In a move it says will provide customers the freedom to choose the specific combination of products that best suit their needs, Hikvision has integrated its ONVIF-conformant IP cameras with Avigilon’s Control Center Software.

Matrix Systems, an access control and security solutions provider, announced that it formed a strategic alliance with Next Level Security Systems to provide unified video management and security solutions to Frontier™ security management and access control system customers.

ASIS 2012 was the site last month of several announcements about new cloud-based video surveillance services, including one from imaging expert, Sony Electronics Security Systems Division, together with Next Level Security Systems, a company that offers an IP-based security management platform that integrates video management, IP access control, video analytics and remote management into a single appliance.

After logging nearly 123 million miles in flight, the space shuttle Endeavour traveled 12 miles on the ground through the streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center (CSC) over the weekend, arriving mid-afternoon on Sunday, quite a bit later than planned. But trees — not security — were behind the delay, thanks in large part to IP video surveillance cameras from Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass.

IP video storage and intelligent building solutions provider BCDVideo, Northbrook, Ill., has been recognized as one of CRN’s 2012 Fast Growth 50 Up-and-Coming companies.

Systems integration firm Convergint Technologies, Schaumberg, Ill., recently signed on as a value added reseller for Houston-based Behavioral Recognition Systems’ (BRS Labs) AISight, a self-learning artificial intelligence system that identifies potential threats in real-time across multiple video feeds and locations.

In the past, if you wanted to compete for a project in license plate recognition (LPR), you were restricted to quoting camera systems specifically designed for LPR applications. However, as general network cameras have continued to advance, it has opened up the possibility to use them for LPR functions.