IS ANYONE WATCHING?
BY MICHAEL FICKES
The July bombings in London have highlighted again the effectiveness of closed circuit television (CCTV) as an investigative tool. CCTV's successes have...
Technology Stretch
JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO Kaukauna Utilities, a provider of electrical power and drinking water in Kaukauna, Wis., had one camera. The single camera...
Controversial, But Capable
By Jacqueline Emigh
YOU WOULD ALMOST THINK that one of the in stands for Even as privacy advocates complain about the growing use of closed-circuit television technology,...
Product Focus
VIDEO STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL VIDEO RECEIVER SUPPORTS FOUR CHANNELS The receiver is suitable for smaller CCTV installations and can be used to multiply...
Merging Systems
by Randy Southerland
When it came to access control, the School District of Lee County in southwest Florida was looking for a system that allowed maximum flexibility while...
Divide and Monitor
By Erin Semple
Lebanon High School is home to 1,380 students in Lebanon, Ore. a bedroom community to nearby Corvallis and Albany. Although the school is nestled in a...
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF ILLINOIS PORTS
The Illinois International Port District has selected Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill., to provide perimeter surveillance security...
The Struggle Over VIDEO BANDWIDTH
By Michael Fickes
Today, somewhere in corporate America, a CEO is dressing down a chief information officer (CIO) because it just took the CEO five minutes to send an e-mail...
HEAVY SURVEILLANCE ON THE LIGHT RAILS
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in California has decided to install video surveillance systems on 80 light rail vehicles after...
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE GETS BIG VEGAS WYNN
Another fabulous resort hotel casting its new shadow on the Las Vegas strip means more surveillance. The new Wynn Las Vegas casino and hotel, which opened...
A Picture of Health
By Corrina Stellitano
This May, Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., introduced a new CT scanner capable of creating a three-dimensional picture of a patient's heart...
Clinical PROGRESSION
By Erin Semple
Connecting satellite buildings to the main campus at the Mayo Clinic involves new technology to meet security demands. The satellite buildings are located...
ProacTive Upgrades
There are more than 1,000 independent school districts (ISDs) in Texas. Security officers do not have arrest powers in Texas, and city law enforcement...
On Location
Between 2000 and 2001, the Spring ISD (Independent School District) Child Nutrition Department in Texas installed cameras and VCRs into half of the elementary...
MIAMI RIVERWATCH
BY CORRINA STELLITANO
If you believe the popular television series Miami Vice, Miami in the 80s was glitzy and dangerous and real life often mirrored television. The hot south...
WORLD SERIES FLUSH WITH SURVEILLANCE
Greg Raymer, the world champion of poker, will be defending his title at the 2005 World Series of Poker in June. And while the eyes of the gaming world...
CAMERA SYSTEMS CONNECT STORES
Lakeland Limited, a U.K.-based retailer of kitchenware and other home products, has installed video surveillance cameras at more than 30 sites. Nearly...
FIRST AND GOAL
BY RANDY SOUTHERLAND
On any given Sunday, the roar of nearly 69,000 voices cheering as one rises up from the cavernous expanses of Titans Coliseum, home of the NFL's Tennessee...
IP Video Solves Schools' Compatibility Issues
The Ramapo and Indian Hills school districts in New Jersey have installed more than 140 cameras at the two high school campuses. However, like many school...
VIDEO'S (R)EVOLUTION
BY JAMES GOMPERS
Beware of technology overload. Analog, digital, integrated, converged, artificial intelligence, mega-pixels, compression, advanced imaging, TCP/IP keeping...
Technology lets casinos win big at THE DIGITAL GAME
By CYNDI FRESCHI
The video surveillance industry has been in a hybrid state incorporating digital technologies into analog=based systems for the past few years. Casinos...
HI-DEF SURVEILLANCE
By MICHAEL FICKES
Roger Norman, owner and manager of the Crystal Bay Club and Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nev., and a self-described technology junky, was looking for better...
DIGITAL VIDEO KEEPS AN EYE ON THE GAMES AT BALLY'S
Caesars Entertainment Inc. has received approval from New Jersey regulators to install the state's first all-digital, video recording system for gaming...
MONEY MATTERS
BY KATE HENRY
Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, is one of the 15 largest full-service financial institutions in the United States, with approximately $98 billion in assets...
Eyes On the Transactions
By Randy Southerland
A woman walks into a bank and up to a teller. She is clearly upset. Speaking quickly, she begins telling a bank official that someone stole her ATM card...
