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detektor international award
The judges were hugely im-
pressed by this great new design
and commented:
"Arecont Vision's panoramic 12
megapixel Surroundvideo 360 de-
gree network camera is a stunning
example of the company's commit-
ment to innovation and quality
it is genuinely an undisputed
winner!"
The Highly Commended
CCTV Product Award was pre-
sented to Axis Communications
for the network camera with Axis
Q1615 with its powerful WDR
Forensic Capture concept.
The Innovative Achievement
Award, in the CCTV category,
was shared equally by Bosch
Security Systems
for the IT
infrastructure solution for video
surveillance services Bosch Security
Cloud Service, and Samsung Tech-
win
for the 32x 2 megapixel PTZ
indoor camera Samsung SNP-6320
Dome.
Lennart Alexandrie, publisher
of Detektor International and
CEO at AR Media International
said: "An interesting thing about
this year's edition of the DIA
was that many of the nominated
manufacturers were listed in the
'wrong category'. Axis and Mile-
stone would usually be catego-
rised as CCTV finalists, but this
time they were nominated in the
Access Control section. RCO Se-
curity, a successful access control
manufacturer was represented in
the Alarm & Detection category,
where we also had Flir Systems,
normally belonging to the CCTV
category. It seems to be that the
different product categories are
getting closer to each other each
year."
"Add to this that the outcome
of this year's DIA included Axis
as the winner of the access control
category followed by Milestone
Systems, in both cases the motiva-
tions from the jury were that they
represent open platform technol-
ogy, which can be regarded as
a clear statement from the DIA
panel of judges. Proprietary sys-
tems are after all dominating the
access control market of today, but
things are slowly changing towards
more open technology, even in the
access control field," concluded
Lennart Alexandrie. n
The motivation for this choice,
expressed by the panel of judges:
"With the very first non-proprie-
tary open IP-based access controller
on the market Axis have become the
driving force for open technology in
a cross section of markets. As a result
the Axis A1001 is undoubtedly the
access control product of the year!"
The Highly Commended Ac-
cess Control Product Award was
presented to Milestone Systems
from Denmark for the Milestone
Xprotect Access Control Module.
Finally, the Innovative Achieve-
ment Award for the access control
category was shared by Zwipe
from Norway for the contactless
smartcard with on-card fingerprint
enrollment and authentication,
Zwipe Access, and Assa Abloy from
Sweden for the wireless access con-
trol product, the Aperio Premium
Escutcheon.
Alarm & detection
The overall winner in the Alarm
& Detection category and the
receiver of the Best Alarm Product
2014 was Xtralis from Ireland for
the aspirating smoke detection
solution Vesda Laser Quantum.
The justification for the prize
was affirmed once again by the
panel of judges:
"With the introduction of the
VLQ, aspirating smoke detection is
brought to a new level as it enables
a highly affordable solution for very
early fire warning even in compact
areas. Brilliant."
The Highly Commended
Alarm & Detection Product
Award was awarded to Flir
Systems
from the USA for the
thermal camera FC Series R.
The runners up in this cat-
egory, and so awarded with the
Innovative Achievement Award
were, DSC, Tyco Fire & Security
from Canada for the hybrid intru-
sion alarm system PowerSeries Neo
and RCO Security from Sweden
for the alarm control panel with
touch screen R-Touch 50.
CCTV
The ultimate winner in the CCTV
Category and the receiver of the
Best CCTV Product 2014 was
Arecont Vision
for the Panoramic
360 degree network camera Are-
cont AV12366DN.
The jury consists of eight
members from Europe, Asia and
America. The criteria for a prod-
uct to become a finalist for the
Detektor International Awards en-
compasses not only the technical
solution but also the ease of use,
the cost and the over all presenta-
tion of the product, which actually
could equally as well be a service.
The three product categories
for the awards are Access Control,
Alarm and Detection, and CCTV.
The overall winner in each cat-
egory receives the Best Product
award, the second place winner
receives the Highly Commended
Product award, the runners up
each receive a certificate for In-
novative Achievement.
Access Control
The overall winner and the
receiver of the Best Access Control
Product 2014 was Axis Commu-
nications
for the network door
controller Axis A1001.
Twelve products had been care-
fully shortlisted as finalists on
the basis of both technological
innovation and customer orienta-
tion. These products were then
considered and assessed by the
Detektor International editorial
panel of judges.
The Detektor International
Award, now in its 15th year, still
stands by its original values as it
was introduced to reward manu-
facturers for outstanding commit-
ment to technological innovation
and their valuable contribution to
the continual advancement of the
security industry.
The Detektor International
Award is an independent prize.
The finalists are selected by the ed-
itorial board of the security trade
magazine, Detektor International.
This independency is certainly a
contributing factor towards mak-
ing these awards some of the most
prestigious awards in the global
security market.
The receivers of the detektor International Awards
(dIA) 2014 were presented during the Skydd security
show at the International Stockholm Fair on the 15th
of October. Twelve prizes were given out to security
product manufacturers from all over the world. The
overall winners in the three product categories were
Axis (Access Control) Xtralis (Alarm & Detection) and
Arecont Vision (CCTV).
Here they are the DIA winners 2014!
The first prize winners at the Detektor International Award 2014 prize ceremony. Ivo
Drent, from Arecont Vision, for Best CCTV Product. Ola Jönsson, Axis Communica-
tion, for the Best Access Control Product and Martin Norris from Xtralis received the
trophy for Best Alarm and Detection product.