SCS Distribution, the sole distributor in Southern Africa for Axis Communications, today announced that the latter had secured a contract with the New York State Unified Court System. The deal includes network video products for approximately 30 courthouses in the New York City area, which will be used in an advanced security system enabling court security personnel to remotely monitor courthouse grounds 24 hours a day.
The Unified Court System (UCS) will use the full suite of Axis network video products, including network cameras, video servers and audio modules, to create a remote command centre where real-time images can be monitored via CourtNet, the UCS enterprise network. In addition, authorised court managers will be able to use their office PCs to access images from a standard server, enabling them to monitor the security of their courthouse and offices.
"Network video consistently proves to be the most flexible system for monitoring activities in many remote locations," commented Michael Engstrom, GM for Axis Communications in the USA. "Axis network video equipment allows companies and government agencies to have technologically advanced security systems that are simple and cost-effective to install, maintain and operate."
Network cameras and video servers allow facilities such as government buildings to optimise network infrastructure for security and surveillance solutions. Unlike analog CCTV systems that operate with dedicated cabling infrastructures and monitors, network video products plug directly into existing networks and have built-in Web servers, compression chips and operating systems, enabling them to function independently of PCs.
For further information, please contact Roy Alves, Managing Director, SCS Distribution: tel (011) 886 8080, fax (011) 789 8166, e-mail roy@scsd.co.za
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Swedish-based Axis Communications Group with the parent company Axis AB, is a leader in network connectivity and emerging Internet-based services. Axis is one of the global leaders in several key thin server and network device markets, such as printer, storage and video connectivity, and is doing pioneering work in the rapidly expanding markets of wireless and mobile communications. It is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
SCS Distribution is the sole representative in Southern Africa for the Axis(r) Communications Group.
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