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6 Vodafone teams up with CSL on UK Lottery project

CSL will be working alongside Vodafone to deliver managed IoT services that will underpin the connectivity rollout for the Fourth National Lottery Licence. The new 10-year licence was awarded to Allwyn UK and will become effective from February 2024.

8 Webeye launches Vigileyez

Webeye debut of Vigileyez, its brand new fully batterypowered RF video alarm system, at the Security Event in Birmingham was a resounding success.

10 Benchmark Innovation Awards

Finalists announced - have your say!

12 How to improve evacuation efficiency

Health and safety in public spaces is about sensibly managing risks to protect the individuals that regularly use or visit a building.

14 Hanwha Vision launches AI powered ANPR high-speed camera

Hanwha Vision has launched the TNO-7180RLP high-speed ANPR camera with 3MP Global Shutter technology to detect number plates on vehicles moving at up to 200km/h (125 mph) across 2 lanes of traffic.

16 Product News

18 Avigilion solutions for Irish state-of-the-art Equestrian Center

Irish show jumping Olympic medallist and coach Cian O’Connor, has recently opened an ultra-modern, highperformance equestrian and show jumping training facility in Meath, Ireland. The facilities at Karlswood are outstanding.

22 News

24 Hanwha Vision adopts MQTT protocol

MQTT protocol has become the de facto standard for sharing messages across connected devices — also known as the Internet of Things (IoT).

SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATORS

May 2023

Dear Reader, W

elcome to the May edition of Benchmark Magazine.

During the last month and this one, the security industry has the chance to meet in person.

Taking advantage of trade shows can be an excellent opportunity to network, promote your business, and generate leads. This month we have IFSEC, at London Excel exhibition centre.

When you are at a trade show, it is crucial to have a system in place for capturing lead information. Finding qualified sales leads is gold dust and there are few tools available. You can use lead capture technology such as scanners or mobile apps to collect attendee data efficiently. Asking your potential clients about their business pain points and how they want to solve them can give you excellent insights. Take detailed notes during conversations to personalise your follow-up later - otherwise all the trade show efforts will become pointless. You might think, ‘Yes, I know this, but people are busy, and capturing their attention can be difficult.’

Do not give up. What’s important is to personalise your message. Demonstrate to your current and potential clients that you understand them and know their specific needs and interests. This will increase the likelihood of conversion. You can maximise your opportunities and make the most of meeting in person at trade shows by implementing a tailored email marketing campaign to promote your products. What’s your favourite follow up method?

Benchmark Innovation Awards 2023 – Who should win?

The list of finalists of the Benchmark Innovation Awards 2023, voted by you, has now been unveiled. It’s time for you to vote for the winners.

Innovation awards showcase the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the security industry. These awards establish

benchmarks and set new standards for excellence by highlighting successful innovations. In addition, they encourage industry players to learn from the winning entries and adopt best practices, ultimately driving overall improvement in the security sector.

Your vote is important!

Security innovation awards provide recognition and validation to companies, products, and individuals who have significantly contributed to the field. Winning an award acknowledges their efforts and expertise, boosting their credibility and reputation within the industry. Innovation awards encourage and promote a culture of innovation within the security industry pushing the boundaries to develop new technologies, strategies, and practices to address emerging security challenges. Winning an innovation award brings significant exposure to the recipient. This increases visibility within the industry and attracts investors, partners, and customers. This exposure can lead to new business opportunities, collaborations, and partnerships, enabling the growth and success of the awarded companies or individuals. Innovation awards act as a signal of quality and excellence to potential customers. The recognition of an award instils confidence in customers, as it indicates the product has been evaluated and acknowledged by experts. This recognition can help customers make informed decisions when choosing security solutions.

The Benchmark Innovation Awards recognise the industry’s latest innovations. They set new benchmarks for excellence by highlighting successful innovations. They encourage industry players to learn from the winning entries and adopt best practices, ultimately driving overall improvement in the security sector.

