Author: Stan Lewis
BCDVideo Releases 84TB 2U Video Recording Storage Server
BCDVideo released an 84TB model of their Nova Series video recording storage platform. This new capability allows BCDVideo?s BCD380V8-M system to manage up to 73TB of RAID 5 useable internal video storage —a 150% capacity increase— while still only using two rack spaces. The BCDVideo Nova Series is manufactured specifically for Enterprise IP Video Surveillance applications. The Nova Series is our newest-generation platform utilizing 6G SAS technology which enables more high-megapixel cameras per system than traditional SATA-based servers. BCDVideo?s recorders are designed with Intel® Xeon® processors, offering superior system performance. This video recording platform is built with scalability, reliability, and longevity in mind.
Iowa Class Action Suit Filed Over Traffic Cameras
A class-action lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is challenging automated traffic cameras that City officials say save lives and reduce crashes. The cameras came under fire after the Iowa Department of Transportation said two Interstate 380 speed cameras —two of the most productive in the traffic enforcement program— don?t comply with state rules requiring at least 1,000 feet between a camera and speed limit change.
Device Knocks Surveillance Drones, Google Glass Off Network
While tech aficionados get ready to shell out cash for smart watches and other “smart” wearables hitting the market, developer Julian Oliver is looking to quash the potential surveillance capabilities of such devices. Oliver, an engineer, artist, and open-source advocate based in Berlin, aims to do that with a new device called Cyborg Unplug. Expected to be available for pre-order on September 30, Cyborg Unplug is described as a “wireless anti-surveillance system for the home and workplace.”
DVtel Adds Advanced 4K Ultra HD Cameras to Its ’4K Certified Solutions Suite’
DVTEL, INC., the video surveillance solutions provider, announced today its new Quasar 4K Ultra HD Camera line, a core component of the ?DVTEL 4K Certified Solutions.? The camera line will consist of advanced mini-dome and bullet form factors. Bringing the latest 4K technology to DVTEL?s value-added resellers and end users, the DVTEL Quasar 4K Ultra HD Cameras deliver technology that sets a new industry evidentiary quality standard.
Tyco Security Products Brings CEM Brand of Intelligent Access Control Solutions to Americas
Tyco Security Products, part of Tyco (NYSE: TYC), the world?s largest pure-play fire protection and security company, announced today that it is bringing its popular brand of CEM Systems access control products to the Americas. CEM solutions have been sold primarily in EMEA and Asia for over 25 years. Their first to market innovative hardware and software solutions have been extremely popular with security-conscious airports which use a custom version of CEM?s flagship AC2000 access control solution.
VIVOTEK Unveils Two State-of-the-Art 5-Megapixel Fisheye Fixed Dome Network Cameras
VIVOTEK is pleased to announce the launch of its two market leading and innovative network cameras: FE8181 and FE8181V. In addition to 5-Megapixel and fisheye fixed dome features, the cameras are furnished with a removable IR-cut filter for Day & Night functionality, and a built-in 10 meter IR Illuminator for uniform lighting across a 360° surround view, making them standouts in the fisheye camera market. With the IR features superior image quality is guaranteed throughout the entire day.
Viscount Awarded Contracts to Secure Sites for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Viscount Systems (OTCQB:VSYS), a leading provider of IT-based security software and services, today announced that it has been awarded additional contracts to secure U.S. Federal Government facilities in Washington, D.C., and Ohio for the Department of Homeland Security ? United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Atlanta Metro Area School District Migrates to High-Definition IP Surveillance System
American Dynamics, a Tyco Security Products brand that is part of Tyco (NYSE: TYC), the world?s largest pure-play fire protection and security company, announced today that Cherokee County School District (CCSD), located in the Atlanta metro area, has chosen its American Dynamics video security solutions to secure its schools and other facilities. One of the largest public school systems in the state of Georgia, CCSD encompasses 57 schools and other buildings, including 24 elementary schools, seven middle schools, seven high schools, three preschool centers, central offices and warehouses, along with its 40,000 students and 4,500 staff.
AT&T Licenses Its ?Digital Life? Home Automation Service to Telefonica
AT&T is announcing that European carrier Telefonica has agreed to start selling AT&T’s home automation and security service outside the United States. Even before it launched the so-called Digital Life service last year, AT&T had said it would look for opportunities to license the technology to others. Getting that first customer is a big deal, AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie said in an interview.
