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10 NEWS www.securitysystemsnews.com MAY 2011 SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS It’s the great ISC West 2011 round up Continued from page 9 Adam said features such as an auto- matic battery calculation could save installers many hours of time. An Axis breakfast featured compa- ny execs announcing new products including an HDTV pan/tilt/zoom dome camera with a one-click, 360° panoramic view and what it’s calling the smallest HD PTZ indoor dome camera. Pierre Racz, Genetec CEO, touted the latest version of its unified secu- rity platform, Security Center 5.0, which he said is “feature rich ... but it appears simple to the user.” Jeremy Brecher, Diebold VP technology service sat down with ssnTVnews to discuss Diebold’s work on the World Trade Center B:8.75 in T:8.125 in S:7 in site, the challenges of securing a site that’s under construction, and how that process helps prepare all involved for securing the site once construction is completed. Over lunch on April 6, HID’s global president and CEO Denis Hebert presented a far-reaching and information-packed one-hour briefing on HID’s product road- map. He also spoke about how the recent acquisitions of LaserCard and ActivIdentity “fill the gaps” for HID and enhance the company’s government identity business and national identity/citizen residence programs. Avigilon—of 16-megapixel fame—had a big booth up front, and Rick Ramsey talked about the company’s new line of H.264 cameras, which he said the com- pany deliberate- ly took its time to introduce. Likewise at IQInvision, Paul Bodell said they also took their time releasing a line of H.264 cameras. He also talked about IQInvision’s new “no exceptions, no excuses” warranty. Over at VideoIQ, Mark Gally, VP of marketing, talked about how the company’s self-calibrating systems are “hang it and go” and about the company’s new activity-based analytics. Bill Taylor at Panasonic Systems Network Company of America talked about that company’s ongo- ing evolution, now a couple years in the making, to a vertical mar- ket solutions company. “We grew 11 percent in the last fiscal year [which runs April to March] and security alone grew 6 percent,” he said. “Something’s working,” he said, “We’re staffing up to bring more sales engineers [and others] onboard to help those making the transition from analog to IP.” Scott Schaeffer of Arecont Vision showed off the situational aware- ness that a 20 megapixel camera can afford. Samsung’s new VP of marketing Jeremy Brecher and product development Victor Biberson talked about the company’s Total Security Management System. He said that with so much M&A going on, integrators can rest assured that Samsung will not be acquired. “We’re where dealers can go to feel secure that the brand [and company] will maintain its identity.” Both PSIA and ONVIF held plug- fests. The 2011 recipient of the George Weinstock Award was announced April 6 at the CAA Industry Leadership Breakfast, during which SSN shared a table with SIAC indus- try liaison Jon Sargent, RSI Video Technologies president Keith Jentoft, SIAC executive director Stan Martin, and industry attorney Les Gold. Bay Alarm Company’s VP Code Compliance Shane Clary won this year’s Weinstock. Take a Look Inside. If you’re looking for outstanding performance and value in video surveillance, look no further than Samsung. Samsung delivers the quality, fl exibility and reliability that you demand for any analog, hybrid or full IP application. Our 2011 product portfolio boasts new additions like 4 and 16 channel NVRs as well as 3.0 megapixel IP cameras featuring our performance enhancing WiseNet II digital signal processor. So when you’re evaluating video surveillance solutions, take a look inside of Samsung. www.samsung-security.com 877-213-1222 During a booth visit, OzVision global director of marketing Matthew Riccoboni talked with SSN about the company’s new full VGA encoder as well as the company’s new dealer program. “Up to today we required dealers to sell equipment and service. Now we have term contracts. Sign up for several years and the equipment’s free.” C.O.P.S. EVP Don Maden talked about the company’s ongoing con- struction of its fourth monitoring center, based in Nashville. “We’re moving over a manager and some operators from New Jersey. We’re hiring the rest of the staff ROUND UP see page 11 B:11.125 in T:10.875 in S:10 in