Mikael Karlsson died of cancer at the University Hospital in Lund on Saturday night after a short period of illness. “Mikael has with his strong entrepreneurship inspired the employees in the company, during the first 16 years as Managing Director and then as Chairman of the Board”, says Martin Gren, co-founder of Axis and member of the board. Mikael Karlsson was also a board member of the listed companies Beijer Electronics AB, G&L Beijer AB and Teligent AB. The Board of Axis AB has appointed Lars-Erik Nilsson as new Chairman of the Board. Lars-Erik has been a board member of Axis since 2003 and has extensive experience of the industry from his time as Managing Director at Compaq Computer in Sweden.
Railcorp Announces Contract Winner
ADT currently maintain CityRail’s CCTV services and has been involved in the installation and maintenance of the system for a number of years. “We are delighted to be involved in this extensive security project and believe that RailCorp’s decision to appoint us can be attributed to the depth and breadth of ADT security services which includes over 130 years of global experience in the industry, said Ian Milne, ADT’s Managing Director. “With almost one million passengers traveling on the network each day, our partnership with RailCorp demonstrates ADT’s commitment to ensuring that Australians are protected by the highest quality security systems, in an age of uncertainty.” RailCorp spokesperson, Helen Willoughby said, “The availability of quality CCTV on every CityRail station is an important part of RailCorp’s strategy for maintaining high security of staff and passengers. “ADT, part of Tyco Fire & Security, is the world’s largest electronic security company and is well equipped to carry out these important works and provide us with a world-class, highly sophisticated electronic security system which has been specifically designed and built for our needs.” The contract involves ADT: * Providing support and maintenance of the 6,214 CCTV security cameras and 700 Emergency Help Points for the term of the contract; * Transforming the current CCTV system by implementing current technologies to ensure that the overall efficiency of the system is improved and to meet increased requirements of RailCorp, and; * Provision of services relating to the installation of additional cameras, help points and supporting infrastructure as required on new or upgraded stations. CityRail regularly monitors security developments in comparable mass transit systems around the world, endeavouring to ensure CityRail security strategies accord with best practice.
ASIAL Dumps State Board Members
Since it was introduced, the surprise proposal has been strongly supported by ASIAL’s current NSW-based leadership with a vigorous promotional campaign.
According to ASIAL committee members, the changes were sprung on the full national board in recent months after being quietly formulated in Sydney. They say no warning that such a fundamental change was on the agenda was given to anyone outside NSW. What’s been proposed is that just 2 representative state chairmen be chosen from the current 7 in a move that this writer believes is clearly designed to reduce the influence and interference of state leaders during decision making. ASIAL says the changes are designed to streamline the decision making process at board level but with 5 of the 6 positions dumped constituting state chairmen the association’s intentions look obvious. The changes also appear to guarantee that the unbalanced voting rights enshrined in ASIAL’s constitution will place total control of Australia’s largest security association in the hands of Sydney-based bureaucrats, Sydney-based committee members and a small number of wealthy and influential NSW-based companies. These big companies have additional voting rights based on the size of their turnover and membership fees that could give them power of veto over the association’s entire membership. Because all ASIAL board members are required to sign deeds of confidentially, members of the association seldom get a look at the fractured structure that governs their industry. But in the wake of the latest changes a number of board members have chosen to speak out about what they see as mismanagement, poor leadership and a lack of transparency at board level. Inside reports suggest that after disagreements at meetings, members of the ASIAL inner sanctum in NSW have gone so far as to travel interstate to lobby for the removal of state chairmen at their own state meetings – replacing or attempting to replace them with individuals who can be influenced more easily by the national