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Vodafone teams up with CSL on UK Lottery project

CSL will be working alongside Vodafone to deliver managed IoT services that will underpin the connectivity rollout for the Fourth National Lottery Licence. The new 10-year licence was awarded to Allwyn UK and will become effective from February 2024.

The initial 12-month period will see CSL deplo ying both fixed and mobilemanaged IoT connectivity services, using Vodafone’s core network infrastructure, to provide retailers with the solutions they need to grow their own businesses and support Allwyn UK to reinvigorate the UK National Lottery so that it can continue to raise funds for good causes.

CSL manages close to 3 million IoT endpoints for business and mission-critical applications across Europe and has over 25 years of experience in providing reliable and secure connectivity solutions. Their dedicated project team will work alongside Vodafone throughout the planning, delivery, and in-life phases throughout the full term of this nationwide project.

Kathryn Platt, Head of Indirect Business, Vodafone, said: “We are delighted to work

Webeye launches Vigileyez

Webeye debut of Vigileyez, its brand new fully batterypowered RF video alarm system, at the Security Event in Birmingham was a resounding success.

Vigileyez provides an off-the-grid, flexible solution for rapid deployment installations, whether for a mobile or temporary security install or permanent outdoor asset and infrastructure protection.

Vigileyez features a battery-powered outdoor high definition, dual-tech RF camera and an RF 4G LTE outdoor panel. Other RF peripheral devices include an internal high-definition camera, shock/door and window sensors, a unique input/output unit, an LED keypad and a badge reader.

Designed and manufactured by Webeye in Europe in the UK. this ‘Install and Go’

camera system has no wires and can be fully programmed and re-programmed after installation, from anywhere in the World, at any time.

Chris Coughlin, Webeye’s Commercial Director, says, “The camera’s detection technology combines a traditional PIR detection (Passive InfraRed) which captures motion and uses microwave technology to act as a second confirmation of an alarm activation. This gives built-in false alarm filtering, reducing nuisance alarms by over 90% directly on the device – instead of relying on cloud services to filter the alarms.”

Benchmark Innovation Awards 2023 finalists announced

The Benchmark Innovation Awards 2023 showcases organisations taking inventive approaches in the security sector to help find solutions for a complex and changing environment with specific needs - Now it is up to you to decide the winners!

Some innovations enable installers and end users to gather richer and more in-depth data using AI and highquality video technologies; others open-up opportunities to create hybrid solutions to bridge the gap. The Benchmark Innovation Awards recognises the pioneering pieces of the security puzzle that have pushed through known limitations by creating new solutions or by redefining what the issue is altogether and

then stepping up to solve it.

Over the last few months, we asked you to tell us which innovations were worthy of recognition as the best that the industry has to offer and from the nominations received, we are able to list the finalists for this year’s campaign and announce that voting is now open here.

Final date for voting is 2nd October 2023 so be sure to make your selections by then

CONVERGE & CONTROL SECURITY WITH A SIMPLE TOUCH

Android Indoor Monitor

Hikvision Android Indoor Monitor takes a whole new approach to security. Along with video intercom, it also serves as a home or office management center featuring visualised interfaces. With the built-in Hik-Connect App, users will enjoy the simple control and flexible linkage among various Hikvision devices. And it’s all managed with a simple tap on the touchscreen! What’s more, it features easy integration with third-party Android applications, adding new levels of convenience for users.

How to improve evacuation efficiency

Health and safety in public spaces is about sensibly managing risks to protect the individuals that regularly use or visit a building, be it a hospital, hotel, office block, shopping centre or single retail site. An important factor in any life safety initiative is the efficient evacuation of people, particularly those who are not familiar with a building’s layout, which is now made more achievable with the latest emergency lighting system from Hochiki

Emergency lighting remains an important part of any fire safety approach, especially if advanced control options are available. What is crucial today for any building is to have reliable emergency lighting

with clear signage to provide directional assistance when it’s most needed.

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Japanese manufacturer Hochiki has been

Hanwha Vision launches AI powered ANPR high-speed camera

Hanwha Vision has launched the TNO-7180RLP high-speed ANPR camera with 3MP Global Shutter technology to detect number plates on vehicles moving at up to 200km/h (125 mph) across 2 lanes of traffic.

