CCTV car patrols school run
Story link: CCTV car patrols school run by Jan Harris
In a move that is likely to add fuel to the argument that Britain is becoming a surveillance society, Harrow Council has started monitoring the school run with a specially adapted smart car.
The car, which is equipped with a CCTV camera mounted on a 15ft mast, is being used to catch parents who park [...]
Nanny cams cause concern
Story link: Nanny cams cause concern by Jan Harris
Parents in the UK are increasingly using ‘nanny cams’ to check that their children are being safely cared for.
The in-home surveillance technology is popular in the USA, but UK sales are now increasing rapidly according to online retailers such as eBay.
A variety of wireless cameras are available which can be concealed in household [...]
IndigoVision wins Frost & Sullivan award
Story link: IndigoVision wins Frost & Sullivan award by Jan Harris
IndigoVision, the IP Video and Alarm management specialist, has won Frost & Sullivan’s European Network Video Surveillance Award for Customer Value Enhancement.
IndigoVision won the award for pro-active approach. The award recognises the company’s innovation, value creation and enhancement strategies.
This was apparent through its comprehensive range of products, commitment to customer service and its [...]
Swann turns PC into surveillance solution
Story link: Swann turns PC into surveillance solution by Jan Harris
Swann Securities’ newly released USB 2.0 DVR Guardian can turn a desktop or laptop computer into a home or business surveillance system.
The portable device simply plugs into the USB port on a computer and can display and record live video from up to four cameras.
Data is recorded directly onto the computer’s hard drive, [...]
Lisburn CCTV turned off
Story link: Lisburn CCTV turned off by Jan Harris
Lisburn Commerce Against Crime, a charity run by a voluntary board, has been forced to turn off CCTV cameras in Lisburn and the surrounding area, due to a shortfall in funding.
The organisation has switched off the award-winning system indefinitely, raising concern that crime could increase as a result.
Lisburn Commerce Against Crime has been [...]
Loughborough CCTV Control Centre opened
Story link: Loughborough CCTV Control Centre opened by Jan Harris
Charnwood Borough Council’s CCTV control centre has been officially opened after being relocated from Loughborough Police Station.
The state-of-the-art centre will provide around the clock monitoring of CCTV cameras in Loughborough, and there are already plans to extend the system to cover Anstey, Birstall, Mountsorrel, Sileby, Syston and Thurmaston.
Before the move the cameras [...]
CCTV trial targets exam cheats
Story link: CCTV trial targets exam cheats by Jan Harris
The Examination Officers Union is planning to trial the use of CCTV cameras, and other security technologies such as fingerprint scanning, in an effort to crack down on exam cheats.
School in Somerset are being invited to take part in the trial, and the Examination Officers Union is also approaching companies to supply the monitoring [...]
Qeeps Guard available in free trial
Story link: Qeeps Guard available in free trial by Jan Harris
Qeeps, a new hosted service which allows users to connect to a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) via their mobile phone, is offering a free one month trial of Qeeps Guard.
The trial is available to any end user or security installer with access to a qualifying DVR.
As well as a free one month [...]
Norbain distributes Samsung IR cameras
Story link: Norbain distributes Samsung IR cameras by Jan Harris
Norbain SD Ltd, the electronic security equipment distributor, has announced the availability of a new range of IR cameras from Samsung Electronics.
The cameras are designed to provide clear, sharp images in both night and daytime conditions.
Samsung’s SCC range includes 350 and 540TVL bullet-type cameras and domes.
They feature in-built IR lighting [...]
Paxton Access integrates Net2 with NetVu DVRs
Story link: Paxton Access integrates Net2 with NetVu DVRs by Jan Harris
Paxton Access is integrating Net2, its networked access control system, with Dedicated Micros’ NetVu Connected Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), giving users access control with CCTV in one piece of monitoring software.
The integrated security platform allows a user to locate a specific event, authorise an action such as an alarm, and view an event, all [...]
IVS 3.0 intelligent video server software from Mango DSP
Story link: IVS 3.0 intelligent video server software from Mango DSP by Lin Freestone
The next generation of its intelligent video server software has been released by Mango DSP. IVS 3.0 software will enable the seamless adaptation of leading third-party analytic algorithms on standard analog and compatible IP cameras through a user-friendly, web-enabled, rule management interface.
The software produces effective responses to video processed by Mango DSP encoder cards, [...]
Axis introduces network video products
Story link: Axis introduces network video products by Jan Harris
Axis Communications is launching a range of new generation network video products at IFSEC 2008.
The new products support H.264 compression technology which reduces storage and bandwidth requirements by over 80% compared with Motion JPEG and by 50% compared with MPEG-4 Part 2 standard, without compromising image quality.
The company is launching AXIS P3301 Network Dome [...]
Norbain stocks DigitalEQ from NVT
Story link: Norbain stocks DigitalEQ from NVT by Jan Harris
Reading-based Norbain SD Ltd, a distributor of CCTV, Access Control and Intruder Detection equipment, has extended its CCTV range with DigitalEQ from NVT.
DigitalEQ is an active receiver distribution amplifier hub, which is available in 8, 16 and 32 channel formats.
The hubs allow real-time monochrome or colour video to be transmitted, and provide four outputs [...]
Survey highlights importance of home security
Story link: Survey highlights importance of home security by Jan Harris
According to a survey carried out by Intamac Systems Ltd, a quarter of households in the UK have been burgled, and 86% of these homes were not protected by a security system when the burglary occurred.
Several reasons were given for this lack of security provision, including prohibitive costs, insufficient free time to install the [...]
Glasgow invests £300,000 in CCTV for Merchant City
Story link: Glasgow invests £300,000 in CCTV for Merchant City by Jan Harris
CCTV cameras are to be installed at nine locations in the Merchant City area of Glasgow city centre, at a cost of £300,000.
There is currently just one camera, at Glasgow Cross, in Merchant City, the heart of the Glasgow’s eating, shopping and drinking district.
The new cameras will be located at Paddy’s Market on Shipmarket [...]
New UK Managing Director for Bosch Security Systems
Story link: New UK Managing Director for Bosch Security Systems by Jan Harris
Bosch Security Systems, which provides high quality CCTV, intrusion, and fire detection technology, has appointed a new UK Managing Director, Mr Paul Wong, to be responsible for all UK sales operations.
His predecessor, Mr Jeremy Hockham, has been promoted to take over the company’s sales operations in the Americas at the end of 2007.
Mr [...]
Metronet Liverpool to support wireless IP CCTV video streaming
Story link: Metronet Liverpool to support wireless IP CCTV video streaming by Jan Harris
Following the success of its secure wireless IP broadband network, Manchester Metronet is creating a new division, Metronet Liverpool, extending its service to the European City of Culture.
In 2006, Manchester Metronet developed a secure wireless network capable of streaming high bandwidth fixed fibre-quality live video CCTV images. It provided the first support for wireless [...]
Manchester Metronet deploys BridgeWave technology to enhance CCTV
Story link: Manchester Metronet deploys BridgeWave technology to enhance CCTV by Jan Harris
Broadband wireless network service provider, Manchester Metronet, has deployed technology from BridgeWave Communications, significantly extending the reach of its metropolitan area network (MAN), and providing enhanced CCTV surveillance capabilities for Manchester City Council and Manchester Greater Police.
Manchester Metronet achieved a return-on-investment in the new technology, in less than six months. Its high-speed wireless Internet [...]