IP Camera applications
ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently that Trusal S.A., a leader in the Chilean aquaculture industry, has implemented ioimage video analytics to protect its salmon pools in Puerto Montt from threats approaching from sea and land.The second largest producer of farmed salmon after Norway, Chile experiences up to $2 million a year in theft of salmon and salmon eggs. With 28 salmon pools and a total perimeter of 8,000 square meters, Tr...
Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, and leading surveillance solutions provider Encom, have installed an IP-surveillance system consisting of 24 Axis network cameras at Lily O'Brien's chocolate factory based at Newbridge, County Kildare in Ireland. Lily O'Briens is a runaway Irish success story. The luxury chocolate manufacturer was founded in 1992 by Mary O'Brien and named after her daughter, Lily. It is famous for chocolates based on desser...
Safety is a vital concern for the energy industry. When potentially flammable materials such as oils and natural gas are used in generating power, the need to maintain all plant, equipment and machinery to the highest level of excellence is an absolute priority.At the same time, the hazardous environment created while a plant is operation can make it difficult or impossible for engineers to check equipment and track down any faults - and remote monitoring devices can often give insufficien...
CCTV cameras utilising SANYO's unique Pan-Focus technology are helping to create a safe and secure environment at the new Docklands Light Railway, Langdon Park Station.30 SANYO cameras have been located at the station, the majority incorporating PAN-Focus technology, which ensures that the camera lens keeps all objects in focus no matter how close or far away they are from the camera. The x2.6 lens depth of field is such that it does not require any manual focus adjustment to deliver clear...
IndigoVision's complete end-to-end IP Video system is providing the CCTV surveillance for an impressive integrated security system for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The metro area is home to over 1.3 million people, covers an area of 2000 km² and includes the towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, together with Port Elizabeth which will be a host city for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.The IP-CCTV system, which was supplied...
In Port Elizabeth in the United States, New Jersey-based Maher Terminals, one of the world's largest independent multi-user container terminal operators, relies on JVC to enhance traffic monitoring of the facility including loading areas and cranes loading containers on to ships.The company utilises JVC's VR-N1600U network video recorders (NVR) and VN-C655U high-performance IP-network based dome cameras. Here, Maher Terminals can easily provide access for up to 10 users to view terminal ac...
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. Fifteen casinos worldwide have now invested in complete digital CCTV so...
Friends and enemiesPlants, insects, and the variety of ways in which they communicate chemically are the primary focus of the research work conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena. This includes the chemical defense strategies plants use to protect themselves against enemies like caterpillars, from whom they cannot run or hide. Instead, they simply poison the greedy foes, mobilise winged assistants with scented signals, or inform neighbouring plants that m...
Extensive products and servicesSolid structural timber, boards, planks, wedge boards, floorboards, plywood, dimensional lumber and rough boards. Each day, approximately 300 cubic metres of cut lumber leave the some 45,000 m2 factory premises of Dickel-Holz in Schmalenberg-Bad Fredeburg in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The sawmill is able to respond quickly to even the smallest orders and special customer requests. Finishing processes like heat treatment, drying, imp...
NICE Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract insight from interactions to drive performance, recently announced that Transnet Freight Rail, the leading provider of logistics and the largest rail operator in South Africa, has decided to standardize on NICE, undertaking a multi million-dollar project to implement NiceVision Net, NICE's end-to-end solution for IP video security. The NICE intelligent security solution will enable Trans...
With security the number one priority for UK airport operators, technology is continuing to play a key role in meeting strict government guidelines. A recent system upgrade at London Luton Airport by ICTS (International Consultants on Targeted Security) has demonstrated how the latest digital security solutions, including Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) from Dedicated Micros and associated NetVu ObserVer software, can be used to extend the capability of a system across multiple users to pro...
CCTV specialist AD Group is sponsoring the ambitious "Vulcan to the Sky"' project designed to return an original Vulcan V-bomber to flight and allow the majestic delta-wing design to once again wow the crowds at public air displays. As part of its support for the project, AD Group plans to supply a state-of-the-art FlightVu digital video recorder - and associated CCTV cameras - from its subsidiary AD Aerospace to provide valuable in-flight footage of this historic aircraft.To rea...
IndigoVision was recommended because of its superior video quality and excellent compression technology IndigoVision’s integrated IP-CCTV solution is helping to dramatically reduce crime in the suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa, through an innovative security initiative. CSS Tactical, a company that provides mobile security patrols, is breaking new ground with the delivery of security services in South Africa by integrating CCTV surveillance with its area patrols. I...
Once complete the entire project will have upgraded over 2,500 cameras to digital IP-CCTV surveillance 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...
Agent Vi, developers of enterprise video analytics software to improve security, business intelligence and operations, recently 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-y...
REMI Companies of Hoboken, New Jersey, have developed an upscale residential site for high-end luxury living, making the clientele feel safe in an effective but non-obtrusive way, to be protected in a newly refurbished neighbourhood of New Jersey, just minutes from New York City. During construction, they also wanted to show investors and project managers the progress on the job site. To do this, REMI is using Milestone XProtect from Milestone Systems open platform IP video managemen...
