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Ajax Systems

Ajax Systems launches new wired security IP cameras

Ajax Systems is delighted to announce the release of wired security IP cameras. These video surveillance devices are designed to provide high-definition surveillance while ensuring top-notch privacy protections. All cameras are now available for order. Ajax cameras are said to be versatile, working well both indoors and outdoors with an IP65 rating. Setting them up […]

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CCTV User Group

CCTV User Group gives Christmas update on Relentless 2024 conference

CCTV User Group, the UK’s national membership organisation for Professional Surveillance System Managers and Operators, has given an update on what to expect at “the best CCTV Conference & Security Exhibition in 2024”, dubbed the Relentless 2024 Conference, taking place from April 22 to 24, at Whittlebury Park Hotel & Spa, Towcester. CCTV User Group

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360 Vision Technology

See 360 Vision Technology & Bi3 intelligent traffic surveillance solutions at Highways UK

360 Vision Technology, the leading UK CCTV camera manufacturer and its long-term technical partner Bi3, will be displaying their latest range of Predator and stainless-steel industrial Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras for traffic applications, at Highways UK, NEC, 18-19 October, stand 39, Hall 3a. In association with Bi3’s specifically designed video analytics for highways applications, 360 Vision

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Fortus

Fortus announce ‘hat-trick’ of acquisitions

Fortus Group have announced a series of strategic acquisitions, which will see the Irish founded company further galvanise its capacity to deliver end to end solutions in Ireland, UK and mainland Europe. The acquisitions of Specialized Security Products, Electric Gate Shop and Red Rhino Monitoring were assisted by AIB Equity Capital through their investment in

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Fortus

Fortus Group makes trio of acquisitions with AIB backing

Security and fire safety business Fortus Group has completed a trio of acquisitions supported by fresh backing from AIB Equity Capital. AIB has invested €14.5m (£12.7m) into the Dublin-headquartered group, which has assisted in the financing of the acquisitions of The Electric Gate Shop, Specialized Security Products and Red Rhino Monitoring. AIB’s investment has provided

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Fortus

Fortus Group ‘doubles in size’ following acquisitions of Enterprise Security Distribution and RE:SURE

Fortus Group Holdings, has announced the simultaneous acquisitions of Enterprise Security Distribution and remote CCTV monitoring specialist, RE:SURE Intelligence. Supported by AIB Corporate Banking and Rockpool Investments, the acquisitions effectively “double the size” of Fortus, according to the business, adding €100m in revenue. The company says it intends to drive the quality of the customer

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barox Ethernet PoE switches approved to power Redvision X4 COMMANDER PTZ camera

barox Kommunikation AG, has been selected by UK camera manufacturer Redvision as a key technical partner. In the partnership, barox are providing uninterrupted, reliable PoE and reporting for Redvision’s industry leading X4 COMMANDER rugged, ball PTZ camera, including on-board illumination. The barox LT-LPITE-402GBTME 4-port 90W 802.3bt Industrial switch is now proven capable of powering the

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David White’s 50-year career recognised with the Gordon McLanaghan Award

Global MSC Security has honoured David White’s 50-year career in policing and the security industry, with the 2022 Gordon McLanaghan Award for Security Innovation. The highly respected consultant, tutor and former police officer, was presented with a piece of Bristol Blue glassware, by the Managing Director of Global MSC Security, Derek Maltby, upon his retirement

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Boehringer Ingelheim roll out project with Qognify

Qognify has announced a global video management system (VMS) roll-out project with biopharmaceutical company – Boehringer Ingelheim. Boehringer Ingelheim has a global footprint with about 180 sites around the world. To effectively support video surveillance, need in those, Boehringer Ingelheim decided to standardise hardware and software approach in configuration and rollout of IT systems. Thanks to

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NAV named exclusive surveillance technical integration sponsor at 2022 World Game Protection Conference

