Surveillance
ADT Unveils New Cloud Storage Solutions, Expands Video Surveillance Capabilities
The ADT Corporation ( ADT ), an electronic security provider, expanded its video surveillance portfolio by launching new cloud storage solutions, targeting the requirements of small business owners in the U.S. The extended video offerings will aid clients in keeping a tab on their most critical assets, with the flexibility to store video footage on-premise […]
Integrated Microwave Technologies Showcases DropCam MobilCMDR Camera Kit
Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems for MAG (Military, Aerospace, & Government) markets, showcases its DropCam Tx-II/Mini MobilCMDR Video Camera/Transmitter and Receiver Kit at Police Security Expo 2014. The DropCam Tx-II/Mini MobilCMDR Video Camera/Transmitter and Receiver Kit is a […]
IP Video Surveillance Getting Smarter
Living with intelligent devices is a dream we have had for centuries. Michelangelo, Jules Verne, and many other great thinkers had this vision, but their vision preceded the technology of their time. With Moore’s law and all the technology we have created, isn’t it time for this dream to come true? The intelligent home is […]
Allied Telesis Introduces Industry-First Line Rate Terabit Switching Fabric
Networking Leader Allied Telesis Upgrades Intelligent Layer 3+ Chassis Switch Series with Powerful CFC960 Card Option, Delivering 1.92Tbps Throughput. With the launch of a significant upgrade to its SwitchBlade? x8100 Series next-generation intelligent chassis switches via its new CFC960 controller card, the AT-SBx81CFC960 controller card offers an impressive 960Gbps of switching capacity, delivering throughput of […]
Video Analytics Packages From RIVA
The acronym RIVA, stands for "Realtime Intelligent Video Analytics" an intelligent 3D-video analytic system which is already integrated in all RIVA cameras and encoders as a standard feature at no extra cost. The basic version VCA Presence continually tracks moving and stationary objects and persons in predefined detection zones and generates real-time alerts. Up to […]
EverFocus Releases New Analog Surveillance Camera
EverFocus has released the new EH3D600 to its analog surveillance line. As a three in one outdoor vandal camera, the EH3D600 features three independent views from a single coax, power wire, and DVR port. Two of the lenses are wide angle and 2.4mm wide. The third lens is a telephoto 12mm lens in the same […]
Dallmeier Introduces New Panomera Multifocal Sensor
With its patented multifocal sensor technology Panomera® Dallmeier has opened up opportunities for totally new solutions in the video security sector. This unique camera technology is now available as the ideal model for commercial and industrial applications. In contrast to single sensor cameras, the multifocal sensor technology provides a guaranteed constant resolution of at least […]
DTT Ranks High On 2014 SDM Top 100 List
As the leading provider of digital video surveillance and loss prevention for the hospitality and retail sectors, DTT (DTT Surveillance Company Information) ranked on SDM Magazine’s Top 100 list for the third consecutive year, coming in at 26th. The SDM 100 Report ranks U.S. companies that earn their revenues from the sale, installation, service and […]
Fluidmesh And Mobile CCTV Deliver More Than A Day At The Races
The Cheltenham Festival at Prestbury Park takes place every March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire, England and usually attracts well over 200,000 people. The festival runs four days and has grown into the biggest meeting in the National Hunt calendar. It usually coincides with Saint Patrick’s Day and is particularly popular with Irish visitors. There’s […]
Chicago Security Camera Surge Sparks Concerns Of ‘Massive Surveillance System’
Between traffic-light cameras, blue-light cameras that scan neighborhoods for violent crime, cameras on board city trains and buses —not to mention private security cameras— there are few places you can go in Chicago without being monitored. In the metropolis known as the City of Big Shoulders, it seems Big Brother really is watching. At last […]
Sony’s 185TB Data Tape Could Solve Video Surveillance Storage Cost Challenges
At the recent International Magnetics Conference (Intermag) in Europe, the company is presenting a method of data storage utilizing magnetic tape which is capable of holding a whopping 148GB per inch. Back in 2012, a collaboration between FujiFilm and IBM IBM resulted in prototype cassettes which could hold 35TB of data, and at the time […]
Big Companies Neglect Physical Security And Over-Rely On Surveillance
CCTV was first launched in 1942, when Siemens AG installed a system to observe the launch of V-2 rockets (the world’s first long-range missile), although the first commercial closed circuit television system became available in the US in 1949. Since its original roll-out, the technology has advanced and in 2013, The British Security Industry Authority […]
The New Big Brother: Your Neighbors – Households Urged To Stop Using CCTV To Film Those Living Next Door
Fears of excessive state surveillance are commonplace. But it seems the real spies could be closer to home – the neighbors. Members of the public have been urged to stop using CCTV to film those living next door after a surge in complaints. Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, appealed to people’s ‘common decency’, saying […]
How To Get More From Police Self-Surveillance: Don’t Turn It Off
Who watches the watchers when they aren’t wearing their lapel cameras? That’s the tech-centric question at the heart of a scandal that’s been raging in New Mexico since federal investigators accused Albuquerque police officers of routinely using excessive force and violating suspects’ civil rights. Cops in the city are supposed to wear small video cameras […]
Emerging Trend: Police Tampering Surveillance Systems: Half Of LAPD Squad Cars
Many who are concerned with the possibility of police abuse of power, are comforted by the continuous presence of surveillance camera footage, capturing everything. Recent evidence of LAPD officers and others tampering with video and surveillance equipment, however, would seem to indicate that for some, the omnipresence of the camera is a problem. Equipment sabotage: […]
The Future Of Facial Recognition: Big Brother Or Our New Best Friend?
For better or worse, facial recognition has become the technological elephant in the room. It’s there, but nobody really likes to talk about it too much. Despite the continued advancements of software and algorithms that would elicit gasps of awe in some of the other tech sectors, the ever-improving ability for machines to put a […]
Future: The Surveillance Of Everything
Estimates vary, but by 2020 there could be more than 30 billion devices connected to the Internet. Once dumb, they will have smartened up thanks to sensors and other technologies embedded in them and, thanks to your machines, your life will quite literally have gone online. The implications are revolutionary. Your smart refrigerator will keep […]
Mobotix Presents Security Seminars, Highlights 5-Megapixel Camera Platform At ISC West 2014
MOBOTIX Corp., an industry-leading provider of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, will showcase its new 5-megapixel camera platform at the ISC West 2014 conference at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas. At booth #18051, the company will also host a series of presentations throughout the week, offering a closer look at the decentralized approach to […]
Solink Introduces Contextual Analytics To Help Customers Use Video To ?See? Big Data
Solink Corporation is pleased to announce the release of its unique event-based video discovery platform at ISC West 2014. Solink was founded to address the predominantly unstructured, undiscoverable and inaccessible nature of recorded surveillance video and make it an invaluable resource for the entire enterprise. With over 400 Petabytes being created and stored daily, recorded […]
New DINION IP 4000 And IP 5000 HD Cameras From Bosch
Video surveillance as a security measure often requires balancing optimum performance with aesthetics. In offices, hospitality applications or retail stores, design and appearance can be just as important as technical performance. The new DINION IP 4000 and 5000 cameras from Bosch Security Systems, Inc. meet these multiple and demanding requirements by combining the latest technology […]