Network Communications News (NCN) June 2016 | Page 13

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Looking for adventure

Go pro

Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea’s famous seafront fun park, has invested in an
IP network video surveillance system sourced from Hanwha Techwin Europe.
Adventure Island is a nine acre free entry fun park, offering more than 40 rides
and attractions for all the family, plus a number of restaurants.
Adventure Island mission statement is to provide high quality entertainment
for all the family within a safe and secure environment. With this in mind, the
decision was made to invest in the latest video surveillance technology in order
to ensure that employees could monitor in real time the movement of people
throughout the park and in particular, keep a very close eye on what is happening
at each of the rides.
Southend-on-Sea based Blake Fire & Security, which has been maintaining
Adventure Island’s fire and intruder systems as well as the analogue CCTV systems
for a number of years, was invited to submit system design proposals for the new
video surveillance system.
Blake Fire & Security concluded that by utilising Full HD 360° technology
in certain locations, the total number of cameras required could be limited to
40. Blake Fire & Security considered a number of manufacturers that offer 360°
cameras but after looking at price and performance decided to recommend that
they be sourced from Hanwha Techwin Europe, along with the other required
cameras and recording devices.
Ten Samsung SNF-8010 WiseNetIII 5 megapixel 360° cameras have been
deployed at Adventure Island with most installed immediately above some of the
more thrill seeking rides. The IK10/IP66 rated vandal resistant, weatherproof SNF8010 has a digital PTZ feature which allows users to electronically pan, tilt and zoom
in on specific areas for a more detailed
view, whilst at the same time continue
to monitor the whole 360° view.
Twenty-five WiseNetIII SND-5084
1.3 megapixel Day/Night domes
and five WiseNetIII SNO-6084R
Bullet cameras equipped with IR
illuminators have also been installed
at Adventure Island, with images
captured by all 40 cameras recorded
onto a 64 channel Samsung SRN4000 NVR.

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IT INFRASTRUCTURE

AKCess Pro, one of the
world’s oldest and largest
manufacturers of networked
environmental, power, security
and access control monitoring
equipment, has integrated
Southco’s Electronic Access
Solutions (EAS) into its data centre infrastructure management
to offer customers secured and convenient experience.
AKCess Pro (AKCP) created the market for networked
environmental, power and security monitoring solutions back
in 1981. Today, it has more than 100,000 systems monitoring
infrastructure in more than 150 countries, and its products are
used in hundreds of applications around the world. Some of
its customers include Verizon, T-Mobile, Alcatel Lucent, Bell
Canada, Microsoft, Sprint USA and more.
With more and more information including sensitive data
being put on servers, AKCP’s customers were increasingly
concerned about cabinet security. The demand for access
control with an audit trail was also increasing. Before, AKCP
had to manually monitor the CCTVs, which created pressure
on manpower resources and reporting processes. To maximise
operational efficiency, AKCP looked at different ways to
improve its security offerings within its DCIM solution.
In addition to reputation and product quality, the
compatibility of Southco’s products was also a major reason
contributing to this cooperation. Southco locks are easy to
install – almost all of the units are plug and play, and they fit
many of the cabinets that are popular in data centres today.
AKCP has integrated Southco’s Electronic Access Solutions
(EAS) swing handle server cabinet locks and latches into its
existing DCIM solutions. The whole deployment process only
took two to three weeks to complete. Furthermore, several
AKCP customers were already using Southco’s locks. As a
result, when the technology firm integrated Southco’s products
into its DCIM solution, customers did not need to purchase
new lock hardware.

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