IP security & surveillance news

Dahua embraced the visit of a group of Albanian Police Officers from Albanian National Police Headquarters and District Police Station and Republican Guard. Mr. Michael Chen, VP of Dahua, General Manager of Overseas Business, hosted the reception. Dahua Safe City solution After warmly welcoming the Albanian guests, Mr. Michael Chen accompanied them to a tour of Dahua showroom. Albanian guests were deeply impressed by Dahua solutions especially Safe City, which enables police, transportation au...

Honeywell has announced new additions to its lines of equIP® Series IP cameras, designed to provide high image picture quality in ultra-low light environments. With a unified and simple design, the new equIP cameras offer a superior user experience that makes them easy to install, use, and maintain and integrate with other connected building solutions. Honeywell equIP series The new equIP cameras have the latest technology, providing higher resolution, bandwidth optimisation and embedded v...

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that James J. (“Jim”) Cannon has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 19, 2017. Mr. Cannon will succeed Andy Teich, whose retirement after 33 years of service was previously announced on February 14, 2017. Leading FLIR’s product and application portfolios Mr. Cannon’s extensive and varied leadership experience, together with his proven operational expertise and ability to adapt business strategies to meet evol...

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has announced that Jesper Just Jensen, former Head of Front End Innovation in the LEGO Group, will take on a new role as Milestone’s Vice President, Products. New opportunities at Milestone As VP, Products, Jesper Just Jensen will drive Milestone’s product strategy, including product management and product marketing, with focus on rolling out new open platform products to meet the future needs of th...

One of the fastest growing high-tech security systems specialists in Scotland, Cumbernauld-based VWS, has achieved national recognition for its ongoing commitment to apprenticeships and investing in young people across the company.Networked video surveillanceVWS, which can lay claim to 31 years of experience in the field of networked CCTV, fire detection and security, has made the development, training, and promotion of young people a central plank of its five-year plan for growth and diversific...

Axis Communications has helped solve one of the largest challenges within the surveillance industry today with the launch of its new experience centre to educate on the potential for IoT technology, brought to life in an interactive environment. Axis now offers engaging experiences around the intelligent applications available through IP camera technology in their new centre—the largest and most advanced of its kind in the UK.Showcasing surveillance technologiesThe Axis Experience Centre i...

ONVIF, the global standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its 16th ONVIF Developers’ Plugfest (ODP) May 10–12 in Québec City, Québec, at the Delta Hotel Quebec City in the Old Town district. With multiple testing’s of ONVIF conformant products, the Developers’ Plugfest offered interoperability testing for five ONVIF profiles, including the Release Candidate of Profile A for broader access control configuration, which is sch...

Total Recall Corporation, a Convergint Technologies company, will showcase its video surveillance and city-wide safety solutions—including a new 180-degree CrimeEye unit—at the 27th Annual ASIS NYC Security Conference and Expo to be held on June 7-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City. CrimeEye-RD-2 video surveillance unit “Total Recall Corporation has been a leader in developing the latest in technologically advanced security solutions, and we’re excited to la...

Just Add Power (J+P), a provider of Ultra HD over IP, will showcase its award-winning 3G Ultra HD over IP family of transmitters and receivers at InfoComm 2017. Designed for any size UHD distribution and matrixing application, the expanded 3G Ultra HD over IP family offers a variety of devices that enable integrators to mix and match models to better manage their hardware budget on 4K HDMI projects—including 4K HDR distribution.4K signal distribution"The 3G Ultra HD over IP family uses the...

IndigoVision, a developer of end-to-end video security solutions, announced the appointment of Gary Tryon as Senior Sales Director for USA Southeast Region. Unparalleled knowledge and experience With 35 years’ experience selling and deploying security technology globally, Tryon brings a proven track record in building sales teams, creating market leadership positions and building the partner channel with top performing sales revenues. Tryon has a wealth of knowledge specifical...