The new Charlestown, Rhode Island police station was built just over a year ago, providing the opportunity to upgrade their surveillance tools with the latest technology, including scalable IP video software from Milestone Systems. The coastal community of Charlestown, Rhode Island, includes the largest camping grounds on the entire Eastern seaboard of the USA, and eight miles of beachfront. There are two state beach facilities and two town beaches, plus about six miles of unprotected beac...
Low costs long-termWhat can communities do to avoid increasing costs of public services? As most communities are struggling to maintain balanced budgets, this is not an easy question to answer. And yet, there are promising concepts and solutions. Consider the WVE (Westpfälzische Ver- und Entsorgungs-GmbH) that has been founded in the Kaiserslautern area in 1994 as a public services company. The WVE provides fresh water, sewage treatment and zoning/development servic...
For more than three decades, Erlich Protection Systems, Inc. has provided a variety of loss prevention and life safety systems for customers in the greater Detroit metropolitan area. When the company wanted to upgrade the security system at its own 8,000-square-foot facility, it turned to Bosch. Erlich needed updated security, access control, and video surveillance capabilities to protect its assets, employees, and the facility itself. With an integrated system, Erlich could als...
IndigoVision's integrated IP video system is providing high-security CCTV surveillance for the Madhya Pradesh State Mansion in India's capital New Delhi. India has 28 states and 7 union territories each run by its own state government and each has their own representation in New Delhi, including Madhya Pradesh, the largest state in India. Madhya Pradesh's political office in New Delhi is the Bhawan Mansion, which is overseen by the state's Commissioner of Police. This very important...
When the University of Bath decided it was time to upgrade the campus security, CCTV was clearly recognised as having a big part to play."The challenge was to find a video management system which could give us complete control over the cameras already in place whilst giving us unlimited expansion potential," said Brian Schofield, Head of Security Services. "We also needed a system which could integrate and interact with our access control system in order to get maximum benefit fro...
Genetec recently announced that the Office of Housing in Victoria, Australia, has adopted Omnicast, Genetec's IP video surveillance solution, to protect the residents of approximately 7,000 dwellings within the city's affordable housing development projects.Currently, 72 individual sites are being monitored by over 700 cameras, which function over a wireless Ethernet network, linking all buildings back to a central monitoring station. By the end of the project, the Omnicast system is expec...
Retail stores worldwide face serious problems from shoplifting and employee theft. There are over 5,000 individuals shoplifting every day, resulting in billions in loss each year to "inventory shrinkage".In Argentina, Christian Supermarket with its store staff continually confronts a range of the shrinkages and risks, as do all retail stores nowadays. These include shoplifting, internal fraud perpetrated by members of staff, robberies, credit card fraud and increasing risks...
To help better control and manage its citywide wireless video surveillance system during Super Bowl XLII, the Phoenix Police Department relied on its best-in-breed IP video management solution from OnSSI. The OnSSI solution controls and manages over three dozen video surveillance cameras in and around downtown Phoenix, providing law enforcement officials with the ability to closely watch over the 200,000 spectators, citizens and dignitaries in town during the weekend of Super Bowl XLII.The...
Sainsbury's uses NVT's UTP camera video transmission network to secure its distribution centresTrading through hundreds of stores across the UK under the brands Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Sainsbury’s Local, Bells Stores, Jackson’s Stores and JB Beaumont, leading food retailer J.Sainsbury plc strives to provide great products at fair prices, and to exceed customers’ expectations in the supply of healthy, fresh and tasty foods. Meeting the continual demand of supplying its s...
Sophisticated equipment from Bosch Security Systems (BSS) is playing a central role in a major security system installation by UK based Sicura Systems Ltd, and its partner Pro Security Ghana Ltd, at the major stadia for the recent Africa Cup of Nations football. The biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was staged at various venues across Ghana in January and February, and wrapped up in the Ghanaian capital Accra with a thrilling...
MissionThe local police of the Fossanese Municipalities realised the need to implement a video surveillance system to combat petty crime and maintain control over areas that are difficult to monitor with police presence. SolutionSystem Service implemented an IP-Surveillance system based on Axis network cameras. The system consists of thirty-seven AXIS 221 Network Cameras deployed in various critical areas, and seven AXIS 233D Network Cameras. All the network cameras were installed in...
ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently that it has been selected to provide a video analytics solution for a Texas hospital to ensure 24-hour operation and security at its emergency room.The hospital recently deployed the solution at its emergency room in conjunction with surveillance cameras to alert nursing staff when patients arrive at the entrance or if someone should slip and fall outside the building. The system automatically...
One of the UK's largest IT equipment distributors Micro Peripherals, better known simply as Micro-P, recently completed a major upgrade from an analogue-only external Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system to create a comprehensive Internet Protocol (IP)-based surveillance system covering both the inside and external perimeter of its 120,000 square foot distribution centre in Altham, near Accrington, Lancashire. The result has seen the creation of a security system in and around its wareh...
It's in London. It's one of the most famous world sporting venues. It holds international events and it's televised. These are just four of the reasons why the Brit Oval can be considered a prime target for troublemakers and why Senior Operating Manager and Safety Officer, Scott Carey, is determined that the cricket ground's security facilities are regularly updated to take advantage of the very latest technology.Scott who has been responsible for security at what is the home of Surr...
