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Visimetrics: Visimetrics digital recording system reduces crime and the fear of crime on West Coast Main Line

The national rail network effectively categorises each station depending on its use, footfall and importance to the network. With a variety of recording profiles required across the network a fully flexible system design to optimise the image quality, recording rates and storage periods of each station was required. Visimetrics have recently provided the digital recording solution for the CCTV upgrade of the West Coast Main Line’s 17 stations operated by Virgin Trains. The recording solutio... [more]

Vista: MiniD-100 miniature DVR uses a standard SD card to record both video and audio

Vista has launched the MiniD, a miniature and robust DVR that can be used in covert, mobile and portable applications. As well as being used for covert and mobile surveillance, the unit has been integrated into an LCD monitor to provide a continuous audit trail of an operator’s viewing pattern. It can also be found in a high resolution colour dome operating on a Vista PowerDome RS485 protocol to enable distributed real-time recording, controlled from industry-standard equipment. Over a hundre... [more]

Vumii: Long-range active laser surveillance camera system for perimeter and border surveillance

Advancements in capability and reductions in pricing have dramatically increased the incorporation of marine and ground-based radar systems into perimeter, coastal, and border security applications. While these radar systems can effectively detect and locate potential threats, such solutions don’t allow security operators to visually inspect objects that have triggered an alarm. To address this shortcoming, Vumii has introduced a software module that enables communication between radar syste... [more]

Verint Systems: Verint Nextiva Intelligent Edge Devices enhance the safety of passengers at Charles de Gaulle Airport

Charles de Gaulle is one of three Paris airports managed by Aéroports de Paris Group. The Galerie Parisienne extension, the largest of its kind in France, can accommodate up to 26 aircraft, including six of the new Airbus 380s, and will enable the airport to handle an additional 8.5 million passengers each year. Verint Systems Inc. has announced that Aéroports de Paris Group has deployed Verint® Nextiva® Intelligent Edge Devices to enhance the safety of passengers using the new Galerie Parisi... [more]

Volvo Trucks: Volvo and Securitas partner to reduce risks of truck theft and hijacking

Truck drivers and the goods they transport live dangerously on Europe’s roads. This is shown in several recent surveys. Every year approximately 200,000 commercial vehicles are stolen, at a value of more than Euro 7 billion (£5.6bn), as revealed in a survey carried out in 2007 on behalf of the European Parliament. At the same time, a survey by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) reveals that one in six truck drivers have been subjected to some form of attack in the past five years, ... [more]

VeriSign: thawte Code Signing Solution Ensures Integrity of Applications on Adobe AIR

With Adobe® AIR™, a cross-operating system runtime that enables rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop, developers and end users are assured that applications on Adobe AIR are from a trusted publisher and that applications can be securely delivered and installed – all thanks to advanced Code Signing solutions from thawte, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriSign, Inc. By obtaining a thawte® Code Signing Certificate for an application on Adobe AIR, RIA developers can digitally si... [more]