IP security & surveillance news

  BSIA's Technical Director, Alex CarmichaelTwo leading lights from the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) have been recognised with prestigious industry awards for their ongoing commitment and outstanding contribution to the security industry.At the Association’s Annual Luncheon, held last week at the London Hilton on Park Lane, the BSIA’s Project Director – 2012, David Evans, was presented with the Infologue.com Building the Future award, a joint initiativ...

  March Networks announces two separate contract wins totaling $6.2 with the OCTAMarch Networks®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, today announced two separate contract wins totaling $6.2 million with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The contracts include a $2.6 million deal to equip more than 200 buses with its Mobile Solution, as well as a five-year, $3.6 million Managed Services contract to provide OCTA with video system health monitoring se...

  artec, maker of IPTV systems, joins forces with Dynamic Security to boost presence in the UAEartec technologies AG, a leading manufacturer of network-based video surveillance, broadcast compliance and IPTV systems is strengthening its presence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market through enhanced cooperation with Dynamic Security, a leading systems house headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Having already established itself in Qatar, the artec corporation's next strategic step is now...

  Francesco Della Mora, Comnet Europe Ltd. Regional Sales Manager for Southern EuropeComNet Europe Ltd of Leeds in the United Kingdom, the leading manufacturer of fiber optic transmission and networking equipment, has appointed Francesco Della Mora as Regional Sales Manager for Southern Europe. With growing sales Della Mora will be responsible for establishing and managing the company’s relationships with its key customers in the region. Francesco Della Mora was EMEA Re...

 Royal Marines Contract Team, Corps Security won the Best Team cateogoryThe national winners of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA)'s Annual Security Personnel Awards were recognised on Wednesday the 13th of July in an impressive ceremony attended by many key individuals from the security industry. The awards, which celebrate the excellent work and vital contribution that those working in the security industry are making across the country, were presented in a glittering c...

British Security Industry Association appoints chairmen for membership sectionsThe British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has appointed chairmen for most of its sections of membership, following its Annual General Meeting, which was held on Wednesday the 13th of July.BSIA Chief Executive, James Kelly, comments: "The success of the BSIA is not only achieved by the work of its staff but also the ongoing dedication from members who are willing to serve on the various committees. Eve...

  Powered by Pixim Seawolf logoPixim Inc., a leading provider of imaging chips for enterprise security cameras, unveiled two new brand logos today. The new logos feature the recognizable, stylized "Pixim" from the company's corporate logo with the words "Powered by" in italics on top. The logos are designed to be used on the marketing materials, product, packaging, and spec sheets of camera manufacturers who build cameras based on Pixim's chip technology. The first...

With PRemote-HD, Dallmeier has developed a special method that enables the transmission of HDTV streams even at low bandwidths. PRemote-HD is a method developed by Dallmeier that uses transcoding to enable the transmission of HD and megapixel streams even at low bandwidths. PRemote-HD is particularly useful for locations where images need to be recorded at highest quality but have only a low-bandwidth network available, for example DSL networks with a 128 kbit upload.As opposed to standard trans...

 Pivot3 names Olivier Thierry as Chief Marketing OfficerPivot3®, Inc., a leading provider of unified storage and computer infrastructure, announced recently that Olivier Thierry has been named Chief Marketing Officer. Thierry is responsible for the oversight of all global marketing activities for Pivot3 including product management, marketing, marketing communications and go-to-market initiatives with partners and channels. He assumes the role from Pivot3 Co-Founder Lee Caswell, who has...

  Samsung Techwin America names Jennifer Pittman as Regional Sales ManagerSamsung Techwin America, a global supplier of video surveillance and security products delivering superior performance and value, announced today that Jennifer Pittman has joined the company to fill the newly created position of South Central Regional Sales Manager. Her territory will include the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas."Samsung Techwin is uniquely positioned to build on its success...

  Immervision Enables integrated with XProtect Enterprise 8 IP video management software gives unique surround viewMilestone Systems, the leading global developer of open platform software for managing IP network-based video surveillance, and ImmerVision, inventor of the 360° panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announce that Milestone has added ImmerVision Enables panomorph lens support to XProtect Enterprise 8. Panomorph optics offer 360-degree vie...

 Mayflex partners with Axis to strengthen IP Electronic Security product offeringMayflex, the distributor of converged IP solutions, announces a new partnership with Axis, the global leader in the network video market.This new partnership, which begins July 2011, complements Mayflex's existing portfolio and enables the company to offer customers an even broader range of products suitable for a range of vertical markets. Andrew Percival, Managing Director at Mayflex, says, "We are...

 Arecont Vision's partnership with FST21 is meant to provide better security solutions for the security industry   Arecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, announces their partnership with FST21 as one of the premier suppliers of megapixel cameras for SafeRise installations. The new partnership complements Arecont Vision's advanced camera surveillance technologies with the combination of facial recognition, voice recognition, pattern of behavior, lic...

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has now released XProtect® Enterprise 8. Setting the standard in IP VMS, XProtect Enterprise 8 is comprehensive, open platform IP VMS for medium and large-scale installations, primarily multi-site, multi-server deployments. The consolidated single-management interface provides a coherent and efficient way to view and control an unlimited number of cameras giving situational awareness for quick response and ac...

  Harper Morgan will promote and support the full range of ONVIF compliant IP Video products manufactured by Sentry360Sentry360 has appointed Harper Morgan as the official partner to grow the sales of Sentry 360 products in the UK security market. Sentry360, a leading developer of advanced multi-megapixel surveillance cameras has entered into a business development partnership with Harper Morgan to promote and support the full range of IP Video products manufactured by Sentry360 into t...