The camera features Hanwha’s newly launched ROAD AI solution which uses AI video analytics to identify the type, make, model, and colour of detected vehicles, across 70 different automotive brands, 600 models, and 10 colours. It comes with global shutter, to give greater accuracy and clarity of captured number plate images and a high frame rate of up to 60fps.

Footage can be accessed through Wisenet WAVE, Wisenet SSM and other industryleading video management software including Milestone and Genetec.

With eyewitness accounts quite often being inaccurate or incomplete, and particularly so with regards to vehicle licence number plates, the ability to search for vehicles by make, model and colour is likely to be of great help

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Norbain announces NDAA compliant Vista CCTV

Norbain has released its new NDAA compliant range for their own brand, Vista CCTV. The VIP series of IP video surveillance cameras and NVRS along with the VA series of DVRs bring to the security solutions market an economically viable alternative to existing NDAA compliant systems.

The latest collection boasts cuttingedge camera technology that includes essential customer analytics such as Cross Line, Intrusion, Enter & Leave Area, People Counting, Face Detection, and Auto Tracking as standard features.

Mark Field, Norbain’s MD, said, “We’re delighted to introduce this comprehensive new range for Vista. It affords our customers peace of mind in offering one, consistent solution that satisfies the requirements of both private business and public sector projects alike”.

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Barox releases 10Gb DIN Rail Ethernet switch

Barox has released the RY-LPITE-442XGME industrial L2/L3 managed Ethernet switch. The new switch is a secure and powerful option for those looking to deploy IP surveillance camera networks. It offers up to

90W per port PoE++ and 10Gbit SFP ports. In addition, the RY-LPITE-442XGME brings Layer 3 functionality and 10Gb performance to industrial edge locations, an area that requires high-performance solutions, driven

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Avigilion solutions for Irish state-ofthe-art Equestrian Center

Irish show jumping Olympic medallist and coach Cian O’Connor, has recently opened an ultra-modern, highperformance equestrian and show jumping training facility in Meath, Ireland. The facilities at Karlswood are outstanding.

“We’re looking after some of the top showjumpers in the country, and we strive for excellence in everything we do. So, we need best-in-class security, in keeping with our high standards. That’s why we chose an Avigilon video security system. Our system gives us the peace of mind that we’re doing all we can to ensure the safety of our horses, staff, visitors and premises at all times,” said Cian O’Connor, Olympic Medallist and Trainer.

Karlswood was looking for a reliable, futureproof solution that would enable key staff to monitor the site effectively from any location at all times and provide full traceability for remedial action and, potentially, insurance purposes in the event of any issues or accidents.

The deployment ensures almost seamless security coverage across the site for Karlswood. All external cameras have adaptive infrared

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Hikvision’s HikCentral Access Control provides all-in-one solution

Hikvision’s HikCentral Access Control simplifies daily operations by offering professional and flexible access control, time attendance, emergency mustering and intercom management for small- and medium-sized businesses.

HikCentral Access Control is a lightweight platform, with intuitive web and app interfaces designed to make it easy for Human Resource managers, security managers, and employees to perform their daily tasks.

Anyone wanting to try it can start using HikCentral Access Control for up to four doors, for free. The free version has covered most application features from the licensed version, such as a self-service check on attendance,

advanced access rule settings, and real-time health monitoring dashboard. Scaling is easy by taking up a licence.

The platform offers flexible access control management with multiple credential methods, including fingerprint, face, card, QR code, PIN code, Bluetooth, NFC.

Face recognition in access control and time attendance has become an inevitable trend, which creates an advantageous “touch-free”

Live camera action with major update to Axis wearable solution

Axis Communications has announced a major update to its wearable solution with the launch of AXIS Body Worn Live to deliver live data streaming in the form of video, audio,

and metadata from Axis body-worn cameras. AXIS Body Worn Live supports informed decision-making by operators, enhances intelligence gathering for incident response teams (IRTs), and provides an added sense of safety for camera wearers.