office. These recent moves mirror the crushing of the independent Queensland branch of ASIAL several years ago and the disbanding of an active committee whose big-hearted leader was subsequently described to this writer by a member of ASIAL’s highest echelons as “nothing but a loser” and “a goon”. As the tide receded over littoral of that tawdry event, another member of Queensland’s ASIAL branch, the outspoken Bob Spreadborough, became one of only 2 members ever booted out of the association after he complained pointedly that ASIAL’s big member companies had too much power – power he thought could be used to further their business interests. Regular readers of SEM won’t be blind to the fact that although Spreadborough was pillorised and sacked for criticizing a perceived imbalance in a supposedly representative body, no large company has ever lost its ASIAL membership, even when found guilty in a court of law. Instead a mechanism of “contribution” was devised last year by backroom bureaucrats that appears to allow big companies to buy their way out of trouble. Other revelations from board members highlight attempted audio recording of meetings, formulation and inappropriate implementation of association policy by employees of the association and expensive committee lunches funded using member’s funds. Then there’s the claimed $A50,000 spent on the current national restructure – a move likely to reduce the say of individual member companies, not to increase it. Said one committee member: “The members of ASIAL should know how their money is being spent…” In a telling revelation one committee member told Security Electronics Magazine that even on the inside it was impossible to know who was really running ASIAL. He said the association used “sledgehammer tactics” to maintain internal control and claimed that at every meeting committee members were repeatedly reminded of confidentiality in a process where members were “bullied” and “treated like schoolboys”. “The board talks about listening to members,” one committee member told SEM. “It talks about the good of the nation. But the way the association is now being set up there will be no state representation.”
New Management Software From Pacific Communications
PACIFIC Communications has launched a new software management package for the company’s popular PDR range of DVRs. IMap allows users to monitor remote sites using a map-based GUI incorporating hyperlink functionality – this means handling remote guard tours could scarcely be easier. A hyperlink is an element in any electronic document that joins the page to any other place anywhere on the Internet. Hyperlinks are the most essential ingredient of all hypertext systems, including the World Wide Web, and incorporating them in a map-based GUI with global surveillance application is a very smart idea. Managing the IMap GUI is a straightforward affair. Clicking the preview launches the IMap Viewer which comes up giving a range of location options. You then click into each option – a single click takes you to a full interactive map of the desired on a sub-screen. This screen incorporates status icons, and importantly, an event list so you don’t have to go off hunting for alarm footage. Once you’re going through the event list, clicking a Next Picture button moves through to the next screen. You can see live footage from a camera just by clicking on that icon or the screen will pop up by itself in the event of an alarm. Depending on what’s required you can set the system up to show video images associated with a camera linked to a sensor in alarm. At this point you can select the video of the relevant camera to pop up on screen when you click a sensor icon on the IMap Viewer. Other settings include setting up the branch name and IP addresses of DVRs associated with particular devices and colour settings relating to status on the IMap Viewer. Colours can be set to denote whether a device is unplugged, turned off, has malfunctioned, whether or not there is video loss, motion detected, alarm-in detected or alarm-out detected. The PDR range of DVRs To appreciate the importance and flexibility of IMap, you need to fully understand the nature and feature set of Pacific Communications’ PDR series of DVR solutions. The PDR series Recorders can be split into two types, one being the Standalone Linux series and the other being the PC Windows XP series. The Standalone PDR’s offer customers a complete range of 4, 9 and 16 channel Digital Recorders with global recording speed of up to 100 ips, which make them suitable for a wide range of applications. Recorded video can be backed up to an internal