London Borough of Newham adopts IndigoVision IP-CCTV
Story link: London Borough of Newham adopts IndigoVision IP-CCTV by Jan Harris
IndigoVision is updating the London Borough of Newham’s VCR recording system with its IP Video technology, in preparation for a future migration to a total IP-CCTV solution.
Newham Council analysed several IP Video systems before choosing IndigoVision’s Network Video Recorders (NVRs), as part of the modernization of its security systems.
Ten NVRs have been installed by [...]
IndigoVision CCTV deployed by FCC
Story link: IndigoVision CCTV deployed by FCC by Jan Harris
Train operator, First Capital Connect (FCC), has deployed integrated IP Video technology from IndigoVision. as part of the upgrade of its stations.
As part of FCC’s £8 million Station Improvements Programme, IndigoVision and its partner, ATEC Security, upgraded 1,194 existing analogue CCTV cameras across 63 train stations.
The new IP system is monitored at a new [...]
QED offers sales training
Story link: QED offers sales training by Jan Harris
QED, a national supplier of CCTV, Acess Control, Cable, Public Address, Fire, Electrical, and Detection and Lighting equipment, has launched an email service to help companies sell more effectively.
The credit crunch and subsequent market downturn have prompted QED to develop a series of sales training documents, which it will send to security companies who [...]
QED adds lens to Midas range
Story link: QED adds lens to Midas range by Jan Harris
QED has enhanced its Midas Day/Night Vandal Resistant Dome camera with the addition of a new lense.
QED’s Marketing Manager Matt Byrom said:
“The Midas Day/Night Vandal Resistant Dome Camera truly offers the best value for money in the market. The 2.9-10mm computer ground glass lens offers exceptional optical performance, producing amazing image quality in the [...]
Scyron launches new DEMON software
Story link: Scyron launches new DEMON software by Jan Harris
Birmingham-based Scyron has launched new DEMON digital evidence management software which has helped West Midlands Police cut the length of the Aston Riots trial by around three weeks and secure 11 convictions.
The trial involved 321 crimes, 2 murders and 5,000 hours of CCTV footage.
Scyron’s DEMON technology allows CCTV and video footage, digital photographs, mobile [...]
Out of control Johannesburg crime being cut by IP-CCTV
Story link: Out of control Johannesburg crime being cut by IP-CCTV by Alan Harten
IndigoVision’s integrated IP-CCTV solution is being utilized to lower the crime rates in the suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa. CSS Tactical, a company that provides mobile security patrols, is introducing something new for South Africa by integrating CCTV surveillance with its area patrols.
South Africa’s crime statistics are horrific by any standards, and Johannesburg is often [...]
Dorset Police seek CCTV curtain twitching volunteers
Story link: Dorset Police seek CCTV curtain twitching volunteers by Alan Harten
The Dorset Police force has placed advertisements in local newspapers searching for volunteers who would like to take over the task of watching some of the counties CCTV feeds to relieve overstretched police officers.
The move has met with immediate rebuke from not only civil liberty activists but also other police officials. Dorset Police would like [...]
Conway launches new corner friendly camera
Story link: Conway launches new corner friendly camera by Alan Harten
UK-based CCTV manufacturer Conway Security has released a new high-security corner mounted camera with infrared illuminators; this new system will possibly be greeted with open arms by installation engineers who have always struggled with a simple but almost insurmountable problem.
The problem is that the corners of rooms and buildings are generally not square, they may [...]
Council debates future of Leedswatch system
Story link: Council debates future of Leedswatch system by Jan Harris
The CCTV system in Leeds, a service known as Leedswatch, was recently the subject of the ‘CCTV Cities’ programme on Channel 5.
The Leedswatch service provides one of the largest CCTV camera networks in Europe.
The programme showed several incidents where the city’s huge network of 350 cameras, covering 240 square miles, helped to make [...]
Stagecoach invests £1.5m in CCTV
Story link: Stagecoach invests £1.5m in CCTV by Jan Harris
Stagecoach has signed a £1.5m contract to deploy CCTV on the 580 new buses ordered by the company in 2008 and 2009.
The buses will be fitted with digital CCTV systems from LOOK CCTV, a subsidiary of Quadnetics group.
LOOK will also be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the new systems, in a [...]
