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Axis Strengthens Network Video Recorder Portfolio With All-in-One Appliances

Axis Communications, the market leader in network video, launches the integrated AXIS Camera Station S20 Appliance Series, which is ideal for small to midsized businesses and features storage, video management software (VMS), a managed Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch and support for 4K Ultra HD all in one box. The new AXIS S20 Series offers a complete and reliable video surveillance system up to 24 channels and has a comprehensive 3-year warranty.

Axis Launches Small And Powerful Network Video Door Station

Axis Communications, the market leader in network video, introduces AXIS A8105-E Network Video Door Station that can allow operators to monitor entrances, communicate directly with visitors, and open doors remotely, using a mobile app, IP phone or Video Management System (VMS). The door station is ideal for installations within the retail, education or healthcare segments and its small size allows it to be installed where space is limited.

Boon Edam Launches Slimmest Single Wing Access Gate

Royal Boon Edam International B.V., one of the world?s largest manufacturers of architectural revolving doors, today announced the launch of the Winglock Swing, an intuitive, elegant new single wing access gate. This gate is specifically designed to either coordinate with the contemporary Speedlane Lifeline series (as an additional specialized lane) or be used as a stand-alone single installation.

Promise Technology Announces Availability Of New Vess NVRs For IP Video Surveillance At IFSEC

Security professionals in the video surveillance industry will be able to deploy new NVR storage servers that save costs and deliver incredible performance with the availability of the Promise Vess A2330 and A3340. Vess A2330 is a 2U 6-bay NVR which offers low latency recording for entry level deployments of up to 35 cameras per system. Vess A3340 is a powerful 2U 8-bay NVR designed for mid-sized surveillance deployments of up to 80 IP-cameras.

Searching Archived Video And Bandwidth Management Improved In exacqVision 7.8

With the release of exacqVision 7.8 video management system (VMS) software, Tyco Security Products increases local client video performance on all exacqVision network video recorders (NVR) and client workstations. exacqVision version 7.8 video management system (VMS) software also includes new direct archive search, camera connection diagnostics, hard disk drive serviceability, faster searching in Exacq Mobile, and license management functionality across all exacqVision servers in Enterprise System Manager (ESM), a health monitoring program for use with exacqVision Enterprise network video recorders (NVRs). With exacqVision version 7.8, the exacqVision client provides faster access to video and better bandwidth management.

Avigilon’s ‘Appearance Search’ Advances Video Surveillance

Avigilon Corporation (TSX: AVO), provider of trusted security solutions, announced it will preview the new Avigilon Appearance Search video analytics technology at IFSEC International 2016, ExCel Centre stand G950, in London, United Kingdom. In concert with this announcement, Avigilon has filed the first in a series of international patent applications covering Avigilon Appearance Search.

Arecont Vision SurroundVideo Omni Mini Megapixel Camera Unveiled At IFSEC London

Arecont Vision®, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, unveiled the SurroundVideo® Omni Mini dual sensor megapixel camera at IFSEC International. The SurroundVideo Omni Mini features twin megapixel camera sensors that are individually mounted in the Arecont Vision-designed 3-axis gimbals for outstanding adjustability and are each able to look in virtually any direction, including straight down.

Yuji Ichimura New Chairman Of MOBOTIX Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board of Mobotix has a new chairman. Yuji Ichimura, Executive Officer of Konica Minolta, Inc., the majority shareholder of MOBOTIX, was elected by the Supervisory Board of the company as its new chairman, following his appointment as new member of the supervisory board by the register court upon a motion by the company.

New AirLive Topology PoE Network Switch

AirLive has announced an innovative new product called the Topology PoE Switch that is an ideal PoE solution, especially managing AirLive’s network Access Points. The Topology PoE Switch makes troubleshooting easier, supports more configuration intuitiveness, provides greater visibility into networks, and is available with network topology that features automatically mapping your network deployment.

Siklu Announces Affordable 60GHz Radio For Interference-Free Connectivity

Siklu, the leader in millimeter wave wireless solutions, announces an affordable V-band radio for providing interference-free connectivity on the street. Operating in the 60GHz band, the new EtherHaul-500 provides predictable and reliable performance, perfect for upgrading congested 5GHz networks. The 60GHz band is characterized by abundant license-free spectrum, minimal reflections and narrow beam-width that enable dense link deployment.

