Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, featuring 2,700 guest cabins and enough space to accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,160 crew members, is believed to be the world's largest cruise ship. (I'm curious to know how it stacks up against the Titanic.) Providing an effective video surveillance solution for this massive vessel posed quite a challenge. To tackle the large-scale project, planners worked out a sophisticated IP surveillance network that incorporates IP cameras, devices, wireless access points and networking equipment from Cisco.
Cisco has announced a partnership with security systems specialist Pelco that will result in the development of a new high-definition IP camera line. The co-branded cameras will combine Pelco's imaging expertise with Cisco's leadership in IP networking. They'll be built on Pelco's Sarix technology platform and sold through Cisco Authorized Technology Providers.
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Stafford General Hospital, located in Birmingham England, has updated its video surveillance system from an analog CCTV setup to an IP-based solution. The new system features a combination of Axis IP network cameras and video servers, along with networking equipment from Cisco. For this large-scale surveillance system, the switch to IP greatly reduces installation costs while also providing a number of key benefits.
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Cisco has added a new IP camera to its growing lineup of network video products. As its name suggests, the Cisco Small Business PVC300 Pan Tilt Optical Zoom Internet Camera is geared towards small business owners in need of a flexible video security solution. This feature-rich network camera offers full pan/tilt/zoom control. Users can access the camera and even control its PTZ functions remotely via the internet.
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Cisco has added to its series of business surveillance products with the release of the Linksys WVC210. The WVC210 (or Wireless-G PTZ Internet Camera with Audio) is geared towards small business users and comes bundled with sophisticated video monitoring software. The camera mounts on a desktop or wall-mount and enables small business owners to remotely monitor video and audio, and also receive real-time email alerts triggered by motion detection.
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Amtrak has announced that it will deploy the Cisco Video Surveillance System to monitor its maintenance yards in Los Angeles and Oakland. The Cisco Video Surveillance System is part of Cisco's Physical Security Solution, and operates over an IP network infrastructure to allow remote video monitoring and real-time investigation, incident response, and resolution.
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Last week at the ISC West conference in Las Vegas, Cisco announced some exciting additions to its physical security product portfolio. Most notable are a new line of Cisco IP cameras, and Cisco's first IP-based access control system. These offerings fall in line with Cisco's strategy of developing scalable solutions that can operate across the same IP network.
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