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Pelco™ by Schneider Electric has released the Spectra Professional IR – a rugged camera ideal for transportation, city surveillance, airports, seaports and commercial markets. The Spectra Professional IR features ‘above the horizon’ viewing capability providing greater coverage of bridges, overpasses and building exteriors without mounting additional cameras. The camera also provides built-in IR illumination on areas of interest such as roadways, ports, parking lots and building perimeters up to 150 meters away offering a solution for customers who are frustrated with the inability of typical PTZ cameras to capture key image details in poorly lit environments. “With extensive research and development, Pelco has honed the technology to capture critical details in low light situations,” said Todd Dunning, Sr. Product Manager, Pelco, “Spectra Professional IR also features a bubble-less design, a new feature to Pelco’s line of surveillance technology.” Benefits Assuring coverage of large areas, the Spectra Professional IR camera is designed for use in round-the-clock surveillance. Key features include: Lookup: The Spectra Professional IR can view 15 degrees above the horizon that enables customers to see areas that are difficult to view when using typical mounting locations including bridge supports and cables, higher floors of commercial buildings as well as ships at a distance from seaport. Outstanding image quality in poorly lit areas: Primarily used for outdoor applications with poor lighting conditions, the IR technology allows operators to see details up to 150 meters away, where external visible lighting is not wanted or is unavailable. The technology also provides control of the illumination intensity and exposure in the camera; enabling people and vehicles to be tracked with clarity wherever they move in the field of coverage, near or far. Smart compression technology: Featuring H.265 and Pelco’s Smart Compression technology, the Spectra Professional IR lowers bandwidth and storage requirements between 30 and 70 percent, depending on the amount of motion in the scene, especially important for 24×7 surveillance. Digital image stabilization: Reducing blurring associated with camera motion, this feature allows the camera to maintain a smooth image ideal for surveilling areas affected by high vehicle traffic or strong winds like bridges and light poles. Simple installation: Using only one wire to connect, the Spectra Professional IR comes with three power options and an embedded hinge design, making it easy to connect to and providing greater flexibility during installation. Full integration with Pelco’s VideoXpert and leading ONVIF-Compliant video management systems (VMS): Seamlessly presented in video management systems allowing operators to easily track objects moving in the scene and zoom in for greater detail.

