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Severe weather highlights the benefits of remote monitoring over more traditional security methods
posted on 10/12/2010

With large portions of the country covered in snow and some areas still inaccessible at the time of writing, many premises are being left unsecured for large periods of time because security guards have not been able to travel to and from locations. The recent cold snap has again illustrated the advantages of remote monitoring over more traditional security methods. The inevitable travel chaos and road closures continue to exacerbate the situation, which has led to some clients looking for alternative security solutions. One of the many beauties of remote monitoring (and its associated services), is that it is not governed or hampered by the weather. In fact, all of Visual’s services are provided from their purpose-built secure Control Room in Cheshire. With a portfolio which includes everything from CCTV/Alarm monitoring, through to Vehicle Tracking and Access Control, Visual staff can secure and manage premises across the UK from the safety of their British Standard facility. “... [more]

Korenix's New JetNet 3810GPoE Switch ensures High Bandwidth Video Surveillance inside Transportation Systems
posted on 10/12/2010

Korenix JetNet 3810G is a PoE switch designed with eight 12~24V Vehicle PoE ports and 2 Gigabit uplink ports for providing high speed video transmission in transit surveillance applications. The PoE ports of the switch support Korenix patented 12~24V PoE booster technology, therefore allowing users to convert the DC12~24V power from a vehicle battery to DC 48V, offering up to 65W power to 802.3af compliant devices. Other than the 8 PoE ports which provide easy installation and reduce networking costs, users can greatly benefit from the integrated 2 Gigabit ports for fluently by-passing the megapixel video images and other high bandwidth data to the core device in the control center. To ensure the high quality of the transmitted data, JetNet 3810G series PoE switches support the QoS video precedence transmission, which allows prioritizing data transfer, as a result offering a real-time video surveillance while preventing loss of images. For easier network maintenance and enhanced t... [more]

Hikvision deploys 500,000 video surveillance points in Chongqing in China
posted on 09/12/2010

Chongqing, one of the municipalities in China, covers an area of 82,400 square kilometers with a population of more than 31,500,000. Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. has been appointed as the general contractor of a safe city program for Chongqing. This system is expected to set up over 500,000 video surveillance points in Chongqing to create a secured environment for the city. Hikvision has responsibility for designing and deploying the whole project as well as providing comprehensive and high-performance video surveillance products and solutions. The project investment will be more than 800 million US dollars in total. The whole project will be finished in two or three years and all construction will be carried out from 2011. By upgrading the existing video surveillance system and expanding new video surveillance points to cover the whole city, this program will enhance the interconnectivity of video resources among government departments of municipalities, counties and vill... [more]

Avoid transactions via public Wi-Fi systems to ensure safe online shopping
posted on 08/12/2010

CyberMonday results for previous years indicate that more and more Americans are shopping online for holiday gifts, according to recent reports. Comodo is cautioning consumers to use an ounce of prevention while shopping this holiday season by avoiding transactions via public Wi-Fi systems such as those found in airports, hotels or local coffee shops due to increased Internet security risks. Comodo advises them that by using products such as TrustConnect on their laptop, consumers can be safe when making purchases online because they are protected. "During this season of holiday buying, you don't want to unknowingly give away your credit card information by not having your laptops protected with an extra level of trust as an added precaution" said Melih Abdulhayoglu, Comodo CEO and chief security officer."Without Comodo TrustConnect on your laptop, hackers can have a field day with laptop users on Public Wi-Fi systems who become easy prey to these bad guys trolling for unprotected cre... [more]

New IP Video system from IndigoVision for Cardiff Airport
posted on 07/12/2010

Operated by TBI Abertis Airports, Cardiff Airport is the national airport of Wales with passenger traffic reaching over 1.6 million in 2009. It is an important business and charter airport offering flights to domestic and European destinations, as well as connecting flights onwards to worldwide destinations. Cardiff Airport has replaced its surveillance capability with a new IP Video system from IndigoVision. Choosing IndigoVision’s technology was an easy decision for the airport having had over 8 years experience of reliable operation from a similar system at London Luton Airport, which is also operated by TBI Abertis Airports. The system at London Luton Airport was first installed in 2002 and became what was then one of the largest IP video installations in the UK. “All surveillance images are streamed as high-quality digital video in real time at 25 frames per second across the network. By using advanced network protocols and IndigoVision’s multicast capabilities it is possible to ... [more]

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