CD-RW drive and also to external USB devices. The 9LX and the 16LX also come with a remote control which makes programming easy and also means the unit can be installed in a location that does not require physical human intervention. Programming is also made easier by using a USB type mouse. For the budget conscious, Pacific Communications also have a 16 Channel Linux PDR that will record up to 50 ips. The PC Windows XP series consist of a range of 16 Channel Digital Recorders with global recording rates ranging from 100 ips upto 400 ips (real time), to suit any application. Features include: Customised multiple recording modes: Time Lapse, event-driven and pre-event recording. There’s also Dual Scheduling: In addition to the Normal Scheduling, and Advanced Scheduling for after-hours, on alarm and on priority alarm can be configured. PDR DVRs are also strong on search and playback. There’s Fast Retrieval which allows users to find and retrieve critical events instantly using various search filters – then there’s Calender Search, Go To Search, Recording Status Bar Search and Search by Object. Other features include various camera display: Single-screen, full-screen,quad, 3+4, 3×3, 2+8 and 4×4, Image enhancement including Brightness, interpolation, blur and sharpness; Programmable Motion Detection; Archiving to provide auto/manual backup to DVD R/W and USB storage devices; PTZ Control, supporting various receivers & dome cameras; and Web Monitoring, which allows users to monitor live video images on the PDR16-RMT through the internet web browser any time from virtually anywhere using the remote web monitoring program, WebGuard. Along with all this there’s Time Synchronisation; Multitasking, which gives simultaneous viewing, recording, playback, remote monitoring & archiving; igh recording speed with a global frame rate of 200ips for the PDR16-RMT-X and PDR16-RMT-LIVE-X Compression is the ML-JPEG protocol, an advanced compression technology used to maintain high quality images and to maximise recording duration. And the whole range includes a Hardware & Software Watchdog function that offers self system restart in case of critical system error conditions. System security is provided by a range of features including image authentication – a Chained Fingerprint enabling provides a solid chain of evidence ensuring images cannot be altered or modified. There’s also a tiered system of password protection. The on-screen display includes Camera ID, recording status and recording mode. Simple intuitive graphic user interface print: Supports all kind of printers using Windows to print the image. You also get a Bookmark feature which allows users to add a specific image on the bookmark list for user-defined searching. The Minibank save lets operations archive any video clip file as an “.exe” file containing a self player program, so review of the video clip can occur without installing any special software on your PC. Other features include programmable alarm priority, separate recording speed, recording image resolution and recorded image quality for high-priority alarms. A pre-alarm of up to 1 minute, remote monitoring, remote playback and remote configuration through LAN, PSTN and ADSL. Importantly units in the PDR range are designed to vigorously support point-of-sales applications. The PDR16-RMT supports up to 16 channels of text-in data. The text-in feature allows serial devices such as cash registers to be connected to the PDR16-RMT to enable display and recording of transaction data overlayed onto camera inputs. This is a solid feature set in anyone’s language and the IMap software is designed to provide a link across different types of operating systems across a network in a simplistic user friendly GUI – a link that allows leveraging of the existing capabilities of the PDR range. According to Pacific Communications sales manager, Rob Rosa, Pacific Communications is further committed to the development of IMAP with the future Road Map that will see the incorporation of a large number of additional features. “First will be PTZ control,” says Rosa. “Then we’ll be looking at the ability to use the Tab key to go through property fields, the ability to use the Tab key to go through the property fields, the ability to clear hyperlink images without deleting hyperlink itself, the ability to overlay the hyperlink name on top of hyperlink image or position it somewhere, and the ability to sort the event log panel at the bottom by the heading. “A combination of current and future abilities combined with the capabilities of the DPR range make IMap a streamlined and intuitive solution,” Rosa says.
