<strong><strong>IP</strong>focus</strong>News & views...Hikvision Moves into NewPremiseHikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., a leadingworldwide supplier of digital video surveillanceequipments, has moved its production facilities andcorporate headquarters into a new premise located inthe high-tech neighborhood of Hangzhou City’s BinjiangDistrict. Hikvision’s new facility includes 227,190 squarefeet of real estate, and will now house R&D, sales,administration and manufacturing capabilitiesthroughout these 4 new buildings.“Hikvision has grown rapidly in recent years. Beginningwith a small company of 28 people when initiallyestablished in 2001, to a now-global enterprise withEditor Paul HenningsSub-Editor Andy HenningsMedia Sales & ProductionTel: 0870 7870 546email:paul.hennings@theippeople.comwww.ipfocusonline.comContributions as presentedPublished by <strong>IP</strong> Security Events and Media Limited forI<strong>IP</strong>SEC (International <strong>IP</strong> Security Exhibition andConference). Opinions expressed do not necessarilyreflect I<strong>IP</strong>SEC policy. Publisher accepts no responsibilityfor views expressed by contributorsCommercial / Marketing Manager Paul Hennings<strong>IP</strong> <strong>UserGroup</strong> Manager Andy Hennings<strong><strong>IP</strong>focus</strong> ® is the trade mark of this publication,© all rights reserved.<strong>IP</strong> Security Events and Media Limited,Unit 6 Burstow Park Business CentreAntlands Road, Horley. 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Currently, Hikvision possessthe largest R&D team in the global security market withover 1200 engineers, and our sales team is expandingevery year to better cultivate the market intensively andaccommodate customers’ requests,” said Yangzhong Hu,President of Hikvision. “With the company continuallygrowing and gaining recognition in the market, this newpremise will provide Hikvision a more spacious andcomfortable environment to consolidate productdevelopment and branding,” Hu said.The address of the new facility is No.700, Dongliu Road,Binjiang District, Hangzhou 310052, China. The currenttelephone number will remain the same: +86-571-88075998. <strong>IP</strong>Basler to Begin SeriesProduction of Two New CMOSSensor <strong>IP</strong> Camera ModelsAfter the series production start of their new CCDbox camera models last December, two new Basler <strong>IP</strong>Camera models with CMOS sensors have followedsuit. They feature720p HD and 5megapixelresolutions, and athird model with1080p Full HD resolutionis due to follow next month.The B<strong>IP</strong>2-1280c-dn high definitionmodel provides real-time video at a framerate of up to 30 fps using MJPEG, MPEG-4, and H.264compression. The B<strong>IP</strong>2-2500c-dn <strong>IP</strong> Fixed BoxCamera model is equipped with a 5 megapixelsensor to record even the smallest image details ata frame rate of 9 fps.Their attractive pricing makes Basler's new CMOSsensor camera models a great value for an entrylevel product. In addition, CMOS sensors exhibit anumber of image quality related advantages such asthe almost complete lack of smearing effects, i.e.,stripes in the image caused by an extremely brightlight source. Blooming, a condition where very brightimage structures extend into the darker structures,is also a very rare effect in cameras equipped withCMOS sensors as compared to CCD sensor cameras.<strong>IP</strong>Honeywell Introduces NewMiniature True Day/NightPTZ Dome to thePerformance SeriesHoneywell have announced the addition of a miniature TrueDay/Night PTZ dome camera to its Performance Seriesrange. The HDTX PTZ dome offers the economy and size ofa fixed lens mini-dome camera whilst offering thefunctionality and versatility of a PTZ dome. The HDTX is alow profile unit suited to areas where a larger dome isimpractical. Its small size remains virtually unnoticed invarying indoor surveillance applications, so it is perfect forretail sites or other environments where customers andvisitors are monitored.The camera provides excellent picture quality – even in lowlight - due to its 10X optical zoom lens and 470 TVLresolution. A single connection lead connects straight intothe dome, saving the installer time on site or allowing moredomes to be commissioned per day. Each unit comes withfittings so that it can be flush or surface-mounted. Wall andceiling mount brackets are also available.The HDTX is also environmentally friendly, designed toconsume less energy and customers have the option topower it via either a 24VAC or 12VDC power supply.“The HDTX offers installers and end-users a small,adaptable product that is easy to install and cost effectiveto operate,” comments Jeremy Kimber, CommercialOperational Marketing Leader EMEA. “In addition, becauseHDTX has a 360° viewing angle and the ability to get to anyone of 127 programmable preset positions at 360° persecond, it offers fast image capture in any direction.” <strong>IP</strong>4_issue 30