IndigoVision Launches H.264 HD IP Cameras
Story link: IndigoVision Launches H.264 HD IP Cameras by Jan Harris
Edinburgh-based IndigoVision, a manufacturer of IP video and alarm management solutions, is launching the HD 10000 series of high definition IP CCTV cameras.
The HD 10000 series complements Indigo Vision’s 8000 and 9000 IP Cameras and is compatible with its integrated end-to-end IP Video solution.
The HD 10000 cameras feature H.264 compression technology, and allow [...]
QED’s Spiderex stops spider infestation
Story link: QED’s Spiderex stops spider infestation by Jan Harris
Security equipment specialist, QED, has developed an aerosol spray to solve the problem of spiders building their webs on CCTV equipment.
Spiders are attracted to the warm areas around CCTV camera housings and PIR detectors, and their webs can trigger false alarms, or obscure the CCTV camera’s view.
QED’s new product, called Spiderex, is part [...]
IndigoVision technology monitors Manchester centre
Story link: IndigoVision technology monitors Manchester centre by Jan Harris
A digital CCTV system from IndigoVision, the IP Video technology company, has been installed in Manchester’s Wythenshawe Shopping Centre, which is owned by St Modwen Properties.
The IP network system, deployed by IndigoVision’s local partner VideoTec Ltd, replaces an existing analogue matrix system.
The system monitors both internal and external retail units, as well as [...]
Brigade Electronics launches waterproof vehicle-CCTV
Story link: Brigade Electronics launches waterproof vehicle-CCTV by Jan Harris
Brigade Electronics, a specialist in vehicle safety reversing systems, is launching new waterproof CCTV solutions.
The VBV790C and BE890C cameras have an IP rating of 69K, and are dust proof as well as watertight.
They feature infrared LEDs for high-quality performance in low-light conditions, and can be used in extreme weather conditions.
They are ideal [...]
Dedicated Micros protects school playground
Story link: Dedicated Micros protects school playground by Jan Harris
Security equipment from Dedicated Micros, a Warrington-based CCTV technology company, is helping to safeguard children at Little Aston Primary School in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
The equipment monitors the UK’s first ever interactive playground.
Children playing in the outdoor playground can log onto a computerised system and collect points from the equipment they play on.
The [...]
IndigoVision supports IP Video open standard
Story link: IndigoVision supports IP Video open standard by Jan Harris
Edinburgh-based IP video and alarm management company, IndigoVision, has announced its support for a new network video standard being developed by Sony, Bosch and Axis.
When the standard is ratified IndigoVision’s ‘Control Centre’ Security Management Software will support cameras compliant with the standard.
The ‘Control Center’ software is used worldwide, and supports over 100,000 cameras [...]
Researchers developing noise-responsive CCTV
Story link: Researchers developing noise-responsive CCTV by Jan Harris
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth are developing artificial intelligence CCTV cameras which will respond to noise.
When the cameras ‘hear’ sounds likely to indicate that an incident in taking place, glass breaking or screaming for example, they will turn towards the sound and start recording.
They could also alert a CCTV operator or the [...]
Genetec Releases Omnicast 4.2
Story link: Genetec Releases Omnicast 4.2 by Jan Harris
Genetec has upgraded Omnicast, its IP video surveillance security solution.
Omnicast 4.2 provides support for Windows Vista for client and server applications.
It also features ‘Hidden Site’, which gives administrators the ability to give users access to manage only a subset of entities in the system.
This is expected to be useful for larger premises, [...]
Scyron & Steria launch multimedia CCTV solutions
Story link: Scyron & Steria launch multimedia CCTV solutions by Alan Harten
Recent information, such as the Metropolitan Police statistic that only 3% of London crimes were solved using CCTV last year, have highlighted the need to improve management and analysis of CCTV footage to support intelligence-led policing.
In response, UK security and surveillance services company, Scyron has announced a strategic partnership with end to end services [...]
Genetec’s Solutions Protect Armoured Car Division
Story link: Genetec’s Solutions Protect Armoured Car Division by Alan Harten
Genetec have announced that the Canadian Bureau of Investigations and Adjustments (CBIA) has purchased and installed its integrated access control and video surveillance IP solutions at their new corporate office in Montreal.
The Canadian-based company, which offers various security services such as protective, investigative, electronic surveillance and counter measure services, has just launched an armoured [...]