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Bold Gemini software pulls together Runnymede's disparate security applications into a single management platform

While a number of town centre CCTV monitoring schemes have in the past sought to avoid going outside their core surveillance brief, there is a growing long term trend now, for revenue generation and maximum value leverage, toward the integrated monitoring centre. Revenue generation for the public sector control room is always a hot topic but never more so than at the moment with threats of serious budget pressure. This has meant for some control rooms a re-examination of their purpose and the scope of their activities.

It is not uncommon to find local authorities offering a comprehensive range of security and out of hours’ services within their facilities, putting their activities at the centre of the organisation. While this isn’t a guarantee of future prosperity, it does enhance the control room’s contribution at the same time as keeping revenue inhouse. A further important consideration is that by doing so, the authority retains control over the types of security systems, t... [ more ]

Siemens Security provides an effective and dependable solution to ensuring the security of a safe house

Ensuring the security of a safe house is a difficult and challenging task. Safe houses play an essential role in protecting vulnerable families.

A leading Liverpool-based social housing landlord has, however, found that an integrated electronic security system based on equipment from Siemens Security is providing an effective and dependable solution at one of its most sensitive properties. The system was designed and installed by T G Baker Limited, a company with more than 30 years of experience in CCTV, access control and intruder detection projects.

To ensure that this safe house would provide the best possible protection for residents, a security system was required that would meet a number of unusual and demanding requirements.
For example, as with most security systems, it had to guard against the entry of unauthorised persons but, in this application, the design of the system had to take into account the possibility that the persons attempting to gain access might also ... [ more ]

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