IP security & surveillance news

Vicon Industries, a designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware and components, announced the availability of its new line of HD analog cameras that deliver 1080p full HD video over conventional coaxial cable. These new cameras are as easy to install as traditional analog security cameras. HD analog technology is here to bridge the gap and give a high-definition solution to those with an analog system already in place. No new cabling is required to upgr...

Hanwha Techwin and analytics specialist Sprinx Technologies have combined their expertise to develop Wisenet Automatic Incident Detection (AID), an easy-to-deploy and highly accurate city wide incident detection solution which is designed to be affordable for budget conscious local authorities. Traffic AID lets operators instantly know when traffic is slowing down and whether there is a lengthening queue. It will also detect broken down or illegally stopped vehicles and if there is a wrong-way...

Johnson Controls has updated its popular Illustra Pro IP Mini-Domes in 2MP, 3MP and 5MP models with the optional Theia wide-angle lens for improved video analytics accuracy and a 9-22mm outdoor telephoto lens with superior zoom capability. Linear Optical Technology The Theia SL183A 1.8-3mm outdoor lens allows users to capture critical details using Theia’s distortion-free Linear Optical Technology. The lens delivers a consistent number of pixels to an image, thus improving the image qual...

eneo’s new IER series network video recorders have an embedded Linux operating system. They comprise 4, 8 and 16 channel models of up to 5MP resolution, and 16 and 32 channel models of up to 8MP resolution. WARP-supported security integration “The IER recorders are designed to allow integrators to simply and easily fit their own hard drives to suit system requirements,” explains Jussi Simonen, Business Development Manager for eneo. “With one, two or four SATA HDD bays a...

Redvision, the UK manufacturer of the X-SERIES and VOLANT rugged, PTZ dome cameras and Redcop, rapid deployment systems, has promoted Stephen Lightfoot to the position of Technical Director. The appointment is a result of Redvision’s continued growth in UK and international markets and successful expansion of its IP and analogue product ranges. X-SERIES and VOLANT PTZ camera projects Paul Hucker, Redvision director, said, “Stephen’s responsibilities include managing the techn...

Redvision, a UK manufacturer of high-performance, rugged CCTV cameras and housings, has launched IP and analogue VOLANT rugged domes. The VOLANT is by far the fastest, quietest and most accurate rugged PTZ camera available in today’s security industry. Identical web interface for VOLANT and X-SERIES Stephen Lightfoot, technical director at Redvision, explains, “The VOLANT draws on Redvision’s extensive experience of building cameras for tough, hazardous and corrosive, outdoor...

A new Arecont Vision® multi-sensor sustaining release is available now, and it’s loaded with the features and product enhancements that were most requested by customers. Cybersecure cameras Arecont Vision megapixel cameras are cyber-secure and can be updated with new capabilities as they become available from our Engineering and R&D teams, working in conjunction with our many Technology Partner Program™ members. Participants include vendors of VMS, NVR, PSIM, video analytic...

Dahua Technology, a solution provider in the global video surveillance industry, announced its partnership with IPICA, Ltd. (widely known as JVSG), a professional CCTV design software company. Starting early December of 2017, JVSG’s IP Video System Design Tool supports most of Dahua video products. Users can visualise, automate, and standardise the planning, design and analysis of video surveillance system comprised of Dahua IP cameras and recorders. System integrators and distributors ha...

Hanwha Techwin America, a global supplier of IP and analogue video surveillance solutions, recently acquired the Carbon Footprint certification for its network cameras (XNB-6000, XND/O-6080R, XNP-6370RH), which are now recognised as environment-friendly products that minimise greenhouse and carbon dioxide emissions. The Carbon Footprint certification was first created by the non-profit organisation Carbon Trust, which was founded in 2007 by the United Kingdom government to confront climate chan...