Nice And Tyco Win Big Changi Contract
Changi Airport in Singapore is served by 74 airlines, connecting Singapore to 170 cities across 53 countries. The airport is the second largest in Asia Pacific and is recognized worldwide for its industry leading edge efficiency, excellent facilities and passenger security measures. When it is opened in 2006, Terminal 3 will expand the airport’s annual capacity by 20 million passengers to 64 million. To address the requirements of significantly more complex passenger security requirements, Changi has awarded Tyco and NICE the bid to enhance its detection and identification of potential security threats. Tyco will serve as the system integrator charged with the project and NICE will provide its advanced video content analytics to boost airport security. With this project Changi becomes the first major International Airport to launch deployment of video content analytics on such a high scale. Changi will apply NICE’s capabilities for simultaneous advanced video content analytics on a great number of cameras, to give its site managers the power to identify risk in real time, make optimal decisions, and take action that improves security efficiency. For example, NICE provides real-time threat detection including the identification of unattended luggage. The solution flags unmanned luggage and enables security personnel to easily retrace the steps of suspicious individuals, to verify whether the event indeed constitutes a real security risk. This approach eliminates the need to depend on the human eye, which is incapable of picking up suspicious events from among a great number TV screens. The result is a better control of potential security threats, prevention of unnecessary terminal evacuations, cost savings to tenant airlines, and sparing passengers frustrating delays. Tyco Fire & Security Singapore is providing a combination of IP-based CCTV systems complete with network equipment and an alarm management system. The new system allows Changi to view any cameras on any control positions easily. By deploying an IP-based solution, the amount of cabling at the main control room is reduced and is much easier to manage, unlike the analogue method whereby all CCTV cables have to be routed to the same control room. Mr. Aru Balakrishnan, General Manager of Tyco Fire & Security Services in Singapore commented, “We are very happy to partner with NICE on the Changi Airport T3 project, and to be recognized for providing the best solution available. “This project is the first of its kind in Asia Pacific and is a breakthrough for advanced video content analytics in aviation security. With the IP-based solution, the airport is better equipped and able to enhance their long-term security measures. The system also allows the airport to effectively plan the manpower on duty. “We are very excited to have been selected by Changi Airport and to collaborate with Tyco, a security expert,” said Doron Ben-Sira, President of NICE Asia Pacific. “This win is another confirmation of NICE’s value proposition in offering airport security with advanced video content analytics to the world’s major airports.”
Sanyo And Alarmcom Competition Winner
Sanyo’s Brad Ballesty says Sound Security is a long term user of the Sanyo range of cameras and have used them extensively throughout their retail clients sites. After the win, the directors of Sound deemed it fair for the the prize be awarded to one of their employees via an internal draw. Rebekah Saunder was the lucky recipient of the prize.
Vale
EDS is one of the oldest access control companies in Australia and Elaine’s ebullient character was instrumental in its development and ongoing success. Condolences also go to the family and friends of Fred Williams, who passed away mid-August. Fred was the founder of Australia’s largest CCTV wholesaler, Pacific Communications, and his former staff members recall Fred’s kindness and his encouraging nature.
Hills Security Business Hits A206 Million
Total earnings also increased 12.6 per cent to $A60,674 million. The standout performer for Hills was the company’s Electronic Security & Entertainment Division, which turned over $206 million in 2005, an increase of more than 21 per cent on the year before. Profit was even better, with an increase of 26.5 per cent taking total revenue for 2005 to just over $A25.5 million. In an official release, Hills chairman, Bob Ling, said product diversification and a stream of new product introductions stood out during the year. “We expect the trend for increased and enhanced security across all sectors, to continue,” said Ling.
Local Access Manufacturer Seeks Distributors
The Axeze system allows a single tag to access hundreds of sites anywhere in the world and its designed applications include security access control, home automation, lighting and aged care management. Axeze access control is designed with modularity and distributed processing power so that no matter what size the project users are only paying for the capability they need. Find out more about distribution opportunities by calling 61 8 8340 8200.
Aussie E-Passports From October 23
Chips have been delivered to passport contractor Note Printing Australia, assistant secretary of the Department’s passport branch Bob Nash said. Note Printing is the company that prints plastic currency for the Reserve Bank. A beta trial of 2500 passports issued to Qantas flight crews has been underway since last December. According to Nash, existing passports would remain valid after October 23. “We are not recalling passports,” he said. “e-Passports will be issued to all applicants that apply on or after that date.” According to Nash, what’s on e-passport’s chip would be little different to what was already printed on existing passports, he said. “There is no plan at this stage to store any additional information,” he said. However a quality digital photo will be required and such a photo could provide a digital scan good enough to be analysed by facial recognition systems, he said. Customs says the second-generation Smart Gate facial recognition kiosks would be rolled out as e-passport user numbers increased, with early 2007 planned as the date for widespread installation.