North American Video (NAV) has again been named as the exclusive Surveillance Technical Integration Sponsor at the 2022 World Game Protection Conference (WGPC). The three-day event, which runs February 15th through the 17th at the Tropicana Las Vegas, attracts casino surveillance, gaming and regulations professionals from around the world to focus on new and emerging threats,

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Secure Logiq and Seagate join forces

Secure Logiq and Seagate are bringing together their combined strengths to create the ultimate storage solution for the video surveillance industry. This partnership will draw on Seagate’s world-renowned expertise in very high-density storage applications and Secure Logiq’s cutting edge understanding of the surveillance industry. This new partnership provides the perfect solution for security professionals in

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Festival goers in Switzerland

The role of IT in securing publicly accessible locations

As successful vaccination programmes signal increasing freedoms across Europe, sports and music events, clubs, coffee shops, bars and other publicly accessible locations are once again opening up and welcoming patrons back. Yet, while Covid remains an ongoing challenge, it is the potential for terrorist activity that makes it increasingly necessary for event organisers to take

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Frontline Security Solutions to welcome two Zitko Talent trainees

Frontline Security Solutions, has joined the Zitko Talent industry alliance and will be welcoming an initial two trainees at the end of the year. If successful, Frontline will be looking to implementing the Zitko Talent programme further throughout the business. The company has a longstanding relationship with the Zitko Group. Director of Operations, Peter Kidd,

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Redvision Case Study | Safeguarding Portsmouth International Port

Redvision have reported on a recent case study referencing the VMS1000 video management system installation at Portsmouth International Port. Portsmouth International Port is a crucial UK port. Thanks to its superb location, with easy access from both the motorway and major shipping lanes, Portsmouth is ideally placed for ferries, cruise, and freight. The Port is

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Comelit Group acquires PAC GDX for integrated security solutions

Comelit Group UK has announced its acquisition of PAC GDX, under the newly formed and re-branded Comelit-Pac company. The acquisition will reportedly enable the company to offer total integrated solutions, inclusive of networked access control systems together with door entry, CCTV, home automation, intruder alarm and fire detection systems. Led in the UK by Comelit-PAC

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Skills for Security partner with TIS academy to train apprentices

The BSIA’s training arm, Skills for Security (SfS) has partnered with TIS Academy by agreeing to train their apprentices.  TIS Academy, powered by Skills for Security, will be enrolling twenty new apprentices on a bespoke apprenticeship initiative. Total Integrated Solutions (TIS) will use SfS technical training experience to deliver the apprenticeship training at TIS head

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UK government’s revised surveillance code receives backlash

The UK government has opened a consultation on revisions to the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice which was first issued back in 2013, under section 30 of Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. This revision is said to be a ‘significant step in the process of delivering the Government’s commitment to the further regulation of CCTV’

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Retail sector report reveals video security effectiveness in supporting ‘COVID Safety’

The new Retail Sector Video Security Trends Report 2021 from Ava Security finds that, despite the severe reduction of physical store-based sales over the last year, retail groups have continued to find new money for improving video security systems.  Existing CCTV and video monitoring systems are already working well to reduce retail shrinkage and are

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Panasonic i-PRO to attend this year’s Security Event, NEC Birmingham

This year’s Security Event at the NEC in Birmingham (7-9th September) will be attended by Panasonic i-PRO. As first time attendees, Panasonic will exhibiting a variety of innovative surveillance products and solutions that can perform in numerous industries and environments. The Security Event is known as the top commercial, enterprise and domestic security event with

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NW Security finds 93% of UK businesses running CCTV systems reporting excess false alarms due to incorrect design

New Market Research by security tech company NW Security found the single largest cause of false alerts came from obstructions on the camera More than 9 out of 10 (93%) of England-based, medium, and large-sized businesses’ running CCTV systems with video analytics capabilities are still find they are generating too many false alerts linked to

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Bosch launches new X series cameras