Seagate Technology has recently launched the industry’s widest range of advanced 14TB hard drives, enhancing the company’s enterprise and specialty drive portfolio. Consisting of IronWolf® and IronWolf® Pro for network attached storage (NAS) applications, the BarraCuda® Pro desktop drive, surveillance-optimized SkyHawk™, and Exos™ X14 for hyperscale data centers, this purpose-built portfolio empowers customers to consume, manage and utilize digital data more effectively and efficiently while establishing new benchmarks in speed and capacity. With this offering, Seagate continues to lead the industry in driving data storage technology toward a lower cost per terabyte through hard drive optimization, versatility of application, and unmatched capacity. Whether for personal use, creative and design computing, online gaming, or large-scale surveillance systems and hyperscale environments, Seagate drives are opening up new data management opportunities across a wide range of markets. “Data protection, management and archiving are no longer strictly the realm of IT departments, but are now essential responsibilities for business owners, creative professionals, online gamers and PC users alike,” said Matt Rutledge, Senior Vice President of Devices at Seagate, “We understand the critical nature of data in unlocking opportunities to efficiency. From the largest data center to the personal user, our goal is to ensure every customer can access, store and transfer data quickly and reliably, whenever they need it and wherever they are.” IronWolf & IronWolf Pro 14TB – the leader in NAS I ronWolf and IronWolf Pro drives have continued to push boundaries for NAS applications, providing best-in-class reliability and performance for always-on environments. Trusted by the world’s top NAS vendors, IronWolf drives are built with multi-user environments in mind, which allows a workload rating up to 300TB/ year allowing users to do more with their data and their NAS. The drives are optimized with AgileArray™ firmware for NAS servers to provide the customer with a host of benefits including RAID performance, dual-plane balance, rotational vibration (RV) sensors, advanced power management and error recovery control. “For many companies, data storage has become one of the fastest-growing parts of their IT infrastructure. Synology users will be excited by the new Seagate 14TB IronWolf drives,” said Vincent Tsai, Product Marketing Manager at Synology Inc., “By collaborating seamlessly, Seagate and Synology deliver a reliable storage and backup solution for businesses to safeguard their valuable data.” SkyHawk 14TB – optimized for surveillance The surveillance industry is rapidly evolving and the demand for higher video resolution, analytics and longer retention requires much greater storage capacities. Seagate SkyHawk drives provide the optimum combination of per formance, high capacity and reliability – the three most important needs for surveillance customers and integrators. With the ability to store over 9000 hours of HD video and up to 64 HD cameras, the SkyHawk 14TB is optimized for DVRs and NVRs, tuned for 24/7 workloads, and equipped with ImagePerfect™ firmware to minimize dropped frames and downtime. Supported by a 3-year limited warranty, customers can also benefit from unique SkyHawk health management technology that actively monitors and analyzes drive health, empowering users to prevent, intervene and recover from potential anomalies. Exos X14 – hyperscale ready Built for the efficiency, reliability and security demands of the world’s most advanced hyperscale data centers, Exos X14 drives offer enhanced areal density to deliver higher storage capabilities in a compact 3.5-inch form factor. Combined with the industry’s lowest power consumption and best performance in its class, the Exos X14 enables data centers to maximize storage capabilities while reducing complexity and operational costs. As the need for hyperscale and cloud storage increases exponentially, Seagate’s new Exos X14 drives deliver 40% more petabytes per rack compared to Exos 10TB drives, while maintaining the same small footprint. The heliumbased Exos X14 also provides a 10% reduction in weight versus air nearline drives, and flexible formatting for wider integration options and support for a greater number of workloads. Exos X14 also ships in a modular enterprise system (Exos E 4U106) for easy scaling up to an unprecedented 1.4PB density. Anticipating global security demands, Exos X14 drives feature ‘always-on’ Seagate Secure™ protection, effectively encrypting all data without performance degradation. Exos X14 drives offer a 5-year limited warranty, and are designed to meet US Government Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2, Level 2 Security certification, as well as the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CC) ISO/EIC 15408 compliance standard.

Dahua Technology, a leading solution provider in the global video surveillance industry, advocates openness and believes that an industry ecosystem can benefit all industry players. At Security Essen 2018, it launches the Dahua Integration Partner Program (DIPP), aiming to extend collaboration with 3rd party partners in technology integration and business development. Dahua Integration Partner Program (DIPP) DIPP focuses on creating comprehensive and integrated solutions with 3rd party partners for wider customer and enduser base. Featuring three partner levels – Strategic Partner, Golden Partner and Silver Partner – DIPP ensures that its partners enjoy multiple benefits through Dahua Technology’s global network. Partners who specialize in video management software, access control system, video analytics, physical security information management, alarm systems, cloud-based services and other vertical systems that involve security surveillance are most welcome to join the program DIPP benefits partners on both technical and business sides including in-depth marketing, project and technical support. Marketing-wise, DIPP partners enjoy dedicated marketing support including co-marketing opportunities at Dahua Technology’s global events, recommendation in Dahua 3rd party partner solution catalogue etc. Technically, Dahua Technology guarantees feedback within 24h, dedicated technical support, opportunities for sample borrowing, roadmap sharing and product introduction, and free training regarding Dahua Technology integration protocols. The key is that Dahua Technology ensures considerable benefits at project part including end-to-end support, opportunities for projects pipelines sharing and product recommendation etc. So far, some 3rd party partners have joined DIPP like Ivideon, AxxonSoft, to name just a few. “We’re happy to launch DIPP, a program aiming to better serve our partners and achieve win-win results,” said James Wang, Deputy General Manager of Overseas Business at Dahua Technology. “We were the first to implement a solution on Dahua open platform, and we’re very happy to be among the first companies to participate in the Dahua Integration Partner Program. Dahua Technology’s innovative technologies, particularly its development of deep-learning video analytics, completely aligns with our vision of how video surveillance should develop. I’m confident that, together, we will create products that grow our value proposition for both our partners and clients,” Said Alan Ataev, Global Sales Director at AxxonSoft.