Samsung has added two new ONVIF compliant encoders to its fast growing iPOLiS portfolio of network friendly products. The four channel SPE-400 and sixteen channel rack-mounted SPE-1600R, which houses up to 4 x SPE-400B four channel encoder blades, join the SPE-100 single channel encoder in providing a cost effective and easy to implement method of adding analogue cameras to an IP/network based video surveillance system.All three encoders enable images captured by an analogue camera to be trans...

IndigoVision, leading manufacturer of complete IP video security solutions, introduces 2TB disks to its NVR-AS 3000 range of ‘Plug & Go' Linux Network Video Recorders. This doubles storage capacity without increasing physical footprint, power consumption or associated environmental control equipment. With up to 6TB of usable RAID 5 storage in a single unit, the NVR-AS 3000 is a compelling alternative to Windows-based storage.Resilience, reliability and low-maintenance are the key to...

With the VKC-13100/IR-2810 eneo is expanding its range of bullet cameras by a compact model (further versions in this housing are currently in preparation). 650 TV lines horizontal resolution, switchable IR cut filter for full day/night operability and 40 integrated 850 nm LEDs with a maximum illumination range of 50 metres are among the major features of this series. The housing has an IP68 protection rating allowing full operational use in adverse weather conditions. Extremely practical: f...

  GB Monitoring Director Neil Jackson welcomes updated BS 8418 Code of Practice Neil Jackson, Director at GB Monitoring, looks at how the new code of practice for remotely monitored CCTV systems, which is designed to increase detection standards is expected to put pressure on non-compliant operators. GB Monitoring has been a longstanding contributor to the development of industry standards and the company’s NSI ARC Gold remote video response centre (RVRC) was one of...

  Sam Belbina now leads Pelco's security COE and video organisation Pelco by Schneider Electric officials have announced that as of July 1, 2011, Sam Belbina, currently Vice President of Systems Integration for the company's East Region, is taking on a new role leading the Security Center of Excellence (COE) and the Video organisation. "This will create a team focused on expanding our security capability and value proposition," says James W Sandelin, SVP Schnei...

  SIA names Legislator of the Year, Global Security Leadership and Statesman award winnersThe Security Industry Association on recently honoured Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., Congresswoman Candice Miller, D-MI, and John Romanowich, President/CEO and founder of SightLogix, with industry awards.Congressman Pallone was named SIA's 2011 Legislator of the Year for sponsoring legislation that President Obama signed into law in January. H.R. 5470 provides a number of SIA's memb...

  Mark Blackwood to new role of UK Sales Manager for PECAN CCTV Pecan CCTV has appointed Mark Blackwood to the new role of UK Sales Manager. In addition to offering customers the benefit of high standards of service and support, Mark will also be making the most of Pecan's ability to supply bespoke solutions and develop new business opportunities.Born in Liverpool, Mark started his career in the photographic business selling top-end cameras and broadcasting equipment for edit suit...

 Patrick Beebe of  Keybury Fire and Security and Jens Wirok MBX training Director  Mobotix AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has announced Keybury Fire and Security has been awarded Advanced Partner status following completion of an extensive training and certification program. Keybury has added the complete MOBOTIX range of door entry and high resolution, fully digital IP based CCTV to its portfolio to strengthen its posit...

  Milcon Gulf Group will benefit by engaging in a partnership with March Networks increasing the results March Networks , a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Milcon Gulf Group to aggressively address growing demand for video surveillance solutions in Southeast Asia and select countries in the Middle East. The partnership marries March Network's strengths providing scalable, high-performance systems to leading financial instituti...

D-Link has recently announced a further addition to its growing range of Smart switches with the launch of its Fast Ethernet Web Smart DES-1210 series. The DES-1210-08P and DES-1210-28P provide ‘Power over Ethernet' (PoE) functionality and management capability and are ideal for small and medium businesses looking to construct a secure and productive network environment at an affordable price. The Web Smart switches enable small businesses to increase performance across their network a...

VIVOTEK, a leading vendor of surveillance cameras and other security solutions, has announced the release of its iViewer app for iPhone and iPad. iViewer was developed to allow users to monitor locations off-site by providing access to surveillance camera video right on their iOS device. iViewer enables users to monitor live video from hundreds of cameras managed by centralised management software VAST or standard recording software ST7501-at any time, and from wherever they happen to be. Th...

 Cougar Monitoring enhances the Immix® Video Monitoring automation platform Cougar Monitoring, one of UK's largest CCTV and Intruder alarm monitoring centres, has selected the Immix® Video Monitoring automation platform - a move which will make its services much more attractive to installers.Developed by SureView Systems, the leading developer of video-based automation platforms for the security alarm industry, Immix is a UL classified automation platform designed to receive al...

  This integration will offer customers easy to operate cameras that need no on-site engineer or IT knowhow to install Hikvision, the leading manufacturer of video surveillance products and NeoVSP™, global leader in carrier grade VSaaS platforms, announced that Hikvision's broad range of network cameras are integrated with NeoVSP™ platform. A plug and play camera service offering combined with NeoVSP's OVS™ can now be available in the market, which brings a revol...

 Secutech is Asia's international trade fair for electronic and information security, and fire and safety industriesSecutech, Asia's most international trade fair for electronic and information security, and fire and safety industries was held from 20 - 22 April 2011 at the Nangang Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan. The show was organised by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd.Opened by Mr Chen Chun, Vice Premier of Taiwan, the 14th edition of Secutech attracted 550 exhibitors from 2...

 Avigilon's NVMS integrated successfully with the Software House C-CURE 9000Avigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that its award-winning Avigilon Control Center Enterprise Network Video Management Software (NVMS) with HD Stream Management has been integrated successfully with the Software House C-CURE 9000 security and event management system for improved enterprise security management.Avigilon Control Center E...