Business Insight³: CCTV Analytics company launched
Story link: Business Insight³: CCTV Analytics company launched by Jan Harris
Business Insight³ is the brainchild of Glen Higson, a former Managing Director of DVR manufacturer Dowshu Electronics Innovation.
The Preston-based company combines new technologies with existing CCTV technologies to produce ‘Insight Management Reports’.
These reports cover topics such as Customer Behaviour, and Health and Safegy, and the findings are supported with video evidence.
Other areas [...]
Commell and Y-Cam launch new network Cameras
Story link: Commell and Y-Cam launch new network Cameras by Jan Harris
Taiwan-based Commel has announced the launch of H.264 dual stream HD network cameras.
The cameras are based on the HDTV standard and are ideal for the surveillance of large areas where the detailed identification of either people or objects is required.
The CMI-713 model is suitable for outdoor use or low-light areas, such as highways, [...]
Internet Eyes could be on you!
Story link: Internet Eyes could be on you! by Jan Harris
A businessman has launched Internet Eyes, a service to protect shops from criminals which has caused raised eyebrows among privacy campaigners.
The online service recruits members of the public to monitor CCTV footage of shops over the internet, from the comfort of their own homes, and rewards them with prizes of up to £1,000 for [...]
Genetec IPTV CCTV
Story link: Genetec IPTV CCTV by Alan Harten
Genetec, a member of the security industry and leader in providing IP security solutions, announced that it now has Omnicast available through the IONODES SV-3200 Network Security Appliance.
This is just another effort by Genetec to continue to enhance its system of supported hardware so that so that the Genetec software is compatible with many different [...]
CCTV to watch over fish catches
Story link: CCTV to watch over fish catches by Alan Harten
Soon CCTV may help prevent the dumping of extra fish back into the ocean, due to a new effort by the Fishery Department to catch fisherman who exceed their EU fishing quota.
CCTV monitoring systems will be installed to watch over seven skippers next month in an effort to reduce the amount of fish that are [...]
Genetec updates AutoVu license plate recognition solution
Story link: Genetec updates AutoVu license plate recognition solution by Jan Harris
Canada-based Genetec has released AutoVu 4.3, which offers added functionality such as real-time alarming and email notification, colour, sound and priority assignment to hotlists, covert notification of matched license plates, wildcard hotlists, permit sharing and long term overtime.
The wildcard hotlist feature allows different priorities to be assigned, and each list can be allocated a [...]
Telent Upgrades Network Rail’s DOO Systems
Story link: Telent Upgrades Network Rail’s DOO Systems by Jan Harris
Communications company Telent has been selected by Network Rail to help upgrade Driver Only Operator (DOO) systems at stations across South East England.
DOO systems allow the transfer of passengers on and off the train to be managed by train’s driver, without the need for controllers on the platform.
DOO solutions employ CCTV cameras which [...]
Genetec and iView Face Recognition Alerts
Story link: Genetec and iView Face Recognition Alerts by Alan Harten
Technology that allows the automated collection of license plate details, known as License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology is now highly sophisticated and efficient.
It is highly reliable and effective for many kinds of applications including those utilised by local authorities.
Now two major Canadian companies have joined together to create a new integrated system that not [...]
Controlware provides IP CCTV for Runnymede Council
Story link: Controlware provides IP CCTV for Runnymede Council by Jan Harris
Controlware Communications Systems has helped Runnymede Borough Council in its fight against crime by providing the recording system for an IP CCTV surveillance solution.
Controlware worked in partnership with Central Security Systems (CSS) Ltd to install the system, as well as software manufacturers Meyertech.
CSS also maintains the system following installation.
A new control room monitors [...]
Intamac launches security products in Netherlands
Story link: Intamac launches security products in Netherlands by Jan Harris
Intamac Systems Ltd, a Northampton-based specialist in Internet accessed monitoring and control, has entered into a partnership with WoonVeilig in the Netherlands, to launch new broadband home monitoring security products and services.
WoonVeilig’s solution allows consumers and small businesses to remotely monitor their home or business via the Internet and mobile phone.
The wireless security [...]
ABI sees growing market for video surveillance
Story link: ABI sees growing market for video surveillance by Jan Harris
According to a new report by ABI Research, “Video Surveillance Systems”, global spending on video surveillance for transportation markets is expected to increase from $630 million in 2006 to around $2 billion in 2013.
This growth isn’t just down to the use of video surveillance for security reasons, ABI believes that it is being increasingly [...]
Intamac demos home monitoring systems
Story link: Intamac demos home monitoring systems by Jan Harris
Intamac Systems Ltd has demonstrated the fruits of its collaboration with video solutions company Thomson, at the Broadband World Forum in Brussels, Belgium.
Intamac brought its interactive, web-based, home monitoring and control solution to the event.
The new wireless broadband solution can be installed in the home by the user, to provide peace of that [...]
Open AV unveils control software
Story link: Open AV unveils control software by Jan Harris
Open AV Ltd has launched new software which gives users full control over their house, even when they are away from home.
The web based software can be used with integrated CCTV cameras for added home security.
The cameras can be accessed over the internet, from any location, allowing a property to be viewed remotely.
Users [...]
IndigoVision IP-CCTV monitors Hong Kong traffic
Story link: IndigoVision IP-CCTV monitors Hong Kong traffic by Jan Harris
IP-CCTV technology from IndigoVision, an Edinburgh-based manufacturer of IP video solutions, has been used to upgrade Hong Kong’s traffic surveillance system.
Forty-eight cameras from IndigoVision replaced the existing analogue cameras, to create a fully integrated 250 camera hybrid solution with the flexibility to migrate fully to IP Video at a future date.
This has extended [...]
Be Home Monitor Service withdrawn
Story link: Be Home Monitor Service withdrawn by Jan Harris
Internet service provider, Be Unlimited, has informed users of its Be Home Monitor service, that the service will be withdrawn on 18 September.
The Be Home Monitor package includes a networked security camera, browser access to the video feed and MSM updates to a mobile phone.
There is a motion-activated alarm feature, which can alert [...]
BVM announces MP-6010 video capture card
Story link: BVM announces MP-6010 video capture card by Jan Harris
BVM Ltd, a Southampton-based manufacturer of computer products for OEM’s, has extended its range of mini-PCI and PCI form factor cards with the launch of BVM MP-6010.
The new BVM MP-6010 video capture card allows a PC to process and store video feeds from a security or surveillance system. The data can then be analysed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]