Surveillance

Vicon Delivers Surveillance To 9000 Acre Mountaintop Community

Vicon Industries, Inc. announced that Meyers Security Services of Chattanooga, TN, has completed the next phase of a video surveillance installation encompassing the Jasper Highlands luxury residential development located 30 miles west of Chattanooga. Video from a 12 MP Vicon camera mounted on the roof of ?Pat?s Summitt? Jasper Highland?s outdoor entertainment pavilion located in the heart of the community, is so spectacular that the local Chattanooga Channel 9 weather forecast broadcasts its live feed.

Dayton Church Catches The Bad Guys With Verified Video Surveillance

3xLOGIC, announced that Northwest Church of Christ in Dayton, Ohio was broken into recently and Sonitrol of SW Ohio, using technology from 3xLOGIC, worked with local law enforcement to apprehend the intruder and prevent damage or theft from the facility. The church is located in a rough part of town, with a large homeless population. Church of Christ has installed Multi-Sensor devices connected to the Sonitrol Central Station to provide an active, visible deterrent to break-ins. Unfortunately, the church was undergoing renovations and someone left a door unlocked.

Dahua Unveils H.265 XVR Product Series

Dahua Technology has officially launched its H.265 XVR product series. After upgrading its codec format from H.264 to H.265 and then to H.265+, H.265 XVR delivers a more cost-efficient storage method with smaller storage, stronger compatibility and enhanced intelligence, solving the much higher demand on storage capability placed by the widespread of 4K/4MP UHD devices, and offering the customers and partners more business opportunities.

Avigilon Launches Blue Cloud Service Platform

Avigilon Corporation announced that Avigilon Blue, its new integrator cloud service platform, is now available for order. Avigilon Blue is a powerful and advanced cloud service platform for security and surveillance that is purpose-built for Avigilon partners and their customers. The first release of Avigilon Blue provides managed services for video surveillance, powered by patented Avigilon self-learning video analytics.

New MOBOTIX Cactus Concept Cyber Protection Guide

MOBOTIX recently introduced the Cyber Protection Guide, a guideline now available for download that outlines how to configure MOBOTIX systems for maximum cyber security. MOBOTIX have released the guide to support their customers in light of the constantly increasing number of cyberattacks carried out against hardware and software through the Internet.

New Genetec Traffic Sense Platform Now Available

Genetec Inc. announced that its next-generation traffic operations platform, Genetec Traffic Sense, is now available. Genetec Traffic Sense introduces a new, modern, and highly efficient way to manage traffic operations. It delivers a unified view of real-time conditions and vehicle flow to cities, bridge and tunnel operators, state transportation departments, and border crossing agencies, so they can identify and respond to incidents more efficiently, with a complete view of the traffic situation.

SightLogix Protects Telecom Italia Mobile?s Data Center

SightLogix smart thermal cameras are providing data center physical security for Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) in Acilia Rome, Italy. CRISMA Security, a Rome-based security integrator and SightLogix certified partner, designed and implemented the smart data center physical security system. TIM?s data center boasts an international reputation as one of the most innovative and dependable facilities of its kind.

Camera/Radar System To Keep Polar Bears And Sightseers Safe From Conflict

Milestone Systems and tech partners team up with Polar Bears International and Utah’s Hogle Zoo for a unique video security solution to protect a threatened species. The impact of modern climate change is forcing many polar bears to wander into populated areas in search of food. With more than 300 polar bear response calls made in 2016, city managers and conservationists alike were looking for a way to use technology to safely manage the situation.

LightCam Redefines Home Security With Innovative Smart Light Bulb

Installing a home security camera is now is as simple as screwing in a light bulb thanks to LightCam, an innovative new smart light bulb camera. LightCam, which has already launched a successful Indiegogo campaign toward an August product launch, seeks to reduce the clutter and headache that comes with setting up a new security camera system and change the way people think about home surveillance. LightCam is designed to work with any standard light socket. Just simply twist it in to begin monitoring your home or business.

Pelco Demonstrates Advanced Video Surveillance & Security Solutions At SCTX

Pelco? by Schneider Electric demonstrated how its advanced solutions and services address new threats and challenges facing cities at the Security & Counter Terror Expo (SCTX) in London. Pelco also participated in the SCTX CNI & Business Resilience Programme. Samantha Bamford, Consultant Relations Manager for Pelco by Schneider Electric, led the ?Cyber Security and GDPR for Video Surveillance? session.

