15 January 2013

Sony invites UK security professionals to Video Security Roadshows

We would like to invite you to a series of Sony Video Security Roadshows at our distribution partner ADI Gardiner’s branch locations showcasing our new & current camera product, and also our hardware and recording platforms. These events will be an excellent opportunity to engage with Sony whether you are familiar with what we offer, or brand new to it. If you are looking for a full end-to-end solution, or have interest in perhaps just one part of our comprehensive CCTV portfolio. Please see below for the link to register your attendance and for details of the locations: To register: https://events.pro.sony.eu/search-results.php?country=3&event=12&search.x=37&search.y=8 Roadshow Locations Tuesday 22nd January – ADI Glasgow Wednesday 23rd January – ADI Salford (Manchester) Thursday 24th January – ADI Leeds Tuesday 29th January – ADI Birmingham Wednesday 30th January – ADI Reading Tuesday 5th February – ADI Becton (London)

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CENTURION launches digital security gate newsletter

Access is the name of gate automation giant CENTURION’s newsletter, a fortnightly publication focussing on news and developments within the security sector, product releases, case studies and useful security tips. Last year saw Access go digital – assuming the fitting moniker Access Online – a transformation that allowed CENTURION to reach a far wider audience than would be permitted by a hard copy publication. Examples of topics that have been covered in the newly digitalised newsletter include tips for safeguarding one’s home during the holiday season, a treatise on improving remote control range and a thorough exploration of current crime trends in South Africa. The newsletter serves as an important tool not only for communicating crime prevention guidelines to the public, but also for keeping subscribers abreast of the latest CENTURION products. To subscribe to Access Online, please click here. Contact www.centurionsystems.co.za  

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CNL’s IPSecurityCenter™ selected for the Abu Dhabi Police

CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, is pleased to announce its selection by ATECO, a United Arab Emirates based systems integrator, to provide the integration and management platform for the Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) GHQ. Abu Dhabi Police operates with other agencies to create a safer society by increasing public order, reducing crime and removing sense of fear, as well as contributing to the achievement of justice among the general public. This latest initiative will enable ADP to make better use of their systems, by consolidating the large number of disparate video surveillance and security systems into a single unified security management solution. It will provide a single view of all assets on one mapping surface, permitting operators to select and control cameras using a single set of controls irrespective of the manufacturer of the camera, DVR, NVR or VMS. The solution will connect 19 remote locations bringing together systems from manufacturers including Milestone, Genetec, Guetbruck, VDG DivaShell, Vanguard, Kaba, Solarwinds and ESRI.  Additionally, it will provide system healthcare monitoring, notifying of any device failure or symptoms leading to failure of any device on their security network. This will enable ADP to proactively manage the maintenance of their entire estate of systems. ATECO was established in 1987, and has since evolved as a leading systems integrator in the GCC. It was selected by ADP due to its strength in engineering practices and all related disciplines including Design, Application Engineering, Planning, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Installation, Application Programming, Commissioning and Product Support. “We are delighted to have been selected by Ateco. This is a prestigious project as ADP is seen as a leading light in best practice within law enforcement in the region. CNL Software has a great track record at delivery law enforcement command and control solutions that enable multi-agency collaboration, and I am certain this will be the start of a much larger program”, comments Daniel Bloodworth, Technical Sales Manager Middle East – CNL Software. “We look forward to working with Ateco on this as well as other projects in the near future. Contact www.cnlsoftware.com

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IndigoVision’s Control Center: A new release and another industry first