Videotec is launching NVX, an IP FULL HD super lowlight camera with high corrosion resistance. This camera incorporates the DELUX imaging and encoding technology for recording incredibly clear colour video day or night. Its extremely sensitive light sensor works with the DELUX technology to provide high colour rendering and maximum noise reduction in very low light conditions of 0.006 lux, or 0.0006 lux in black and white. Video images can be transmitted via network with H.264/ AVC, MPEG4, MJPEG or JPEG compression, and it’s possible to have up to 3 simultaneous and independent full HD video streams. The NVX external housing is made entirely from AISI316L stainless steel, and has a compact and lightweight design that, along with the rapid connectors, helps installation and maintenance. The wiper and the modular bracket for wall/ ceiling/ parapet mounting come standard. NVX has exceptional corrosion resistance, a wide operational temperature range and IP66/ IP67/ IP68/ IP69 protection. These features mean it is well suited to marine and industrial areas such as the food industry rail and motorway tunnels applications.

Arecont Vision Costar has announced the receipt of a prestigious award for the brand new ConteraIP™multisensor panoramic dome camera series. Arecont Vision Costar’s newest multi-sensor camera was recognized as a New Product of the Year in the ‘Video Surveillance Cameras – IP’ category at GSX 2018 in Las Vegas. The ConteraIP multi-sensor panoramic dome camera was first publicly unveiled on April 11, 2018 at ISC West. Arecont Vision has a long history of innovation, introducing the security market’s first multi-sensor megapixel cameras in 2006. The ConteraIP multi-sensor is now the newest member of the Arecont Vision Costar family of industry leading panoramic and omnidirectional megapixel surveillance cameras. The new camera is in early customer trials and is expected to be available for all customers soon. The new, award-winning four-sensor camera is a highly advanced indoor/ outdoor 180° panoramic dome, suitable for day/ night use. ONVIF Profile S and G compliance plus advanced integration through the Arecont Vision API tool and MegaLab™ validation ensures integration not only with the cloud-enabled ConteraVMS™, but also with other leading video management and NVR systems. All Arecont Vision Costar cameras feature a three year warranty.

