Government Security News
Ask the Expert
One of the pioneers in this intelligent video technology has been ObjectVideo. To catch up with this fast moving field, GSN's editor-in-chief spent some time recently with Dr. Alan Lipton, ObjectVideo's CTO.

Airport Security Report
Next-Generation Video Systems Come to Airports' Rescue
Increasingly, the nation's airport directors are exploring the potential for intelligent video to help limit costly security responses.




Washington Post
ObjectVideo appoints Michael K. Powell
ObjectVideo, the leader in intelligent video, today announced it has appointed to its Board of Directors Michael K. Powell, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and currently a senior adviser on technology and regulatory issues for Providence Equity Partners, a private-equity company focused on investing in media and communications companies.




New York Post
Tunnel Vision
The integrated electronic security system relies on technology like intelligent closed-circuit TV that recognizes suspicious activity. The new sensors and cameras feature software that sets off alarms at MTA command centers when, for example, they detect an unattended package on a platform.




Security Systems News
ObjectVideo rounds up business in June
ObjectVideo, a provider of intelligent video products, announced a slew of contracts in June from the Alabama State Port Authority, the Marine Corps and the Memphis Airport--all which will use the company's technology for perimeter protection.

Washington Technology
Growing market for intelligent video surveillance has integrators seeing green
Intelligent video is just one of the innovations drawing more IT integrators into the rapidly growing video surveillance industry. Northrop Grumman Corp. and EDS Corp. are among the major players now competing in this expanding niche. "There's been a convergence of IT and video," ObjectVideo CTO Alan Lipton said.

Birmingham Business Journal
Port of Mobile purchases video security technology
ObjectVideo Inc., a provider of specialized video software products and services, announced Tuesday it has been selected to protect the Alabama State Port Authority against terrorism and theft.

FCW.COM
A continental security job: Officials eye technologies that help a limited corps of agents cover more ground
Whether they are monitoring activity at bustling airports and seaports or covering vast, remote regions, government agents charged with protecting U.S. borders struggle to meet the increasing demands of the times. Lingering fears from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks continue to shape those demands.




Security Director News
Gov’t research agency picks ObjectVideo
The government agency tasked with funding the development of next-generation homeland security technology has awarded ObjectVideo two awards to enhance its intelligent video technology for use in the homeland space.




MSNBC.com
U.S. rail network still vulnerable to terror - Expense biggest hurdle to preventing Madrid-style attack
Almost a year after the devastating commuter train bombings that killed 191 people in Madrid, Spain, the U.S. rail system remains vulnerable to a similar attack, according to homeland security experts…

Advanced Imaging Pro
Security and surveillance cameras are becoming more sophisticated in capturing images
Entranceways, walkways and back doors all seem to have a surveillance camera zooming in on someone. Each step, each movement, each action is caught on tape (or in the case of digital video recorders, or DVRs, in the hard drive). The cameras run 24 hours a day, all without blinking an eye…




TechOnline
Digital Video Surveillance Integrates Many Technologies
High-end digital-signal processing has another killer app: digital video surveillance. The overall video surveillance market will grow to approximately $3 billion by 2007, according to market research firm J.P. Freeman & Co. The fastest growing segment will be digital surveillance. This growth will have a significant impact on several technologies including DSPs, imaging software, and mass storage…

Security Systems News
Co. fills up its coffers with $11M
ObjectVideo raised $11 million in Series C financing late last year to help support new product development and market expansion. The company also added three members to its board of directors as a result of the round, including former vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp…




Security Systems News
Intelligent Video Providers Look For Next Wave of Users
The protection of government installations, borders and ports has been the focus for many players in the video analytics field. But the role of the technology continues to expand as companies explore new applications and end users seek new ways to maximize the video they collect and store…

Security Systems News
Intelligent Video Providers Look For Next Wave of Users
The protection of government installations, borders and ports has been the focus for many players in the video analytics field. But the role of the technology continues to expand as companies explore new applications and end users seek new ways to maximize the video they collect and store…

Security Products
A Conversation with Raul Fernandez
Raul Fernandez could have rested on his laurels. As founder of Web development firm Proxicom, he gained national recognition when he took the company public and later sold it for $450 million in 2001. He had become a household name in the D.C. region, not only for his business acumen and success -- he's a staple on Fortune's "40 Richest Under 40" -- but also as an owner of pro sports teams the NBA's Washington Wizards and the NHL's Capitals. But at age 38, he wasn't quite ready to retire.…

Security Systems News
Video analytics at center stage as a video management solution -- With more images being captured than ever before, an intelligent video system can make it manageable
With cameras every where - and more being installed every day - the collection of video for surveillance purposes has skyrocketed…

Security Management
Industry Trends: Unification theory: how advances in connectivity among markets, companies, and systems are reshaping security operations.
The magazine that chronicled the rise of the Internet Age in the 1990s chose to call itself Wired to signify that in the future we would all be connected. Advances in connectivity--sometimes wired and sometimes wireless--continue to play a strong role in every business sector. They are now becoming an integral part of security operations as well. That is just one of the ongoing trends with which security professionals will have to contend in 2005. Here's a look at the market forces and advances in technology that evolved throughout 2004 and that will help to shape the year ahead…

Security Director News
Video firm grows board, fills coffers
ObjectVideo announced some additions to the company late last year in the form of new board members and an $11 million round of funding, elements designed to position the company in new strategic markets in the ultra-competitive video surveillance space…

Security Distributing & Marketing
Multiplying Surveillance Eyes
To the naked eye, it is pitch-black along the shore near a major airport located on a body of water. Suddenly the scrape of a kayak on the shore is hurriedly muffled while a figure dressed in black emerges from the craft with a shoulder-mounted weapon that with one blast could take down a jetliner. Is this a security challenge or a piece of cake?

Access Control & Security Systems Integration
Networked Security at Port Everglades
Nearly 6,000 ships call at Port Everglades annually, and its growing containerized cargo business places it 12th among the nation's seaports. The port's petroleum storage and distribution hub serves all of south Florida; it is one of the top three cruise ports in the world; and it boasts a major convention center within its 2,000 acres. Port Everglades is one of South Florida's strongest economic engines with annual operating revenues of approximately $100 million…



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