NEWS IN BRIEF

BRS Labs’ reason-based AISight, distributed locally by Open Platform Systems, is the only solution in the long-awaited second generation of video analytics.

DRS WatchMaster IP Elite Thermal

Watchmaster IP ELITE is a compact and affordable networked thermal imaging solution that detects heat not light, allowing it to provide intrusion detection in darkness, over water in fog, smoke and rain.

Risco's Agility 3 Video Verification

NEW from Risco is Agility 3, a fully wireless domestic and small commercial alarm panel with mobile app management that offers 32 wireless detection zones, including support for 8 eyeWave wireless PIR cameras offering video verification for self-monitoring as well as for monitoring stations.

New Mobotix Mobile App

New from Mobotix is the free Mobitix App, a mobile remote station for Mobotix cameras and door stations that allows live viewing, recording search, as well as audio communication in a bandwidth optimised Internet or WiFi environment.

It’s Here! New Tecom Challenger10

Interlogix is putting the finishing touches onto its new Tecom Challenger10 security control panel, a solution that offers vastly expanded performance and full backwards compatibility with Challenger v8.

Avigilon's New HD Bullet Camera

Canadian manufacturer Avigilon has released its new range of ONVIF HD Bullet cameras with H.264 compression. These IP66-rated outdoor HD cameras feature an IK10-rated metal housing, a polycarbonate sun shroud and a piercing 30-60m adaptive IR gaze – that’s long-sighted.

Sony Generation 6 HD Camera Test Driven

The folks at Sony are convinced their new Generation 6 IP camera range, with its combination of the Ipela Engine Ex and the Exmor CMOS sensor is now the benchmark camera in the video surveillance market, offering Full HD and 60 frames per second in low light and extreme backlight.

Panasonic’s WV-SP509 HD Camera Reviewed

Panasonic’s WV-SP509 H.264 Full HD Super Dynamic network camera builds on the sensational low light performance of the WV-SP306, delivering vastly improved performance in strong backlight.

Fingertip Control From Honeywell’s Tuxedo Touch

One of the nicest developments of the past 12 months has been the reawakening of R&D in the alarms segment, where technology had fallen far behind the best consumer products. And one of the neatest developments to come from this latest wave of clever product is Honeywell’s Tuxedo Touch.

RISCO’S 32-Zone LightSYS Alarm Panel

RISCO, manufacturer of the widely-respected Rokonet sensors, is expanding its range in Australia, kicking off with LightSYS, a 32-zone alarm panel with plenty of expandability and a very flexible personality.

Case Studies

Darwin Airport Hits Cyber Space

14 May 2013

Independent Locksmiths & Security has installed a Cyberlock access control system and a Morse KeyWatcher key cabinet at Darwin International Airport. The $A250,000 system incorporates 3G reporting and solar power at multiple remote locations across the site.

Case Studies

Bankstown Sports Club's High Performance Solution

14 April 2013

ARA Security is midway through upgrading a high performance electronic security solution at Bankstown Sports Club comprising more than 800 cameras including Panasonic WV-SP509s, a Geutebruck recording head end and Bosch’s Security Escort Mobile Duress System, with CCTV and alarms integrated using ARA’s own CLUBLINK GUI.

Case Studies

Auckland’s Eden Park trials Dallmeier’s Panomera

24 March 2013

New technology used for the first time at Eden Park enabled a single camera to record an entire grandstand and monitor thousands of faces.

Case Studies

ADT NZ swoops on Auckland Airport

22 March 2013

ADT New Zealand has been selected as the integrator in a project that will install CEM Systems AC2000 system at Auckland Airport’s domestic and international terminals.

Case Studies

Updated Honeywell DVM Impresses At MONA

18 March 2013

Honeywell has announced an updated version of its digital closed-circuit television surveillance system, Digital Video Manager (DVM). The latest release, DVM R500, sets new standards in operational efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance through a redesigned user interface, smart diagnostics and forensic search capabilities, and improved integration with access control and other security technologies.

Analysis

Analysis: Windows Chelan For CCTV Cameras

17 May 2013

ISD may have struck a harder blow for open platform video surveillance solutions than ONVIF ever did with its release of Lynx, a 1080p HD dome camera that offers multi-streaming at 30ips in an IP66-rated housing. That’s because this camera is an edge device running Microsoft’s Chelan.

