3rd December 2007
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PRESS RELEASE |
| 3rd December 2007
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Network cameras and video servers from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video1, have been installed by Arthur McKay at The University of Aberdeen2– one of Scotland’s premier universities with more than 500 years of history. The university recently embarked on a major new building programme to upgrade and extend facilities for the 14,000 students that are now enrolled there.
Working with security integration firm Arthur McKay, a
total of 55 cameras have been deployed across a Virtual Local Area Network
(VLAN) set up to carry the university’s surveillance data traffic only. A total
of 35 existing analogue cameras which had been operating across a total of four
standalone CCTV systems, have now been centralised onto the university’s VLAN
via 10 AXIS 241Q (Quad) Video Servers.
The surveillance system has also been extended to provide more comprehensive
surveillance in vulnerable areas including cark parks. A total of 20 AXIS 233D+
(Dome) PTZ Network Cameras have been deployed to enable this.
All surveillance images are now transferred, via the fibre optic cables linking
all buildings, throughout the campus to a new 12 Tera Byte (TB) RAID 5 SCSI
storage device located in the university’s new, larger control room. This device
holds 14 days of video surveillance recordings. Also on this device is the
Milestone Enterprise network video recording software Version 6.0e with Smart
Client, which is used to manage and view recorded images. Cameras are generally
set up to provide 4CIF (704x756) resolution images at 10 frames per second
generating 9 TB of storage over a two week period. The total cost of the upgrade
and extension of the system was £100,000.
Mr William Stevenson, assistant estates director, support services, estates
section of The University of Aberdeen, explained:
“It made good business sense to move our surveillance systems onto the network
from the point of view of centralising monitoring, enabling integration with
other security systems and generally future-proofing our investment in
surveillance.”
Steve Gorski, managing director for Axis Communications (UK) commented:
“The University of Aberdeen has made a simple business decision that the best
way to get better control over their surveillance output is to bring existing
systems together onto the network. Simultaneously they have created greater
flexibility to expand, upgrade and improve the system. In short they have
future-proofed their investment through moving to IP-Surveillance with Axis.”
Axis Communications will be speaking at IP in Action Live (Chelmsford, Essex –
6th December 2007). Atul Rajput, technical sales manager will be speaking at
their seminar programme with a presentation entitled “The Business Case –
University of Aberdeen” at 14.30-15.00.
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Notes to editors
1 Axis Communications is the global market leader of the network
video market. The world market for network cameras alone will be worth more than
$1 Billion by 2010. The network camera market is set to have a CAGR of close to
38 per cent per year over the next five years to reach a value of $1.3 billion
by 2010, according to industry analyst house IMS Research (www.imsresearch.com)
in its latest market report entitled ‘The World Market for CCTV and Video
Surveillance Equipment 2006 Edition’ published in October 2006.
2 A full University of Aberdeen case study with accompanying high
resolution images is available from Agility PR – see contact details below.
About Axis Communications
Axis is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional
installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving
the ongoing shift from analogue to digital video surveillance. Axis products and
solutions focus on security surveillance and remote monitoring and are based on
innovative, open technology platforms.
Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in 19
countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in
1984, Axis is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange, Large Cap and Information
Technology. For more information about Axis, please visit our website at www.axis.com
About Arthur McKay
Established over 50 years ago, Arthur McKay is one of the top 30 building
services and maintenance contractors in the UK. It has extensive experience in
technology and communications systems and can handle the simplest to the most
complex projects. Together with the latest technology and highly trained staff
Arthur McKay provide quality, value and innovative approaches to all their
projects.
We specialise in the provision of wide-ranging network, cabling,
telecommunications and CCTV solutions. The company offers services to its
customers, such as consultancy, design, installation, project management and
support of LAN/WAN, network management, structured cabling systems, telephone
systems, wireless solutions, remote access, VoIP, IP video security and
surveillance. Arthur McKay Network Services has accreditations from companies
such as HP, Avaya, Mitel and Cisco Systems as well as from security companies
such as Milestone, Bosch, Axis Communications and Netbotz.
For further information about Arthur McKay, please contact:
Mark Doyle, Arthur McKay & Co Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 131 4406000. Email:
mark.doyle@arthur-mckay.com
For further information about Axis Communications in the UK and
Ireland, please contact:
Steve Gorski, managing director, Axis Communications (UK) Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 870 162 0047. Email:
steve.gorski@axis.com
For all UK and Ireland media enquiries, including requests for images and
full case study copy, please contact:
Miles Clayton / Simon Bennett, Agility PR Limited
Tel: 01438 310139. Email:
miles@agilitypr.co.uk /simon@agilitypr.co.uk