Archive for category: CCTV

IDEAL Networks has formed an agreement with Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, to distribute several products from its cable certification and security portfolio.

IDEAL Networks, part of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC, provides solutions for testing and documenting data cable, networks and more. Mayflex will be placing an emphasis on the IDEAL Networks range of security testers including the newly launched SecuriTEST IP.

SecuriTEST IP is an all-in-one CCTV tester that can connect, power, configure and document which helps to increase productivity from start to finish. SecuriTEST IP combines the functionally of a video monitor, cable tester, PoE injector and laptop in one device reducing equipment investment.

“The IDEAL Networks range of testers, including the new SecuriTEST IP, help installers to overcome challenges and improve profitability,” says Tim Widdershoven, Global Marketing Manager for IDEAL Networks. “We are confident that our collaboration with Mayflex will help more technicians to install, test, troubleshoot and document CCTV camera systems, networks and cable effectively.”

“I am delighted to welcome IDEAL Networks on board. It’s range of testers will introduce exciting new opportunities to Mayflex with both our existing and potential new customer base,” comments Jason Rudge, Commercial Procurement Director at Mayflex.

Jason continues, “The range of products from IDEAL Networks fits perfectly into both our Infrastructure and IP Security portfolios and offers our customers further choice in terms of which brand and products are right for them.’

For further details on the IDEAL Networks product range visit www.mayflex.com or www.idealnetworks.net.

STANLEY Security, one of the UK’s leading security providers, has adopted an innovative asset mapping technology to provide customers with more efficient system maintenance & servicing than ever before.

‘Connected Assets’ is an advanced digital asset mapping technology that enables STANLEY Security to quickly and easily map out an entire security system and all its individual elements.  It allows for detailed additional information to be included, including images of equipment in situ.  Using Connected Assets, a visiting STANLEY engineer can now familiarise themselves with a customer’s security system before attending site and, whilst there, can quickly locate where specific items are that require servicing.  For customers, Connected Assets means an engineer can be on and off site quicker than ever before, making for a more efficient service with minimal disruption. 

For STANLEY Security it not only makes for happier customers, but also means STANLEY can make more efficient use of its resources.  For example, with a complex site, rather than wait for an engineer who is familiar with that site and its system(s), any available engineer can now be sent fully loaded with the information they need to conduct that service visit.

For Stephen Hodgkinson-Soto, STANLEY Security Service Director GB, Connected Assets marks a leap forward: “Most security companies use an asset register spreadsheet to detail an installed security system, but this is basic and limited in terms of what information you can include.  In a digital world, this approach is out of date.  Moving to Connected Assets enables us to add considerably more valuable information and our field engineers are using it to good effect.  It’s working well for our customers, big and small, from a single newsagent to a large international airport.”

STANLEY Security’s maintenance & servicing options include service plans with differing levels of support to suit customers’ needs.  It has a network of expert technicians UK wide who can repair or maintain security equipment to ensure that it’s fully functional.

Whilst STANLEY Security is currently using Connected Assets to map static assets for its own service and maintenance contracts, Derek McLean, Head of Technology Solutions at STANLEY Security, sees an even wider use for it: “Using Connected Assets for mapping customer’s security systems is the first step.  We are looking at ways to further develop and use this innovative technology.  For example, we are already combining it with asset utilisation.  Using technology such as Low Energy Bluetooth, GPS and RTLS Location Tracking, Temperature Monitoring and GSM we are able to provide real time information on assets, however large or small, both inside and outside a building.”

For more information on STANLEY Security, please go to www.stanleysecurity.co.uk

The London Borough of Newham has installed a CCTV-based system from Videalert to provide unattended enforcement of bus lanes and moving traffic contraventions with a special focus on box junctions. The contract was awarded to OpenView Security Solutions, a leading provider of CCTV systems to local authorities, under the ELS framework agreement, which is available to all London boroughs.

“An important factor in the decision-making process was to ensure that the chosen solution was open-standards based to avoid being locked in to a single supplier,” commented Carl Brown, Operations Manager Enforcement & Safety. “Videalert ticked all the boxes with a Digital Video Platform that uses standard off-the-shelf equipment to seamlessly integrate with our existing CCTV systems and fibre/wireless network infrastructure. As well as supporting existing analogue cameras, it allows a progressive migration to mixed analogue/digital camera environments.”

The latest ONVIF Profile S certified digital HD cameras and processing units have been deployed at twenty two locations across the borough where high levels of driver non-compliance has been commonplace. The London Borough of Newham also invested in a significant amount of additional data storage capacity to accommodate future system expansion at other sites that have been identified as requiring enforcement for a range of contraventions.

“Our platform has a proven capability to operate effectively in busy urban environments, delivering unattended enforcement in all traffic conditions regardless of vehicle speeds and proximity to each other,” added Tim Daniels, Sales & Marketing Director of Videalert. “Combining ANPR with video analytics ensures that only those vehicles actually committing an offence are captured which significantly speeds up the manual review process and increases productivity. This additional intelligence also enables enforcement to be carried out in areas such as bus lanes where there is adjacent parking so drivers are not penalised when entering or leaving their spaces.”

The Videalert system automates the construction of video evidence packs which are reviewed by trained council operators prior to sending confirmed offences to the back office processing system for the issuance of PCNs. It also enables the London Borough of Newham to potentially share captured data with other stakeholders for other applications such as crime prevention, community safety, traffic planning and journey time monitoring using the same camera assets.