As we enter the
year of 2008,
there are many questions
to be answered. For the security industry,
the main question is how to handle slower economic
growth or even a possible recession? How
established is security as a fundamental ingredient
in ensuring the health of a private and public
business? For sure security has climbed much
higher on the agendas of companies and public
services, but how much is it worth?

IndigoVision’s integrated
IP Video CCTV system
is providing monitoring
for a traffic calming
system in the Belgian city
of Antwerp. The CCTV
system monitors a series
of automated bollards
that regulate traffic on
a number of the city’s
streets, alerting the Antwerp
Police to malfunctions,
accidents and acts
of vandalism.

Megapixel cameras are becoming increasingly important
for security applications. But there are still
concerns about these high resolution cameras within
the security market, how to transmit the pictures and
to store them efficiently?

March Networks, a provider of
intelligent IP video and business
analysis applications, announces
that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire Cieffe S.p.A.
and its related company Insignis
Technologies S.r.l.
Cieffe, based in Milan, Italy,
develops high performance IP
video surveillance solutions used
by enterprise-class organisations
across Europe, the Middle East
and Asia Pacific.

The new Bosch Divar MR
digital versatile recorder (DVR),
combines high quality recording
with flexible system management
including alarm handling, camera
control and device checking
capability.
The Divar MR delivers realtime
recording and playback in
CIF resolution, as well as high
resolution live viewing. 4CIF can
also be used for applications where
even greater detail is needed.