CCTV


New Zealand Banks Use NVR Technology To Improve Security

May 2, 2008

One of New Zealand’s leading financial institutions, the Bank of Zealand is a member of the National Australia Bank group, has assets of NZ $56.4 billion and operates 180 branches across the country. BNZ had been using the same tape-based analog recording system for 16 to 18 years, and officials wanted to upgrade to modern technology.


Video Analytics Help Curb Theft At Chilean Salmon Farm

May 1, 2008

Video Analytics Help Curb Theft At Chilean Salmon Farm

ioimage recently announced that Trusal S.A., a leader in the Chilean aquaculture industry, has implemented ioimage video analytics to protect its salmon pools in Puerto Montt from threats approaching from sea and land.


Breakthroughs in Video Analytics

April 30, 2008

The use of video analytics is growing rapidly in the surveillance market. It has proven indispensable in high-end security projects, and is becoming increasingly popular in commercial jobs for a wide range of applications.


Chilean Casinos Use IP Storage Solution As Backbone Of Surveillance System

April 29, 2008

Intransa, producer of shared, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions, recently today that Enjoy Group, a holding company for nine of the largest casinos in Chile, has chosen an IP storage solution by Intransa to serve as the storage backbone of its digital CCTV surveillance system.


South Africa Rail Freight Operator Uses NICE IP Video Surveillance

April 28, 2008

NICE Systems Ltd. recently announced that Transnet Freight Rail, the leading provider of logistics and the largest rail operator in South Africa, has decided to standardize on NICE, undertaking a multi million-dollar project to implement NiceVision Net, NICE's end-to-end solution for IP video security.


videoNEXT, SightLogix Announce Collaboration

April 25, 2008

videoNEXT, a developer of security management solutions, recently announced in a collaborative effort with SightLogix Inc, that the two companies have completed the implementation of a video surveillance system for a high-security military installation.


Homeland Security Group Launches Waterproof, Body-Worn DVR

April 24, 2008

Homeland Security Group has launched its new PDVR-1000, a waterproof, body-worn DVR that strongly improves security for agents in the field, offers evidential quality recording of suspects and allows supervisors to coordinate tactical operations.


Pivot3 Exhibits High-Definition Storage

April 24, 2008

Pivot3 will exhibit the company's High-Definition Storage at Booth 2527 during GovSec, U.S. Law and Ready.


Stop An IP Camera Hack

By John W. Verity · April 23, 2008

How’s this for a nightmare scenario? Stealthy bad hats sneak up on an IP video camera attached to a remote fence and unplug it from its Ethernet cable. In its place, they jack in a laptop computer and -- voila! -- they’re now inside that surveillance network where they can manipulate other cameras, reprogram door locks, fiddle with access credentials and perhaps wreak havoc all over the target organization’s intranet.


Rio de Janeiro Taps Verint To Improve City-Wide Surveillance System

April 23, 2008

Verint Systems, a provider of analytic software-based solutions for workforce-enterprise optimization and security, recently announced that the city of Rio de Janeiro has expanded its deployment of the company’s Nextiva Critical Infrastructure solution to improve its city-wide surveillance system.


New Products

Cameras: Day/Night

Star-Light Camera

The V1363TIR Star-Light Camera is a vandal-resistant dome camera designed to ensure excellent color sensitivity and high resolution in day and night applications. The camera offers a unique Digital Slow Shutter feature, which increases the length of time the shutter remains open, collecting additional ambient light and illuminating typically dark environments. Additional features include motion detection, a 3.3- to 12-millimeter varifocal lens, digital noise reduction, motion detection, programmable privacy zones, IR-LEDs, true day/night, AGC, BLC, AWB and a five-year warranty.

Cameras

ADV240

The ADV240, a high-resolution dome camera, is built with a DSP chipset and powerful functions such as day/night, digital noise reduction and an OSD menu. The electronic iris function enables continuous automatic control of the shutter between 1/60 and 1/120,000 seconds. The ADV240 also features a 1/3-inch Sony Super HAD CCD image sensor and a 2.8- to 12-millimeter auto-iris varifocal lens to provide a clear picture for most applications.

Cameras

BE Series

The BE Series weatherproof, high-resolution IR cameras provide exceptional picture quality in both bright and low-light conditions. The varifocal, dual-voltage cameras optimizes their picture quality in both day and night using CNB’s “Next” Version of IR cut filter technology. The series includes a built-in heater and fan, Sony Super HAD CCDs and an extra video out-port for easy installation.

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