UK Railway Fights Cable Theft With Vital Rail Security

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Cable theft is endemic worldwide within transport infrastructure due to soaring copper prices, and the London Assembly has recently called for cash payments for scrap metal to be outlawed. In August 2010, a single incident of line-side cable theft on the Great Western main line near Reading (within the Thames Valley Area) caused 8,000 delay minutes to passengers and cost the industry around $ 2

Landfill in Taiwan Strengthens Site Supervision With Messoa Monitoring

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As the local government focusing on promoting tourism industry in Penghu County, an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan, it has fueled an island-wise construction boom in recent years. Such development generated lots of residual rocks and earth, which need be disposed. In light of such demand, Penghu County Government set up a landfill site near a remote village of Shagang several years ag

Historic Museum in Pennsylvania Secured by Messoa IP-Based System

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The Mercer Museum is a U.S. history museum that shows items from everyday life in the 18th and 19th century. 55 exhibit rooms spanning out 7 floors (including roof) showcase a collection over 40,000 objects used by early Americans. The Mercer Museum is filled with priceless antiques. They needed to outfit the museum with a reliable and professional security solution. MESSOA IP cameras appeared to

Historic Brooklyn Church Upgrades Security With Mobotix Solution

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MOBOTIX, an industry leading provider of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, announced that Greenpoint Reformed Church, a 150-year old congregation in Brooklyn, N.Y., has deployed MOBOTIX high-resolution network cameras in its church located on Milton Street, just off Manhattan Avenue.

Vivotek Makes Safety in Belgrade a Walk in the Park

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The city of Belgrade, Serbia, can sleep much more soundly now, with Vivotek looking after them. Distributor Netiks helped implement the cameras as well as other network communication devices, both active and passive components, at the Tasmajdan Park, the biggest park in the City of Belgrade. While the reconstruction of the park was taking place, it attracted tremendous media attention, with Serbia

Third-Largest US Public Utilities Company Automates Security and Streamlines Standards Compliance With Quantum Secure

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Quantum Secure, the leading provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems, announced that Salt River Project (SRP) has selected the SAFE for Energy Facilities software suite for its physical identity, access and compliance management, including audit, attestation, remediation and compliance for relevan

Hydroelectric Dam in Missouri Protected by LED Lighting

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Raytec energy efficient Infra-Red LED lighting technology is being used to ensure effective 24-hour remote CCTV surveillance of the historic Tunnel Dam, on the Niangua River in Camden County, Missouri, USA. Covert RAYMAX Infra-Red light has been deployed instead of visible White-Light because the dam is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty and the system designers wanted to avoid unnec

Chemical Plant Secured by Siemens Surveillance Solution

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Chemical manufacturing facilities have always placed a high priority on public and environmental safety but today manufacturers must also now consider the threat of intrusion and attacks. Thanks to a management solution from Siemens Building Technologies Division, security procedures at a chemical manufacturing facility owned by PPG Industries are greatly enhanced. Pittsburgh-based PPG is a gl

EtherWAN Provides Onboard Monitoring for German Buses

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There is an increasing demand for mobile, field based surveillance systems especially on motor vehicle. These systems reply on Power over Ethernet technology to reduce installation costs and make data transmit to a central server very easy. KVS Bus company in Saarlouis Germany chooses EtherWAN and Plustek to provide a robust in-vehicle IP surveillance solution.

Axis Network Cameras Combat Crimes at Brazilian City

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Vitória, the capital of Espirito Santo, is bordered to the north by Serra, a city whose participation in the gross state product jumped from 14 to 19 percent during the period from 1999 to 2004. This growth generated a phenomenon that is already known in large cities: an increase in violent crime. To address this changing scenario, new measures had to be adopted.