The recent 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia used an IP-based, integrated security system.
The 12-day Games in March combined new and existing CCTV systems. The intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC) product from DVTel as command and control software integrated key sites comprising hundreds of fixed and PTZ cameras, including the 50-acre (20 hectare) athletes’ village and cameras around the city-designated "Public Domain," including Melbourne Cricket Ground which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The software also integrated and managed cameras from Vic Roads (the state organisation which manages roads) and the Victoria Police Centre, giving centralised access to video streams from these cameras at the Games Operations Centre (GOC), where cameras were monitored and recorded.
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This ambitious, highly complex installation had several key players involved. Communications Design and Management (CDM) oversaw design of the new surveillance system and integration with legacy CCTV systems. CDM chose two companies to manage various parts of system installation and network design: Landmark Security and Teknocorp. Landmark’s Simon Langdon said an obvious strength of the iSOC is the ability to leverage the existing IT infrastructure and the legacy security equipment, besides the system’s overall performance: "The system gives great flexibility and allows users to be proactive, not reactive. iSOC alerts operators to events and ensures they see what they need to see."
Teknocorp’s Robert Portelli added: "DVTel controls are easy, there was good product support and most important of all, this system had the ability to talk to other networks." The iSOC enabled Landmark to run a live offsite Disaster Recovery Centre to provide complete failover in the event of an incident or failure at the Village’s control centre. The software also integrated with the perimeter intrusion system – the alarm triggers went into the iSOC where macro-programmed presets linked events to PTZ cameras. So if an alarm went off a camera would pop video to the screen and display the preset related to that alarm event. DVTel President and CEO Eli Gorovici added: "We’re very proud that DVTel was chosen to play such a central role in providing essential security for the Commonwealth Games. This challenging installation allowed us to show the very best of what the iSOC can do in terms of integration, flexibility, and superior performance."
