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International at London’s ExCel saw IDIS
recognise both customers and media
partners by presenting awards on its
stand at a press briefing followed by a
Champagne reception, just one of many
events the manufacturer is holding across
the year to celebrate its two decades of
surveillance innovation.
After opening the event with a brief
history of the growth of IDIS over the
last 20 years, a Q&A panel on the new
solutions showcased by IDIS at IFSEC and
recognition of strategic media partners,
Dr Albert Ryu, IDIS President and Chief
Operating Officer, and Joon Jun, President
of the IDIS Global Business Division,
acknowledged the strategic customers that
have made two decades of IDIS success
possible, including new key relationships
developed since the launch of the IDIS
brand business at IFSEC in 2013.
Recognising new and continued
partnerships, Ryu and Jun firstly presented
partner awards to IDIS UK customers
including integrators, a leading national
distributor and a renowned fashion
retailer.
• Established more than 35 years ago,
Direct Security recently completed
large fully integrated system
installations for major clients in the
UK including various roll outs of
DirectIP™, as well as working across
major cities in Europe, North America
and the Middle East. NSI Gold
approved and currently working on
large multi-discipline construction
projects for hotels, leisure, education
and commercial sectors, Direct
Security are specialists in the design,
installation and maintenance of
high-end surveillance, access control,
intercoms, intruder and fire alarm
systems for major clients and key
accounts, while working closely with
fit out companies throughout the UK.
• Pro-Vision is a leading UK value-add
distributor that offers surveillance,
access control and public address
equipment to installers and integrators
Joon Jun - President of the IDIS
Global Business Division
nationwide. The company can
dispatch equipment overnight and is
renowned for its outstanding technical
support. Pro-Vision offers more
than 60 brands from manufacturers
that have a reputation for quality
and reliability and has offered IDIS
solutions since 2014, realising great
success with the DirectIP line up as
well as IDIS DirectCX, an advanced
HD analogue solution that allows
customers to leverage existing coax
cabling.
• River Island has in excess of 60 years
of fashion retailing experience and is
one of the most well-known brands
on the UK high street with more than
350 stores worldwide. When River
Island wanted to make the shift from
analogue CCTV to IP surveillance, they
were introduced to IDIS. The fashion
retailer has now rolled out DirectIP
with the totally cost-free IDIS Center™
across five stores and a logistics centre.
The loss prevention team are so
impressed with the IDIS performance,
efficiency and low total cost of
ownership that they have standardised
on IDIS for all future upgrades and fit
outs across their stores and facilities
globally.
• SECOM Plc is a world class company
supplying tailored fire and security
solutions to homes, businesses and
public sector organisations. SECOM
began providing security solutions
throughout the UK in 1918. Today,
SECOM is a market leader providing
customised fire and security solutions
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Dr Albert Ryu
across the globe from homes to major
high street brands to high-security
police, government and financial
establishments. To date, SECOM has
completed a number of high profile
integrations which use IDIS solutions,
including DirectIP for Mitsui OSK
Lines, one of London’s newest iconic
buildings.
Recognising the role of the distribution
partners that have all worked with IDIS
since the company’s foundation in 1997
and their continued support for the IDIS
brand business, Ryu and Jun also presented
awards to indispensable partners that focus
on various countries in Europe, including:
• With the largest distribution of video
surveillance and access control
systems in Spain as well as covering
the Portuguese market, CCTV Center
has more than 20 years of experience
in the sector.
• IDIS Nederland B.V. is part of Divitec
Group and has specialised in the
distribution of surveillance and
associated security products since
1997, focusing on the latest hardware
and software technologies that has
seen the company grow to become
one of the most advanced surveillance
suppliers in Benelux.
• VIDEOR E.Hartig GmbH’s is a leading
distributor of professional video
technology in the fields of video
security, digital signage, broadcast and
image processing across Germany,
Austria and Switzerland.
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