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IPfocusNews & views...Baxall gets X-Stream withthe launch of the DestinyIP X-Stream range of MPEG4CCTV products at IFSECLeading UK CCTV manufacturer Baxall Ltd. willbe launching a number of exciting new productsat this year’s IFSEC, but top of the list has to bethe brand new Destiny-IP X-Stream range ofproducts. This exciting new range of productswill include cameras, encoders and decodersthat all support ultra high quality MPEG4 videocompression.Destiny-IP X-Stream’s use of the newly licensedcompression technology of MPEG4 Part 2(Advanced Simple Profile) and MJPEG ensuresthe most efficient video quality and frame rateto bandwidth. It means that full-motion, highquality video, together with audio, data andalarm signals, can be transmitted acrossEthernet networks or sent virtually anywhere inthe world via the Internet.Coupled with the Destiny-IP PC Controller‘virtual matrix’ application, the new range ofproducts will break the boundaries of qualityand functionality that were previously seen in IPsurveillance. It will not only offer more featuresand greater flexibility but also superior qualityto that ever achieved before. IPVideoJet 8000 from VCSVideo CommunicationSystems AGVCS Video Communication Systems AG havelaunched the VideoJet 8000 featuring8 non-multiplexed MPEG-2 video streamssimultaneously over Gigabit-Ethernet andISDN. With a maximum data rate of 480 fullyinterlaced DVD-quality fields per second, thedevice provides superb video with best useof bandwidth.Its video signal can be viewed on anystandard PC using VCS software decoderVIDOS or a web browser. Its integrated harddisk of 120, 240 or 600 GByte enables theVideoJet 8000 simultaneous playback andback-up while recording. IP24_issue 3Gardiner - Record year foraccess control - with an actto followGardiner Security’s Access Control divisionreports record sales in 2003 and has seenfirst quarter sales for 2004 trounce allprevious records.Gardiner’s national sales manager for AccessControl products Geoff Aitken says “Gardinercan offer independent advice and on siteassistance in optimising the most costeffective solutions for our customers. At thesame time, our sales team has beenexpanded and strengthened through theappointment of a number of key experiencedsales engineers, all of whom have had andwill have a major impact on our success.” IPVerint launchSmartSight IP & wirelesssecurity solutionVerint’s range of wireless and IP securitysolutions including S1500 and S1100 will bepremiered in Europe at IFSEC. The new rangesprovide the latest in our range of wireless andIP devices for managing perimeter or towncentre security.The Verint SmartSight S1500e is designed forvideo monitoring and surveillance over IPnetworks. It delivers high-quality MPEG-4-based video over 10/100Base-T networks usingcat 5, fibre optic, and wireless media. Theservers can easily be extended over local andwide area networks (LANs and WANs) or theInternet using ISDN, PSTN, or xDSL routers.These Ethernet video servers are built on openstandards and are entirely firmwareupgradeable to provide long-term investmentprotection.The Verint SmartSight S1100w is a wirelessvideo transmitter that allows digital videotransmission over two license-free wirelessbands (5.3/5.8 GHz). It delivers high-qualityMPEG-4-based video at 30 frames per second(fps). The S1100w is specifically designed toallow deployment of cameras in hard-to- wirelocations, or to quickly extend the reach ofyour wired CCTV system. IPNo sporting chancefor thievesOne of the UK’s leading sportswear retailers,JD Sports, has undertaken a securityoverhaul of some of their stores as part ofa major refurbishment program.JD Sports worked with consultants andinstallers Integrated Electronic Security (IES)who specified a digitally networked securitysystem based on Dedicated Micros’ DS2multiplexers and Dennard’s dome cameras.AIan Baker at IES says, “With shops onmost UK high streets and large stockdistribution warehouses in Peterlee andHeywood, comprehensive and reliablesecurity was key.”“The CCTV system is designed to link in to theclient’s garment tagging devices. If taggedgoods are taken through the security barrier,the in-store alarm is triggered and the digitalimages stored within the hard disk recorder.These images can then be viewed remotelyfrom the company’s Security RemoteMonitoring Control Centre.”Tim Edwards at JD Sports takes up the story:“Branded sportswear is one of the fashionindustry’s fastest moving retail environments.Our stock appeals to adults and childrenalike, which also makes it an attractive targetfor shoplifters.“With over 380 stores in the UK, centralisingsecurity operations for the Group bringsobvious cost benefits. Integrating CCTVmonitoring with our garment tagging systemensures immediate verification, so that wedon’t compromise on speed of response.“We are also using the new system tovisually verify our intruder and PA alarmsand to track stock movement in thegoods-in department.“The system has been designed so thatopening the goods-in doors triggers an alarmwhich transmits images directly to thesecurity monitoring control room operators.This enables us to watch stock beingunloaded and track it as it comes through thedoor into the warehouse – and out again atany time of the day or night.” IP