2012 saw the 10th anniversary of IndigoVision’s award winning Control Center – the world’s first truly scalable video management software application. Click here to find out why the latest release has been driven by the security market to provide a solution that supports an unprecedented number of cameras, how it now delivers the industry’s only true tamper proof video evidence and why these features are important to your customers. Edge Based Storage – Nirvana or Nightmare? As part of his new regular column, Alex Swanson – IndigoVision’s Head of Engineering – takes a look at “Edge Based Storage”, a feature that has been promoted as a way of eliminating Network Video Recorders. Click here to read why the industry is getting it wrong when it comes to Edge Based Storage and what really needs to be taken into consideration to make it work. The IP Revolutionaries When IndigoVision first started in 1994, we created a vision of amazing quality video that could be viewed everywhere and recorded anywhere, while destroying the limitations of traditional analog systems – such as requiring a central management server. Click here to read what industry veteran and IndigoVision’s codec team leader, Dr Mike Smart, has to say about the way the IP CCTV industry is moving and why advances in video broadcasting – such as Ultra HD and H.265 – could eventually kill megapixel technology. Experience Our Solutions First Hand See IndigoVision’s Complete IP Video Security Solutions in action at the following events:              Intersec: 15th – 17th January, Dubai              World Game Protection: 25th – 27th February, Las Vegas              UK Security and Defence Technology: 28th February, Brussels              Security and Policing: 12th – 14th March, Farnborough, UK              ISC West: 10th – 12th April, Las Vegas One Last Thing… They say that “imitation is the best form of flattery” and although other companies may imitate the look, the feel.. and even the name of IndigoVision’s Control Center… only IndigoVision has the heritage. Thanks to the “Wayback Machine” web archive website, have a look at our original press release from 14th May 2002 announcing the launch of Control Center – the “first truly scalable management system for the digital CCTV market.” And since the original release, we’ve increased the number of networked cameras managed in Control Center from “hundreds” to hundreds of thousands! Showing how IndigoVision, and the CCTV industry, has grown in ten years. Contact www.indigovision.com

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Cash raid gang convicted on SmartWater evidence

The positive identification of SmartWater marked clothing has aided the prosecution of three men who have been jailed for a total of 19 years after a G4S courier was held up outside a Blockbuster Video store in Surrey. Nicholas Leacock (35), of Egmont Street, New Cross, and Marvin Samuels (28), of Woodside Green, South Norwood, robbed security guard, Ian Strachan, before jumping into a getaway car and fleeing the scene at high speed. The pair drove to an address in Croydon where they paid accomplice, Paul Tucker (36), of Headley Drive, New Addington,  £100 to open the stolen cash box with an angle grinder. A tracking device in the cash box led police straight to the gang, where they found £370 in cash, industrial cutting equipment and clothing all marked with purple dye containing a SmartWater forensic signature. The SmartWater system activated when the gang forced open the cash box. Under police interview Leacock and Samuels made no comment, but their clothing was seized and sent to SmartWater’s forensic laboratories where scientists positively identified traces of purple dye laced with SmartWater and linked it with the stolen cash box. This evidence was upheld in court and used to help link the pair with the robbery. Leacock and Samuels were jailed for nine years each after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery. Tucker, who had entered a not guilty plea to money laundering, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to one year in prison. Detective Sergeant Penny Goodale, who led the investigation, said: “I welcome the lengthy sentences for this group of dangerous professional criminals. This was a planned and organised robbery where the offenders were quite prepared to threaten the cash delivery driver and put other members of the public at risk to get what they wanted.” SmartWater’s forensic technology is deployed tactically by police forces and other organisations in a variety of scenarios throughout the UK. The use of SmartWater evidence has resulted in more than 1,000 successful prosecutions where it has been introduced in court proceedings. Chief executive of SmartWater Technology Ltd, Phil Cleary, said: “When independent academic research was carried out, convicted criminals themselves told the researchers that they considered SmartWater “bad for business”. That message obviously hadn’t reached these individuals like it has many others, but their case is a clear warning to thieves and robbers that if they try to take SmartWater-marked property they are at serious risk of going to prison.” For more information, please contact Mark Waugh, Be Bold Public Relations, on 01952 898121 or email mark@beboldpr.com    

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SecurityNewsDesk.com brings you exclusive footage from Intersec 2013!

SecurityNewsDesk.com is pleased to present the first of a number of exclusive video news reports covering all aspects of the Middle East’s premier Fire, Safety and Security event – Intersec Dubai 2013. In our first two pre-show video reports, we catch up with: CP Plus Kaba Michael Dehn – Group Exhibitions Director Mohammed Al-Ahmadi – Organiser of the Firefighters Challenge The members of the Kuwaiti firefighting team For more exclusive video’s from INTERSEC Dubai 2013, see DAY ONE and DAY TWO.

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