Monitoring

Personal Emergency Response: Opportunity Knocks

22 April 2013

AS Australia’s population ages there’s a growing market for monitoring of personal emergency response systems (PERS). However, most personal monitoring solutions, while locally capable, are relatively old technology and they don’t take advantage of modern 3G cell or GPS technology.

News

BGWT Appointed Distributor For S2

24 May 2013

Keeping the pot boiling over at BGWT is the announcement the company has snagged distribution of S2’s browser-based access control and video surveillance solutions.

News

Optus Wins $A60 Million Suretek Deal

24 May 2013

OPTUS Business has announced a 5-year, $A60 million contract with Suretek, for the delivery of fixed network and high-speed mobile services via Optus’ 3G and superfast 4G networks1.

News

Security Equipment Sales Projected To Grow 7 Per Cent Through 2016

22 May 2013

Global demand for security equipment will increase 7 per cent annually to $US117 billion in 2016, driven by a strong rebound in construction activity and advances in electronic security technology, according to research company, The Freedonia Group.

News

ISC West 2013 Show Report

21 May 2013

AT ISC West around 180 exhibitors showed 1000 brands across a floor space reported to be 40 per cent larger than last year. Those improved numbers are very good to see from the industry’s perspective.

News

Nowra Public Safety CCTV System Switched Back On

17 May 2013

CCTV cameras have been turned back on in Nowra after a privacy ruling brought by Nowra resident Adam Bonner challenging the use of the surveillance systems by local councils across New South Wales was overturned.

News

New Bug Eye Camera Gives Panoramic View And Depth Of Field

15 May 2013

Researchers have built a digital camera that mimics the curved, compound structure of an insect eye, according to a report in Nature magazine.

News

Avigilon Grows Revenue 80 Per Cent In 2013

15 May 2013

Avigilon's Q1 2013 revenue was $CAD32 million, an increase of 80 per cent over Q1 2012 revenue of $17.8 million. The company's gross margin was 51 per cent, up from 48 per cent a year earlier.

News

The Future Of Video Management Solutions

14 May 2013

Open systems VMS solutions are a niche all their own and getting a feel for how key manufacturers and distributors see the future of their market is an interesting exercise. All the companies we spoke to have adopted an open-ended business philosophy. Whatever the market needs, they will be.

News

Boston Bombings Spur CCTV Spending, Camera Donations

10 May 2013

In the wake of the bombing attacks in Boston, an increase in spending on CCTV could drive sales to exceed the already high expectations predicted for the global market. The incident has also led to the donation of mobile cameras by security firms for use at public events.

News

Western Sydney Flexes Data Muscle

10 May 2013

Half a billion dollars invested in data centre construction in Sydney's West could form the building blocks for a suburban technology industry that provides jobs to the local area and support for local IT technology projects, including cloud solutions.

News

Diebold Announces Realignment Plan, Cuts 700 Jobs

10 May 2013

As part of its multiyear realignment strategy, Diebold Inc. will eliminate nearly 700 jobs, the firm announced. At the same time, there will be renewed focus on security integrations.

News

Alarms, CCTV Best Deterrents: Study

10 May 2013

AT Electronic Security Association (ESA) Leadership Summit in Orlando, Fla. recently researchers revealed the preliminary results of ‘Understanding Decisions to Burglarize from the Offender’s Perspective.”

News

IP Security Market’s Exponential Growth

01 May 2013

Over 65 percent of the UK’s surveillance cameras sold today are IP-enabled, and the market is set to grow from $US10.5bn worldwide in 2011 to $20.5bn in 2016.

News

FLIR Says Thermal Imaging Could Fall to $200

26 April 2013

FLIR and its subsidiary Lorex Technology, a Toronto-based video surveillance provider, aims to provide thermal imaging cameras to the home market. Lorex sells enterprise-grade video products through the security channel under the brand name Digimerge.

News

ISD Releases World’s First Windows-Based HD Camera

26 April 2013

ISD has launched the next generation platform – the netSeries miniBall, the first physical security camera in the world to run Windows embedded Compact 7.