IDIS DirectIP is a plug-and-play, high-definition solution for businesses large and small. It has been designed to meet the needs of an increasingly demanding security landscape through flexible and cost-effective technology coupled with performance, quality and functionality — all in a single-sourced approach to HD.

Video management systems can provide powerful capabilities — if they interoperate properly with hardware, cameras and other systems. What integrators must know for a glitch-free installation.

Milestone Systems released its bi-monthly Device Pack 7.8 for the XProtect portfolio of products. The most significant feature in this upgrade is support for a new type of hybrid cameras combining a PTZ and a 360-deg. camera.

HDOnTap, a specialist provider of live webcam streaming services, hardware and customized off-grid power, wireless network and remote live cam solutions for wildlife viewing, were referred to the board of Skidaway Island, a state park near Savannah, Ga., by the Georgia DNR.

When the Lawrence, Mass. Police Department noticed that the city’s unlawful activity periodically changed locations rather than remain rooted in a fixed area, they decided that a mobile unit would be the most efficient and cost-effective solution to ensure safety. Hikvision USA, City of Industry, Calif., a leader in video surveillance products and solutions, and Eagle Eye Networks, Austin, Texas, a cloud security camera video management system provider, partnered with the police department to create a mobile surveillance solution. Hikvision cameras installed in a police van are linked to the Eagle Eye Security Camera video management system (VMS) to provide high quality, secure remote access to live and recorded video. This installation allows the police to provide cutting edge video surveillance in areas that need it the most, while eliminating expensive infrastructure.

Global Surveillance Systems Inc. (GSS), national distributors of full IP/analog video surveillance and low-voltage security equipment, became the newest national distributor supporting the WavestoreUSA product line.

Bosch Security Systems has received factory certification from Lenel Systems International for interfacing its IP cameras with the Lenel NVR 7.1.