Poole, 15th May 2018 – Integrated security manufacturer TDSi is proud to announce its team and products will be featuring with ASSA ABLOY (Stand F320), Milestone Systems (Stand C340) and Anixter (Stand E400) at IFSEC 2018. The event takes place at ExCel London from 19th-21st June 2018. TDSi’s Managing Director, John Davies commented “This year TDSi will be working closely with our partners ASSA ABLOY, Milestone Systems and Anixter to showcase the latest in integrated security systems on each of their stands at IFSEC 2018. We are very excited to be meeting visitors with each of our partn...

In a challenging economic climate and with end-users understandably demanding maximum ROI from their investment in video surveillance systems, it might be time for installers to take a closer look at how 360° cameras could give them a competitive edge. Simply put, 360° fisheye lens cameras are able to reduce the cost of video surveillance in many situations as they can be used to monitor very wide or large areas. Cost savings are achieved by significantly reducing the number of cameras needed for video surveillance projects in environments such as airports, hospitals, large office reception...

SSAIB, the UK and Ireland’s leading security, fire and telecare certification body, announces that two police forces have pioneered the introduction of body-worn video (BWV) technology in accordance with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. Following certification to the Code, completed by SSAIB auditors, the Greater Manchester Police and Metropolitan Police Service are now using devices for a variety of innovative and beneficial applications. BWV technology is now being used in a variety of ways to capture police operational activity first hand, using helmet or vest-mounted cameras. T...

“In smart tech development, Interconnective believes it is imperative to stick to our New Year’s development resolutions. We use our development roadmap to ensure we remain on track” writes Interconnective’s MD Bobby Logue. “Equally important is our 17 years’ experience in the ever evolving U.K security patrol management space”. Interconnective’s Partner Online Patrol and Lone Worker System has successfully completed its development roadmap for the third year in a row. In 2016 Interconnective successfully completed numerous improvements to The Partner Tuff system, with over ...

Security expert Abloy UK has supplied South Staffs Water (SSW) with a bespoke PROTEC2 CLIQ® electromechanical security system for 91 of its operational sites. SSW supplies high quality drinking water to approximately 1.3m people and 35,000 commercial customers over 1,500 square km in the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, North Warwickshire and North Worcestershire areas. The SSW clean water sites include treatment works, reservoirs, pumping stations, boosters, and water towers. The installation of the PROTEC2 CLIQ® system, which was completed by Lincoln Security, com...

Mitie, the facilities management company, has teamed up with Facewatch to launch an intelligent and proactive security monitoring solution for businesses vulnerable to crime, called SafeWatch. The solution combines cutting-edge alarm monitoring technology with CCTV surveillance to provide real-time visual verification of an incident. This enables staff to immediately raise the alert. As a result, police response times are faster compared to traditional alarm and CCTV monitoring systems, and due to the visual evidence and crime reports produced the rate of convictions is higher. Police have ...

Security expert Abloy UK, in conjunction with leading medical manufacturer Bristol Maid, has won a new contract with the prestigious Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital Birmingham to install PROTEC2 CLIQ and Traka21 systems across all of its wards. The roll out across the hospital follows a successful trial on the ambulatory (day case surgery) ward, where around 20 cabinets were fitted with PROTEC2 CLIQ locks, working in conjunction with two Traka21 key management systems. PROTEC2 CLIQ is an easy to use access control system based on mechanical high security disc cylinders combined with highly e...

To further enhance the flexibility and ease of use of its award winning Video Management Software, Wavestore has introduced a free Mobile app to allow authorised users to securely view live images or playback recorded video via a smartphone or tablet. With organisations and businesses becoming increasingly concerned about the challenge of protecting confidential data, the WaveView Mobile app has been designed to provide verification via a Wavestore server’s public key that the person attempting to view the video is an authorised user. “Despite a high level of security, users will find th...

Samsung Techwin Europe has supplied 35 Samsung Open Platform WiseNetIII Full HD cameras to ensure that the club’s customers can enjoy playing bingo in a totally secure and safe environment. Although Gala Bingo has an ongoing programme to refurbish and update its’ clubs throughout the UK, the Southampton club is the first new build that the company has opened for some years. Gala Bingo has invested over £5M in the new club which is located at Antelope Park in the Thornhill district of Southampton. It is a clear sign that the company has confidence in an industry that has been struggling i...

Cordant, one of the UK’s largest security companies, have detailed how numerous unrecyclable uniforms were sustainably transformed. For a company that is keen to adopt sustainability principles throughout its supply chain, finding a way to dispose of 20,000 old uniforms was becoming a major challenge for Cordant’s management team. This challenge was exacerbated by the fact that uniforms designed for security and other FM related duties are not suitable for general wear and so cannot be simply recycled. Some waste plants were happy to shred the uniforms and recycle the rags but many were ...