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Hanwha Techwin’s Wisenet Pentabrid Video Recorders simplify analogue to IP migration

The latest Wisenet Pentabrid video recorders from Hanwha Techwin are designed to extend the life of existing analogue based CCTV, whilst providing a smooth and cost-effective migration to an IP network based video surveillance solution. Wisenet Pentabrid video recorders Combinations of analogue or IP cameras up to 4K ultra high definition can be connected to the new Wisenet Pentabrid 4, 8 and 16 channel video recorders, with a simple onboard software switch enabling users to convert any channe...

Axis updates Camera Station VMS with new features to allow users to generate incident reports easily

The fully-featured video management software for Axis network video products, AXIS Camera Station, has been updated with a new feature that allows users to generate incident reports with just a few clicks and export authentic footage to third parties. Footage authenticity and operator experience are both key when exporting surveillance video. The AXIS Camera Station video management software (VMS) now comes with a new feature enabling easy and secure incident reporting. Restricted network loca...

Axis launches a new generation of M11 network cameras series with standard features at an affordable price

Axis Communications launches a new generation of AXIS M11 network cameras series. Available as both indoor and outdoor models, they offer HDTV 720p/2 MP/5 MP resolution at 30 fps and include all the standard Axis features at an affordable price. Based on the newest generation of Axis chip, these compact cameras feature Axis Lightfinder for true colours in low-light and Axis Forensic WDR for clear video when there’s both dark and light areas in the scene. Enhanced security functionality...

Vectra integrates AI-driven network threat detection and response with Amazon Web Services VPC Ingress Routing

Vectra announced that its award-winning cybersecurity platform integrates AI-driven attacker detections, threat hunting, and incident investigations with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Ingress Routing. The Vectra platform is now available in the AWS Marketplace. “As enterprises move their high-value data and services to the cloud, it’s imperative to reduce cyber-risks that can take down businesses,” said Gokul Rajagopalan, director of product management at Vectra. &ld...

Video Storage Solutions and ZMR sign distribution partnership for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ZMR has been appointed a distributor of Video Storage Solutions’ (VSS) pre-engineered video recording and storage appliances. VSS and ZMR partnership Based in Saudi Arabia, ZMR will supply the complete range of VSS products, which includes IP video recording servers, storage and network architecture, to systems integrators across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who are part of the Milestone Systems Community. We are very excited about partnering with VSS and adding its appliances to our por...

Konica Minolta launches MOBOTIX 7 smart solution platform and the M73 IoT camera

Konica Minolta is making the next big advance in intelligent video technology by launching the MOBOTIX 7 smart solution platform and the M73 IoT camera that uses it. The latest generation of MOBOTIX video cameras offers a whole new set of functions plus application solutions based on deep learning, opening up new possibilities far beyond traditional video security. The M73 comes with more than 15 apps integrated into its camera software, which can be used to optimise business processes in pract...

Videotec announces ULISSE EVO with the SONY FCB-EV7520 camera to enhance airport video surveillance

Videotec announces that the new ULISSE EVO PTZ range will integrate the high-sensitivity SONY FCB-EV7520 camera. This camera will provide a new level of high performance and exceptional image quality for the external surveillance of airports, critical infrastructures, and traffic. The new ULISSE EVO with the SONY FCB-EV7520 camera has a 30x optical zoom and a 1/2.8” Exmor RTM CMOS sensor with Full HD 1080/60p resolution that produces the highest image quality, even when surveilling moving...

Hikvision’s Thermal & Optical Network Turret Camera wins award at 2019 Detektor International Awards

Hikvision, the world’s supplier of innovative video security products and solutions, has been awarded the Innovative Achievement Award for its Thermal & Optical Network Turret Camera at the 2019 Detektor International Awards in Sweden. The prize is in the category Alarm & Detection. Of the Hikvision camera, the jury said, “Through a combination of smart analytics, thermal and optical technologies, Hikvision succeeds in offering an impressive solution for early detection and...

Videonetics recognised as top Video Management Software provider in India by IHS Markit Report 2019

Videonetics, globally renowned visual computing platform development company, has announced that it has achieved No. 1 position as video management software provider in India with the dominant market share of 36.1%, according to a recently released report by IHS Markit. Videonetics market share is more than the aggregate of total market share of 2nd to 4th ranked VMS providers, which is a huge achievement and a testimony of its undisputed leadership in the VMS segment. VMS solutions provider...

Panasonic Security Systems showcases VMS and access control solutions at ISC East 2019

Panasonic Security Systems, a business unit of the newly formed Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., is showcasing its impressive solutions capabilities at ISC East booth #435. By combining its superior imaging technologies with new AI-driven software and analytics solutions, Panasonic i-PRO Security Systems offers comprehensive, customisable solutions to meet the most diverse range of users’ specific needs. Core solutions on display include the company’s fully integrated Vi...

Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Corp. to exhibit advanced security solutions at ISC East 2019

Panasonic Security Systems, a business unit of the newly formed Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., is showcasing its impressive solutions capabilities at ISC East 2019, booth #435 at the Javits Centre. By combining superior imaging technologies with new AI-driven software and analytics solutions, Panasonic i-PRO Security Systems offers comprehensive, customisable solutions to meet the most diverse range of users’ specific needs. Core solutions on display include the company&rsq...

MOBOTIX’s M73 wins 2019 IoT Integration Award for video surveillance innovations

MOBOTIX, the renowned manufacturer of secure, premium-quality IP video systems, has announced its newest product: the M73 intelligent camera. The MOBOTIX M73 has won a 2019 IoT Integration Award for its innovations in commercial video surveillance. Hosted by Security Sales & Integration, CE Pro, and Commercial Integrator, the IoT integration awards highlight the products that make lives better and jobs easier. These solutions are taking the convergence of connected physical and logical secu...

Milestone Systems announces release of XProtect Troubleshooting Assistant self-help online tool

Milestone Systems has announced releasing the troubleshooting assistant for partners and customers using Milestone XProtect video solutions. Video management systems today are not only used to protect people and assets, but also to help optimise businesses and improve the way people live and work. Milestone open platform VMS Milestone Systems’ open platform video management software (VMS) makes these innovations easily available to a wide range of integrator, consultant, and end-user cus...

Vaion announces vcore software update to add ability to monitor and track vehicles

Following the general availability of Vaion vcore at the start of November, the company and Malcolm Walters launched a series of product announcements as Vaion continues to enhance the solutions portfolio with more smart features to make security operations proactive, intuitive, and significantly more accurate than before. The highlight of the vcore software release 1.1 consists of the ability to track vehicles in the field of view of one’s cameras using Map view with Smart Presence™...

BCD International to expand its business by opening a Middle East branch in Dubai

BCD International, Inc. is pleased to announce the receipt of its commercial license from the Dubai Development Authority. In January 2020, the company will open its Middle East branch in Dubai Internet City, Dubai. The office will serve as the regional headquarters for Video Storage Solutions (VSS), one of the company’s major divisions. VSS will expand its global presence in the METAI region to supply authorised security distributors with video recording and storage appliances that are p...

Qognify to demonstrate integrated video solutions with Cayuga and Umbrella at Intersec 2020

Qognify, the trusted advisor and provider of physical security and enterprise incident management software solutions will be present at Intersec 2020. The company will demonstrate the latest version of its state-of-the-art video management system, Cayuga as well as its newly released, web-based central management platform, Umbrella. Focusing on the outcomes of customers that place a premium on physical security, safety and operations, both products enable organisations especially in the logisti...

Hanwha Techwin introduces three Wisenet QVGA resolution thermal camera models

Hanwha Techwin is now able to offer an even greater choice of cameras following on from the announcement that it has introduced three new ‘affordable’ Wisenet QVGA resolution thermal models. Unlike traditional cameras which rely on light to see images, thermal cameras pick up heat signatures of objects and are unaffected by extreme conditions, such as complete darkness, harsh weather, bright lights, fog and smoke. They also offer an effective solution for applications where there ar...

VSS’s parent company, BCD International expands Middle Eastern presence with Dubai HQ

BCD International, Inc. is pleased to announce the receipt of its commercial license from the Dubai Development Authority. In January 2020, the company will open its Middle East branch in Dubai Internet City, Dubai. Video Storage Solutions’ Dubai HQ The office will serve as the regional headquarters for Video Storage Solutions (VSS), one of the company’s major divisions. VSS will expand its presence in the METAI region to supply authorised security distributors with video recording...

Axis Communications partners participated in a campaign to support charitable project at Axis Partner Day

At the Axis Partner Day in Munich, Germany, on October 16 2019, partners from the Axis network participated in a charity campaign to support charitable projects. Social responsibility is an integral part of the corporate philosophy that Axis adopts and the company follows a high ethical standard, to achieve a long-term beneficial impact on its own employees, shareholders, suppliers, customers, the public and partners. As an important part of its efforts, Axis supports charitable causes, project...

Eagle Eye Networks enters the list of Deloitte’s 500 fastest-growing technology companies

Eagle Eye Networks, the provider of cloud video surveillance, announces it ranked 133rd on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 25th year. Eagle Eye Networks grew 936% during the period. Eagle Eye Networks founder and CEO, Dean Drako, attributes the growth to the extensive investment Eagle Eye has made in application development, cybersecurity and da...

