Harland & Wolff 21st Century IP Surveillance project wins top IT award

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Robert McIlwaine, Harland and Wolff Group IT Executive, said, “With a site as large as ours and the fact that the ground level is made up of around 10-12 feet of reinforced concrete, upgrading our surveillance system presented a real challenge. However, in employing the DVTel technology, Telindus rose to this challenge, using wireless connectivity to link our existing and new cameras in areas that were difficult to access. The DVTel solution connects 39 cameras across the two dry docks and the ship repair site, as well as the main yard and internal and perimeter floodlighting towers, using Ethernet, fibre and wireless connections.

College plans to implement advanced security services

Birmingham, UK and Ridgefield Park, NJ, May 12, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that City College Coventry in the UK has completed the initial phase of a unified Latitude Network Video Management System and Longitude IP Access Control installation.

The installation is located in a regeneration area of the city, hence advanced protection for students and the buildings’ assets is a top College priority. Vision Security is in charge of design and the on-going project installation and was instrumental in introducing Coventry to the superior benefits of an all-IP system.

> > City College Coventry (PDF)

Latitude NVMS V5 is based on latest and greatest from Microsoft

Birmingham, UK, and Ridgefield Park, NJ, May 12, 2008 — DVTel Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that Havering College of Further and Higher Education has upgraded from Latitude NVMS 3.5 to Latitude NVMS V5. Havering College serves the London Borough of Havering from three local campuses and several satellite and outreach centres, drawing students from Redbridge, Barking and Newham, as well as Essex, Kent and beyond.

Mitie, widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading providers of IP-based CCTV and access control systems, introduced Havering to DVTel’s advanced, open systems technology, and oversaw project implementation.

> > Havering College (PDF)

Microsoft .NET Platform key to the future for IP physical security solutions

Birmingham, UK and Ridgefield Park, NJ, May 12, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced the release of the latest version of the award-winning Latitude Network Video Management System (NVMS) Version 5.3, at IFSEC in Birmingham, UK, 12-15 May.

DVTel is the predominant player in the global IP-based physical security market, as it continues to promote and provide an open systems solution. DVTel’s Latitude NVMS 5.3 was developed using the latest release of Microsoft .NET Version 3 Framework. Microsoft .Net is the platform that over 90% of the world’s corporations demand as the development platform for all of their software-based products. The migration to the latest release of Microsoft .NET enables DVTel’s enterprise customers to leverage the power of both .NET and extensive IP video experience for improved deployment and scalability, as well as performance and data security.

> > Latitude New Version (PDF)

Veteran Lenel executive to head up North and South American sales teams

Ridgefield Park, NJ, April 15, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that Terry Vellek has joined DVTel in the new position as Vice President of Sales for the Americas.

Vellek comes to DVTel with over 25 years of IT-based industry experience. In his 10 years at Lenel, Vellek first grew his regional sales territory over 700%; then, after taking over as VP of Sales, he was part of the leadership team that grew total company sales more than 10-fold. Prior to his tenure at Lenel, he spent 15 years with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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As company adds staff worldwide, Canadian projects and new integrators fuel growth

Las Vegas, NV and Ridgefield Park, NJ, April 02, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that it has opened an office in Toronto, Canada, to support a growing roster of projects, and appointed DVTel veteran, Chris Helin, as Director of DVTel Canada.
Helin was instrumental in DVTel’s strong sales growth in the Midwest Region. He then moved on to Director of Business Development before taking on leadership of Canadian operations. “Over the last year, we’ve seen such excellent growth in the Canadian market that it is time to establish a larger presence here and continue to build our integrator relationships and to work even more closely with our end users,” Helin remarked.

“Interest in security amongst Canadian businesses is definitely on the rise,” said Paul Grossinger, Publisher of Security Matters. “More and more companies are looking for security partners that can help them integrate both IT and physical security. It is this integration that is driving businesses of all sizes and in every vertical market to reexamine their security infrastructure and invest in it where necessary.”

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DVTel collaboration with Alliance Systems winning combination for Indian Gaming

Las Vegas, NV and Ridgefield Park, NJ, April 02, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that Gold River Casino has deployed the DVTel Latitude Network Video Management System (NVMS) and the Silver Buffalo Casino has upgraded and expanded their DVTel Latitude video system. The installations
were designed and installed by the Alliance Systems Group. DVTel was chosen because of its excellent system functionality and reputation, and the long-standing relationship between DVTel and Alliance Systems Group. The collaboration between the two companies now boasts over 20 Indian Gaming casinos.

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The future of megapixel camera technology meets the needs of both CSO and CFO

Las Vegas, NV and Ridgefield Park, NJ, April 02, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that it will show the latest in its series of Adaptive Visualization Technology (AVT) megapixel cameras at ISC West in Las Vegas, 02-04 April, The new AVT cameras achieve exceptional 16 CIF resolution video quality, with extremely low bandwidth and storage requirements, by incorporating DVTel’s unique AVT algorithms at the network edge, coupled with advanced MPEG-4 compression and multicasting technologies. The AVT megapixel cameras produce more than four times the image clarity of an IP 4CIF camera while using about 20% of the average MJPEG IP Camera storage and bandwidth—making them an ideal choice when image quality, bandwidth needs, and storage costs are key considerations.

> > DVTel Announces New Megapixel AVT Cameras (PDF)
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Ridgefield Park, NJ, March 12, 2008 — DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, today announced that the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) has deployed the DVTel unified intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC). The iSOC, comprising Longitude Access Control and Latitude Network Video Management solutions, safeguards a wide variety of facilities located across 10 counties in North Central Texas.
The installation also features DVTel cameras and a video analytics package. Maez Security Consultants aided in system design and Systems Group of Dallas is overseeing installation.
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Unfortunately, Los Angeles has a habit of deadly New Year’s celebrations: firing off guns in the air to mark the occasion.
Recently, LA County Sheriff Baca, backed by Police Chief Bratton, held a news conference to discourage this deadly practice by demonstrating a new, highly-promising technology.

DVTel’s Latitude Network Video management system is integrated with a Sentri Gunshot Detection alarm system that upon alarm automatically directs surveillance cameras to the area of gunshots. Police personnel can then investigate in real time—both using video and by deploying to the scene—in an effort to cut down on this life-threatening celebration and to reduce gun violence at all times of year.

A CBS news report on this new technology and the LA system can be viewed here: CBS News report