Surveon Launches Storage-Server NVR5400 Series For Mission-Critical Surveillance

Surveon Technology, the end-to-end IP surveillance solution provider, introduced the newest storage-server NVR5400 Series at IFSEC, offering an alternative to the current enterprise network video recorder product line. Featuring 12- or 16-bay hot-swappable hard drives and hardware RAID data protection, NVR5400 Series supports 5MP video recording of up to 64-channels and SAS storage with up to 316 hard drives for 1-year plus video retention, making it ideal for mission-critical projects like city surveillance, industrial, and government projects.

Growth In Global Professional Video Surveillance Market Slowed In 2015

This is a Research Note from IHS, Inc., providing information on the latest findings from its research into the video surveillance equipment market. The world market for professional video surveillance equipment grew by 1.9% in revenues in 2015. This is according to recently published estimates from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), through its Video Surveillance Intelligence Service. This is a much lower rate of growth than in 2014 (14.2%) and 2013 (6.8%).

Wavestore?s New Server And Appliance Line-Up; Pre-Installed With Wavestore V6 VMS

Wavestore’s new NVR video storage units have been designed to meet the widest possible range of small, medium and large video surveillance applications and come pre-installed with Wavestore V6. With the option to upgrade or expand at any time in the future without having to reinstall the software, users can choose from Base, Premium, or Enterprise levels and select the exact number of camera licenses required for the application at hand.

Axis Introduces Industry’s First IP-Cameras With i-CS Lens

Axis Communications introduces the industry’s first IP-cameras featuring i-CS lens. This latest lens technology is the result of a joint development between Axis Communications and the Japanese leading lens manufacturer Computar® (CBC Group). The new intelligent i-CS lens directly exchange information such as its geometrical distortion and the exact position of its zoom, focus, and iris opening. Thanks to several motors inside the i-CS lens, both zoom, focus, and iris opening can be remotely adjusted.

CohuHD Costar Unveils Latest Camera For City Surveillance, Traffic Management

Integrating the latest video compression and high-definition IP technology into its innovative, rugged video camera systems, CohuHD’s line of high quality HD cameras, transmission equipment and management software can be found on the International Space Station and monitoring the busiest freeways and ports, military bases, U.S. Navy ships, oil refineries, nuclear reactors, mines, high value manufacturing sites, and many other critical installations around the globe.

U.S. Intelligence Community Examining Video Analytics

The purpose of the conference, which will be held in Washington, DC, will be to provide information on DIVA and the research problems the program aims to address, to address questions from potential proposers and to provide a forum for potential proposers to present their capabilities for teaming opportunities. The DIVA program will be designed to develop robust automated activity detection for a multi-camera streaming video environment. As an essential aspect of DIVA, activities will be enriched by person and object detection, as well as recognition at multiple levels of granularity. DIVA is anticipated to be a three-phase program. The DIVA program will produce a common framework and software prototype for activity detection, person and/or object detection and recognition across a multi-camera network. The impact will be the development of tools for forensic analysis, as well as real-time alerting for user defined threat scenarios.

Appeals Court: States Can Restrict Concealed Weapons

Americans have no Second Amendment right to carry concealed guns in public, a federal appeals court in California ruled on Thursday in a significant blow to gun-rights activists and gun owners in a large swath of the Western U.S. The San Francisco-based Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 7-4 ruling, upheld a California law requiring residents to show ?good cause? for carrying a concealed handgun. Under the California law, personal safety alone doesn’t qualify as good cause, which is defined by county sheriffs. The plaintiffs, gun owners seeking licenses to carry their weapons concealed, said the policies in San Diego and Yolo counties where they live violated their Second Amendment rights.

G4S Stock Dives On News It Employed Orlando Shooter

Shares in security firm G4S slumped to their lowest since 2009 after it emerged that the gunman who killed 50 clubbers in a Florida nightclub this weekend was an employee. Omar Mateen, an American citizen who pledged allegiance to Islamic State before embarking on the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, had worked for the global giant since 2007, the company confirmed.