Bosch unveils Flexidome IP starlight 8000i X series cameras

Bosch has launched the Flexidome IP starlight 8000i X series cameras offering 2- or 4-megapixel resolution, custom optics, HDR (high dynamic range) X, and starlight X for enhanced image quality in scenes with low-light and fast-moving objects. The new starlight X technology helps to improve image capture during the day and in low light conditions,

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Access control is changing

Opinion | Improving banking security and operations through innovations in cloud

Cloud technology has been proven to help businesses remain operational during the pandemic and has helped facilitate a digital transformation process that was already underway in many sectors, including financial services. Now, as the success of the vaccination programme and drop in infection rates leads to a relaxing of lockdown regulations, retail and investment banks

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Zaun expands portfolio with RDS Stronghold range

Zaun has launched the RDS Stronghold range, a system that incorporates a patent-pending adjustable system that can, according to the company, ‘plumb the posts.’ This means that a wider range of panel types can be mounted, including panels that must have accurately plumbed and positioned posts, while also being more pleasing to the eye. Housed

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Former ‘Street Czar’ Andy Stocker joins Videosoft

Andy Stocker, the former ‘Street Czar’ of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has joined Videosoft as the company rolls out its next generation of CCTV and security video streaming products and services. Bringing 20 years experience in CCTV, local authority and public space security, Stocker will be Videosoft’s Principal Public Sector Manager. The

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UK doubles Safer Streets fund budget

The UK has doubled the budget for its Safer Streets fund to £45 million. The fund is used by local authorities across the UK to improve neighbourhoods with enhanced lighting and CCTV coverage. The decision comes in response to the outpouring of experiences and concerns following the death of Sarah Everard. The announcement came following

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Bosch launches first cameras based on Inteox open camera platform

Bosch has unveiled the first cameras based on its Inteox open camera platform. The platform’s debut comes with the MIC inteox 7100i. The new MIC inteox cameras share the same distinctive characteristics as the rest of the MIC camera family and can be classified as “Driven by OSSA”. In addition, the manufacturer has also launched

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Most businesses running CCTV systems want to improve them significantly, finds new study

A new England-wide study by IP video integrator NW Security completed in September, found that 97% of medium and large-sized businesses wanted to make significant improvements to their existing CCTV systems. Over a third (36%) of firms captured in this study wanted their CCTV systems to be integrated better with other security-related systems such as

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Private sector leads accelerating migration of CCTV systems onto cloud platforms

Over two thirds (71%) of medium and large-sized firms in the private sector and 43% of public sector organisations, all running CCTV systems, are planning to migrate them into the cloud within the next 12 months according to a new survey from NW Security. An average of 58% of all public and private sector businesses

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Covid-19 is increasing demand for CCTV for remote monitoring of operations

A new study of CCTV system managers commissioned by security technology company NW Security, found that nearly half (46 per cent) of medium and large-sized businesses across England, plan to use their CCTV systems to support remote management of processes and people in the workplace. The study also uncovered the fact that the primary reason

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Cop UK strikes distribution deal with Hikvision

Cop UK has become a fully authorised Hikvision distributor. The company will stock, supply and support the entire range of products from the manufacturer and will be launching the brand in early 2021. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Hikvision and it is a fantastic opportunity for us,” said Chris Bentley, Managing Director at

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Control Center software delivers for University of Dundee

IndigoVision and its authorised partner, Scottish Communications, have supplied a surveillance solution to cover the 72 buildings that make up the University of Dundee. The major advantage for the university was IndigoVision’s Control Center software which meant a single person could monitor multiple cameras and track critical incidents.

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Hikvision launches dedicated series in its DeepinView camera line

Cameras in this Dedicated Subseries come equipped with multiple dedicated algorithms that can be selected and engaged discretely based on the needs of the installation, then switched as the security needs change. July 2, 2020 – Hikvision, an IoT solution provider with video as its core competency, today announced a brand-new addition to its DeepinView camera line:

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