FUJIFILM Releases Video Surveillance Retention Cost Calculator
FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc. announced the release of an online calculator designed to help video surveillance (VS) industry professionals assess the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for long-term retention of video surveillance content. Today?s low-cost, high-resolution cameras combined with longer-term retention requirements are driving video content storage costs upwards across the VS industry and leading many to take a new look at their storage strategy.
MSC Security to Debate the Role of AI in Developing Smart Surveillance Operators
Global MSC Security will debate the ability of artificial intelligence to help Security Managers and Surveillance Camera Operators improve how live incidents are handled. Experts is facial recognition, criminal behaviour will participate in the Developing Smart Surveillance Operators free-to-attend online broadcast on 16th March at 13:00 (GMT). Keynotes will be presented by Dr Craig Donald, Professor James Ferryman and Tony Porter QPM LLB.
SenSen Networks Limited Acquires Snap Network Surveillance
Two Australian AI Companies Join Forces to Accelerate Growth in North America. Snap Network Surveillance Pty Ltd of Adelaide, Australia, the developer of Force Multiplier, an AI-enabled multi-camera tracking solution, has sold the assets of the company to SenSen Networks Limited (ASX: SNS, ?SenSen;? OTCQB: SNNSF) of Sydney, Australia, with equity priced at A$1,000,000.
The Intrinsic Role of Lighting for Video Surveillance Clarity and Performance
The sound of sirens in the distance is commonplace, nowadays. Whether related to a medical emergency or everyday crimes, such as theft, property crimes, and so on, we?re all accustomed to hearing these sirens by now. It is worth noting that many incidents that police respond to take place at night. According to a recent report by the Sleep Judge, more than half of murders, manslaughter, sexual assaults, robberies, aggravated assaults and motor vehicle thefts happen long after the sun has set.
ADT Commercial Enters Electronic Article Surveillance Market To Deepen Retail Security Capabilities
ADT Commercial announced its expansion into the electronic article surveillance (EAS) market through a strategic alliance with WG Security Products, Inc. ADT Commercial will install and service WG Security Products? comprehensive EAS portfolio in the U.S., including a full range of detection systems, hard tags, specialty tags, disposable labels, deactivation devices and detachers. ADT Commercial will help customers build and maintain their current EAS solutions that utilize 58 kHz AM frequency technologies.
MSC Security to Host Online Event ?Developing Smart Surveillance Operators?
Global MSC Security announced that it will host a live Special Online Event on Tuesday 16th March at 13:00 (GMT), to help Security Managers understand how the latest video surveillance technology is enabling camera operators to improve how live incidents are managed. The ?Developing Smart Surveillance Operators? live studio broadcast is free-to-attend and will include expert insights from Genetec, Hanwha Techwin and Bosch Security and Safety Systems.
Videonetics & Wasabi Partner to Enable Cloud-Based Storage of Surveillance Files
2021 -Videonetics announces technology integration with Wasabi. Through this integration, Videonetics and Wasabi will provide low-cost, high-performing, and resilient storage for surveillance files in a highly secured cloud storage solution. With no vendor lock-in or hidden service fees, Videonetics customers will be able to easily deploy a cloud storage option that allows them to scale-up or scale-down capacity based on their current needs.
Former UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner and Electronic Frontier Foundation Discuss UK and US Surveillance Strategies
In ?Eyes Wired Open? the latest episode of Engage, a new podcast series hosted by Genetec Inc., former UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Tony Porter, and Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation share contrasting thoughts on the UK and the US?s video surveillance strategies. From pervasive video cameras to facial recognition and privacy issues surrounding personal information prompted by the pandemic, government and civil liberty organizations on both sides of the Atlantic are responding with very different strategies.
Hanwha Techwin Expands Public Health Surveillance Solutions
Hanwha Techwin announced the expansion of its line of public health surveillance technologies with the new Wisenet TNM-3620TDY body temperature detection camera. The multi-purpose device uniquely combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a dual-sensor design to securely monitor facility entrances and accurately identify potential health risks. The TNM-3620TDY offers two detection modes to discreetly scan people entering a facility.
Hollywood Comes To Video Surveillance
How our colleagues in the Media and Entertainment industry solve their video storage needs. Dailies. B-Rolls. Circle-Takes. These digital video-oriented processes of the ?Hollywood? production marketplace have ?for over a decade now? seen an explosion in the volume of recorded video that must be stored and managed. Entirely new workflows have been created to handle the deluge of video that digital movie-set cameras have unleashed.