AMG, the UK manufacturer of intelligent, industrial grade, robust edge-of-network transmission solutions, has welcomed Ivo Stastny to its team as Sales and Technical Support Engineer. Ivo joins AMG Systems from Czech Republic distributor Proficomms, where he held a range of positions in Technical Support and Product Management for both networking and CCTV products. During his time at Proficomms, Ivo worked with customers to add value through system design and technical support, including for Gr...

Vicon Industries a designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware, and components, introduces a new line of 6MP and 12MP panoramic cameras with fisheye lens. The camera’s extremely wide angle and highly detailed image allow it to provide coverage of an area that would typically require as many as four traditional HD security cameras, while eliminating blind spots. Server-side image dewarping, as well as edge-based dewarping at lower resolutions, enabl...

360 Vision Technology, a UK CCTV design & manufacturing company, will be showing their latest range of professional quality surveillance cameras at CCTV User Group 2017.Diverse camera range at display Taking place at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, 22nd - 24th May, 2017, the CCTV User Group Seminar and Conference speakers includes Tony Porter, Surveillance Camera Commissioner and Jonathan Bamford, Information Commissioners Office. At the event, 360 Vision will be showing their range...

Ocularis 5, the latest video management software (VMS) solution from OnSSI, now supports a dewarping plug-in for ACTi 360° cameras with panoramic views.Distortion-free live video“Clearly, 360-degree cameras provide increased surveillance area coverage, but the images can be difficult to view without dewarping solutions,” said Mulli Diamant, VP of International Business Development, OnSSI. “With the integration of ACTi’s dewarping plug-in, images from their wide-angle...

Aspire is Vanderbilt’s partner programme aimed at helping installers and distributors perform more efficiently against today’s market demands. After a series of acquisitions, Vanderbilt is now in a position to consolidate the business and the development of customer programs has become a priority. Aspire is the first distinctive mark of this new, forward thinking conscience.Incremental value for partners “Aspire’s key theme is about a strong and mutually rewarding partne...

Arecont Vision, the provider of IP-based megapixel camera technology, announces that Code Blue Corporation has recently joined the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Programme. Code Blue Corporation is the manufacturer of emergency communication solutions in their industry, and Arecont Vision cameras are successfully installed with Code Blue products in a wide variety of verticals and applications. “More and more customers are enjoying the value of integrating cameras with our signature He...

Hikvision, a provider of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, together with Cisco, a provider of IT and networking solutions, held a joint meeting on cyber security collaboration on April 26th, 2017, in Hangzhou, China.This meeting marked the successful completion of the first phase of a collaboration that began in December. Cisco is sharing its professional and sophisticated cyber security management experience and technologies with Hikvision, facilitating Hikvision’s glo...

IndigoVision, a developer of end-to-end video security solutions, is delighted to launch version 14.2 of their security management solution, Control Center. Control Center v14.2 has exciting new features which improve the user's experience by simplifying setup and day-to-day operation of sites. Key features PTZ Priority for ONVIF cameras: PTZ Priority and PTZ Hold are now available for ONVIF cameras. These features, previously only available for IndigoVision SMART.core cameras, manage simul...

Hanwha Techwin’s entire range of cameras and recording devices have been successfully integrated with SureView’s Immix CS central station software platform. The integration allows the latest Wisenet IP camera series and NVRs, as well as analogue DVRs to interact with Immix CS which is designed to improve the efficiency of central alarm monitoring stations offering video monitoring services. Physical Security Information Management The same level of integration has also been achiev...

Following the long-term partnership with and subsequent acquisition of the video analytics application company Cognimatics, Axis Communications, the market leader in network video, has fully integrated Cognimatics applications with Axis network cameras, audio, and access control products. In doing so Axis now can introduce new and comprehensive store optimisation and loss prevention solutions for the retail sector, providing intelligence and driving revenue growth. “The competitive enviro...

