Let’s begin the new year by celebrating the outstanding response and expertise that characterize the security industry. When crime struck close to home, it was not the Los Angeles or USC Police that came to the rescue; it was Shandon Harbour and the outstanding team at SDA Security.
Honeywell was selected to overhaul the video surveillance system at Casino Niagara, one of the top tourism attractions in Canada’s Niagara Falls. The project includes retrofitting the existing surveillance network with IP video technology that will allow casino officials to use a single command and control center to view and remotely manage the systems at both Casino Niagara and its nearby sister facility, Fallsview Casino.
Siqura B.V., Gouda, Netherlands, is now part of TKH Security Solutions, a close-knit collection of five companies working together to provide integrated and complete security management systems for critical infrastructure, traffic, public transit, healthcare, financial institution, public building, and government applications.
SureView Systems, Tampa, Fla., developer of Immix®, a video-based automation platform for the security alarm industry, and Videofied, White Bear Lake, Minn., developer of the MotionViewer, a self-powered wireless radio device combining a PIR and digital day/night vision camera in one unit, announced an enhancement to their integration of Videofied with Immix and Immix Cloud.
BriefCam®, Neve Ilan, Israel, the developer and provider of Video Synopsis® solutions for rapid reviewing, analyzing and indexing of video, announced a partnership with North American systems integrator Convergint Technologies, Schaumburg, Ill.
IMS Research reported that the transition from analog video surveillance equipment to network video surveillance equipment is forecast to drive growth of over 7 percent for the mobile video surveillance equipment market in trains and trams, over the next five years.
Virtua Healthcare System, a comprehensive multi-hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ, recently upgraded its video surveillance system to an IP-based network complete with Arecont Vision, Glendale, Calif., IP megapixel cameras.
North American Video (NAV), Brick, N.J., upgraded the video surveillance recording system at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles from VHS format to a digital system that encompasses the Casino’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. The new integrated system provides Casino management with increased search functionality, enabling quicker and more proactive response to incidents.
ISC Solutions booth 1822 - TimeSight Systems, Mt. Laurel, N.J., a provider of video lifecycle management (VLM) for video surveillance, and Sentry360, a developer of advanced multi-megapixel surveillance cameras, announced a technology alliance.
Sans Digital, a provider of storage subsystems, released a full-line of video surveillance appliances designed to extend long-term retention and archiving needs.