IP security & surveillance news

Arecont Vision's IP camera technology add to its US sales management team

Mathew has interest in IT and advanced surveillance technologies as well as knowledge of the security marketArecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, announces the addition of three new Regional Sales Managers. Mathew Jenkins will handle the U.S. Southwest Region, Frank Polidoro will handle the US Northeast Region and Neetu Chaturvedi joins Arecont Vision as the Regional Sales Manager for India. The appointments, which are effective immediately, were annou...

Steve Green joins Sanyo as Business Development Manager for its CCTV division

Steve has worked within the CCTV industry since 2000Sanyo has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Steve Green as Business Development Manager. Steve, who will report to David Hammond, European Sales Manager for Sanyo's CCTV division, has worked within the CCTV industry since 2000. He was initially with Norbain where he was the General Manager of the National Accounts division and then had a spell of two years with Verint before joining Dedicated Micros, where he was the UK Sales...

Online webinar throws light on physical security and its benefits for the various markets

The webinar covered dos and don'ts of video surveillance, scalability and multi-service networks etcPhysical security is becoming a critical topic for healthcare, housing authorities, education institutes, retail and commercial applications. Many of those entities have chosen to install network-based security and surveillance system in order to proactively combat violence and vandalism, and provide a safe environment.In the online webinar Adam Thermos, former Criminology Professor and an establi...

Verint and Motorola team up for integration of recording software with IP radio system

Verint has completed integration testing of its recording software with Motorola's IP radio systemVerint® Systems Inc. announced the expansion of its relationship with premier trunked radio provider Motorola. As a Motorola TETRA Application Partner, Verint has completed integration testing of its flagship public safety Audiolog™ recording software with Motorola's Dimetra™ IP radio system. Audiolog is part of Verint's broader Impact 360® for Public Safety solution an...

Security tradeshow, Intersec Thailand 2010, rescheduled to 2011 owing to political situation

Intersec Thailand is part of Messe Frankfurt's global network of security trade fairsIntersec Thailand scheduled for 15 - 17 September 2010 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre has been rescheduled to 2011 owing to the current political situation in Thailand. A new date for the event will be announced in due course.The organisers Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and Ipex - International Promotion & Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced the rescheduling on 27 May 2010 d...

Axis Security opens new office in Newcastle

Lord Mayor of Newcastle (L) and Jonathan Levine, Managing Director of Axis Security (R)The Lord Mayor of Newcastle officially welcomed Axis Security, one of the UK's fastest growing manned guarding businesses, to Newcastle at the opening of its new regional operations centre.Axis, which is well-known for providing high-level security for a number of prestigious financial institutions and professional firms in the South, as it looks to expand its operations nationwide by opening a new office...

Axis publishes Annual Report for 2009

 Axis announced that 7,000 Axis 209FD-R network cameras will be installed on trains in SydneyThe year in briefSales totalled SEK 2,301 M (1,975), corresponding to growth of 17 percentOperating profit amounted to SEK 308 M (341)Profit after tax amounted to SEK 218 M (252)Events during the quarters 2009Q1: In March, a configuration and logistics centre (CLC) was established in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Martin Gren, one of Axis' founders, accepted the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awa...

Avigilon's surveillance system at the Dallas Love Field Airport sets benchmark for advanced security systems

Tour of Dallas Airport to highlight new Security Operations Centre featuring the Avigilon HD Surveillance SystemAvigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that one of its flagship customers, Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, is being showcased to a delegation of airport executives from Latin America. Sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and managed by the American Association of Airport Executives, the D...

Catch QNAP at COMPUTEX 2010 with new security products line-up

  QNAP to showcase NAS and NVR solutions at COMPUTEX  2010QNAP Systems, Inc., the leading provider of network-attached storage (NAS), network video surveillance systems (NVR), and Network Multimedia Player (NMP), is pleased to announce that they are exhibiting at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2010, the largest computer exhibition in Asia. They are going to demonstrate the new-generation Intel-based Turbo NAS series with significant breakthrough in hardware design to bring groundbreaking perform...

Compro's IP video and intruder alarm system on show at Computex 2010

Compro integrates IP cameras and alarm sensors into one total solutionAccording to the recent report of the research firm Park Associates, monitoring fees for U.S. Households has increased 15% from $28.60 to $32.00 between 2008 and 2010.The residential security market keeps growing due to the rising burglary rate and home security awareness. Compro listens and responds to this demand and comes out with affordable Smart Home Solution for the market, to be exhibited at Computex 2010. Compro Smart...

