Helsinki Music Center Ensures Safety With Access Control System

Hedengren Security has delivered Powernet's new battery back-up power supplies securing the power of the access control system at the Helsinki Music Center.
Hedengren was responsible for the system delivery, a third party for the planning and Powernet for the power supply delivery. The project took off a year and a half ago and was completed in the summer of 2011.Read more

VideoIQ Announces Record Growth in 2011

VideoIQ, the recognized leader in intelligent all-in-one video surveillance solutions,  announced record sales in 2011. VideoIQ's success was driven by continued adoption of its intelligent all-in-one video surveillance systems, including the award winning iCVR-HD cameras, iCVR dome cameras, iCVR encoders, and the iCST line of streaming cameras and encoders, as well as significant channel partner development, investment in new partnerships and the introduction of VideoIQ's Tier 1 partner program.Read more 

French Logistics Center Relies on Arecont Vision Parking Management System

The Sogaris Group is a French-based specialist in the design, development, investment, marketing, operation and management of multi-modal and urban freight logistic platforms. The multi-modal traffic hubs are located on strategic transport corridors and allow participants in the logistics supply chain to benefit from a wide range of services including transit-loading bays, warehousing, offices and general services such as security monitoring, maintenance services, living quarters, etc. Sogaris currently manages seven logistic platform locations throughout France with nearly 480,000 square meters of facilities. The company is at the forefront of the industry and continues to modernize its portfolio of properties, integrate new technologies, develop new projects and create new concepts to stay ahead of changes in the logistics profession. Read more

Scottish National Heritage Sites Deploys Streaming Video to Protect Wildlife

Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections, announced a new deployment by Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary and Scottish National Heritage (SNH), who provided the funding for the project, to assist in the protection of a number of vulnerable wildlife sites in the area. Read moe

Assa Abloy Provides Access Control Solution for Manchester Social Housing

ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions has supplied door-opening solutions, door closers and other access-control solutions to City West Housing Trust regeneration project in Salford Greater Manchester, UK. Read more 

Memoori: Smart Grid in Smart Buildings Looking To Outperform Utility Smart Grid

Memoori's annual report The Smart Grid Business 2011 to 2016 shows that some 40 percent of the worlds annual spend on Electrical Transmission and Distribution Equipment goes to the Industrial and Commercial markets. It's therefore not surprising that whilst the main body of the industry preoccupies itself with the utility market the traditional manufacturers are also targeting the industrial and commercial business. Read more

Australian Harbor Enhances Security With Vivotek Cameras

The Jones Bay Wharf marina, developed in the early twentieth century in Darling Harbor, offers spacious berths for commercially registered super-yachts. The wharf is located right by one of the busiest entertainment districts in Sydney, Australia, where convention centers, aquarium, museums and attractions are within close proximity. Read more