Archive for May, 2011:

CCTV monitoring website launch delayed by review

{ Posted on May 31 2011 by DominikaRak }
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A website which planned to pay members of the public cash prizes for monitoring commercial CCTV footage online has had its launch delayed. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) stopped Internet Eyes operating fully while it investigates the plans. The ICO is making ...Read More »

Access control with mobile phones: the future with Near Field Communications

{ Posted on May 24 2011 by DominikaRak }
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Near Field Communications (NFC) technology is a catalyst that will hasten the use of mobile phones as mobile electronic keys for access control. Though the technology already exists, the necessary infrastructure and supporting devices still have some way to go. ...Read More »

CCTV on the frontline

{ Posted on May 20 2011 by DominikaRak }
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Categories : CCTV
CCTV on the frontline When it comes to maximising the benefits of CCTV, a key priority, in the first instance, must be to look at the frontline where the all-important images are being captured.  Whether being used for commercial or public ...Read More »

Rome’s Colosseum protected by Canon CCTV

{ Posted on May 16 2011 by DominikaRak }
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Security cameras by Canon have been installed at Rome’s ancient Colosseum. The building, which dates back to 72 AD and is one of the seven wonders of the world, has been fitted with several pan-tilt-zoom cameras with 26x optical zoom. SN Technica, ...Read More »

Access control with mobile phones: the future with Near Field Communications

{ Posted on May 13 2011 by PiaGreig }
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Categories : Access Control
Near Field Communications (NFC) technology is a catalyst that will hasten the use of mobile phones as mobile electronic keys for access control. Though the technology already exists, the necessary infrastructure and supporting devices still have some way to go. ...Read More »

Honeywell estimates incremental growth in use of entry-level access control

{ Posted on May 06 2011 by PiaGreig }
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Honeywell announced it has seen a 30-percent monthly increase in the number of dealers and integrators using its NetAXS-123 access control offering since the solution's launch in July 2010. The company says the numbers reflect a growing trend of security ...Read More »

Best practices in using video analytics for outdoor security

{ Posted on May 05 2011 by PiaGreig }
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Video analytics can boost security efforts by automatically alerting personnel to take action when a security event occurs. Intelligent sensors never tire, can cover large distances and “see” what the eye would miss, even in absolute darkness. Based on such ...Read More »

CBC’s Ganz Radar Vision early warning detection system protects Porto Airport in Northern Portugal

{ Posted on May 04 2011 by PiaGreig }
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Leading surveillance systems provider CBC Europe, under its Ganz branded portfolio, has supplied a Ganz Radar Vision tracking/surveillance early warning detection system to protect Porto Airport in northern Portugal, the country's third busiest airport in terms of both airplane operations ...Read More »