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