of (and driving force behind) this...more 

Channel positive energy into ASEAN

Compared to the other markets in the Southeast Asian region, Thailand's channel structure is rather mature. One can easily find capable master distributors/integrators that have a nationwide network of consultants, dealers and installers, serving respective cities or regions with different solutions tailored to specific project requirements. As the prospects of an integrated economic community eme... Full story