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, [...]
Californian Rainbow Cameras To Be Installed At Micro AB
Story link: Californian Rainbow Cameras To Be Installed At Micro AB by Rohan Parker
Seller of car accessories and spare parts in Sweden, Micro AB - which is equivalent to Unipart in the UK and Trak Auto in the US - have signed a deal to install colour cameras in their stores made by the Californian-based, Rainbow.
Micro AB are installing the Rainbow colour DSP 460 line cameras which [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
New generation DVR from Bosch
Story link: New generation DVR from Bosch by Lin Freestone
Bosch Security Systems has launched a new generation CCTV management technology that combines the very highest quality digital video recording with an ability to view and control cameras, handle alarms and monitor device status, all through a common interface.
The Divar MR is suited to a wide range of retail, education and leisure applications. It provides [...]
New partnership between Mango DSP and Steelbox Networks
Story link: New partnership between Mango DSP and Steelbox Networks by Lin Freestone
A Jerusalem-based provider of intelligent video servers for the CCTV market, Mango DSP, has signed a partnership agreement with Steelbox Networks. The partnership will present the industry with a comprehensive intelligent video, processing, distribution, storage and management solution.
Customers of Steelbox video surveillance network solutions will now have the option to integrate Mango DSP’s Raven-X2 [...]
Appeal for mandatory CCTV surveillance at Irish clubs and bars
Story link: Appeal for mandatory CCTV surveillance at Irish clubs and bars by Lin Freestone
In Eire, the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, has called for legislation requiring businesses providing public entertainment events to install the cameras and record incidents taking place in and outside their premises for use as evidence.
A call was made for licences for late-night events not to be granted unless the [...]
Thailand’s national treasures protected by Sanyo CCTV
Story link: Thailand’s national treasures protected by Sanyo CCTV by Lin Freestone
Sanyo, Thailand’s leading technology provider, is focusing its 2008 marketing strategy on social responsibility activities. The first project in co-operation with the Office of National Buddhism, aims to implement Sanyo CCTV security systems at important national historical sites around the country.
The pilot project of the strategy, which is known as “Protect National Treasure by [...]
ThruVision T5000 recognises objects beneath clothing
Story link: ThruVision T5000 recognises objects beneath clothing by Jan Harris
ThruVision, a UK company, is marketing the first CCTV camera that can recognise objects beneath a person’s clothing. The ThruVision T5000 camera has a range of up to 25 metres.
The camera uses terahertz waves to identify objects. It works on the principle that all materials emit different terahertz waves, which allows it to [...]
Canadian acquisition by Bosch strengthens security systems division
Story link: Canadian acquisition by Bosch strengthens security systems division by Lin Freestone
Bosch, the German-based global supplier of technology and services, has acquired Extreme CCTV Inc, a Canadian company, for a figure in the region of €63m.
With the acquisition of Extreme CCTV, Bosch is strengthening its Security Systems division and extending its activities in video surveillance.
Extreme CCTV is a manufacturer and supplier of active infrared illuminators, integrated [...]
Training centre for channel partners of Axis Communications
Story link: Training centre for channel partners of Axis Communications by Lin Freestone
Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, has opened a new state-of-the-art training centre at its US headquarters in Chelmsford, MA for the provision of Axis Communications’ Academy training for members of its Channel Partner Program.
The primary driver for the training program is to educate and certify partners on the ongoing technology [...]
IndigoVision IP-CCTV tested in IKEA’s Grenoble store
Story link: IndigoVision IP-CCTV tested in IKEA’s Grenoble store by Lin Freestone
IKEA, the Swedish-based home furnishing retail group, invests heavily in CCTV technology in its stores to ensure that customers and staff are safe and secure at all times.
IKEA France has invested in IndigoVision’s complete IP Video solution for CCTV surveillance in its new flagship store in Grenoble. The new store, which opened in October [...]
CCTV surveillance for Trinidad’s carnival
Story link: CCTV surveillance for Trinidad’s carnival by Lin Freestone
The Trinidad Government and security forces will use closed circuit television for the first time to help police carnival activities during the two-day festival at the beginning of February.
Thousands of visitors from around the world have been drawn to Trinidad and the efforts are being made to ensure that there is no major violence associated [...]
Wireless CCTV launches covert surveillance device
Story link: Wireless CCTV launches covert surveillance device by Jan Harris
Wireless CCTV Ltd has launched a covert, one-box surveillance device, which can be quickly deployed, even in extreme conditions.
The device’s case and connectors are fully waterproof, and can even be buried underground without compromising performance, making the system ideal for environmental monitoring.
Both a wired and wireless set up is available, with the suitability [...]
Middle East target for DynaPel’s video surveillance systems
Story link: Middle East target for DynaPel’s video surveillance systems by Lin Freestone
DynaPel Systems, a leading US developer of digital video analytics appliances, smart cameras and networked digital video recorders, is targeteting the fast-growing Middle East security sector and expanding its dealership network in the region and North Africa.
In order to meet this potential market and establish a network of certified dealers, DynaPel has shown its [...]
UK citizens monitored more than rest of Europe
Story link: UK citizens monitored more than rest of Europe by Jan Harris
Privacy International’s 2007 ‘International Privacy Ranking’ places the UK as the worst surveillance society in the European Union, and one of the worst in the world.
The UK’s citizens are the most monitored in the whole of Europe, according to the report by the civil liberties group.
Privacy International used data on how 47 countries [...]
Linden launches covert surveillance vehicle solutions
Story link: Linden launches covert surveillance vehicle solutions by Jan Harris
Linden Specialist Vehicles has launched a new covert surveillance vehicle service designed to reduce the cost of mounting covert surveillance operations.
The service provides vehicles equipped with the latest surveillance technology on a rental basis. The vehicles can operate in a range of environments and include cameras, digital transmission links and DVRs.
Using the [...]