Securing Venice of the Far East - April 2018 - Bosch Building Technologies

Securing Venice of the Far East
April 2018, Access Control & Identity Management, CCTV, Surveillance & Remote Monitoring, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection

The city of Suzhou, just west of Shanghai, is famed as a Venice of the Far East with canals, bridges, formal gardens and classical architecture. But in keeping with its modern, bustling population of nearly 11 million, the city has added some avant-garde.

One of the newest showpieces is the ultra-modern Suzhou Centre, a 1.1 million square-metre waterfront complex of shopping malls, office buildings, residential towers and a sumptuous hotel. The centre, opened in November 2017, ambitiously aims to become one of China’s top international business hubs. How fitting, then, that the centre’s security system is also avant-garde. It comes from Bosch, and it provides video surveillance, intrusion alarm, access control and public address systems.

Seeing it all

Over 3200 Bosch HD cameras secure every aspect of the Suzhou Centre, covering the full range of operational security needs from surveillance to tracking. High-level surveillance is ensured through fixed DINION and FLEXIDOME IP cameras as well as AUTODOME IP pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) cameras.

In addition to its surveillance functions, the AUTODOME IP dynamic 7000 HD cameras feature intelligent object tracking allowing security personnel to track moving targets automatically. If an object is detected, the camera’s Intelligent Tracking feature is triggered, based on a predefined alarm rule or manually by a simple click. Once Intelligent Tracking is activated, it ensures uninterrupted tracking of moving objects.

Intelligent Video Analytics embedded in the AUTODOME IP cameras can trigger alarms automatically when a pre-defined alarm rule (e.g. a person crossing a line) is met, alerting guards and identifying potential security issues.

Eight Bosch Video Management Systems (BVMS) integrate all 3200 FLEXIDOME, DINION and AUTODOME IP cameras for central management by the main control centre.

Accessing it all

Intrusion detection is managed by seven DS7400 intrusion panels that have over 200 sensors. Each of these can be programmed for up to eight areas and are programmable by local keypad or remotely.

Access control is handled by two installations of Bosch’s Access Professional Edition (APE). APE controls doors, making sure only author-ised personal can enter restricted areas. It also exchanges information regarding door control and door status with the other security systems.

Hearing it all

For public address and evacuation instruction, Bosch has supplied a Praesideo system with over 5 000 ceiling and cabinet speakers that are broken into over 80 zones and managed from two control centres. Thanks to its sound quality, the Praesideo system also provides background music in the public areas of the Suzhou Centre.

For more information contact Bosch Security and Safety Systems, +27 (0)11 651 9600, security.systems@za.bosch.com, http://africa.boschsecurity.com

Credit(s)

Tel:	+27 11 651 9600
Fax:	+27 11 651 7811
Email:	security.systems@za.bosch.com
www:	africa.boschsecurity.com
Articles:	More information about Bosch Building Technologies

Further reading:

Directory of access and identity management suppliers 2019
November 2018, Access Control & Identity Management
Open source identity initiative
November 2018, Access Control & Identity Management
Industry-first open source identity initiative promises to eliminate vendor lock-in and reduce costs for governments around the world.
Significant differences in perceptions on state of digital trust
November 2018, CA Southern Africa, Access Control & Identity Management, Security Services & Risk Management
Nearly half of businesses admit to selling customer data, despite claiming data protection as paramount; consumer behaviour shows strong correlation between loss of business and lack of digital trust.
Trust but continually verify
November 2018, Technews Publishing, This Week's Editor's Pick, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions, IT infrastructure
Hi-Tech Security Solutions looks at access and identity management and asks some industry players what ‘zero trust’ and ‘least privilege’ access means.
The expanding role of IT in access control
November 2018, Technews Publishing, This Week's Editor's Pick, Access Control & Identity Management, IT infrastructure
What role is IT playing in the world of physical access control and how far will its role expand in future?
Taking augmented identity to the world
November 2018, Technews Publishing, This Week's Editor's Pick, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
Hi-Tech Security Solutions spoke to Gary Jones, VP Global Channel and Marketing biometric access and time solutions) at IDEMIA (formerly Morpho) about his career with the company and its new vision of Augmented Identity.
A scan of fingerprint biometrics
November 2018, Technews Publishing, Access Control & Identity Management
Given the increase in the use of fingerprint technology in public and private organisations, as well as some recent announcements on the reliability or lack or reliability of certain types of sensors and algorithms in the fingerprint biometric market, Hi-Tech Security Solutions spoke to some of the leading fingerprint biometric vendors in the market to find out more about the state of this market.
BIMS set to change identity management
November 2018, Technews Publishing, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions, IT infrastructure
Local biometrics integrator, Ideco Biometric Security Solutions, has announced that its Biometric Identity Management System (BIMS) has been launched to market.
Tracking biometrics into a brave new digital world
November 2018, This Week's Editor's Pick, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
The industry is increasingly transitioning from unimodal to more integrated multimodal biometric solutions for more accurate identity verification and faster real-time results.
Panasonic’s Face Recognition Server
November 2018, Panasonic South Africa, Access Control & Identity Management, CCTV, Surveillance & Remote Monitoring, Products
Panasonic has adopted deep learning technology in its face recognition products that overcomes the difficulties of conventional technologies.
A better approach to fingerprint biometrics
November 2018, This Week's Editor's Pick, Access Control & Identity Management
Not all optical biometric fingerprint scanners are created equal. The type of sensor used has a powerful impact on speed, accuracy, reliability and portability.
Your face tells a story
November 2018, Technews Publishing, Access Control & Identity Management, CCTV, Surveillance & Remote Monitoring, Government and Parastatal (Industry)
Facial recognition has advanced to the point where it can be rolled out over large areas and accuracy is no longer a hit-and-miss affair.