Surveillance software applications
Athens International Airport was opened in 2001 to replace the now-closed Athens (Ellinikon) International Airport. It has become increasingly popular as a gateway to southeast and East Asia. In addition, it is the largest European gateway airport to the Middle East, due to its nearness to the region. Business objective The airport is designed to be upgraded over the ensuing years in order to meet the challenges of the increase in air travel. It is known for its continuous investment in pionee...
The Donbass Arena in Ukraine was opened on August 29, 2009 with a sensational party which was attended by the Ukrainian president himself. This arena was the very first Eastern European football stadium to fulfill the UEFA criteria for an elite stadium and will host an important venue for the 2012 European Football Championship. The most important factor is always to ensure maximum security for the guests. In an emergency, it would take 8 minutes to evacuate the entire stadium, which seats 51,5...
Since it began operating in 2006 as Pennsylvania's first slots casino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs has offered a little bit of everything. Spread across 300,000 square feet, the 24-hour gaming and entertainment complex boasts 2,500 slot machines, electronic blackjack and roulette, and live harness racing, along with upscale restaurants, a food court and an expansive shopping area. Securing a complex facility like Mohegan is no simple feat, however, and requires careful planning and consideration...
When the security team at Palmetto Health Baptist, an acute care Medical Center in Columbia, S.C., invested in an upgrade to their surveillance cameras from black-and-white to colour, they did so with the expectation that it would significantly improve the quality of video they were capturing. Unfortunately, this turned out to be the equivalent of putting new paint and tires on a car that really needs a new engine. In the hospital's case, the new cameras only made it more evident tha...
Ziekenhuis Amstelland is a general hospital in the Netherlands that provides high quality medical care in a friendly environment and on a small scale, primarily to the residents of the Amstelveen region and to the Jewish community in particular. Following a large-scale new construction project that took place in 2009-2010, and with a major renovation of the old building during 2011, Amstelveen Hospital has transformed itself into a brand new hospital. In conjunction with this comprehensive proje...
Staff at the ORLEN Lietuva oil refinery in Mazeikiai, Lithuania, now have access to new information on their huge territory that was previously impossible to gather. Thanks to IndigoVision’s distributed architecture and IP Video solution, the refinery has been able to add cameras in distant areas that couldn’t be reached until now, while staff can view more video streams, cover more areas – and keep an eye on safety procedures and technical issues from one of five control rooms...
Birmingham has been the focus for £6 billion of new investment, £500m of which was allocated to the redevelopment of the Bullring. Phase One of the redevelopment of Bullring, a 4,500 square metres state-of-the-art Indoor Market, opened to the public in October 2000. The main Bullring development opened in September 2003 and has transformed the historical heart of the city, linking the markets and the New Street/High Street areas. New open spaces, streets, walkways, improved public...
Vancouver Island's leading fashion focused shopping destination has invested in an IndigoVision integrated IP video security system, in what is believed to be the first mall in Canada to deploy a surveillance solution with 100% IP cameras. The 93-camera system, which covers the public areas inside the mall as well as the car parks and surrounding areas, was designed and installed by IndigoVision's approved partner Laser Star Systems Ltd in partnership with Hoffman & Company Security Manageme...
Known to some as the home of mariachi music and to others as the home of a great number of renowned writers and artists, Guadalajara is without a doubt a major cultural hub of Latin America. It is also the second largest city in Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco, making Guadalajara a strategic place for both businesses and government. It is therefore not surprising that the municipality is modernising its internal revenue and land registry offices with new IP-based CCTV surveillance...
The clientTamworth is located 23 kilometres north-east of Birmingham. It has a resident population of approximately 80,000 but also attracts a large number of visitors wishing to enjoy the Town's restaurants, shops and tourist attractions including Tamworth Castle. The Council considers the security of its residents to be of paramount importance and has also looked to provide a safe environment for people who visit the Town Centre. There is therefore a zero tolerance attitude to anti-social beha...
When Lattice Semiconductor, a developer and marketer of high performance programmable logic devices, acquired a new site in Shanghai, they ended up with much more than just a new facility. It prompted a fresh look at their video security efforts worldwide.The company had begun installing the Kollector digital video recorders from Vicon when they acquired some new facilities. "We had several acquisitions in 2001 and 2002, so we had to build security systems around that," says Eric Morse...
The port of San Giorgio di Nogaro situated near the city of Udine is one of the three active ports in the region, together with Trieste and Monfalcone. It is a river port, accessible from the Adriatic sea. It is divided into two public structures: Porto Vecchio and Porto Magreth with the private dock of the former chemical industries of Caffaro. The port area houses a rail junction, covered warehouses and open air storage areas, handling approximately 1.6 million tons of various goods. The Cons...
Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions was selected by Denver International Airport (DIA) in Colorado to secure their 53 square-mile (137 square-kilometre) facility with Omnicast, Genetec's advanced IP video surveillance solution. Ranked the 10th busiest airport in the world in 2008 for passenger traffic by Airport Council International, DIA was looking to upgrade their outdated analog system to a newer and more ad...
For the past three years, Alloin, a member of the Kuehne + Nagel Group and an important international player in the freight and courier market, has been using an array of ultra-high resolution cameras to provide anti-intruder protection for 33 courier depots as well as monitoring the smooth flow of pallets and packages. To this end, Alloin turned to E-Dentic, a company that had given complete satisfaction when installing hand-held terminal barcode reading solutions over a Wi-Fi network in its...
Recognised as one of the nation's most efficient metro transit systems, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS) is continually redesigning its transportation network and business operations to create a reliable, affordable, and commuter-focused system. Serving more than 82 million annual passengers on 80 bus routes covering a 570 square mile area in San Diego County and on its 53 mile trolley system, SDMTS has a history of embracing innovation to deliver the best service possible, and...
Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, announces the availability of Omnicast, its IP video surveillance system, for onboard mass transit applications. Omnicast is the video surveillance system of the Security Center, Genetec's unified security platform, and the only video surveillance system certified as an approved product from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Using Omnicast, there is...
Wanting to fly is an ancient human aspiration, and while our imaginations have always been light years ahead in our quest to take flight, it has taken much longer to overcome the hurdles of the physical world. Even so, hurtling through the sky at breakneck speeds in jet-driven aircraft is disappointingly more an exercise in sitting than it is in flying. And while some might consider skydiving a close enough alternative to unhindered, birdlike flight, most people prefer to observe such death-defy...
Le Meurice can claim to have the highest occupancy rates, turnover and profitability of all of the seven Parisian palaces. Ideally located in the very heart of Paris and facing the Tuileries garden, Le Meurice offers 160 luxury rooms located though out its seven floors. The hotel's bar, two restaurants, several lounges and function rooms are part of the space open to the general public, as well as numerous lobbies and stairways. The hotel is accessible 24/7. Several security guards are permanen...
Challenge Deploy a reliable, flexible, and high-quality surveillance system to create a safe, comfortable, and entertaining spectator experience. Solution Using Avigilon Control Center Enterprise Network Video Management Software (NVMS) with High Definition Stream Management, Rogers Centre monitors every seat of the 50,000 capacity area and the building's perimeter live during events from its command post. Nineteen Avigilon HD Professional 16MP cameras cover the entire seating bowl while a mi...
Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a provider of world-class IP security solutions, is proud to announce that the acclaimed Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) (Phoenix, AZ) has installed Omnicast, Genetec's IP video surveillance system, for the protection and monitoring of its prized collection. The Omnicast system is currently managing over 200 Axis Communications and Interlogix TM IP cameras, plus a few analogue PTZ cameras connected via encoders.MIM is the world's first glo...
Avigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that Southside Medical Center, Georgia's oldest and largest Federally Qualified Health Centre, has deployed the Avigilon High Definition (HD) surveillance system to boost patient and staff safety. Facing many security challenges including gang-related activities, on-site domestic violence, disputes among patients, vandalism, break-ins, and theft, Southside Medical Center selected the...
Securitas-Milestone partnership a "win-win" for customers, tooAfter having used Milestone software in their alarm command centre for a year, video surveillance manager Andreas Sparrenblad at Securitas Alert Services in Malmö, Sweden, gives an inside look at their operations including integration with analytics.A comprehensive solutionSecuritas Alert Services, a division of Securitas, provides central alarm services for companies and government authorities in Sweden. They have a complete cha...
Avigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that the City of Vancouver deployed the Avigilon HD Surveillance System during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to provide situational awareness to city emergency management staff and the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) in their effort to maintain public order and safety at the main pedestrian corridors in the city's downtown core while respecting the pri...
From humble beginnings in 1898, Portsmouth Football Club has grown to become a top English side, finishing the 2006-07 season in the top half of the Premier League table. Narrowly missing qualification for the European Cup by just 2 points, they have ensured their place in this year's FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Playing at their original Fratton Park ground throughout the club's 110-year history, the stadium has undergone many incarnations and modernisations to keep apace with the demands...
Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, today announced that its IP Network Cameras are being used to monitor Chemist Warehouse's Australian retail network, as part of a major security system expansion supported by Milestone using its security software and surveillance management solution for Chemist Warehouse's expanding number of locations across the country. Chemist Warehouse has used Axis cameras for over five years with open platform IP network video s...
The client Euroma2, the biggest shopping centre in Europe, was opened to the public on the 23rd of June 2008. Situated in Eur, a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Rome called Castellaccio, it has five floors, two of which are underground parking. The interior architecture has many domes and columns which imitate historical monuments and are made of marble, stucco and gold finished materials. Euroma2 counts more than 220 shops and 20 restaurants. The shopping mall has four thousand parking space...
Making it safe to go out One of the largest shopping malls in the Gulf region opened its doors last year to an array of visitors. Since then, customers and sightseers alike have flooded into the Bawadi Mall to shop and admire the natural lighting and spacious atmosphere that makes this elegant edifice unique. Yet with dimensions of over 80,000 m2 (861,000 ft2) as well convenient access to the Al Ain City’s main network of highways, designing and inaugurating the Bawadi Mall required being...
Verint launches key enhancements to its Nextiva® Video Business Intelligence™ (VBI) solution, part of the Nextiva IP Video portfolio from Verint Video Intelligence Solutions™. Designed to help forward-thinking retail organizations capture and analyze shopper movement patterns to increase conversion rates and improve operational efficiency, Nextiva VBI™ includes such additional functions as Nextiva Retail Traffic Analytics™, Nextiva People Counting™ and Next...
BJ's Wholesale Club introduced the warehouse club concept to New England in 1984 and has since expanded to become a leading warehouse club operator in the eastern United States. It is now one of the top three leading warehouse chains in the United States. Headquartered in Natick, Mass., the company operates more than 180 locations in 15 states, 102 gas stations and three main distribution centres, and sells everything from general merchandise to fresh meat and perishables across its retail enter...
Challenge: Make community safety a priority and better protect City of Selma residents, workers, and visitors.Solution: The City of Selma seamlessly manages the Avigilon HD Surveillance System using Avigilon Control Center network video management software (NVMS) with HD Stream Management. The City has installed more than 30 HD cameras ranging from three to five megapixels to monitor the exterior of the George Washington Carver (GWC) complex and at police headquarters to monitor the parking lot,...