Openview Security Solutions Upgrades CCTV Control Room And Wireless Infrastructure For Stockport Homes

Stockport Homes, the organisation responsible for managing housing stock on behalf of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, has unveiled a new control room at Cornerstone, its recently opened head office. Designed and built by OpenView Security Solutions (OSS), the leading provider of CCTV Control Room and IT infrastructure solutions to the public sector, the new control room will enable the delivery of an efficient concierge and security service to over 2000 properties across Stockport.

In preparation for building the new control room, OSS was asked by Stockport Homes to recommend an upgrade its current fibre optic cable-based network infrastructure which was used to link CCTV cameras installed in 22 residential tower blocks.

According to Matthew Platt, Asset Manager at Stockport Homes: “We were already working with OpenView Security Solutions, which was providing an efficient maintenance support service for our existing security infrastructure and had high levels of confidence in the company’s ability to deliver a cost effective solution to meet our evolving infrastructure requirements.”

OSS recommended the installation of a high level carrier grade Wireless Ethernet network which not only provided higher capacity but also eliminated the high ongoing costs of rented fibre optic circuits. The company then scoped and designed a dual Ethernet ring topology that would provide a resilient, high speed 1GB wireless network based on Bridgewave equipment with the ability to upgrade to 3GB in the future if required. OSS upgraded the main equipment at the tower blocks with Layer 3 Cisco 3850 network switches that offered high levels of bandwidth and the network intelligence to provide the greatest control into the future.

Prior to moving the control room facilities to its new location, OSS also upgraded the CCTV Control Room platform with the latest Dallmeier NVR (network video recorder) and software platform to allow all existing equipment to be migrated to the new network.

“This installation demonstrates our ability to deliver and support large-scale LAN/WAN-based IT infrastructures that support the provision of the highest level of services to tenants across wide geographical areas,” added Andy Ward, Sales Director of OpenView Security Solutions.

About OpenView Security Solutions Limited
OpenView Security Solutions (OSS) is the UK’S largest privately owned independent security company with over 28 years’ experience. The company is a leading provider of security solutions and IT infrastructure solutions to the public sector and employs over 300 people via a national branch network comprising six strategically located offices with a turnover in excess of £35 million. OSS provides complete turnkey solutions including the design, installation and maintenance of the latest, fully compliant fire and electrical services with a comprehensive portfolio of skills including specialist network skills and IP convergence.

For more information, please visit www.openviewgroup.com.

Mayflex Appoints a New Director of Sales – Security

Mayflex_CCTVMayflex the distributor of Converged IP Solutions has appointed a new director of sales – security. Steve Proctor will commence his role on the 1st August and his key responsibilities will be to lead and support both internal and external sales teams, ensuring the continued growth and development of this area of the Mayflex business through taking market share, growing customer numbers and increasing project wins. Read more

Mayflex Appoints a New Account Manager

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Joseph McManus joined the business on July 18th and will be responsible for the further development of existing accounts with an additional focus on growing security business in Scotland, working alongside an existing account manager based in that region.

Joseph’s background is predominantly security, having entered the industry in 2000 as a product demonstrator, moving to a national account manager role, system surveyor and finally a business development manager. Read more

Leading CCTV distributor DVS Ltd acquired in management buyout

DVS CCTV Distributor management buyoutLeading electronic and CCTV distributor DVS Ltd has been acquired in a management buyout (MBO) supported by a finance package from HSBC.

Tim Goodson led the deal for the Cardiff-based company, which is the largest independent CCTV distributor in the UK. He was supported by strategic accounts director Gavin Dunleavy.

Shaun Bowie and Scott Douglas acted as vendors for the deal. Both will retain a minority share in the business, with Mr Douglas continuing in his current role and Mr Bowie continuing in a consultant role. Read more

Mayflex Appoints a Director of Sales

Mayflex sales directorMayflex the distributor of Converged IP Solutions has appointed a new director of sales.

Sean Donaldson will join the business on June 20th and will be responsible for the management and expansion of the companies’ field sales team in the South of the country with specific focus on growing the companies, cabling infrastructure and IP Security sales and customer base. Read more

WIN A VAN returns to DVS Ltd

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Following their March WIN A VAN competition which was won by Nottingham based installers Globesec, DVS Ltd are running WIN A VAN 2 throughout June with all companies spending £5,000 (ex VAT) being automatically entered into the draw. Read more

THE LATEST DVS CATALOGUE IS HERE

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The industry is evolving at an incredible rate and it can be difficult to keep up with the technology on offer. Thankfully, DVS produce catalogues such as this that are dedicated to the HIKVision product range and showcases the latest CCTV and IP technology on the market.

DVS are the largest distributor of HIKVision products in Europe and the two companies have worked closely on producing this brochure. Included within the pages is a dedicated 4K section and a breakdown of what is needed to achieve their ‘out of the box’ ANPR solution. Read more

CCTVdirect are fundraising for children with terminal illnesses in Yorkshire.

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Based in West Yorkshire, Martin House Children’s Hospice first opened its doors in 1987. The hospice now supports local families and children suffering with terminal illnesses. Martin House aim to provide a home from home environment, in which families can use any mix of the wide range of services on offer, including planned respite care, symptom control, terminal care and bereavement support. Read more

DVS Ltd highlight the importance of using AV Rate HHDs with a new partnership.

DVS Seagate HDDThe trade only electronic surveillance distributor, DVS Ltd have announced this week their partnership with Seagate, the data storage specialists.

DVS will now be installing the AV rated hard disk drives (HDDs) in their recording solutions to ensure the reliability of stored data.

AV rated HDDs are specifically engineered for surveillance and are industry recognised as a standard requirement. The use of the regular desktop HDDs can compromise the validity of installed security infrastructures through data loss. Read more