Quantum Corp. announced that Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co. Ltd., a video surveillance system integrator, has agreed to become a Quantum value-added reseller and strategic alliance partner. Uniview offers a comprehensive line of IP video surveillance products—including IP cameras, network video recorders, encoders, decoders, storage and client software and applications—covering vertical markets such as retail, building, education and municipal government. Uniview will now sell Qu...

Quantum Corp. announces the appointments of Adalio Sanchez and Marc Rothman to Quantum’s board of directors. Sanchez is a 35-year information technology industry veteran who spent most of his career at IBM Corp., including 16 years in senior executive and global general management roles. He is currently president of S Group Advisory LLC, a firm providing expertise and management consulting services. Rothman is executive vice president and chief financial officer at VeriFone Inc., responsib...

Genetec Inc., a provider of open architecture security and public safety solutions, announced its plans for IFSEC International 2017. The company will demonstrate and preview its latest innovative technologies that help both integrators and end-users protect, improve, and implement security solutions within their environments. IFSEC 2017 will take place at ExCeL London from 20th – 22nd June. Genetec will be exhibiting at Stand F500. Security Center 5.6 IP security platform Genetec will d...

Soliton Systems, a manufacturer of mobile video streaming solutions for public safety applications, announced a partnership with Milestone Systems, a provider of IP video management software (VMS) for video surveillance solutions.Remote video surveillanceSoliton Systems is a Japanese technology company that manufactures solutions for the public safety market, for live streaming video over the 3G and 4G LTE network. They have the Smart telecaster range of products that can be utilised for real-ti...

To support continued robust growth and an expanding customer base, IDIS, South Korea’s surveillance manufacturer, opens new offices and training facilities in London. Remaining in the recently refurbished and prestigious building, The Mille in Brentford, the new facility features significant additional desk and recreational space, meeting rooms and has doubled the capacity of the company’s training and demonstration facility. Significant growth surge Over the last two years IDIS ha...

Vicon is announces that Video Surveillance specialist Stephen Ely has been appointed as Sales Manager for northern UK sales territory. “I am excited to represent Vicon as the new Valerus based IP solutions are launched in the UK” says Steve. “I believe that the combination of an extensive and exciting product range and a strong team means that Vicon is ready to move onto the next level in the UK and I look forward to playing a pivotal role.”

The system supports up to 2,000 SIP devices using standard PoE, with the addition of a control box Panasonic has launched a new, full IP video intercom system, aimed at meeting the increasing demand for integration between different building systems. The new IP-based model, the VL-VN1900, works with a wide range of devices, including networked CCTV cameras, SIP phones and network video recorders. Supports up to 2,000 SIP devices Using Power over Ethernet, the system can be c...

The Holis HD Tribrid video recorders feature up to 12 TB of storage and 1080P real time-recording across all channels Tyco Security Products, part of Johnson Controls, introduces its HD Video Solution, a new value-based solution that provides superior video quality while leveraging analogue infrastructure. The cost-effective Holis HD Tribrid video recorders support SD analogue cameras, Illustra Essentials IP cameras and a brand-new line of HD cameras, allowing customers to ach...

Wren enclosures are another important option Arecont Vision customers can now employ with confidence Arecont Vision, a provider of IP-based megapixel camera technology, announced that Wren Solutions, a developer of innovative camera housings and accessories, has joined the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program. Multiple Arecont Vision cameras are certified with Wren Solution housings. Stainless-steel camera housings “We are excited to further develop our partnershi...

Dahua 4K-HDCVI adopts 4K Ultra HD image acquisition and back-end DVR storage HD analogue is quickly becoming the mainstream of analogue video. By 2018, over 90% of analogue cameras will be HD analogue (according to 2016 IHS report). Dahua led the industry to introduce HDCVI Technology in 2012, and continues to enhance the technology leadership by bringing state of the art performance in terms of resolution, light sensitivity, intelligence and usability to the HDCVI community....