SCS Distribution, the sole distributor in Southern Africa for Axis Communications, today announced that Axis Communications has delivered network surveillance system products to the Salt Palace Convention Center, the main media centre during the winter games in Salt Lake City. The new system allows security staff to survey and monitor the media centre and helps ensure the safety of the 10,000 international journalists who will cover the games.
The Salt Palace Convention Center has improved its existing closed-circuit television (CCTV) system by deploying Axis video servers and network cameras. The digital video servers from Axis enable the Palace`s security staff to view all images from its analog cameras on or off site, and create duplicate copies of the recorded images in case the on-site copy is destroyed. The Palace has also extended the capabilities of the system through software that can illuminate dark pictures via infrared light. For example, the software utilizes infrared light to illuminate the image of a car driving through the parking lot at night so that the license plate is clearly visible.
Network cameras and video servers allow facilities such as convention centres to make better use of security and surveillance equipment by optimising existing infrastructure and lowering the total cost of ownership. Unlike cameras used in CCTV systems that require special cabling infrastructures, network cameras plug directly into existing data networks and easily make images accessible to appropriate persons, even at remote sites. Video servers digitise images from analog cameras, allowing users to more cost effectively and efficiently record, transfer and manage images.
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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SCS Distribution is the sole representative in Southern Africa for the Axis(r) Communications Group.
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.
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