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IDentilam create a dynamic<br />
new customer website<br />
IDentilam Plc systems provide web-based<br />
solutions for the Corporate and Event<br />
<strong>Market</strong>s. They are shaping ID Card production<br />
and management for the twenty first century<br />
from a base at Faygate, near Gatwick off the<br />
M25.<br />
Owing to the growing numbers of web users<br />
worldwide and with a longstanding ability to<br />
provide shared and disseminated information<br />
online, IDentilam are pioneering a range of<br />
ported solutions that run securely over the<br />
internet or intranets.<br />
The marketing team has also overhauled an<br />
extensive customer website @<br />
www.identilam.co.uk. Its’ new clear style<br />
means that overlapping products are more easily<br />
navigated, and can be fully accessed through<br />
just one screen. ‘This site promotes the online<br />
nature of our solutions very much better, particularly<br />
the end-to-end solutions which form<br />
the very basis of our success’ says Graham<br />
Ripley, Managing Director at<br />
IDentilam.<br />
Intuitive, clear displays about a<br />
wide range of accessories and<br />
lanyards mean that users waste<br />
no time in searching, and are<br />
more able find the best products<br />
for their needs. Various crosslinks<br />
also provide access to<br />
online demonstrations for key<br />
products - including animations<br />
of the popular ‘visitorsonline’,<br />
‘badge and track’ and ‘conference<br />
card creator’ software.<br />
Graham adds that ‘Clients can<br />
now apply online for user access<br />
rights that will enable some “trialling”<br />
of our ‘idcardsonline’<br />
solutions’.<br />
And because a personal service is<br />
always paramount, additional<br />
dedicated support is available<br />
from the friendly customer sales team on +44<br />
(0)1293 854700. As source code developers who<br />
sell to end-users only, IDentilam take full<br />
responsibility for customers’ end-to-end solutions.<br />
All of the development, manufacture and<br />
administration operate under a regulated ISO<br />
9000 environment and they also offer a variety<br />
of ongoing service contracts.<br />
To meet rising demands for instant access to<br />
information, IDentilam are continuously making<br />
personnel facts more easily available for all<br />
management purposes. idcardsonline have an<br />
interactive interface, and can be customised to<br />
suit clients through all manner of business rules<br />
and controls. These are built-in to ensure both<br />
the security and flexibility of the solution.<br />
As a long established developer of Photo ID Card<br />
software, the firms ‘ComPic’ programme<br />
(Computer Photo ID Card) has been in use in<br />
over fifty countries since 1986.<br />
Reader Reply No.: 85051<br />
B.I.G breakthrough<br />
for visitor ID badges<br />
B.I.G, the badging solution specialist, has<br />
launched in the UK an innovative ID badging<br />
system that visually changes its appearance to<br />
ensure that visitors don't outstay their welcome.<br />
TIMEbadge changes colour when a<br />
visitor's badge is no longer valid,<br />
eliminating the risk of unauthorised<br />
badge use and the need to<br />
collect used badges. Even if a visitor<br />
fails to hand in their badge at<br />
the end of their visit, they won't<br />
be able to re-use the badge to<br />
regain access without being<br />
noticed.<br />
Each TIMEbadge consists of a specially<br />
coated white adhesive front<br />
part and a back part that's preprinted<br />
with time-release ink.<br />
Once the front part is applied to<br />
the back part, the TIMEbadge is<br />
activated.<br />
The rate of TIMEbadge expiration<br />
ranges from half a day to one<br />
month. Depending on the expiration<br />
period chosen, the TIMEbadge will remain<br />
white for the majority of that time before the<br />
change begins. For example, a One-Day Expiring<br />
TIMEbadge issued in the morning will reveal<br />
light pink bars by late afternoon, and darker<br />
pink bars within one day, clearly signalling that<br />
the badge has expired.<br />
Once an Expiring TIMEbadge is activated, the<br />
expiration process cannot<br />
be reversed as it is impossible<br />
to separate the<br />