Datrium highlights capabilities of the DRaaS with VMWare Cloud on AWS solution

Datrium, pioneer of the secure multicloud data platform for the resilient enterprise, unveils new capabilities for the recently announced Datrium DRaaS with VMWare Cloud on AWS solution. DRaaS now offers instant Recovery Time Objective (RTO) restarts from Datrium backups on Amazon S3—the lowest RTO with VMware Cloud of any Amazon S3-based DR system. Additionally, a new feature, DRaaS Connect, extends instant RTO DR to any vSphere environment. DRaaS Connect is available for two different v...

Senstar releases Symphony 7.3 VMS platform with enhanced user experience and performance

Senstar, a provider of video management and perimeter intrusion detection solutions, is pleased to announce the release of Senstar Symphony 7.3. The award-winning Symphony delivers an all-in-one solution for video, security, and information management. Symphony works with cameras from all major manufacturers, scales to deployments of any size, and is easy to use and configure. With built-in support for video analytics, perimeter intrusion detection sensors, and access control, Symphony is a hig...

AMAG releases Symmetry Control Room V4.5 to improve response time and security management

AMAG Technology, a provider of unified solutions that help organisations mitigate risk, releases Symmetry Control Room V4.5. Symmetry Control Room V4.5 is an open architecture command and control platform that unifies security. It brings together multiple, disparate systems into a single, personalised user interface which improves response time and security management. “The newest version of Symmetry Control Room offers many feature enhancements to simplify the security process while deli...

UVeye’s insight on the risk of car bombs to hotel security

Over the past 15 years, nearly every mass casualty attack in Africa and Asia has included assaults on hotels. In 2019, high-profile attacks like those seen in Sri Lanka where three 5-star hotels (the Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand Hotel, and the Kingsbury) were struck on Easter day, and the January assault on the DusitD2 in Nairobi, have highlighted the threat facing hotels. Primary targets Hotels have long been primary targets because they are hubs for westerners, providing attackers with both a...

MOBOTIX to showcase its enhanced IoT and video surveillance technology at ISC East 2019

MOBOTIX, the manufacturer of premium-quality and secure IP video systems, will showcase its latest advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) video surveillance technology at ISC East from November 20-21, at the Javits Center in New York (Booth #760). Furthering its mission to go ‘Beyond Human Vision,’ MOBOTIX will be showcasing the new MOBOTIX 7 Platform and the award-winning M73 camera that uses it, along with the company’s flagship Mx6 IoT series and MOVE line. Artificial in...

Genetec to unveil unified security and public safety solutions at International Security Expo 2019

Genetec Inc., global technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has announced its attendance at International Security Expo (ISE), taking place at Olympia, London from 3 - 4 December 2019. Genetec security solutions at ISE  Genetec, recognised as a renowned international vendor of Video Management Systems (VMS), will be demonstrating its wide array of tools that enable government, law enforcement, CNI, transportation provi...

BCDVideo announces new line of harsh environment, rail, and in-vehicle servers

The provider of purpose-built video surveillance recording appliances, BCDVideo, announces the launch of a new line of harsh environment, rail, and in-vehicle servers. Their new product line delivers quality performance in diverse environments with a long product life to customers with complex requirements worldwide. BCDVideo’s new line of Harsh Environment Video Recording Servers features Intel® Core™ Processors, coupled with up to 10 TB of max storage. The video servers includ...

Axis Communications - Partner Day & Partner Awards 2019

On October 16, Axis Communications hosted its Partner Day in Munich, Germany. At the event, Axis CEO Ray Mauritsson shared exciting insights around the diverse corporate world, as well as a strategic outlook to the future. Additionally, the event played host to the Axis Partner Awards 2019, which included the first-time "Woman in Security" award, for exceptionally dedicated women in the security industry. For many years, the Axis Communications Partner Program has been providing one of the larg...

Geutebrück credits newly expanded team for the company’s substantial developments

Geutebrück is well positioned for the industry 4.0. The family-owned company has expanded its portfolio within a short time, from being a pure CCTV supplier of products for distributors and installers to a provider of software-based all-round solutions for safety and process optimisation, including for end customers. Part of this were not only comprehensive technical developments or a significantly higher range of services, but also organisational reorganisation, such as the Business and De...

Hikvision announces DarkFighterX 4MP Network IR PTZ Camera for video surveillance

Hikvision, the world’s supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has released its new 4MP Network IR PTZ Camera (DS-2DF9C435IH-DLW), doubling the resolution of the previous model for even more clarity in dark places. In 2017 Hikvision launched DarkFighter technology - taking inspiration from the way human eyes work. It uses one lens to capture the colour of objects, and another captures light details in particular. The camera then combines two images together to cr...