22nd January 2007
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| 22nd January 2007
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Knowsley Community College recently completed deployment of 263 Axis network cameras across its two main campuses in Roby and Kirkby, near Liverpool. The total contract was valued at approximately £450,000.
MCW Group won a competitive tender to supply and install these cameras,
integrating them back into the campus-wide network and configuring Milestone
XProtect system to manage output from the cameras. This will also safeguard the
new Management and Industrial Innovation Centre at the Kirkby campus will be
home to the expanding higher education programme at the college.
MCW Group will record output from these cameras onto a total of six HP Proliant
Servers. The servers will have Xeon Dual Processors, four Giga Bytes (GB) of
Random Access Memory (RAM), as well as redundant power supplies and cooling
fans. Three servers will be installed at each site. The plan is for each server
to handle output from 46 cameras offering a maximum capacity of 276 cameras
initially.
Each server will be connected via SCSI controllers to two 14 Hard Disc Drive
(HDD) modular storage arrays delivering 300 GB per disc. This will mean each
server will provide up to 9.6 Tera Bytes (TB) of storage across internal HDDs
and the attached storage arrays. This storage is designed to provide capacity
for 28 days of images collected and compressed at eight frames per second.
Storage and event management will be controlled by the Milestone XProtect
software suite.
A total of 96 AXIS 210As, 46 AXIS 221s and four AXIS 232D dome network cameras
will be deployed at the college’s Roby site; whilst seven miles away at the
college’s Kirkby site an additional 81 AXIS 210As, 33 AXIS 221s and three AXIS
232D network cameras will be deployed. A total of 263 Axis network cameras will
be deployed across both sites.
The first phase of the project – configuration and installation of all servers,
storage, switch infrastructure, cabling and cabinets was completed in November.
The second phase, which will be completed this month, will include installation
of all Axis network cameras.
Kevin Williams, director of technical services, MCW Group, explained:
“We are very pleased to be carrying out such a significant implementation of
Axis network cameras. It is proof positive of our expertise in the
IP-Surveillance market which is now growing very rapidly.”
Steve Gorski, managing director of Axis Communications UK Ltd, commented:
“This order illustrates that large-scale, mission-critical security systems can
be IP-based. It is starting to become clear that there are some real advantages
of using network cameras over traditional analogue CCTV cameras and we are
seeing a significant increase in demand for larger professional security systems
as well as smaller ones.”
Notes to editors
1 Axis Communications is the leading player in the network camera market with 47
per cent market share in the EMEA region according to industry analyst house IMS
Research in its latest market report entitled ‘The World Market for CCTV and
Video Surveillance Equipment 2005 Edition’ published in October 2005. The
network camera market was worth $54.7m in 2004 and is set to grow by 50 per cent
per year over the next five years to reach a value of $360.6m in 2009, in EMEA
alone, according to the same report.
About MCW Group
The North West Based IT Communications Company supplies IT Support contracts,
Comprehensive IT Security, Wireless and Data Cabling, LAN telephony and IP
surveillance amongst many other services and is the regions preferred provider
of technical systems.
The Company has been established over 23 years and has extensive experience in
all aspects of IT and IP surveillance systems. MCW Group provides many services
and IT solutions throughout the UK and has many prestigious accreditations. For
more information visit the website
WWW.mcwgroup.co.uk
About Axis
Axis increases the value of network solutions. The company is an innovative
market leader in network video and print servers. Axis' products and solutions
are focused on applications such as security surveillance, remote monitoring and
document management. The products are based on in-house developed chip
technology, which is also sold to third parties.
Axis was founded in 1984 and is listed on the Nordic list, Mid Cap, Information
Technology. Axis operates globally with offices in 18 countries and in
co-operation with distributors and system integrators in 70 countries. Markets
outside Sweden account for more than 95% of sales. Information about Axis can be
found at www.axis.com.
About Knowsley College
Knowsley College, which is now spread over three campuses, three high street
‘learning shops’ and delivers courses in some 200 community outreach centres ,
has an annual intake of 12,000 students and employs more than 600 full and
part-time staff. It offers a wide range of vocational courses for school leavers
as well as a growing number of higher education-level courses including business
administration, construction and computing skills. It also offers more
traditional full-time academic degrees.
Today Knowsley College is one of the largest providers of further education in
the country, recently achieving Ofsted recognition for “being responsive to the
needs of the (local) community” which awarded it a Grade 1 (Outstanding) in
Leadership & Management.
For further information about MCW Group please contact:
Kevin Williams, Director of Technical Services, MCW Group Ltd
Tel: 01978 340343. Email:
kevin@mcwgroup.co.uk
For further information about Axis Communications in the UK and Ireland, please contact:
Steve Gorski, managing director, Axis Communications (UK) Limited
Tel: 0870 162 0047. Email: steve.gorski@axis.com
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