IFSEC will take place from the 10th – 13th of May at the NEC, Birmingham in the UK. Once again this event will show its strength as the European hub spot for the international security industry. However, it’s almost certain that even this show will not be quite like it used to be before the economy downturn.

Read the comment by Lennart Alexandrie, Editor-in-Chief of Detektor International.

Detektor recently met up with Simon Nash, senior marketing manager at Sony Europe, to discuss the latest advancements in video surveillance technology and where the market is heading in general. High definition surveillance and ONVIF played a dominant part in the interview.

Integrating CCTV with other security systems across IP networks offers significant benefits for the user. Barry Keepence, IndigoVision’s CTO, discusses the latest developments that allow specialist systems such as EPOS and ANPR to be integrated in the same way.

Rob Irwin had the ultimate challenge for a video camera recording and monitoring a room that goes from dark to as bright as the sun in a matter of seconds. As melt shop electrical supervisor for Severstal, the fourth largest steelmaker in the United States, he needed to find a camera that could continuously monitor the mill’s huge electric arc furnace (EAF).

The Asian security market has become extremely important over the recent years. The big one, the Chinese market, with an annual growth of 20 percent may well have reached a revenue of 70 billion RMB for 2009.

Detektor has interviewed some management representativesfrom manufactures in China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

The 37th issue of this world leading security event runs from the 10th – 13th of May at the NEC in Birmingham. The international profile makes this event unique. Last year’s show registered 25,427 visitors of which 31% came from abroad representing 112 countries.

Read the preview about IFSEC 2010.