CCTV & Video Security Industry News

IFSEC 2010 Security Industry Awards Call for Entries
Security Magazine  - 02.13.2010

"Produced in association with the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), the IFSEC 2010 Security Industry Awards are now open for entries. The awards acknowledge the people, products and technological advancements that have played a big part in the security industry over the past year."

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Park’s Crime Is 'Nonexistent' Thanks to Video
Security Sales & Integration  - 02.11.2010

"Using a four-camera wireless video surveillance system, the Hawthorne Police Department in Southern California has made crime “virtually nonexistent” in a 6.2-acre city park, the Los Angeles Times reports. The department aimed to reduce alcohol violations, marijuana use and drug dealing, truancy and vandalism in Eucalyptus Park."

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Honeywell launches Open Technology Alliance
Security Director News  - 02.08.2010  - L. Samuel Pfeifle

"Honeywell has announced a new Open Technology Alliance, which is described in a press release as “a group of global security manufacturers that will collaborate to increase interoperability between third-party IP systems.” As part of the group’s launch, Honeywell announced it will work with other manufacturers to integrate their IP cameras into Honeywell’s Maxpro video management system, as well as make its other devices more compatible with other vendors’ software platforms."

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Retailers partner with FBI to help 'connect the dots'
Security Director News  - 02.08.2010  - Leischen Stelter

"It’s one of the most common complaints by those in the loss prevention profession: Police don’t take retail theft seriously enough. And how could they be expected to? As police departments continue to face serious budgetary shortfalls that often lead to reductions in manpower, they are being forced to concentrate efforts on the most serious of crimes."

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Canada assembles 15,000 police to make Olympics secure
Security Info Watch  - 02.03.2010  - Jeanne Meserve & Carol Cratty, CNN

"An Olympic security plan five years in the making is taking shape in Vancouver this week. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is heading up the $900 million security operation, the largest in Canada's history. It will involve 15,000 police, private security and military personnel. Bud Mercer, RCMP assistant commissioner, describes it as "planning for 17 Super Bowls in a row, day after day." The Olympics will take place February 12 to 28 in the western Canadian city that is surrounded by water on three sides."

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Integrating security systems using XML and APIs
Security Info Watch  - 02.02.2010  - Steve Van Till

"The days of security systems operating in splendid isolation from other organizational systems are over. Customers are increasingly demanding that security system components interoperate with each other, with their IT systems, and with a host of other systems ranging from HR to marketing to building automation. They are not content to use outmoded, patchwork technologies to accomplish such integration. Rather, they are insisting on compliance with industry standards, open interfaces, and network-friendly, IP-based solutions that leverage existing resources to their best advantage."

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Sanyo joins Panasonic but retains its brand identity
Security Info Watch  - 02.02.2010

"As of Dec. 21, 2009, CCTV solutions manufacturer Sanyo officially became a Panasonic company, according to Aaron Fowles, corporate communications representative for Sanyo North America Corporation. Fowles added that Sanyo’s Consumer Solutions Group, to which the Sanyo security products division belongs, will continue to business under the Sanyo name."

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Cost is affecting video surveillance adoption, says research group
Security Info Watch  - 02.02.2010

"Research company Frost & Sullivan has recently released its "Asia Pacific Video Surveillance Market" report, which is now available also from ResearchandMarkets.com. The report "provides country specific response of the market for video surveillance cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs), network video recorders (NVRs), video servers, and surveillance software. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following geographic regions: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, ANZ, emerging countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam), China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, and Japan."

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Vancouver to Spend $1 Billion on Olympic Games Security
Security Magazine  - 02.01.2010

"With over 15,000 highly-trained security personnel, backed by a arsenal of military hardware, Vancouver is about to spend $1 billion in security for the Winter Olympics. The original budget for games security was 175 million Canadian dollars in Vancouver's Olympic bid, but has snowballed to about $1 billion, said an AP report. "

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Tri-Ed Hits the Road With IP Video Tech Tour
Security Sales & Integration  - 01.28.2010

"Tri-Ed’s North American IP Video Technology Tour training program will be making stops at its distribution branches across the U.S. and Canada throughout 2010. The series curriculum will cover the basics of networking, IP configuration, and IP video and network video recording. Attendees will learn the IP language and gain the skills needed to set up a small to medium network."

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Mace Unveils New Online Training Program
Security Sales & Integration  - 01.28.2010

"Mace Security Int’l announces its subsidiary Mace Security Products Inc. has launched a Web-based training program in support of its professional security dealer program. The new training program, branded Mace University, aims to provide the product knowledge and skills training required for Mace dealers to be successful while striving to reduce their operational costs."

