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Editor's note
October 2006, News & Events
As I write this, the world (well, a large portion of the population anyway) is remembering the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Airport security certainly increased after that specific 2001 event and after ...
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CCTV - security and beyond
CCTV Handbook 2006, News & Events
Here it is - the second CCTV Handbook - and it is packed with useful information on the trends in the world of CCTV, best practice articles and real-life case studies of CCTV implementations.
The evolution ...
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Editor's note
August 2006, News & Events
Well, life at our house is now back to normal following the soccer World Cup, but I have to admit that all through it my mind was thinking four years ahead, trying to answer what the world is collectively ...
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Editor's note
September 2006, News & Events
You all know how vehemently proudly South African I am, and this month we decided to let local manufacturers have their say on the matter too. And what an impressive display of locally manufactured - ...
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Bits 'n bytes
July 2006, News & Events
Our main feature this month is on security in the education sector and having a 10-year-old daughter, it is a subject very close to my heart! I was shocked to hear my fiancé's daughters and their friends ...
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Bits 'n bytes
June 2006, News & Events, Residential Estate (Industry)
Access control, as we have covered extensively in Hi-Tech Security Solutions and particularly in the annual Access Control Handbook, is becoming an increasingly more important part of our daily lives. ...
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Bits 'n bytes
May 2006, News & Events
Call me paranoid, but I do not feel very safe with all the striking going on in the security industry - not so much because I pay a monthly fee to be able to get help if I should need it, but more because ...
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Bits 'n bytes
April 2006, News & Events
As I write this, it has been a bad week for Jozi from a safety and security point of view. The two major incidents were an armed robbery at the Johannesburg International Airport, then there was the horrific ...
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Bits 'n bytes: Fire Handbook
April 2006, News & Events
The Fire Handbook is back, once again with the aim of educating readers (be they end-users or fire engineering professionals) about the principles of successful fire solutions - be they for prevention, ...
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Bits 'n bytes
March 2006, News & Events
I am doing the proudly South African thing again. In two of our stories this month - `Siemens Security Summit' and `Access control from an electrical engineer's perspective' - mention is made of South ...
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Bits 'n bytes
December 2005, News & Events
Apart from the numerous reports of cash in transit heists, two security-related news stories caught my eye in the weeks leading up to the publication of this issue of Hi-Tech Security Solutions...
IOL ...
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