In this article, sponsored by EtherWAN, Detektor Security Academy will explain how Power over Ethernet (PoE) can save money, increase the security level and simplify the installation of IP surveillance equipment. This is the fourth article within Detektor Security Academy.

The European champions Spain started the Euro 2012 football championship with a prestigious match against Italy at the PGE Arena Gdansk on June 10. The newly built amber inspired stadium has capacity of 44,000 spectators and it is also the arena with the most security cameras – 440 pieces.

Stanley Black & Decker today has a 3.2 billion dollar security division with global presence. The last years .2 billion dollar acquisition of Niscayah has added usiness in high level security verticals like banking. etektor met up with Stanley Black & Decker’s European resident for security, Massimo Grassi, to discuss the integration.

City surveillance will be the fastest growing vertical market in India over the next five years. Such city surveillance projects have received much media attention due to their size with projects typically involving
thousands of cameras. However, suppliers should not overlook opportunities in other vertical markets. This prediction is made by IMS Research in a new market report.

The adoption of smart cards continues to grow in Europe, while the Americas has emerged as the forerunner for Security-as-a-Service and web-based access control systems. On top of that, NFC (Near field
communication) is growing and systems are becoming increasingly more open. In this article, Detektor explores the main trends for access control.