In this Detektor Security Academy article Detektor, together with OPAX and Saab Dynamics, takes a closer look at intelligent video (or VCA) in order to raise the security industry’s awareness and knowledge of this relatively new and potentially powerful technology.
What can you expect from intelligent video? How does it work? What are the ROI-aspects of a VCAinstallation?
These and many other questions are answered in this article.

While excited fans watch what happens on the pitch at the Olympic Stadium in Athens or in 21 other Greek stadiums, high-resolution Dallmeier cameras keep an eye on everyone and everything and provide for the necessary security.

Edinburgh based IndigoVision, a pioneer within IP video security solutions, was founded by CEO Oliver Vellacott in 1994, when IP video was not much more than an emerging niche technology. Now, some 15 years later, IP video is the dominating solutions category at the world’s security shows. Detektor sat down with Oliver Vellacott at this year’s Ifsec to talk about the past, present and future.

The latest publication from BSRIA Proplan in their extensive series of studies “Intelligent Controls in Buildings” is their updated report “Security Systems – The European Market 2008 to 2013”. It shows that the
Western Europe Security Systems market, comprising access control, CCTV/video surveillance and intruder alarm systems, achieved relatively low compound growth (CAGR) of 3.6% in the last two years. This is, nevertheless, an improved performance compared with the CAGR of 3.2% in the period 2001 and 2006.

The results of the Detektor International Awards 2009 are now official. Over 350 guests attended the prize ceremony when the Detektor International Award dinner was held in conjunction with the opening day of Sectech in Stockholm, Sweden on the 20th of October.