THEY could be Australia’s dopiest vandals – laughing into the camera that caught them committing their crime.

VICTORIAN police are hunting for an elderly man who bashed and sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman in a daylight attack at one of Melbourne’s busiest train stations.

Tony Cook from SMS snags a major Samson

A fishing trip for Q Vids clients headed up by our very own Phil Marks last month was a “swimming” success.

Friday 19 November 2010 was a gorgeous 40 degree day, so as you could imagine there was a ship load of sublock applied! The ocean was a bit choppy in the morning but calmed on the way back to shore. All the guests enjoyed a sausage sizzle lunch, the odd brewsky, softdrinks, amognst other delights. Tony Cook from SMS Security landed a 30kg Samson which won him a new QVS Colour Video Door Intercom System for his effort, whilst a 300kg, 10 foot Blue Whaler Shark took a joint effort to land.

Phil handing out a 1st prize flexing just a little too much muscle. That aint natural Phil, ok!

Clients and staff at Q Video Systems WA Fishing Tip

Phil took a flying leap from the boat into the sea after a customer’s fish came off the hook. To everyone’s amazement, Phil was in the drink surrounded by sharks eating the Samson. Nice one Phil! lol. Overall it was a fantastic day and will be remembered by all.

This may turn into an annual event with perhaps 2 boats next year! Hopefully without Phil’s daring shark eating theatrics, or maybe not, we’ll see how his sales figures are going.

Samsung has delivered a steady stream of camera upgrades. Does the latest SV-5 chip-set add more to an already high performance range?

The CCTV sector is effectively at a crossroads when it comes to technology. The established composite video that has served us so well over the recent decades is, according to some, past its sell-by date, and the new broom of networked video is going to clean up!

DATE: 29-30 March 2011 LOCATION: Hotel Realm, Canberra

The 6th annual Asia-Pacific AVSEC 2011 Summit is a high-level networking forum that will feature a variety of highly relevant case studies and presentations from government, airports, airlines, security providers and technology developers.

ENQUIRIES: Call Tel 02 9080 4307 for details or register online at http://www.informa.com.au/avsec

Ballesty has spent the last 10 years as National Business Manager of Sanyo’s CCTV division and is looking forward to the new challenge at Q.

“It is great to get someone with Brad’s experience and contacts to take over this very challenging role,” said Q CEO, Rick Stokes.

Across all industries, companies have long been touting the green benefits of their products. To a lesser extent, companies are taking a serious look at their own environmental impacts and finding ways to reduce their footprints.

And the IT industry has been working to move its green impacts beyond the data center and office desktop out to the larger world of business operations — a move called, variously “IT for Green” or “Green IT 2.0.”

Verint Systems Inc. recently announced key enhancements to the Nextiva IP video portfolio with its next-generation, enterprise-class video management software and IP-based network video recorder.

Combining exceptional performance with a robust feature set, Nextiva Video Management software and Nextiva EdgeVR are designed to help organizations establish cost-effective and best-in-class security operations. Using these solutions, they can experience such benefits as operational flexibility, greater protection capabilities, high reliability and lower total cost of ownership.

COLLIE’S streets are under 24-hour surveillance now that six closed-circuit television cameras are fully operational.

Collie Shire executive manager of corporate services David Blurton said installation was completed recently — the process took about three months.

POLICE investigating the armed hold-up of Koroit’s ANZ Bank will have to wait another day to see footage of the incident due to the branch’s antiquated surveillance system.

Film of the robbery has been sent to Melbourne to be processed and digitised and it’s unknown how useful the vision will be due to the age of the CCTV set-up in the bank.

New Subscription Service Offering Brings Cost-Effective, Best-in-Class Technology to Market, Enabling Branch Banks to Attain Workforce Management Benefits Previously Out of Reach

MELVILLE, N.Y. and LAS VEGAS, October 19, 2010 — Verint® Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT) today announced the availability of its Impact 360® Express for Retail Financial Services™ solution. Specifically tailored for branch banking environments, the new subscription service offering is based on the proven, patent-protected workforce optimization (WFO) software from Verint Witness Actionable Solutions®.

ROCKHAMPTON people have never been watched so closely.

More CCTV cameras are to be added to the fibre optic surveillance systems monitoring the CBD, Victoria Park and Queens Park.

Compatibility between user owned back to base alarms and personal medical response devices and the Optus Telephony Network The quality of services supplied to customers is of the utmost importance to Optus.

Optus recently engaged with ASIAL to investigate reports of alleged device incompatibility between the Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) your members supply and the CPE we supply to mutual customers to access the Optus HFC (Cable) Telephony Network. Initial reports suggest the cause of the problem may be that some monitored alarms and personal medical response devices are incompatible with the Optus HFC Network.

Optus has, where these issues could not be rectified, supplied the customer with a telephone service that utilises older technology. Obviously this is not a long term solution and Optus is keen to assist with the resolution of faults which will inevitably only increase with the advent of the NBN or any other network that utilises VoIP as its underlying technology.

West Australian teachers have called for more police officers and surveillance cameras to be installed in schools across the state.

Several State School Teachers Union (SSTUWA) members have put forward a motion to be debated at the next council meeting, urging at least five video surveillance cameras be installed in every school.

An extensive surveillance system captured footage of masked men – some dressed as ninjas – slipping into front and back doors at the home.

The video led investigators to a red van used as a getaway car and eventually to the suspects. They were a loosely connected group of mostly day labourers who knew each other through a power-washing business and a car detailing operation.

Free up your desk space at home or in the office with Vogel’s new range of stylish and convenient monitor mounts October 2010 – Vogel’s announce the launch of a new range of monitor desk mounts at IFA 2010 Berlin. The range consists of four different sized mounts which are ideal for work or home office environments and include Vogel’s unique 6-way mounting solution feature.

POLICE services in WA’s Pilbara region have received a major boost with the opening of a $17.5 million police complex in Karratha.

The new station, next to the courthouse and emergency services, will provide the base for round the clock presence in the region.

The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board has installed a $100,000 CCTV network covering graves and parking areas at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth’s western suburbs, after a surge in stealing offences and thefts from cars.

Police are also covertly patrolling the cemetery to hunt out thieves after 64 thefts were reported in the last financial year.

Eaton Corporation announced it has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, an invitation-only coalition of 200 global companies working to advance sustainable development through advocacy on critical issues of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress.

According to a release, the affiliation underscores Eaton’s commitment to implementing sustainable practices in its own business and advancing environmentally friendly technologies to help global customers manage power more efficiently, effectively and safely.

The 2009-10 Budget provides more than $1.3 billion over six years to strengthen Australia’s national security and border protection regime.

Protecting Australia’s national security and the integrity of our borders is the highest responsibility of the Australian Government.

POLICE are under orders to patrol Melbourne’s streets in groups of at least three because gangs of thugs have made it too dangerous for them to work in pairs.

Melbourne police division chief Supt Stephen Leane said police were no longer patrolling in pairs because of the dangers posed by groups of young thugs, often called together by mobile phone, who confronted officers.

Perth, Western Australia will play host to the First International Conference on Law Enforcement and Security on 11-12 November 2010.

The conference theme will be “Leadership in Complex Critical Incident Environments”.

Since the global 911 security and emergency shake-up, and the subsequent War on Terror, security and law enforcement has taken its place at the forefront of political agendas world-wide.

Australia, too, has responded to increases in terrorist activity and the threat of catastrophic natural disasters by reviewing emergency and disaster recovery response systems within the Australian Inter-Service Incident Management System framework.

Brand New Shipment of the Samsung H.264 Range. They’ll be selling in “Real Time.”