BCDVideo announced that St.Onge Technical Services, Inc. will offer representation of BCDVideo products throughout Canada. St. Onge Technical Services is founded by Brian St. Onge, who has had an illustrious 20-year career building relationships in the security industry as a technical sales engineer focusing on solution design and the security ecosystem infrastructure. Brian will be instrumental in expanding BCDVideo’s full product line of access control and video recording servers, SAN st...

The event took place across four days, Tuesday, November 14th to Friday, November 17th and gave us the opportunity to showcase solutions in retail and finance, as well as our strength and depth in remote monitoring capabilities. Our flagship products in these categories are of course SPC Connect, ACT365, ACT, and a prototype of our upcoming SPC Wireless portfolio. The four-day event was well attended with most visitors being installers. The rest of the audience was split evenly between end user...

GJD is pleased to welcome Salvador Torras as the company’s Spanish and Portuguese Sales Consultant. The incorporation of Salvador will strengthen the company’s export sales team and demonstrate GJD’s commitment to increasing its presence in Spain and Portugal. GJD distribution networks Salvador has worked in the security industry since 1995 in various senior product management roles. Salvador brings direct experience of providing local commercial support, as well as creating...

With continuous and rapid innovation, Dahua Technology’s HDCVI technology always manages to bring added values, higher resolution, and easier operation to users. This time, it brings simplicity by introducing PoC technology into its HDCVI products and solutions. Power over Coax (PoC) transmits both video and electrical power over a single coaxial cable, eliminates separate camera power supplies and further simplifies system deployment with true Plug & Play, benefiting Dahua customers...

Hanwha Techwin has appointed Keith Bardsley as Business Development Manager for the North of England. Keith will work closely with installers and system integrators in order to identify new opportunities for Wisenet video surveillance solutions and provide pre and post sales support for medium to large projects. Prior to joining Hanwha Techwin, Keith was a Regional Sales Manager for NW Systems Group, a systems integrator specialising in IP network based security solutions and he has also previo...

Arecont Vision®, a provider of IP-based megapixel camera technology, has announced that Pivot3, a provider of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions, has joined the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program™. Pivot3 HCI products will be available for testing in the Arecont Vision MegaLab™ integration facility as part of the new agreement. Pivot3 data-intensive hardware “We are honoured to be part of the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program,” said Brandon...

Today's security environments are more complex and sophisticated than ever, with technology evolving rapidly. For those responsible for critical national infrastructure estates, it can be a challenge to navigate this technology minefield and select the right solutions that can deliver the best value. UK Security Expo 2017 Synectics, whose solutions protect cities, transport assets, energy and utilities projects, and high-security sites worldwide, finds a misconception can exist within some age...

At Intersec 2018 in Dubai, SeeTec will be presenting video management applications for a wide range of areas and industries. The focus will be on solutions, with the new SeeTec Cayuga R11 product version presented to customers and partners in themed areas covering various real-life inspired user scenarios. After having participated at the world’s leading trade fair for Security, Safety and Fire Protection on various booths of strategic partners in the past, SeeTec will for the very first-...

A+ Technology & Security Solutions, Inc., a provider of video security and technology integration specialising in the convergence of physical and IP video security, announced that the company will be hosting an exclusive security training event “Crisis In The Classroom” on December 1, 2017 as part of a series of educational security preparedness seminars hosted at A + Technology’s headquarters located at 1490 North Clinton Avenue in Bay Shore, New York. Prevent and respond...

From 21th to 23th January INTERSEC 2018 in Dubai will showcase the latest products in security, safety and fire protection. Bosch Security Systems will display its innovative security, safety and communications products on booth S1-I22, Saeed Hall 1.   Future of video security The IoT is changing the way we view video security, quite literally. Now, cameras need to be so much more than devices with which to simply capture images; they need to be far smarter than that. Today cameras a...

Johnson Controls introduces the latest version of its victor Video Management System and VideoEdge Network Video Recorders (NVRs) from American Dynamics, taking functionality, performance and system security to the next level. Preventing evidence tampering The new victor Incident Locker provides a secure centralised repository to prevent the tampering of sensitive video evidence and maintain chain of custody. New end-to-end multicast functionality enables users to maintain visibility of their...

