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Vol. 4 No. 2 7.00
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INSIDE
By Steven Sachoff, editor
Westminster buys
Longmoor
C&C Salzgeber goes to
the zoo
By Steven Sachoff, editor
Pristis posts record results
Orsus buys Cinario
Agnitio gets EUR 5.5mln
in new funding
Counter Terror Expo
draws a crowd in London
Crown gets serious about
remote monitoring
Siemens monitors detainees
Monitoring revenues
forecast to hold steady
ZOETERMEER, The Netherlands—The TKH Group, a provider of security, building and telecoms solutions, has acquired Holland’s VDG Security, a manufacturer of video surveillance solutions with integrated analytics, as part of its strategy to expand its reach into the European security market.
The acquisition of VDG, which has annual turnover of EUR 6mln and employs 36 people,
including its own team of development engineers, is part of a concerted effort by TKH to grow its security business. The deal brings the proportion of security solutions-related revenues in TKH’s overall turnover to more than 20 percent.
For VDG, becoming part
of a conglomerate like TKH means the chance to strengthen and expand its position on the international video surveillance
See VDG on page 12
64mln in 2007,
VITROLLES, France—U.S.-based sys- operates on the tems integrator Stanley Works has acquired French and Belgian French systems integration and monitoring markets and runs company Générale de Protection (GDP), monitoring centers based here, a deal the company says will in Vitrolles and serve as a base from which it will aggres- Paris.
sively pursue expansion in the mainland “GDP represents
Brett Bontrager
Europe security market. our first acquisition
While Stanley has a major presence in into the continent with systems integra-Europe in terms of its construction and tion and monitoring and we intend on it industrial tools divisions, this deal, which serving as the focus point for future ac-saw Stanley purchase a 100 percent stake in quisitions and growth of our European GDP for EUR 118mln from TCR Industrial strategy,” Brett Bontrager, president of Partners and Intermediate Capital Group, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, marked the entry of Stanley’s security divi- told Security Systems News Europe.
sion into continental Europe. Bontrager said GDP was an excellent
GDP, which posted revenues of EUR See Stanley on page 17
Alcatel-Lucent taps Aimetis for
SUPPLIERS 19
Samsung gets aggressive in
Europe
Taking face recognition a
step further
Serbia’s CCTV Centar
Master keeps growing
Germany’s largest IP CCTV project
By Steven Sachoff, editor
STATS 2
NEWS 4
EDITORIAL 8
COMMENTARY 8
MARKET TRENDS 21
DATABANK 25
running, in a tender based on its long-term relations with the client and background in transport related projects, according to Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland spokesman Udo Reckemeyer. When it came to moving from an analog system to a multi-vendor IP solution, Reckemeyer said Aimetis’ video management and video analytics software platform
Symphony was simply the “best fit.”
Symphony is the “perfect stepping stone” for where the Munich Airport is in terms of converting from analog CCTV to IP-based surveillance,” said Aimetis marketing manager Bethany Moir. As the airport is also planning to gradually introduce and integrate analytics, Symphony will allow them to do that within a single platform, she added.
Initially, the Munich Airport will install Aimetis Symphony Professional licenses for around 800 new and existing analog and IP cameras, with that expected to rise to 3,000
See Alcatel on page 14
MUNICH—Alcatel-Lucent is teaming with IP video surveillance software specialist Aimetis to help Munich Airport migrate its legacy analog CCTV system to IP-based surveillance, a complex project the companies describe as
Germany’s biggest IP CCTV venture.
Alcatel-Lucent won the contract at Munich Airport, which handles
over 34mln passengers annually and has been named Best Airport in Europe by aviation market research firm Skytrax four years
HID extends physical access control to the desktop
By Steven Sachoff, editor
PRAGUE—HID representatives gathered here in early March for the European launch of the company’s new logical access control solution— HID on the Desktop—which the company said opens new business opportunities for integrators by giving them the possibility of extending clients’ existing physical access infrastructure.
HID on the Desktop (HODT) is essentially an umbrella solution for HID’s iClass, Crescendo and Prox card technology, which allows users to access their computers or IT infrastructure with the same card they use for physical access control. “It’s a natural extension of your security at the door and requires no re-badging,” said HID’s EMEA business development director for identity and access management, Voker Kunz.
See HID on page 20
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