News Source For The Physical Security Industry

When it comes to solving crimes, Arlington Police say surveillance video is worth its weight in gold. Getting that video, though, can be a challenge. Unless someone calls police to say they have surveillance cameras, officers have to go door-to-door to find out where any cameras are located when they’re investigating a crime. Even then, Gowins says, there are no guarantees that person will be home when officers stop by – and officers may not be able to recover that video before it’s deleted.

ISONAS Inc., a leading pure IP access control system manufacturer, today announced the launch of the ISONAS Certified Partner Program. The Partner Program went into effect on June 1st and empowers security integrators and dealers to successfully implement Pure IP Access Control. ISONAS certified partners receive a dedicated sales and pre-sales team who are committed to growing their business. In addition, ISONAS partners will have the extra advantage of a global demand creation team to provide leads, opportunities, and support on an ongoing basis.

Together with principal owner Canon?s Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai, Axis Communications announced the expansion plan at a meeting today with representatives from the municipality, university and the faculty of engineering. The nine-floor office building with a total area of almost 350,000 square feet will occupy an entire block at the Ideon Science Park

Altronix is pleased to announce that Brian Hodge has joined the organization in the position of Southeast Regional Sales Manager. Mr. Hodge joins Altronix?s expanding team with an extensive product background and sales experience that spans over 20 years in the professional security sector.

MicroPower Technologies Inc., an award-winning provider of surveillance solutions optimized for rapid, cost-effective deployment, is proud to announce that BUILDINGS Magazine has selected its SOLVEIL platform as a 2015 Money-Saving Product winner. The BUILDINGS editorial staff selected SOLVEIL for the cost-efficient qualities it offers to building owners and facility managers. The solution is showcased in the magazine?s June 2015 issue.

Digital Watchdog (DW?) announces the expansion of thier popular VMAX IP™ NVR family of true HD 1080P network recorders with embedded Power over Ethernet (PoE). The new NVR models, available in 8- and 16-channel configurations and up to 12TB of internal storage, provide the popular VMAX user interface and Pivot™ management software for an easy transition from analog to IP video surveillance.

Twenty-five years after he played his last football game for Purdue, with Big Ten Conference honors, Tom McNeil is taking that same winning approach to the latest chapter in his life: serving as Vice President of Sales for Security Partners.

This is a research note from Aaron Dale, analyst for Video Surveillance and Blake Kozak, principal analyst for Security and Building Technologies at IHS Inc., providing insight on the recent acquisition of Brivo by Eagle Eye Networks’s Dean Drako.

Support for B-Cam, GoPro, Vievue and ZEPCAM Wearable Cameras Provides Field-Proven Mobile Video Surveillance Capabilities to Law Enforcement and Security Professionals

Exacq Technologies, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, introduces CameraLinks, overlay controls for immediate response to events. The new exacqVision version 7.0 video management system (VMS) software also includes enhanced EasyConnect IP-camera connection, updates to event monitoring in Exacq mobile, and backup of server configuration in Enterprise System Manager (ESM), a health monitoring program for use with exacqVision Enterprise network video recorders (NVRs).

Total Recall Corporation, a video-centric security technology provider, will highlight its successful line of CrimeEye surveillance units and showcase new security technologies in video surveillance at the 29th annual Police Security Expo to be held this month in Atlantic City.

IDIS unveiled its HD-TVI surveillance solution, DirectCX™, on stand G700 at IFSEC International, alongside a fully-featured VMS, IDIS Solution Suite™ (ISS). The addition of an analog HD-over-coaxial system, and the highly flexible and scalable ISS, to the IDIS line-up realizes the surveillance powerhouse?s promise to present the most comprehensive surveillance solution at this year?s exhibition.

IDIS announces that is has completed the successful integration of its flagship end-to-end surveillance solution, DirectIP, with Gallagher Command Centre and Paxton?s Net2 access control, with both integrated solutions featured on the IDIS stand at this year?s IFSEC International in London.

Residential security is a growing market due to the need for safety and the increasing crime rates in different parts of the world. The security solutions segment in the residential sector has been experiencing a significant growth since the past few years due to the adoption of electronic security solutions, increasing rate of burglary, and attractive insurance policies to residents for installing security systems.

A computer scans the data, analyzes the trajectory of each person walking, driving or cycling, and picks out conflicts where road users were within three seconds of a collision before one of them changed course. Sayed reviews those near misses to get an accurate assessment of why the problems are happening. His computer analysis is detailed enough to differentiate the gender of a pedestrian with 80 per cent accuracy and distinguish the gait of a senior from that of younger pedestrians.

A decision to save surveillance video of Freddie Gray’s arrest and the subsequent unrest in the city has significantly reduced the storage capacity of some cameras on Baltimore’s closed-circuit system – shrinking the window during which police may flag footage to help with criminal investigations. Capacity on some of the city’s 700 CitiWatch cameras has been reduced from 28 days to three, meaning footage of any illegal activity is wiped clean after 72 hours.

Genetec™, a manufacturer of unified IP security solutions, announced AutoVu Free-Flow, a new parking enforcement module for the Genetec AutoVu automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) solution. The new AutoVu Free-Flow module will help increase parking enforcement efficiency by providing a real-time inventory of vehicles parked illegally in monitored parking lots.

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), is again ranked as the number one VMS vendor by company revenue in newly-published market research from business information provider IHS Inc.

Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will provide its ultra-small form factor Parvus® DuraNET® 20-11 rugged Ethernet switch. This pocket-sized network switch is a fraction of the size of traditional embedded Ethernet switches, yet it delivers comprehensive Ethernet management, security, and reliable design features sought by aerospace and defense platform integrators.