A hunger for knowledge about the opportunities offered by IP network based video surveillance systems was evident than at an ‘Analogue versus IP’ conference in Dubai during the Intersec 2013 exhibition.
The aim of the conference on January 17, as a joint initiative by the Department of Protective Systems of Dubai Police and Hampshire-based Tavcom Training, was to highlight how users can benefit from a video over IP system, and to address the operational and cost issues when making the transition from an analogue to an IP network solution.
Mike Tennent, Managing Director of Hampshire based Tavcom, said afterwards: “There is always considerable demand to attend our IP-related training courses and we were confident therefore that there would be a good deal of interest in the conference. However, even we were surprised by the tremendous demand for places. With access on a first come, first served basis, we were full to capacity as the maximum number of people who could safely fit into the conference room was fixed at 330 people.”
Dubai Police (DPS) was represented by Major Arif Al Janahi, who with Mike Tennent and Jon Laws, a UK security consultant, and Lee Evans, a system integrator, fielded an hour long Q&A session at the end of the conference. While video over IP was the main topic, there were also discussions on the recent advances in the latest CCTV/VSS standards, video analytics and thermal imaging.
Mike Tennent said: “As the approved security training provider for Dubai Police, we were very pleased to cooperate with DPS under the leadership of Colonel Khalifa Al Saleis and Major Arif Al Janahl in organising the conference. Intersec is firmly established in the security industry’s calendar. Over 1,000 international exhibitors participated in this year’s show and we were delighted to have been given the opportunity to contribute to its ongoing success.”