IFSEC 2010 in Pictures

The SourceSecurity.com team on the ground at this year's IFSEC recorded many of the exhibitors in their full glory:See the album with captions

ONVIF takes another leap in surveillance standardisation by adding physical access control in its scope

The goal of the scope extension is to create a global network interface standard for access control devicesONVIF, the leading standardisation initiative for network video products, announced that it will extend its scope to also include physical access control systems. The goal of the scope extension is to create a global network interface standard for access control devices as well as to ensure interoperability between network video products and access control systems.Many companies, including...

Axis expands sales and marketing efforts to meet increasing network video demand

Axis will add central and local resources to enhance network video educationAxis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, announces that it is expanding its worldwide sales and marketing organisation to help meet growing market demand. This expansion will enable Axis to better serve the current and future needs of its customers and its partner ecosystem and will specifically include more corporate and local resources to support specialist competencies in vertical industry s...

IMS Research predicts continued growth of remote video monitoring market

The remote video monitoring services market was worth nearly $250m across the Americas and EMEA in 2009According to a new report from IMS Research, remote video monitoring is forecast to be the fastest growing service within the remote monitoring market. The remote video monitoring services market was worth nearly $250m across the Americas and EMEA in 2009, and is experiencing impressive growth which will continue to accelerate as the global economy recovers and technology improves.According to...

AD Network Video highlighted enterprising surveillance solutions at IFSEC 2010

NetVu Connected is at the heart of all IP video and integrated security products from AD Group companiesAD Network Video - the enterprise video arm of AD Group - promoted its high-level surveillance capabilities at the recent  IFSEC 2010 exhibition in Birmingham on a joint stand with Dedicated Micros, so emphasising the common technology base that exists across AD Group.AD Group created AD Network Video to bridge a critical gap in the market by offering the benefits of its world-leading vid...

Visionhitech Americas joins the Professional Security Alliance

Visionhitech Americas Inc will be joining other leading members of the security industry at PSA-TEC showVisionhitech Americas Inc is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to join the Professional Security Alliance. This brings VAI, a division of Visionhitech Co Ltd, into the world's largest family of security professionals, and gives the country's leading specialist integrators access to VAI's unique product offering.Scott Hamasaki, Managing Director, Visionhitech Americas Inc, sai...

Panasonic is a winner at the IFSEC Security Industry Awards

The WV-CP500 static camera combines Super Dynamic 5 with Adaptive Black Stretch technologyPanasonic have for a long time provided accolade winning security solutions and with 2010's IFSEC now complete they have come home with another decoration to add to the collection, this time it's for the most prestigious annual CCTV product award from the industry's equivalent of the Oscars, the ‘IFSEC Security Industry Awards' where the company picked up the title of ‘CCTV Camera Equipment of t...

Axis' network cameras selected to improve passenger security on Madrid's buses

Each bus will include three Axis M3113-R network cameras and one Axis Q7401 video encoderAxis Communications' network cameras will be installed on Madrid's 2,300 public buses. Each bus will include three network cameras and one video encoder. The network video products will be part of a security system to improve passenger's security and safety. The installation started in late 2009 and the whole installation will be finished by the end of 2010."During the last few years we have seen a lot...

CitySync's ANPR surveillance software now available on the Casio DT-X30

The DT-X30GR-30C surveillance terminal was developed using ISO 13407 human-centred design processesCitysync displayed its ‘JetMate' ANPR software on the Casio DT-X30 hand-held computer at IFSEC 2010.The JetMate software allows the DT-X30 to become a fully portable hand-held ANPR system running CitySync's internationally respected ANPR recognition engine with a choice of Windows CE or Windows Mobile.JetMate speeds up the process of collecting vehicle number plates in the field by up to 30 t...

SIA announces ICAM Panelists for Government Summit

 The summit will provide update on the federal identity, credential and access management (ICAM) initiativeThe Security Industry Association has announced the panelists for the ICAM discussion at the Government Summit in Washington, D.C., in June. The session, which is planned for the second day of the June 8-9 event, will provide an update regarding the federal identity, credential and access management (ICAM) initiative. The Federal Identity, Credential, and Acces...