Razberi, the intelligent surveillance platform company, has integrated its CameraDefense™ cybersecurity software with Milestone XProtect® Corporate, enabling joint customers to manage and guard their video surveillance systems from a single user interface. Razberi CameraDefense automates and scales industry best practice cyber protections and monitors for risks to IP cameras and corporate networks. Cybersecurity best practices “Many of our customers use Milestone XProtect, so m...

GJD is delighted to announce that it features in the ‘Creating a Security Culture’ programme, introduced by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinksy. The Security Institute and ITN Productions partnered to produce the programme in a news and current affairs style. ‘Creating a Security Culture’ was launched at the Security Institute Annual Conference, on 3rd October 2017 at Armoury House in The City of London. Security affects everyone on a daily basis, the ‘Creating a...

A key component of technology integrations between security companies involves offering increased options and flexibility to customers. Users are always striving to gain the most relevant data and information from their devices in the most efficient manner, and when it comes to surveillance cameras and video management systems, enhanced collaborations are critical to take product performance to the next level. High-level integration That’s why Arteco has strengthened its partnership with...

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has received Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program (OAAP) Certification confirmation for the integration of OnGuard® access control 7.3, 7.2 and 7.1 via Milestone XProtect Access 2017 R2. With this certification, Lenel customers using Milestone VMS can view and manage the OnGuard access control events from the XProtect user interface, improving their operational efficiency.   Prior to this integration, custo...

IDIS has debuted a powerful suite of features to bring critical failover capabilities and peace-of-mind to users of the company’s innovative technology offerings. Bringing together existing, improved, and new failover features, IDIS addresses multiple threats to crucial video surveillance operations with IDIS Critical Failover, a collection of five capabilities that strengthen the fault tolerance of your CCTV infrastructure. “If any part of video surveillance infrastructure fails, i...

Surveon Technology, the enterprise NVR solutions provider, has launched a new Cloud NVR Solutions which integrates Surveon NVR licence with Infortrend's cloud-integrated unified storage, EonStor GSe Pro Series, allowing partners to easily record and backup valuable data to the cloud. Aside from supporting iSCSI, NAS and JBOD expansion, Surveon Cloud NVR Solutions also allow partners to expand the storage capacity via cloud, making it ideal for a wide variety of applications such as SMB, healthca...

Arecont Vision®, a provider of IP-based megapixel camera technology, has announced that PAR Products has joined the company’s Manufacturer’s Representative Partner programme. PAR will complement the Arecont Vision sales team in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas in providing expert pre-sales assistance to end users, systems integrators, and distributors. Innovation, reliability and customer satisfaction “Tim Shiner and his team at PAR are proven, custo...

Oncam, a provider of 360-degree video capture and business intelligence technology, has appointed Kyle Kayler as its new West Coast Sales Director. Kayler will play an instrumental role in helping drive business opportunities for Oncam within the western United States. Previous roles and experience In his new position with Oncam, Kayler will spearhead the development of innovative sales solutions that result in new revenue streams. He will also focus efforts on maximising partner relationships...

Milestone Systems, the global provider of open platform IP video management software (VMS), is optimising Middle East and African organisations in order to handle the rapid growth and great potential across the whole region. Community Manager appointmentOne in important change is the appointment of a Community Manager for the Middle East and Africa regions. Effective November 1st, Haider Mohammad took on the role as the company’s first Community Manager. Christian Ringler, Director M...

OPTEX Europe will be exhibiting for the first time at Sicurezza in Milan to showcase its wider range of detection and LED lighting devices. The portfolio on show will cover perimeter protection and security, as well as transportation safety devices and vehicle sensors – a perfect opportunity to meet the team and discuss new applications. OPTEX presence at Sicurezza Part of the OPTEX team present at the show will be Mark Cosgrave, Western Europe Divisional Manager for OPTEX EMEA and Sandr...