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Westminster Security enhances security at Juba Airport in Sudan
posted on 30/04/2008

On Thursday 24th April the Westminster Group Plc, hosted at its UK Headquarters a delegation from the Government of Southern Sudan including the Hon David Deng Athorbei, Minister of Transport and Roads. In March Westminster received a Letter of Appointment confirming the award of a contract for extensive security enhancements at Juba Airport, Southern Sudan and the Minister’s visit to Westminster was a follow up meeting to discuss the issues involved. The contract, valued at circa 4.7 million USD, involves the installation of a high security perimeter fence which will be protected by Westminster's FOSS fibre detection system. It will detect any attempt to cut, climb or lift the fence, together with airport surveillance cameras, a control & command system and a range of specialist scanning equipment. During the course of the meeting Westminster also demonstrated a wide range of other security solutions including radar and surveillance systems displayed at its 4.5 acre demonstration ... [more]

DataCom Systems and EVT Partner to Provide Networked Video Management in the US
posted on 30/04/2008

DataCom Systems Inc. has announced a new partnership with EVT, a provider of video management software. Datacom will market and support EVT's line of Video Management Systems (VMS) and Networked Video Recorders (NVRs) in the US. By teaming up with EVT, Datacom will be able to deliver comprehensive video surveillance solutions to its end-users, enabling any system operator to easily monitor and manage numerous events in real time. EVT's patent pending Image Content Navigation module provides security operators with the means to continuously tail a moving object within a site of numerous cameras with a simple mouse click. The company's 2.5D Live Video Maps, provide improved site perspective and intuitive navigation capabilities. "Video management and surveillance concerns have become inseparable and it is important that firms work together to offer advanced technologies that integrate transparently into customers' sites and meet growing business and security needs," said Danny Mac... [more]

Dedicated Micros CCTV technology maximizes security and processes at UK’s largest port
posted on 28/04/2008

The Port of Grimsby & Immingham, the UK’s largest port by tonnage is now taking advantage of the latest digital networked CCTV technology from Dedicated Micros, recommended by installer DJ Byers CCTV, to maximize both security and the port’s operational and logistical processes. Back in August 2007, owner and operator Associated British Ports (ABP) turned to DJ Byers CCTV to advise on how best to bring its existing under-utilised and cumbersome analogue CCTV system into the digital era. The initial installation, undertaken by DJ Byers CCTV, across the two sites that comprise the port included three types of digital video recorder (DVR) from Dedicated Micros’ range of NetVu Connected products. Corresponding DV-IP Encoders providing IP functionality for the existing analogue CCTV cameras were specified at the same time. As the three-month project progressed, the equipment requirements grew and three Dennard dome cameras were soon added to ABP’s shopping list. A key factor in the succ... [more]

Agent Vi Video Analytics Software Protect Rare Artwork at Dolmabahçe Palace
posted on 25/04/2008

Agent Vi has announced it has been selected by the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey to provide its video analytics technology to protect the historic facility. Built in 1853 and open to the public for tours today, the 11.2 acre complex includes a 285-room palace with the world’s largest collection of Bohemian and Baccarat crystal chandeliers. It also features 150-year-old bearskin rugs originally presented to an Ottoman Sultan as a gift from the Tsar of Russia. Agent Vi’s video analytics software enables facilities such as the Dolmabahçe Palace to detect, track and analyze specific activities captured by video and allows security cameras to become active eyes that automatically report specific behaviors of interest, in real-time and with extreme accuracy. Deploying Agent Vi’s software on existing cameras, the Dolmabahçe Palace has added motion, non-motion, theft, and loitering detection capabilities to its security system. This installation of Agent Vi’s software on more than ... [more]

IndigoVision provides digital CCTV surveillance for Enjoy Group casinos in Chile
posted on 24/04/2008

Many casinos are now finding that their existing analogue/VCR CCTV systems cannot cope with the demands of the complex surveillance environment associated with modern casino operations. Long-term storage and fast retrieval of video from a VCR-based system is a big problem. Enjoy Group has chosen IndigoVision’s IP Video system to provide a complete digital CCTV surveillance solution for all nine of its casinos in Chile. The first 500-camera system has been completed at the casino complex in Coquimbo, which will shortly be extended to cover a new hotel and convention centre. Once complete the entire project will have upgraded over 2,500 cameras to digital IP-CCTV surveillance. The systems are being installed by IndigoVision’s local partner Bitelco Diebold LTDA, with the storage solution supplied by Intransa. IndigoVision was chosen following a rigorous competitive analysis by the casino. This involved the installation of a 30-camera test system that allowed the casino to compare syste... [more]

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