Award-winning security and communications integrator, G4S Technology LLC, Omaha, Neb., recently announced a contract award to provide electronic security for the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center currently under construction in La Jolla, Calif.

OpenEye, Liberty Lake, Wash., is recognizing its 15th anniversary in the business of designing and manufacturing physical security products and software solutions.

Moog Inc., Decatur, Ga., announced at ISC West that it provided the U.S. Department of State an around-the-clock imaging system for overseas facilities to detect terrorist and security threats in low-light and nighttime conditions.

After determining that the switch only closes a circuit, and that the fireplace is in no way connected to AC power, a simple paper clip provided the closure needed to turn on the warmth. Later I replaced the defective switch and now I have my alternate heat pump rocking when needed.

The system was designed to simplify the deployment and maintenance of mobile LPR systems, primarily for municipal and university parking authorities, as well as police departments with LPR-enabled vehicles.

Pelco IP cameras and Milestone Systems IP video management software (VMS). Milestone Systems will provide deeper integration support for Pelco’s IP-based cameras in the award-winning XProtect®-family of open platform VMS. This closer relationship will enable partners and customers to explore the advanced capacities of Pelco’s cameras and Milestone’s VMS.

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IP cameras have proven valuable to end users, who get the benefit of high resolution and a number of other features. For installers, they’ve also been valuable, as more and more end users either want new IP camera installations or want to migrate their existing analog cameras to IP and take advantage of the benefits.

The surveillance system at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) manages about 1,000 channels of video, including a mix of IP cameras (75 percent) and legacy analog cameras (25 percent).

Hikvision USA, City of Industry, Calif., partnered with VoloForce to develop what it described as an industry-first retail brand surveillance software.