Safer spaces through smart surveillance Issue 3 2025, NEC XON Advances in facial recognition technology are transforming surveillance from a mere recording tool into an intelligent, integrated system that enhances real-time safety, moving beyond the traditional expansion of CCTV efforts.
Next generation of AI-powered video telematics Issue 3 2025, IoT & Automation, Transport (Industry) Webfleet, Bridgestone’s fleet management solution in South Africa, has launched Webfleet Video 2.0, an AI-powered solution designed to enhance fleet safety, security, compliance with local regulations and operational efficiency through real-time video insights.
Key design considerations for a control room Issue 3 2025, Leaderware, Editor's Choice, Training & Education If you are designing or upgrading a control room, or even reviewing or auditing an existing control room, there are a number of design factors that one would need to consider.
Smart cities and the role of video security SMART Surveillance 2025, Integrated Solutions As cities around the world continue to embrace smart technology, including IoT that not only connects to people, but also the surrounding activity, the integration of advanced video security systems is crucial to ensure safety and efficiency in environments.
How intrusion protection helps secure O&G operations SMART Surveillance 2025, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection, Industrial (Industry) For O&G operators in Africa, physical security remains one of the biggest considerations, particularly when it comes to perimeter protection and the ability to mitigate intruder-related incidents.
Axis secures the Waterfront SMART Surveillance 2025, Entertainment and Hospitality (Industry), Retail (Industry) Axis Communications shares insight into its longstanding partnership with the V&A Waterfront, one of Africa’s premier retail and mixed-use precincts, through its latest, updated customer success story.
Advanced surveillance storage from ASBIS Issue 1 2025, Infrastructure, Products & Solutions From a video storage solutions perspective, SkyHawk drives, designed for DVRs and NVRs, offer high capacity, optimised firmware, and a reliability workload rating of hundreds of terabytes per year.
Open and collaborative logistics systems SMART Surveillance 2025, Hikvision South Africa, Logistics (Industry), AI & Data Analytics E-commerce and other high-volume logistics operations need open and collaborative technology ecosystems that drive efficiencies, throughput and digital transformation. Hikvision discusses the benefits of harnessing open and collaborative systems in the logistics market.
4K HDR camera for mobility Issue 2 2025, Transport (Industry) e-con Systems has introduced a 4K HDR front-view camera, engineered to deliver reliable, long-range imaging for mobility applications such as delivery robots, autonomous vehicles, and off-road vehicles.
The future of the surveillance channel SMART Surveillance 2025, Duxbury Networking, Technews Publishing, Elvey Security Technologies , SMART Security Solutions The video surveillance market has evolved from camera-based specifications to integrated solutions that solve customers’ problems. Moreover, the growth of AI and cloud has changed the channel even more, with more to come.
The benefits of offsite control rooms SMART Surveillance 2025, Astrosec, Integrated Solutions As the security landscape grows more intricate, control rooms – the crucial hub of security operations – need to adapt. With escalating costs, mounting threats, and a heightened demand for immediate responses, many organisations are reassessing the operations of their control rooms.
CCTV control room operator job description SMART Surveillance 2025, Leaderware, Editor's Choice, Training & Education Control room operators are still critical components of security operations and will remain so for the foreseeable future, despite the advances of AI, which serves as a vital enhancement to the human operator.
Hikvision launches latest range of cameras SMART Surveillance 2025, Hikvision South Africa, AI & Data Analytics Hikvision has launched its latest network cameras with ColorVu 3.0 technology and EasyIP 4.0 Plus, which elevate video security by delivering improved image quality, enhanced intelligent functions, superior audio capabilities, and a refined product design and materials.
Platform to access data and train AI models SMART Surveillance 2025, Milestone Systems, AI & Data Analytics Milestone Systems has announced Project Hafnia to build services and democratise AI-model training with high-quality, compliant video data leveraging NVIDIA Cosmos Curator and AI model, fine-tuning microservices.
The capabilities of visual verification SMART Surveillance 2025, Secutel Technologies, AI & Data Analytics Secutel Technologies has provided locally developed visual verification solutions for some time. SMART Security Solutions requested more insight into these solutions from the company.
AI means proactive surveillance SMART Surveillance 2025, DeepAlert, Technews Publishing, SMART Security Solutions, AI & Data Analytics SMART Security Solutionsasked DeepAlert for some insight into how AI is transforming video surveillance, even to the extent of it being taught to protect the privacy of those in the cameras’ view.
Integration is the key to smarter surveillance SMART Surveillance 2025, Duxbury Networking According to recent market projections, the local security industry is expected to grow by more than 10% annually through 2029, reflecting the increasing demand for smarter, more proactive security solutions.
edgE:Tower video analytics integrated with SEON SMART Surveillance 2025, Integrated Solutions, AI & Data Analytics Sentronics has announced a new integration between its edgE:Tower advanced AI-driven video analytics solution and SEON, a Central Monitoring Software (CMS) platform. This integration enhances real-time situational awareness and automated threat detection for control rooms.
The state of the VMS market SMART Surveillance 2025, Arteco Global Africa, Milestone Systems, Cathexis Technologies, Technews Publishing SMART Security Solutions asked three platform vendors in South Africa, one that is developed and maintained in the country with an international market, for their views on the state of the VMS market and where it is headed.
What’s the difference between a VMS and VSaaS? SMART Surveillance 2025, Genetec How does a video surveillance or video management system (VMS) compare to video surveillance as a service (VSaaS), and why can a hybrid-cloud deployment be a good long-term choice?