front part from the back<br />
part without visibly damaging<br />
the badge. The<br />
Expiring TIMEbadge is not<br />
affected by light, so the<br />
expiration process works<br />
indoors and outdoors, day<br />
or night.<br />
Different badges are<br />
available for heavy or<br />
moderate visitor traffic<br />
and can be colour-coded<br />
to distinguish between<br />
different types of visitor<br />
or different days of the<br />
week. TIMEbadges can<br />
be used with any visitor<br />
management software.<br />
B.I.G has already received an order from a<br />
major investment bank for 200,000 customised<br />
Expiring TIMEbadges - an early sign that the<br />
badges will prove to be a huge hit in the UK.<br />
news...<br />
SmartTrack is no<br />
longer a secret<br />
There has been a marked increase in the level<br />
of interest in the SmartTrack mobile robotic<br />
surveillance system following its appearance<br />
on a recently broadcast documentary on shop<br />
theft, reports Noel Verbruggen, Managing<br />
Director of Intrepid Security Solutions.<br />
Dispatches: Secrets of the Shoplifters examined<br />
the staggering scale of shop theft which costs<br />
retailers and ultimately consumers billions of<br />
pounds every year. While the general public<br />
largely consider shoplifting a trivial and 'victimless'<br />
crime, the program made the point that<br />
theft from stores is increasingly lining the pockets<br />
of drug addicts and gangs of organised criminals<br />
who are stealing to order.<br />
“The producers as part of their research for the<br />
program visited our stand at IFSEC 2005. This<br />
gave us an opportunity to demonstrate to them<br />
the benefits of SmartTrack not the least of<br />
which is its powerful deterrent effect. Would be<br />
thieves cannot see where the camera is positioned<br />
on the track as it is hidden behind a tinted<br />
or mirrored enclosure”, said Noel<br />
Verbruggen.<br />
Intrepid have already received significant orders<br />
for SmartTrack from a number of well known<br />
retailers including ASDA, B&Q and CO-OP and<br />
following the publicity on the Dispatches program<br />
are confident that they will be able to<br />
report other large orders for the product in the<br />
near future.<br />
Portable boiler plant<br />
helps construction<br />
continue at Walsgrave<br />
Hospital<br />
When leading PFI/PPP service provider<br />
Skanska wanted help to maintain temperature<br />
so that floor laying processes could<br />
continue during the construction of<br />
Walsgrave hospital in Coventry, the company<br />
turned to Andrews Sykes for a complete<br />
hire solution that included 500kW<br />
Hotmobil mobile packaged boiler plant.<br />
The process to lay vinyl flooring was scheduled<br />
for January-March 2005 and there was<br />
no time for procrastination. "Unfortunately it<br />
was a cold time of year but we couldn't let<br />
the weather delay construction," explains<br />
Skanska project manager, Nigel Lewis. "To be<br />
able to continue with the floor laying process<br />
we had to maintain an ambient temperature<br />
of 17ºC around the clock - 24 hours a day."<br />
At first Skanska asked hire solutions specialist<br />
Andrews Sykes to provide small KH500<br />
propane powered heaters but following a site<br />
survey it was recognised that the quantity of<br />
heaters required would not be economical to<br />
run because of gas usage and the labour<br />
required to repeatedly change cylinders.<br />
The alternative solution proposed by<br />
Andrews Sykes was to install two 500kW<br />
Hotmobil mobile packaged boiler plant connected<br />
to 16, 50kW internal air-handling<br />
units, distributed equally around the four<br />
floor areas of the building. The installation<br />
took approximately two weeks to complete,<br />
with much of the heating hose placed in<br />
trays above head height. In total approximately<br />
3km of hose was used. Andrews Sykes<br />
also had to provide step-up power transformers<br />
with RCD <strong>protect</strong>ion to suit the 230V airhandling<br />
units; the only power available on<br />
site was 110V. Other equipment supplied by<br />
Andrews Sykes included two 4700 litre bunded<br />
fuel tanks and two high specification<br />
pumps.<br />
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