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Private security in the Adriatic region: view from the CoESS perspective
... Today, all over the world, private security operates in specific national legal and political frameworks. These differences arise from varying historical, cultural, economic and political backgrounds which have shaped the way private security companies are being considered, the role and competences given to them. This situation ...
Interview: Mr. Jonas Andersson, the Chairman of Steering Committee in ONVIF
... In this issue of a&s Adria magazine our distinguished guest is Mr. Jonas Andersson, Chairman of the Board of ONVIF, with whom we will talk about some interesting things related to standardization, ONVIF, and for the huge success that this forum reached on a global scale for a very short time.
The future at glance: HD technology, intelligent systems, IP-based products
... Mr. Tony Yang, director of international marketing at Hikvision, joined the company in 2008. and had been through some of the major milestones of the company, such as being recognize as the number one DVR suppliers in the world, and being the top 4 video surveillance player in the market. As the key factors for Hikvision's ...
Approaching global standards for the betterment of business and the profession
... What does it means the success for a true corporate manager? How to provide benefits for the company, clients and employees? How to run things forward when it seems that almost everything is going backwards and how to convert a dry fiscal year into fertile one? On which values it is possible to base the long-term existence ...
Genius Vision Digital: advanced IP surveillance systems in harmony with growing HD trend
... Genius Vision Digital (GVD) has not accidentally found its place on the pages of our first edition in year 2011. Such a decision has been reasonably supported by good reasons, all of them based primarily on outstanding business results achieved by company GVD in the first year of its presence at the global security market. A&S ...
Featured articles
Near-Field Communication: Access Without Borders
As the number of mobile-payment users grows to surpass 375 million by 2015, demand for devices with near-field communication (NFC) grows as well. Recent research from In-Stat forecasts that adoption of this technology will push global annual shipments of NFC chips to more ...
Changing World, Changing Face of Identity Management
While near-field communication (NFC) technology is optimized for a transmission range of about 10 centimeters (or approximately 4 inches), its signals can still be intercepted at a distance of several meters by unauthorized users, thus raising security concerns. a&s ...
Switches and Routers at the Heart of Security Networks
Most often, corporate officials prefer to converge their security, building and other operational systems onto one large enterprise computer network. That creates a challenge for the IT department, to marry disparate systems with varying degrees and requirements of ...
Within two years, HD-SDI has established substantial awareness in the marketplace, as tangible products materialize from an earlier TV transmission concept. Market penetration, on the other hand, has been less than stellar, due to component/ system, pricing and deliverability ...
Streaming Video Through the Air
The current wireless market for video surveillance is estimated to be around US$500 million. As wireless applications become more ubiquitous, a&s looks into how wireless networks handle megapixel cameras, some hurdles to watch out for, and the road ahead for wireless ...
Noise Reduction for Greater Performance
In Part 2 of this feature on video/audio integration, we look into installation tips to minimize interference, current challenges, future developments and applications
A Sound Understanding of Integrated Video and Audio Features
Security can be very video-dependent; the use of audio features in surveillance systems has not been a major concern. However, having audio integrated as part of a surveillance system enables a wider range of possibilities. A surveillance system combined with two-way audio ...
Changing Role of the Security Consultant
Operating in a quiet corner of the industry, security consultants have spent years providing quality, independent advice to customers around their security requirements. However, the relentless intertwining of IT and electronic security in the form of IP-based integration ...
Getting Architecture and Distribution Right
As camera counts and amounts of data increase, IP-based video surveillance signals and footage become more difficult to transmit, store and manage. There are a bewildering number of equipment choices for digital recording, but effectively recording and storing data requires ...
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