Google’s Latest Object Recognition Tech Can Spot Everything in Your Living Room
Automatic object recognition in images is currently tricky. Even if a computer has the help of smart algorithms and human assistants, it may not catch everything in a given scene. Google might change that soon, though; it just detailed a new detection system that can easily spot lots of objects in a scene, even if they’re partly obscured. The key is a neural network that can rapidly refine the criteria it’s looking for without requiring a lot of extra computing power.
VMS NETAVIS Observer 4.5 Released
NETAVIS Observer 4.5 is out now in its second version 4.5.1! With many new video management features and an innovative set of seamlessly integrated iCAT traffic video analytics, this release offers new highlights in addition to all previous functionalities. Among them are the picture in picture archive access within the online monitor, a versatile live stream embedding in websites, an archive efficiency feature for improved utilisation of storage capacity, a generic RTSP driver enabling video streaming for many non-integrated cameras, a visual camera status overview and many more.
Dallmeier’s New 5000 Series Light Sensitivity and Resolutions Up to 4K
Coinciding perfectly with the Security trade fair, Dallmeier is bringing a new line of cameras onto the market: The 5000 series features resolutions up to 4K and a special ?Nightline? range for optimal image reproduction even in poor light conditions. Whether in the form of a redesigned box camera or a vandal-resistant dome camera ? the new 5000 series cameras are most remarkable for their high resolution, frame rate and light sensitivity. The latest generation of encoders provides for realtime ultra-HD video (2160p/30) in the DF5400HD range: These cameras deliver pinpoint sharp 4K pictures in real time and support resolutions of up to 8-megapixels. If 3K or resolutions up to 6-megapixels are sufficient, the DF5300HD range is perfect.
SeSys Delivers 500th ATEX Certified Digital IP CCTV
MOBOTIX AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has announced that SeSys, an Advanced Partner has shipped its 500th ATEX / IECEx digital CCTV IP-camera based on a modified MOBOTIX core within a unique design certified for use within inhospitable, hazardous, or explosive areas. The SeSys ATEX and IECEx certified models offer high resolution images for live monitoring and can include integral storage to record any images for post processing or record keeping.
Dallmeier Introduces New Patented Panomera Multifocal Sensor Models
The new Panomera? lines differ primarily in light sensitivity and frame rate. Baseline, with a frame rate of 12.5 fps and a light sensitivity of 0.5 lux is an excellent choice for well-lit scenes. Topline, with a light sensitivity of 0.1 lux and a frame rate of 30 fps is an “all-round talent” for good to moderate illumination. Nightline, with a light sensitivity of 0.002 lux and a frame rate of 30 fps, is ideal even for night-time applications. Thus any situation at all can be mastered brilliantly, including those where lighting is poor.
MicroPower Technologies Joins the Security Industry Association
MicroPower Technologies Inc., an award-winning provider of surveillance solutions optimized for rapid, cost-effective deployment, announced today that it has joined the Security Industry Association (SIA), a non-profit trade association representing manufacturers, service providers and integrators of physical security products.
Dahua 720p Vari-Focal HDCVI Cameras Now Available
Dahua Technology, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance products headquartered in Hangzhou, China has introduced two new vari-focal HDCVI cameras – 720p IR box camera HAC-HFW1100R-VF and IR dome HAC-HDBW1100R-VF, which further completes its HDCVI portfolio.
Milestone Systems Adds Support for Offline Camera Recording Using ONVIF
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has just released its bi-monthly Device Pack 7.5 for the XProtect? portfolio of VMS products. The most significant feature in this upgrade is support for ONVIF Edge Storage: cameras with Edge Storage can record video directly on internal storage.
BCDVideo Introduces Gamma Series Monitoring Stations
BCDVideo?s Gamma Series family is designed specifically for Commercial environments such as Access Control and IP Video Surveillance. The solution is designed to be in 24x7x365 applications and powerful enough to render high quality megapixel images.
Mobile Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) Driving Growth in US
Research Note: The North American PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems) service market is forecast to grow from $700 million in 2014 to $1.5 billion in 2019. The main market drivers are a growing elderly population and the increased use of mPERS, according to a recently published report from IHS Inc.
Vicon and IQinVision Merger Approved
Vicon Industries, Inc. (VII: NYSE-MKT) (?Vicon?), a designer and producer of video security and surveillance systems, said that it has completed the previously announced merger with IQinVision, Inc. (?IQinVision?), a designer and producer of high performance HD/megapixel IP cameras. The merger creates a global market leader of integrated solutions to the video security market.