VIVOTEK's IP surveillance solutions to get good exposure at ExpoSec 2010

VIVOTEK will showcase new IP camera models exhibiting the convergence of benefits of HD and megapixelAt this year's ExpoSec, VIVOTEK will showcase its latest products, technologies, and surveillance solutions.As any security expert can tell you, megapixel IP cameras represent the future of the industry; however, in many cases, there still exist challenges in actual application. At VIVOTEK's booth, you will be able to speak to their sales and engineering representatives to explore the solutions t...

Mirasys Ltd. spreads its surveillance solution offering to Italy and Thailand

Argenti comes to Mirasys Italy having worked with HP for several years before joining an IP surveillance start-upMirasys Ltd, a provider of open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions, announced the opening of its Italian and Thai offices. These two offices open just a year after the launch of Mirasys UK, announced at IFSEC 2009, and demonstrate Mirasys' continued global expansion and corporate success. Elio Argenti has been appointed as General Manager of the Mirasys office in M...

VideoIQ executive highlights importance of video analytics in shaping the security industry at IFSEC 2010 session

Video analytics are changing the physical security industry by making video surveillance proactiveVideoIQ, the leader in video surveillance innovation, announced that Gary Pfeiffer, Vice President of worldwide sales co-presented a session with Neil Smith, Group Managing Director, Clear Image Group at the international security conference, IFSEC. Titled "Why Video Analytics Will Change the Security Industry," the session took place at 11:15 a.m. on May 11, 2010 at the NEC in Birmingham,...

Security industry's ‘Meet the Buyers' event a resounding success, reports BSIA

The event offers a chance for companies to showcase products and services to overseas security buyersThis year's well-attended Meet the Buyers event held at IFSEC 2010 was a great success securing a record number of meetings between UK companies and overseas buyers, says the British Security Industry Association (BSIA).The event is organised by the BSIA in partnership with UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) and International Trade Promotion Centre and has been r...

Effective security for freights on passenger flights a key issue at this year's Transport Security Expo

August will see another deadline missed to deliver effective security for belly-hold freight on passenger flightsAugust will see another deadline missed to deliver effective security for belly-hold freight on passenger flights. The news was broken by Gale Rossides, Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in testimony before the Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on Homeland Security in the US House of Representatives in early March.Rossides told the subcomm...

Fabien Haubert's promotion to bolster Optelecom-NKF's video surveillance solution sales in the EMEA market

Optelecom-NKF Inc. is a manufacturer of market leading Siqura advanced video surveillance solutionsOptelecom-NKF Inc., manufacturer of market leading Siqura® advanced video surveillance solutions, recently promoted Fabien Haubert to the position of Senior Sales Director of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), a role in which he will increase his responsibilities at a corporate level by entering the company's Leadership Team. Mr. Haubert's new function involves guiding Optelecom...

UK Government places CCTV regulation as key priority

The BSIA has a long track record in working alongside the UK government to advice on CCTVAs the new coalition government publishes its plans for civil liberties in the UK, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA)'s CCTV Section has welcomed plans for a further focus on the regulation of CCTV and calls for the new Government to work closely with key stakeholders, including the BSIA, in its decision making. The coalition document sets out the agreements reached between the Conservatives an...

Milestone adds On-Com as a new distributor for its IP surveillance software

On-Com was founded by security industry professionals with a special focus on network videoMilestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software, has added a new distributor in the growing Russian market: On-Com is a company of IT experts with a focus on the enduring prospects of network surveillance solutions.Milestone Systems is the documented global leader in open platform IP video management software, and has had an international strategy from the start. With headquart...

Craig Schaefer joins Pelco as Director of Partnering and Strategic Alliances

 Craig will be responsible for securing additional alliances and partnerships within the security and IT industriesPelco is pleased to announce that Craig Schaefer has joined the company as the Director of Partnering and Strategic Alliances. "We are very excited to have Craig join Pelco. Our momentum in developing strategic alliances and partnerships is very strong and is a key component to our corporate strategy of open systems. We will be asking Craig to drive the already establ...

Security companies Brickcom and Network Video Systems to host Technology Roadshow

Brickcom will teach how to create a secure wireless IP surveillance system with the BrickOne SolutionBrickcom Corporation, a rising leader in the IP surveillance industry, will join new distributor, Northern Video Systems, a leading distributor of security, surveillance, and networking products in the United States, for four stops on its Technology Roadshow:May 20: New York, New YorkJune 24: Washington DCJuly 22: North Hollywood, CaliforniaOctober 7: Atlanta, GeorgiaThe road show will feature pr...