Hanwha?s Top 5 Video Surveillance Trends for 2021
Hanwha Techwin announced its top five key trend predictions for the security industry in 2020. They include AI moving to the edge, open platforms, cloud, cybersecurity, and privacy. Increased computing power along with improved AI algorithms are driving the trend towards AI and machine learning to be run on IoT devices instead of expensive and resource-hungry on-premises data servers. Next-generation security edge devices will be able to serve as sensors for detecting video data, radar, thermal imaging, and more.
Leica Smart 3D Surveillance System Now Available in Two Versions
Leica Geosystems announced the expansion of its Leica BLK247 smart 3D surveillance system to accommodate the varying needs of its global customers. The Leica BLK247 is the world?s first 3D sensor combining LiDAR, video camera and thermal imaging technology for security and surveillance. Building owners, operators, security teams, and facilities managers can benefit from continuous monitoring of buildings and spaces including hospitals, factories, manufacturing plants, and offices.
BCD Adds Industry Veteran Kelly Carlberg to Surveillance Team
BCD International announced the hiring of Kelly Carlberg to the newly created position of Strategic Alliances Manager – Dell Technologies. Carlberg brings with him more than 20 years of surveillance and IoT expertise and specializes in developing relationships and accelerating the use of appropriate indirect channels. Carlberg?s industry expertise includes cloud computing, virtualization, information security, identity and access management.
Synectics? New 4K Camera Range Delivers Hazardous-area Surveillance First for Oil & Gas
Synectics has unveiled details of its new COEX 4K camera range. The launch makes Synectics the first technology specialist to guarantee +70
TRENDnet Introduces World?s First ONVIF Conformant Smart Surveillance Switches
TRENDnet has announced that its Gigabit PoE+ Smart Surveillance Switch Series is currently shipping and available for purchase. These Smart Surveillance Switches are the first network switches to be designated as ONVIF? Conformant, supporting ONVIF Profile Q. TRENDnet?s Gigabit PoE+ Smart Surveillance Switches are integrated with camera management functions which are easily accessible within the surveillance switch?s user interface.
Hexagon Adds end-to-end 3D Security Surveillance Capabilities with the Acquisition of TACTICAWARE
Hexagon announced the acquisition of TACTICAWARE, a provider of LiDAR-based 3D surveillance software used to monitor and protect critical infrastructure and buildings ? from powerplants and airports to commercial and residential buildings and more. Unlike conventional systems that typically only monitor perimeters, Accur8vision delivers situational awareness of an intruder?s exact location, size, speed, and movement trajectory ? all of which can be visualized within a 3D digital reality.
3xLOGIC and Redwire Deliver Comprehensive Video Surveillance Empowering Tampa YMCA
3xLOGIC announced that the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA is in the midst of a multi-phase security system project that includes video surveillance, fire and intrusion upgrades, and a takeover of existing and new cameras by 3xLOGIC?s VIGIL video management system. The project is being implemented by Redwire, security professionals for over 40 years with clients across Florida, South Georgia, and Southern Alabama. Phase I of the project was to install approximately 150 3xLOGIC cameras at the remaining locations.
PureTech Systems Delivering on Orders of its PureActiv Software providing Rapidly Deployable Advanced Surveillance Technology to U.S. Border Patrol
PureTech Systems has announced receiving orders for its PureActiv software for over 135 Mobile Video Surveillance Systems (MVSS) vehicles being delivered to the Department of Homeland Security for use along the U.S. border. Delivery on the award began in 2020 and will conclude in the spring of 2021. The MVSS platform utilizes PureTech Systems? PureActiv software as its central command and control, providing AI enhanced video detection and classification, user interface display, and sensor collaboration logic.
Parrot and Hoverseen Partner to Offer Drone-in-a-Box Surveillance and Inspection Solutions
Parrot announced it is partnering with Hoverseen, this partnership enterprises can now use Parrot ANAFI drones as an automated, drone-in-a-box surveillance solution capable of dispatching and charging itself from a lightweight docking and recharging station. Parrot?s ANAFI, ANAFI Thermal and new ANAFI USA drones offer an ultra-compact tool to gain new aerial vantage points for security and inspection professionals.
Hanwha Video Surveillance Cameras Safeguard Anaheim?s Expansive Public-School District
Hanwha Techwin America announced that Anaheim Union High School District, one of the largest school districts in California, has strengthened its security infrastructure with a district-wide solution that includes 1,250 Hanwha Techwin Q series cameras across 20 different locations. The Wisenet Q series 4MP cameras enable high-resolution monitoring with clear images, and the innovative hallway view feature maximizes the area of surveillance in narrow locations, such as school corridors.