Vicon Showcases New Analytics, Cameras And Software Enhancements

Vicon Industries, will showcase at ISC West 2018, Booth 10077, many additions and enhancements to its suite of end-to-end video surveillance offerings. Through a partnership with the industry leading global provider of video analytics solutions, Agent Vi, Vicon will preview new video analytics capabilities within its Valerus VMS platform for real-time monitoring and video search.

Dahua Releases Lechange Consumer Products Globally

Dahua Technology releases consumer products with the brand Lechange, to serve families desiring better safety and greater convenience as well as SMB (small and median business) owners globally. Lechange’s core is in technology and design. Armed with Dahua?s technology in video surveillance industry, Lechange enables consumers to better enjoy technological advancements including high definition, facial recognition, voice recognition, artificial intelligence and cloud storage.

Axis Communications Release AXIS Device Manager

Axis Communications announced the release of AXIS Device Manager, a comprehensive on-premise device management tool that offers an easy, cost-effective and secure way to manage all major installation and operational device management tasks. AXIS Device Manager performs fast, easy configuration of new devices, complete with backup and restore settings, as well as efficient installation of firmware upgrades. It facilitates efficient device configuration including device hardening and certificate deployment.

Hanwha Announces New Multi-Directional Cameras At ISC West

Hanwha Techwin America announces two new Wisenet multi-sensor cameras. The Wisenet PNM-7000VD (2-head) and PNM-9000VQ (4-head) combine powerful performance in a small form factor at an affordable price. For maximum adaptability, configurable fixed-focus lens/CMOS sensor modules are available in multiple fields of view which can be easily installed onsite. With high frame-rates, true WDR and a powerful suite of analytics built in, the cameras bring a new level of quality and value to the multi-directional camera market.

Vicon Adds 5 MP Models To Popular V940 Cameras Line

Vicon Industries announced the addition of new 5 MP models to its V940 camera line, which includes both dome and bullet style cameras. The V940 line, which features motorized varifocal autoiris lens, enhanced wide-dynamic-range (WDR) and Smart IR technology, is designed for premium performance in every possible lighting condition. The cameras provide triple streaming video and support H.264/H.265 compression technology, significantly reducing file sizes and use of network bandwidth.

Ella Gets Time-lapse Creation Capabilities

IC Realtime announced that a time-lapse compiler and creation tool is the first feature update available for Ella, IC Realtime?s cloud-based deep-learning search engine solution that augments surveillance systems with natural language search capabilities. With this new update, users can create a time-lapse video from a range of time or by a specific query to produce more detailed and relevant results.

Surveon Improves Safety of Bolivia Customs Building

Surveon Technology announced that they have deployed their solutions at Bolivia customs building, as a partner for security applications. With Surveon?s end-to-end surveillance solutions, including hundreds of high-resolution cameras, six corporate NVRs and feature-rich VMS, the laboratory, parking lots and meeting rooms of customs are under solid protection, allowing the staff to deliver their services with efficiency.

Milestone Focuses On Performance And Privacy In New Software Release

Milestone Systems has released XProtect 2018 R1. Milestone is responding to the market?s rising demands for cost-effective video business solutions with this first VMS update this year. In this release, Milestone pioneers the use of multiple NVIDIA graphics cards on top of Intel GPU acceleration (Graphics Processing Unit) to achieve ultra-high performance. The XProtect Smart Client 2018 R1 and Smart Wall now support hardware acceleration, where system performance can be boosted just by adding a supported graphics card to take over the heavy lifting in decoding video, leaving room for the system to handle other tasks.

Johnson Controls’ victor And VideoEdge Advances Real-time Incident Response

Johnson Controls introduces the newest version of its victor Video Management System and VideoEdge Network Video Recorders (NVRs) from American Dynamics, version 5.2, a powerful video management system that provides enhanced video intelligence and analytics to greatly improve the efficiency of security personnel and daily business operations. The victor client on VideoEdge hardware platforms allows users to leverage high-performance video streaming, audio, motion meta-data and an expansive feature set for improved real-time command and management.

Vicon?s New Turret Cameras Offer Unique Advantages

Vicon Industries, Inc. announced that it started shipping their new 2MP and 4MP V930D and V9500D Series turret cameras, ideal for retail and hospitality applications. The V930D and V9500D series are turret, or ?eyeball,? cameras featuring H.264/H.265 compression, wide-dynamic-range, IR LEDs and low-light capabilities. Turrets offer aesthetics similar to dome models but easier access for positioning and maintenance. They can be surface, wall or ceiling mounted, are suitable for indoor and outdoor use, and offer extreme ease-of-installation and adjustment due to their innovative form factor.