Vicon Industries, Inc., designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware and components, has recently launched Valerus 18.2, the latest version of its popular thin-client VMS solution built upon true open standards. New to this release are features that include automated NVR failover, enhanced configuration options along with an enhanced rules engine that can respond to external events, tighter controls for system access authorizations, and network-wide log collection and reporting. It also offers support for Valerus SmartAnalytics, a soon-to-be-released, tightly integrated video analytics solution that offers realtime event detection, video search and business intelligence applications. Valerus’ new NVR failover option allows administrators to create ‘failover clusters’ within the network, in which one or more NVRs are identified as dedicated failover units to support primary NVRs. Failover NVRs automatically take over for primary NVRs within their cluster, maintaining all camera and system settings until the original NVR is restored to operation. Playback of recorded video remains seamless, eliminating the need for operators to know exactly when failover occurred. Valerus automatically retrieves video from the NVR on which it resides. The addition of Valerus SmartAnalytics as an option for users of Valerus 18.2 brings powerful, integrated analytics capabilities to the VMS platform. The Valerus SmartAnalytics engine applies detection rules based on sophisticated AI algorithms to provide live action alerts, post-event search and business intelligence trend analysis. It can analyze video from multiple sources in parallel and allows for complex detection scenarios that link detection rules from different cameras. Unlimited combinations of analytics detection rules can be applied to each camera. Events and search tools appear within the Valerus interface, providing a simplified experience for system operators. Both NVR failover and Valerus SmartAnalytics supports are offered through a new ‘enterprise’ level Valerus licensing tier. In keeping with the Valerus commitment to delivering ‘advanced simplicity,’ Valerus 18.2 offers a simplified but more powerful system configuration user interface. Administrators can now use the Valerus rules engine to create multi-step automated actions in response to events generated by external systems. For example, an integrated LPR system’s identification of a black listed vehicle can prompt Valerus to immediately call up relevant cameras and send a text alert to specified operators, improving security staff’s situational awareness and ability to respond quickly. The configuration interface now simplifies load balancing, making it easier to move cameras between NVRs, and provides additional navigation buttons for jumping between the device and resource screens. Valerus 18.2 offers enhanced security through an updated authorization system. Administrators must now actively provide each user with access to Valerus resources by assigning him or her to one or more ‘roles’ – admin, operator, supervisor and/ or investigator. Assigned roles determine which resources are available to each user upon logging in. “Vicon’s Valerus VMS platform has proven to be hugely popular in enterprise applications, from citywide and statewide surveillance systems, to healthcare and education campuses, to the largest Cathedral in the world. We anticipate that the features we are introducing with Valeurs 18.2 will do much to further that trend,” said Bret McGowan, Senior V.P. of Sales and Marketing.

Synology DiskStation DS1618+ is a 6-bay NAS, that provides storage scalability, perfect for tech enthusiasts and small- to medium-sized businesses by handling workloads effortlessly. Further, it is to boost storage performance with the optional M.2 SSD cache or enhance network speeds by adding a 10 GbE NIC. Supercharge your storage with speedy performance DS1618+ comes with a PCIe expansion slot to support add-in cards. Install a dual M.2 SSD card for highIOPS system caching, or a 10GbE NIC for ultra-fast data transmission. Engineered for reliability DS1618+ is designed to reliably store data and is backed by Synology’s three-year hardware warranty. An optional two-year extended warranty is available in select regions for up to five years of coverage. Ultimate file management and sharing File Station is a web-based, fast and secure management tool built to allow easy, drag-and-drop operation without requiring any complex setup on Mac or PC. Advanced search and filtering tools allow for easy organization and sharing of files with just a link. It supports SMB, FTP, AFP, NFS, WebDAV, compatible with any environment. Real-time collaboration on private cloud Office is a collaboration package combining the convenience and usability of public clouds with the data privacy and security guaranteed by private clouds. It allows the users to work seamlessly together on documents and spreadsheets in a protected environment. Ultimate backup solution DS1618+ integrates various backup applications to safeguard important data on any device with an intuitive user interface and durable storage technologies. Active backup for server An agentless backup solution protects data from Windows and Linux servers through SMB and rsync to minimize deployment and management costs. Hyper backup It helps comprehensively backup data to a local shared folder, an external device, another Synology NAS, an rsync server, or a public cloud to ensure data safety Desktop backup It safeguard the PC with cloud station backup, and supports to effortlessly backup data stored on macOS to Synology NAS with time machine. Active backup for Office 365/G suite It protects corporate data stored on the cloud, on-premise backup solution with a centralized dashboar, and optimize storage efficiency with single instancing and block-level deduplication technology.

