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OnSSI Adds EOS Australia To Its Growing Distribution Network
OnSSI, the market leader in open-architecture and intelligent IP video surveillance software, has named EOS Australia Pty Ltd as the latest firm to join their distribution network. The organization supported by Brassets International Pty Ltd (OnSSI’s Master Distributor for the region) will manage wholesale sales activity for OnSSI across Australia and New Zealand.
Veracity Helps Police Scotland Protect The Open
Veracity, a leading provider of innovative, intelligent solutions that solve real-world IP video challenges in transmission, storage, and display has provided key technology to Police Scotland’s Communications vehicle infrastructure protecting last week’s Open Golf Championship in Troon. Whilst the biggest annual golf event in the UK is played out to millions across global television networks, Police Scotland’s duty is to monitor the site which welcomed over 173,000 visitors during the 4-days of the Championship.
Surveon Announced Upgraded VMS To Enhance Surveillance Applications
Surveon Technology, the end-to-end IP surveillance solution provider, announced the latest version of NVR EC 3.3 and EC 4.0, along with its central management software Surveon Control Center (SCC) 2.7 and SurveOne Phase 1.2 will be released by the end of this month. Some advanced features such as live view object tracking, fisheye auto tracking, and failover solution are expected to not only enhance the efficiency of monitoring but also provide a more cost-efficient solution for most advanced applications.
Arteco Announces Integration With BlueWave Security Through Open Connector
Arteco, a global provider of event-driven intelligent video management solutions, announced today its integration of BlueWave Security access control solutions. BlueWave leveraged Arteco’s Open Connector, an integration platform that make the interoperability between systems and devices and provides an intuitive process to leverage the full power of the Arteco Video Event Management (VEMS) system.
Tyco Security Products Delivers Wireless Lock Integration And Connected Partner Program With Kantech EntraPass 7.0
EntraPass’ integration with ASSA ABLOY Aperio Wireless Lock Technology provides customers an affordable way to bring the flexibility of wireless locks to any door in a facility including cabinets, drawers, and server racks with little to no operational disruption. The Aperio locks become part of the EntraPass security software eco-system and can be managed from the EntraPass interface for a unified security management experience.
Why We Must Continue To Turn The Camera On Police
When MIT grad student Steve Mann began wearing a computer and a head-mounted camera every moment of the day in 1981, he wasn’t thinking of Black Lives Matter, racism, or police violence. But Mann, now a professor at the University of Toronto, may have given us the key concept for understanding the role of ubiquitous cameras in documenting police violence against people of color. Thirty-five years ago, Mann began thinking about a future that seems increasingly real—a world in which cameras are ubiquitous and can store and share what they see. Mann believed that his Eyetap system would be helpful in enhancing human capability and memory, allowing complete recall of past events. But he also predicted that it would have powerful social effects as millions of people with connected cameras could collectively hold authorities responsible for their misdeeds.
Toshiba Micro-Dome IP-Camera Provides Discreet Video Surveillance
Discreet, non-obtrusive surveillance cameras are ideal where space is limited or when it is important that subjects not be aware they are being monitored. To meet this growing need, Toshiba is offering the new IKS-WD6123 3-megapixel micro-dome IP camera that provides a cost-effective surveillance solution for discreet indoor installations that require superior picture quality at minimal bandwidth.
IDIS And Edge360 Integrate Technologies To Ensure Public Safety In City Of Houston
Global surveillance powerhouse IDIS and innovative homeland security solutions provider Edge360 have announced the successful proof of concept of the companies’ groundbreaking mobile Public Safety Video System during the City of Houston’s 2016 Freedom Over Texas Festival. The successful deployment of the system by the City of Houston over the 4th of July weekend further confirms the nation’s fourth largest city’s place as a homeland security innovator, with a demonstrated commitment to public safety and the security of both residents and visitors.
Global IP-Cameras Consumption 2016 Market Research Report
The Global IP Cameras Consumption 2016 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the IP-Cameras market. The report provides major statistics on the state of the industry and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the market. The report also provides a conclusion of the Global IP-Cameras Consumption 2016 Market Research Report.
Video Surveillance Storage Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2016 – 2022
Use of video surveillance in organizations across each vertical is growing, mounting up new challenges related to handling surveillance systems and storing the exponentially increasing volume of raw video footage. Many of the large enterprises use more than 100 cameras on an average, which are functioning 24×7 around the clock – with no end in sight. The number of surveillance cameras and the worth of video analytics are only projected to grow and so is the need for video surveillance storage. Commercial expansion triggers maximum investment in video surveillance; higher capacity storage media is a vital prerequisite for these system upgrades. With the advancement in storage technologies over the last decade and introduction of IP-cameras, the process of video surveillance became simpler and the demand for video surveillance storage amplified.
NEC Trials Facial Recognition-Based Cashless Payment, Wins Award For Ticket ID System
NEC Corporation announced it is implementing a series of trials for cashless payment services using its facial recognition technologies at small retail stores inside its head office building in Tokyo. The trials will run until the end of August as a part of the company’s initiatives to apply its biometrics authentication technologies to several different services, including cashless payment, in an effort to improve the reliability and convenience of the identification process.