<strong><strong>IP</strong>focus</strong>Optelecom-NKF renamedfollowing merger with TKHGroupOptelecom-NKF Inc., manufacturer of advancedSiqura® and Optelecom video surveillancesolutions, have announced that it will be renamedon April 1st, 2011, as a result of its recent mergerwith the Dutch company, TKH Group. The mergerbetween TKH Group and Optelecom-NKF was madedefinite on January 27th, 2011.Company Name ChangeOver the past two years, Optelecom-NKF haspositioned nearly all its surveillance solutionsunder the Siqura brand name, with the exception ofits renowned Optelecom fiber optic line in the US.Once the merger with TKH Group was made definite,it was decided to rename Optelecom-NKF:As of April 1st, 2011, the EMEA offices will be namedSiqura and the company headquarters will berelocated to Gouda, the Netherlands.In order to effectively market the existing Siquraand Optelecom brands as well as the TKH SecuritySolutions offering in the Ame <strong>IP</strong>Barix and Singlewire Alignfor InformaCast PublicAddress SolutionBarix recently announced that its Audio over <strong>IP</strong> devicesand contact closure interfaces are now qualified forintegration into Singlewire InformaCast® solutions forprofessional security applications.InformaCast is a mass notification platform that allowsusers to simultaneously send audio streams and textmessages to multiple <strong>IP</strong> phones, <strong>IP</strong> speaker end points,computer desktops and overhead paging systems.Systems integrators deploying InformaCast systems cannow use Barix Exstreamer decoders and Annuncicom twowayaudio devices for encoding/decoding to distribute <strong>IP</strong>audio streams to end points. Integrators can furtherenhance systems by installing Barix Barionet devices forinterfacing to a variety of systems.Singlewire Software targets its InformaCast softwareMilestone XProtectCorporate Wins Gold GoviesAwardMilestone Systems, the open platform company in <strong>IP</strong>video management software, has been honored bySecurity Products magazine with the Gold GoviesGovernment Security Award in the category forVideo Management Systems for its top-of-the-linesolution: XProtect® Corporate.The Security Products’ Government Security Awardswere launched in 2009 and re-launched as theGovies in 2011. The revamped program gave topindustry entrants the added benefit of displayingtheir products in the Security Products booth at theannual GovSec Conference & Expo that was heldMarch 29-31 at the Walter E. Washington ConventionCenter in Washington, D.C. The GovSec conferencealso featured the U.S. Law Enforcement Conference &Exposition at the same time.The judges narrowed down the 2011 submissions tothose achieving top status, and Milestone SystemsXProtect Corporate version 4.0 was chosen for theGold Govies Award for Video Management Systems."As the nation faces evolving and multi-facetedsecurity threats, government agencies, lawenforcement and the military need to stay updatedon the latest technology to assist them inmaintaining national security and public safety. Weare very pleased that our most sophisticated, highperformance offering, XProtect Corporate, won thisaward to heighten awareness of it for this sector,"states Christian Bohn, VP Product Management andMarketing at Milestone Systems. <strong>IP</strong>solution fororganizations requiringemergency broadcasts,multi-location pagingand complex audioscheduling needs. Live,pre-recorded and scheduled announcements are easilydispatched from a single button on an <strong>IP</strong> phone or PC.The addition of Barix Audio over <strong>IP</strong> hardware adds moreinterface options to the InformaCast suite for two-wayaudio support and tighter integration to loudspeakers.The integration of Barionet devices allows integration andalarm triggers to and from real-world interfaces such asrelays, horns, contact closures, push buttons and displays.Barionet devices are open-standards-compliant, intelligent<strong>IP</strong> I/O controllers that directly interface to commonelectrical interfaces. Devices are programmable forspecial cases such as the extraction of alarminginformation from a serial data interface. <strong>IP</strong>Mayflex Voted Distributor ofthe YearMayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking andelectronic security solutions distributor, has beenvoted as Distributor of the Year in the Comms ExpoAwards 2011.The nominees and winners of the awards were allvoted for by the readers of Netcomms EuropeMagazine, who were given the chance to vote onthe Netcomms website. Mayflex was picked by themajority as the best distributor, signalling that theirdedication to offering a high level of customerservice is being recognised in the marketplace.Mark Simmons, Sales Director at Mayflex, says, “Weare so proud to have been voted as Distributor ofthe Year, especially when it’s an award that is votedfor by the people who use the products we supply.As a company we are totally dedicated to customerservice and are always striving to offer the best toour customers. Recent service based initiativesinclude extending our ordering time to 8pm for freenext day delivery and improvements to our TradeCounter. We have also started to roll out a range ofsupport services aimed at helping our customersexpand their services and win new business, suchas new customer facing product and technicalmanagers, demonstration facilities in ourBirmingham and City of London offices and onlinemarketing tools. We are focused on becoming the<strong>IP</strong> solutions partner of choice for our customersand view the support and business developmenttools available to our customers as essential.”Mayflex sees this award as confirmation they aredoing the right thing, but this does not mean theyare going to stop progressing. “We believe inalways making improvements,” Mark says, “and willcontinue year on year to try and provide ourcustomers with the best service possible.”Mayflex has also been nominated for Distributor ofthe Year in the PSI Premier Awards 2011, the resultsof which are due out in June. This is anothersignificant boost for the company. <strong>IP</strong>issue 30_5