Dahua Technology EVS7000 and EVS5000 series IPSAN recorders, as well as ES512 and ES311 series servers are now compatible with Milestone XProtect video management software. This allows Milestone users to utilize Dahua Technology’s budget-friendly IPSAN storage solutions and high-performance server products as per their application scenarios. Dahua EVS is a hybrid SAN product designed and developed to meet the requirements of medium-range to high-end IP video surveillance applications. Integrated with Dahua video direct streaming technology, EVS can do video access, recording and management independently, without any recording server needed, making the surveillance system simple and budget-friendly. As a hybrid storage product, EVS can also be used in standard IPSAN storage solutions, working perfectly with Milestone XProtect video management software (VMS) server to supply flexible and cost-effective video storage solutions. Dahua ES series server is standard rack server based on Intel® Xeon® processor. Engineered with fully modular design, the server aims to provide clients with high performance, high reliability, lower power consumption and optimum heat dissipation. ES512 server is an excellent fit for surveillance and site security working with Milestone XProtect video management software (VMS), it also serves well for high-performance computing and other business applications, and provides flexible configuration options to better meet the ever-increasing demands by clients on servers. Currently, Dahua IPC, PTZ, NVR, XVR and thermal cameras are all integrated with Milestone platform. Continuous cooperation with world-renowned VMS platform enterprises like Milestone is well in line with Dahua Technology’s core value.  

OnSSI continues to add powerful new capabilities and enhancements to its flagship video management software (VMS) platform with the release of Ocularis 5.6. This latest release enhances overall VMS performance and operator functionality, delivers heightened system security with fortified dual authentication measures, and provides enhanced mobile and web access capabilities. These latest improvements included in Ocularis 5.6 combine to further empower users with a best-in-class VMS solution and experience. “Software providers face the ongoing challenge of increasing user access and programming capabilities while simultaneously fortifying security measures to help prevent unauthorized access. This latest release of Ocularis accomplishes both objectives while improving overall workflows,” said Ken LaMarca, VP of Sales & Marketing, OnSSI. Ocularis 5.6 bolsters system security by allowing administrators to require dual operator authentication when logging-in, along with the ability to specify system permissions for Ocularis Client or Ocularis Web/ Mobile. Every login activity into Ocularis Client is also logged and auditable for documentation and compliance, where applicable. With the heightened security measures in place, Ocularis 5.6 also improves operator functionality. For example, operators can now create, edit, save and delete views directly from Ocularis Client, giving them the control and flexibility to create the specific views they need to best perform their roles and meet their security objectives while maximizing effectiveness and efficiency. The updated Ocularis Client also provides users with the ability to view camera names from any number of views that are listed. Additionally, the Client includes a new performance mode that allows larger views to be downscaled for improved bandwidth efficiency. Furthermore, Ocularis Client includes a database update to ‘Select All Feeds’ for exporting, as well as the added ability to select audio from a different source when exporting. Significant changes have been implemented for Ocularis Mobile as well, including the ability to display multiple cameras in live mode while also disabling the IOS idle timer to ensure continuous remote viewing. System administrators can also now designate which specific users and user groups can log in to Ocularis Mobile and Web to control access to video from outside the company network. Additionally, Ocularis Media Server has been further improved with architectural enhancements that improve overall performance, scalability and reliability. Ocularis 5.6 improves overall system resilience and performance in several ways. Master Core redundancy (failover) support has been automated, so if the Master Core is unavailable when a user logs in, the user will still be able to access video via a Slave Core. Added performance enhancements include smart camera drivers for Vivotek cameras, extended support for H.265, and extended two-way audio support.

Matrix Project series IP cameras are built using superior components such as Sony STARVIS sensor and higher MTF lens to offer unmatched image quality especially during low light conditions. Powered by true WDR algorithm, these cameras offer consistent image quality even in highly varying lighting conditions. Built-in intelligent analytics including intrusion detection, Trip Wire etc., ensure real-time security. Moreover, H.265 compression and automatic motion based frame rate reduction save bandwidth and storage up to 50%. Features The dark observer – Sony STARVIS series sensor. Crystal clear night vision, color images at 0.08lux. High efficiency video coding – H.265 compression technology. Save up to 50% of storage space. Vision adaptive – True WDR 120db. Best image quality even in varying light conditions. Capture more – Wider field of view. 90° horizontal field of view. Versatility – adaptive streaming. Record more frames during motion, less during no motion. Analytics – intrusion, motion detection, no motion, trip wire. Certification – BIS, IP66, CE, FCC, IK10.