Wearers can activate the data stream simultaneously with recording. The operator can be notified in their management system to view GPS location data and follow along in real-time in the cloud-based application. The wearer can be notified when the operator begins monitoring. Permissions can be assigned based on roles to safeguard data integrity and transmission is protected by end-to-end encryption.

Ian James, UK Sales Engineering and Training Manager, Axis Communications, commented, “The first-person perspective gained from a body worn camera can complement a fixed camera solution, gathering real-time intelligence and capturing evidence of a situation at the point at which it occurs. Integration with an operator’s VMS

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IPS VideoManager V14 is released

Securiton is launching version 14 of its IPS VideoManager software, once again underlining the unique fusion of video management and video analytics from a single source. Both the IPS NextGen Client and IPS NextGen VideoAnalytics are equipped with new functions that ensure even greater efficiency and easier operation.

IPS NextGen Client

With the new export functionality on the search page in the IPS NextGen Client, the software development team in Munich has achieved a real masterpiece. The user can export a large number of selected recordings at once. Gone are the days when he had to select and export each

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North secures £600k CCTV contract

North has secured a contract with South Tyneside Council to deliver a CCTV control centre. As part of the £600k contract, North will design and relocate a fully integrated CCTV Control Centre, which will include the integration of multiple security systems

merging access control, intruder detection and life safety, into one system to provide greater situational awareness and enhance incident management.

The new facility will be used to monitor Council services, including public space CCTV, local schools and wireless redeployable cameras that will be located in areas such as problematic fly tipping spots

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Logiq and BriefCam in partnership

Secure Logiq and BriefCam have announced a new technology partnership to combine the benefits of BriefCam’s video analytics solutions with Secure Logiq’s servers specifically designed for HD surveillance applications to create a security solution that is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Hanwha Vision adopts MQTT protocol

That’s because the MQTT protocol has become the de facto standard for sharing messages across connected devices — also known as the Internet of Things (IoT). It provides the means for IoT sensors, including cameras, to communicate with each other across smart cities, smart buildings, and in different verticals, including retail, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Why MQTT?

The MQTT protocol is ideally suited for this application, because it is an extremely reliable and lightweight messaging transport protocol with minimal network bandwidth and a small

code footprint. Using a so-called ‘publishsubscribe’ approach, it queues, shares and relays messages in a highly efficient way, making it ideal for connections between devices hosted at remote locations that have resource constraints or limited network bandwidth. It is also based on open standards, so has the flexibility to work with a vast number of devices, in endless applications, including street lighting, access control, traffic monitoring, parking management, and environmental quality.

Thanks to MQTT, many Hanwha Vision networked video cameras work seamlessly with any number of other sensors you have

When the MQTT protocol (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) was invented over two decades ago, its creators perhaps didn’t realise the widespread applications it would become central to, across all industries.

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Mitie acquires Linx International Group

Mitie has acquired Linx International Group, the risk management consulting business which includes Tavcom, PerpetuityARC and Linx Consulting.

Jason Towse, Managing Director, Business Services, Mitie, said: “With the industry continuing to evolve at high speed and new legislation on the horizon, in welcoming the Linx Group – and their extensive experience and expertise in delivering risk management, consulting and security training – to the Mitie family, we’re further developing our risk management offering.”

David Gill, Managing Director, Linx International Group, said: “Mitie’s acquisition of the Linx Group is extremely positive and exciting for both Mitie and Linx International. Integrating Linx’s consulting and training expertise into Mitie’s intelligence-led security division will create an unrivalled service offering for clients.

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Qognify is now part of Hexagon

Qognify has announced that it is now part of Hexagon. Qognify joins the Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division of Hexagon, following the completion of its acquisition announced December 19, 2022.

Steven Cost, President, Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division, states: “Qognify extends our real-time monitoring

and security reach to detect, assess, and respond to incidents, providing a more robust offering to the markets we serve.”

Qognify’s video management software (Qognify VMS) and enterprise incident management platform (Situator) complement Hexagon’s technology portfolio including HxGN OnCall Dispatch in public

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