Manchester selects Omnicast CCTV system
Story link: Manchester selects Omnicast CCTV system by Jan Harris
The City of Manchester has chosen equipment from Genetic to upgrade its CCTV network from analogue to IP based surveillance.
All of the city’s 700 analogue cameras will eventually be managed by a federated Omnicast 4.1 IP CCTV system, which will be integrated into the IT network by C-Ways.
The new system will allow unicast [...]
Nio Security is new name for DynaPel
Story link: Nio Security is new name for DynaPel by Lin Freestone
Intelligent video surveillance company, DynaPel Systems, has changed its name to Nio Security.
The new name is intended to provide a consistent brand and corporate identity for its merger last year with Tempest Microsystems.
The formal launch of the new identity was made at IFSEC 2008, a security industry trade show held in Birmingham.
Product lines [...]
Mango DSP distribution deal with Affair System
Story link: Mango DSP distribution deal with Affair System by Alan Harten
Intelligent video servers provider in the video surveillance and homeland security defence markets, Mango DSP, have announced that they are to partner with Affair System Telecommunications, who are distributors of innovative technologies for the Brazilian market.
Under the agreement Affair will distribute the Raven X2 and Raven M intelligent video servers, which allow for MPEG-4, [...]
Aralia & Mango DSP Team Up For Video Solution
Story link: Aralia & Mango DSP Team Up For Video Solution by Rohan Parker
A partnership agreement has just been signed by the intelligent video surveillance software company, Aralia Systems Inc., and distributor of intelligent video servers for CCTV, video surveillance, and homeland security defense markets, Mango DSP.
This agreement should lead to a stronger presence of video enabling encoding, decoding, detection, recognition, tracking, searching, and analyzing of incidents, [...]
Intamac announces North American partnership at IFSEC
Story link: Intamac announces North American partnership at IFSEC by Jan Harris
Intamec Systems Ltd, a Northampton based company, is demonstrating a new generation of web home monitoring products at IFSEC 2008, which is being held 12-15 May, at the NEC Birmingham.
The new wireless products alert users to any unexpected entry or event, and allow them to remotely manage and monitor routine events in real-time.
Intamec’s [...]
Met Officer claims CCTV doesn’t cut crime
Story link: Met Officer claims CCTV doesn’t cut crime by Jan Harris
A senior officer from the Met has raised doubts about the use of CCTV to reduce crime.
Detective Chief Inspector Neville’s comments come at a time when Britain is widely regarded as the surveillance capital of Europe, with an estimated 4.2 million closed circuit television watching its citizens every day.
In fact Britain has just [...]
QED in distribution deal with Dowshu
Story link: QED in distribution deal with Dowshu by Jan Harris
Preston-based QED, a distributor and installer of products to the UK and EU security industry, has significantly extended its product range through a deal with Dowshu.
QED is now the sole national distributor of Dowshu products, including its Plexity, IQ and Icon high-quality cameras and DVRs.
The partnership is expected to benefit both parties, with QED [...]
QED expands sales team
Story link: QED expands sales team by Jan Harris
Preston-based security equipment supplier, QED, has appointed 5 new sales staff as part of its expansion plans.
The recruitment strengthens QED’s ability to provide professional and knowledgeable support to existing customers and is expected to help it extend its customer base.
QED provides a range of over 4,000 competitively-priced products which it can often offer [...]
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 [...]