Sielox Pinnacle Access Control Management
The Sielox Pinnacle® v.10 by Sielox LLC includes more than 30 upgrades designed to help users improve access control management. An updated version of the Sielox 1700 Controller is also available; it features additional integrations with various AD and NDE locks.access control management. The Pinnacle access control management solution offers greater control over facility security. Configurations can be made for a small office, a facility, or across a campus with a multitude of access points. Pinnacle is available in several configurations to match an organization’s evolving needs: Pinnacle Lite, Standard, Plus, and Professional.
MOBOTIX CORP Wins Patent Challenge Again
Following a request from MOBOTIX CORP to review the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,975,220, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) ruled that the main claims of the patent are invalid and will be canceled.
Carole Dougan Retires From Arecont Vision As Vice President North American Sales
Arecont Vision®, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, has announced the retirement of Carole Dougan as Vice President of North American Sales. During Ms. Dougan’s tenure with Arecont Vision, the company dramatically grew its business in North America. North American sales are on plan for the first half of 2016, achieving significant year-to-date growth over the same period in the preceding year.
Milestone Announces Two New Strategic Partnerships
Milestone announced two new strategic partnerships at the recent IFSEC tradeshow in London, England. This direct result of the Milestone commitment to the partner and customer communities serves to enhance the solution power for the communities. The first partnership is with Dell OEM Solutions. This partnership brings high-performance server solutions to the EMEA market and partner communities of Dell and Milestone. The second strategic partnership is with Neda.
Melrose Industries PLC To Acquire Nortek, Inc.
Melrose Industries Plc, a UK-based investment firm has announced that is has acquired Nortek, Inc., a global company with brands including 2GIG, NuTone, and Elan. It is unclear at this time what direction this has for Nortek Security & Control, which specializes in residential security and home automation products and services.
BCDVideo Delivers New Avaya-Based Shortest Path Bridging Network Switches: And Why You Should Care
Some technical professionals may take offense to the following statement, but our technical tendency whenever a server/NVR starts to drop frames or “go black” is to start dropping camera resolutions, drop frame rates, or drop camera bitrates, and/or add more servers/NVRs. So little attention, historically, has been paid to the actual ‘network’ equipment in these network video recording solutions. Not so un-noticed, video surveillance puts such a tremendous load on I.P. networks (just ask the corporate network admin) and has been a major bottleneck component since the first network surveillance camera came online. Where typical corporate networks have been more plug-and-play in their usage, video surveillance pushes the geek level of network management to a much higher level of sophistication. If we are honest with ourselves, this intimidates many physical security/video surveillance professionals. To be fair, these security professionals are not computer networking experts. Trying to understand the impact RTSP has on a network or the importance of every frame making it from end-to-end has not been as important to some smaller installations. However, when keeping a video feed pumping with no interruption is important then it becomes vital to understand the network configurations.
DTT Solidifies Relationship With Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisee
DTT announced a strengthened partnership with First Cup LLC, a 60-store Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee based in Chandler, Arizona. With locations throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, and Nevada, DTT provides comprehensive loss prevention and managed services for 30 First Cup stores with several installations currently pending. First Cup’s introduction to DTT took place in late 2013. The company was highly impressed with the range of DTT’s services and sophisticated technology. In March 2015, DTT was added to Dunkin’ Brands US list of vendors; First Cup contacted DTT within a week to sign 60 existing locations and all new construction stores. The rollout is still underway in order to work around First Cup remodeling and ensure a smooth transition from the previous surveillance provider.
Mushroom Networks Introduces ThirdEye 4000i For Mission-Critical PTZ Surveillance
Mushroom Networks, innovators in Broadband-Bonding™ and Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) platforms, has launched ThirdEye 4000i, a hardened, Internet bonding device that can combine up to 4 cellular data connections into a single Internet connection so that video surveillance systems, such as Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) surveillance cameras, can be deployed without requiring wired Internet connections and still support high fidelity, high resolution and low latency over bonded cellular modems. With four embedded modems that support all carriers worldwide, a wide temperature range, greater vibration tolerance, and perhaps most importantly, Mushroom Networks’ proprietary Broadband Bonding technology, the ThirdEye 4000i is an ideal solution for remote surveillance applications without access to wired Internet that require mission-critical reliability.
4 Ways Intelligent Video Analytics Enhance Body-Worn Cameras
Body-worn cameras have been a growing trend in the law enforcement community for the last several years. Yet, as agencies worldwide establish body-worn camera programs, they are challenged with how to access, manage, protect, search, and easily share that video. The hundreds to even millions of hours of video that agencies —depending on size— are capturing weekly is simply overwhelming them and complicates compliance with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Criminal Justice Information Standards (CJIS) requirements. Agencies can deploy Video Analytics solutions to help them face these challenges in four key ways.