Fear driving security spend
BRITISH homeowners are willing to spend up to £8,500 on home security measures like CCTV and intruder alarms, new research shows. Two thirds of...
Pelco, OnSSI develop open architecture for IP video
PELCO and On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. have announced a collaboration to develop an open architecture IP-based video surveillance technology solution that allows Pelco Camclosure...
Honeywell pays US320 million for Hand Held Products
HONEYWELL has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hand Held Products Inc., a privately held automatic identification and data collection company based in Skaneateles...
Doorknobs and broomsticks
RESEARCHERS have shown that biometric sensors are no dirtier than doorknobs. While biometric equipment is gaining popularity in a variety of electronic security applications,...
Nice jets into Shanghai
NICE Systems IP-based video solution enhances the safety and security at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Located in the eastern part of Pudong district of...
Connective Tissue
Given networking’s current level of sophistication it’s hard to imagine just where things are going to go but if consider the fact effective networking...
Two Eyes Better Than One
MEGAPIXEL cameras have a huge advantage. Their non-interlaced image streams deliver live video and still shots at such high quality that they allow genuine...
Choosing Camera Housings
IT'S as much the responsibility of the security manager as it is the job of the installer to ensure that ppropriate housings are used...
DSCSiemens Show Power
WHEN John Peterson founded DSC in his basement way back in 1979 he was convinced he could build a better alarm panel than could...
MPLS: The Dominos Are Falling
The game of technology-tag has been an interesting one. Analogue cameras have lasted far longer than many industry pundits predicted. It’s not as if...