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Researchers examine video surveillance effectiveness in Canada
Security Info Watch  - 01.19.2010  - Geoff Kohl

"A recent report from researchers at a variety of Canadian universities examines current trends in public surveillance systems. The research report, published by the Surveillance Camera Awareness Network (SCAN), looks into privacy concerns, overall installation trends for city projects, signage requirements, how CCTV technology has improved and the effectiveness of surveillance cameras. The report starts with a look at the beginnings of public surveillance in Canada, going back to the early 1990s when the town of Sherbrooke, Quebec, became one of Canada's first cities to deploy a municipal surveillance system. The report continues by looking at government initiatives and surveillance program expansions across the nation. Also examined is private video surveillance operations (such as those systems installed by businesses on their own premises)."

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Are your circuits safe from attack?
Security Director News  - 01.19.2010  - L Samuel Pfeifle

"What would happen if a malicious person detonated an electro-magnetic pulse weapon just outside your facility? Essentially, everything with an integrated circuit—servers, alarm systems, HVAC systems, surveillance systems—would be rendered useless. How do you protect against such an eventuality? That’s what Emprimus does."

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Tired of getting bombarded by manufacturers at conferences?
Security Director News  - 01.19.2010  - Leischen Stelter

"Everybody wants to grab the attention of end users, especially when there are dollars involved. It’s a scene played out over and over, and is especially apparent at security conferences and expositions. While these shows are a great way for end users to discover different manufacturers and an opportunity to compare products, it often becomes difficult for end users to fend off the masses of manufacturers vying for their attention."

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Axis looks to heat up thermal imaging camera business
Security Info Watch  - 01.18.2010  - Geoff Kohl

"Axis Communications, the Swedish company known for a market-leading position in the IP video surveillance market, today unveiled two new thermal imaging IP cameras that could change the marketplace for this technology, said Axis Americas' General Manager Fredrik Nilsson in an interview with SecurityInfoWatch.com. With the company already having in place a wide range of IP video cameras, from affordable consumer grade models to high-end professional models, Nilsson said that a want to provide full night vision cameras (as opposed to the standard day/night products that are common to this industry) drove today's launch of indoor and outdoor thermal cameras."

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Study: Employee Thieves Steal More Cash, Less Merchandise
Security Sales & Integration  - 01.14.2010

"An ADT-commissioned study suggests retail employees are stealing less merchandise, while shoplifting by consumers and gangs is on the rise. ADT and its Sensormatic Retail Solutions group commissioned “Loss Prevention 2010: Retailers Battling Shrink in Tough Times,” an online survey of 83 multinational retailers conducted by Retail Systems Research (RSR). “Traditionally employee theft has been the largest portion of the retail crime pie and it still is, but we believe we are seeing a shift in employee theft as retailers get better at spotting it,” says Lee Pernice, retail director for ADT Security Services."

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First HDcctv Specification Ratified by HDcctv Alliance
Security Sales & Integration  - 01.13.2010

"The HDcctv Alliance, a security industry group established to promote technical standards for high definition (HD) video surveillance equipment, has ratified version 1.0 of the HDcctv Specification. The new open standard accommodates the adoption of HD video formats by both surveillance equipment manufacturers and security service providers. HDcctv Alliance members have begun introducing HDcctv-compliant products displaying the HDcctv logo."

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Obama vows changes in wake of security lapses
Security Info Watch  - 01.07.2010  - Ben Feller

"President Barack Obama suggested Thursday he would not fire anyone for the attempted Christmas airline attack, saying it appears the security lapses that led to the near-disaster were not the fault of a single individual or institution. "Ultimately the buck stops with me," said the commander in chief."

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Report: Asia to spur global CCTV market growth
Security Info Watch  - 01.07.2010

"According to a new report from market research firm RNCOS, the Asian surveillance market is expected to help drive the global growth of CCTV over the next several years. The report, “Global CCTV Market Analysis (2008-2012),” predicts that the global CCTV market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent beginning in 2010 and reach $23 billion by the end of 2012. Over that same time period, the CCTV market in countries such as India and Malaysia is expected to grow at CAGR of around 30 percent with Asia as a whole accounting for nearly 45 percent of the total CCTV market by the end of 2012."

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Rapid Response Offers 2nd Annual User Group Event
Security Sales & Integration  - 01.06.2010

"Rapid Response Monitoring Systems Inc. invites dealers, service providers, exhibitors and vendors to attend its Rapid Response User Group Event (RRUG 2010) to be held August 1-4 at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, N.Y. More than 400 dealers attended the event’s inaugural staging last year. The second annual program will feature educational courses and breakout sessions, technical orientations, guest speakers, exhibitions and tours of the company’s monitoring facility. "

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