Bush Gets First-Hand Look at Italian Security

Sep 1, 2004 12:00 PM

President George W. Bush, along with Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and other top administration officials, recently visited several key government sites in Rome, Italy, to view security systems that incorporate Dedicated Micros' digital video multiplex recorders (DVMRs).

The security systems tour was part of President Bush's June European trip in honor of the 60th anniversary of Rome's liberation during World War II, which included meetings with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Pope John Paul II and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has deployed about 3,000 troops to help rebuild Iraq.

“President Bush was very interested in seeing the installations,” said Sergio Bellano, marketing director of Honeywell Security Italy, Dedicated Micros' Italian distributor. “We are protecting a number of critical government buildings, including the Italian Ministry of the Interior, using Dedicated Micros' Digital Sprite 2 DVMRs and their DV-IPs (digital network video servers).”

The system is controlled via a GUI (graphical user interface) using Eureka software.

According to Bellano, the systems are networked, but not all in a single center.

“Some are networked within several centers and some of these centers are again networked in order to guarantee a higher level of security and protection,” said Bellano.

President Bush and his entourage also toured through network centers to see the networked capabilities.

“It's important for the people of Italy to understand there's still a terrorist network that wants us to become fearful,” Bush said in a press conference. “For the sake of the security of free people, I refuse to relent. And I've got a strong ally in Italy.”

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