COMPUTACENTER SELECTS ZANDAR FOR HIGH-TECH SECURITY OPERATIONS DEMO CENTRE
November 13th 2006
Dublin, Ireland - November 13th 2006 – Zandar
Technologies, a leading innovator in the design and development of
high resolution image processing and control systems, has announced
the successful installation of numerous Predator VC16 MultiViewers
in an innovative new security and surveillance monitoring
demonstration facility at Computacenter, Europe's leading
independent provider of IT infrastructure services based in
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
Zandar Technologies has long been developing
and expanding their range of MultiViewers to accommodate the demands
of superior professional video display applications in extensive and
diverse industries.
This latest installation emphasizes the role of
the Zandar MultiViewers within an advanced CCTV security environment
in a project endorsed and jointly funded by Computacenter, IBM and
RCT Engineering.
Located at the Computacenter facility in
Hatfield, the advanced demonstration suite is used by technical
pre-sales and sales staff to showcase the benefits of digital
surveillance to new and potential clients, including major blue chip
companies. In addition to Zandar's image processing technologies,
the security system seamlessly uses advanced facial recognition,
object movement and tracking and automatic number plate
technologies, with industry leading storage and server technology
provided by IBM.
Neill Burton, Program Executive at
Computacenter explains the reason for investment: "As digital
surveillance is becoming more critical in our clients' business,
we have seen their infrastructure requirements becoming more aligned
with their business applications. This trend allows Computacenter to
bring its experience of delivering mission critical IT solutions to
this market and to complement the niche players, so enabling
security departments to significantly reduce costs in manpower and
maintenance by implementing smart detection and prevention
technologies."
As a real-world working example of a typical
security control centre, feeds from 48 existing analogue security
cameras at specified locations in the Computacenter warehouse are
digitally encoded. The
Zandar Predator VC16 MultiViewer systems are used for the
simultaneous display of these video signals, along with ancillary
computer and audio feeds onto three plasma screens at the site.
Each MultiViewer system can support up to 16 sources with
high resolution images of up to SXGA+, WUXGA and beyond produced in
real-time to offer true live video monitoring.
The Predator VC16 system has the ability to display built-in
video & power alarms, camera/source labeling and features
advanced control with intuitive Z-Configurator software for layout
design and configuration. Multiple
layout presets and templates can be accessed at the touch of a
button using the LAN remote control interface incorporated in the
Predator VC16 MultiViewer.
The Zandar MultiViewers were chosen for the
facility by project designer and integrator, RCT Engineering.
Toby Nightingale, Technical Director explains "Our
objective was to provide customers with the next generation solution
for security surveillance, and so rather than using CRT monitors, we
chose Zandar whose expertise lies in the control and manipulation of
images in the digital domain.
Nightingale adds, "The image quality produced
is the best you can get in the market place and it provides us with
total flexibility as well as space saving design and heat
dissipation. The Predator VC16 is so easy to use and perfectly
complements our RCT CP16 encoders."
"The past year has seen a tremendous increase
in the demand for live video surveillance monitoring using the
Zandar MultiViewer solution and we are confident this new,
state-of-the-art system will take Computacenter to the head of the
field in IT-based security surveillance monitoring," adds Deirdre
Smith, CEO at Zandar Technologies.
"The Predator VC/VS range is available in fixed
configurations of 12 and 16 inputs and now features the
sophisticated Zandar Dual Head (ZdH) facility which ultimately
provides two MultiViewers in one chassis, with outstanding cost
savings. With the ability to seamlessly assign video/data sources
across two displays at any one time the Predator systems offer the
ultimate flexibility in the control room."
See Zandar
MultiViewers on Mitsubishi Stand #A10, ISE07, RAI Amsterdam, Jan
30th~Feb 1st
About Zandar Technologies plc
Zandar Technologies is a leader in the development of high quality
multi-source display processors that match the specific needs of
any display, monitoring and surveillance environment. The company
combines innovation and experience to provide a wide range of expansive,
flexible and resilient MultiViewer solutions for many applications
including the FusionPro+, Predator, DX and MX series. Zandar’s
international customer base includes many of the world’s leading
companies in the Broadcast, Security and professional Audio Visual
markets. The company’s dedicated sales and engineering team,
professional resellers and responsive technical support specialists
underline a commitment to quality, continuous improvement and customer
satisfaction.
For further information about this and other leading MultiViewer
products please visit www.zandar.com
or contact:
Sharon Smyth
Marketing Manager
ssmyth@zandar.com
Tel: +353-1-450 0901
Fax: +353-1-450 0977 |
