Bold Communications joins Dahua Eco Partner Programme

Monitoring platform provider Bold Communications has joined Dahua Technology’s ECO Partner Programme which is designed to create a closer integration and development relationship between Dahua and technology providers, with those parties involved working to deliver an integrated monitoring solution for commercial Alarm Receiving Centres and private Control Rooms. 

Security solutions typically require technology from more than one manufacturer. An integrated system will often incorporate legacy equipment, new technology and multiple product types. In the Control Room, a tool is needed to process the interaction between devices and present information – and tasks – to the operator in a clear and simple interface. This requires high level system design and co-operation and the ECO Partner Programme provides a platform for the process.

“Interoperability is key for the monitoring business,” stated James Wang, Dahua’s vice-president and general manager for the business in the UK and Ireland. “Together with our technology partners, we are driven to develop more comprehensive solutions for the industry. The ECO Partner Programme not only focuses on technical enhancements, but also offers our business partners the opportunity to explore our ecosystem and network with vendors with compatible solutions.”

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Bold Communications software supports compliance with industry standards for alarm and CCTV monitoring, using video verification to filter false activations and support an appropriate response. Alarm events can be generated by Dahua analytics or a third party detection device and received by Gemini with live and pre-alarm video. With false, nuisance and duplicate alarms filtered out and all information, video and handling tasks presented in a single display, the operator can then train their entire focus on handling genuine alarm activations.

Specialist security services

Integrated Visual Protection, a National Security Inspectorate Gold-accredited Alarm Receiving Centre in London, provides specialist security services throughout the UK. The Bold Gemini platform enables Integrated Visual Protection to provide a range of alarm and CCTV monitoring services, with Dahua being a popular option. 

Operations director Piers Brown commented: “To deliver a premium monitoring service for our clients means that our operations have to be robust, seamless and efficient. Combining high-quality CCTV images with fully-featured Alarm Receiving Centre software helps us to meet that standard.”   

Bold Communications’ integration development and design is driven by new technology and the needs of the monitoring sector. Becoming an ECO Partner with Dahua Technology is another important step forward in that process.   

*Further information is available online at www.boldcommunications.co.uk and info@boldcommunications.co.uk

BSIA members preview UK Pavilion at IFSEC Istanbul 2013

Members of the British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) Export Council have offered an exclusive preview of the new security innovations that visitors can expect to see at IFSEC Istanbul 2013, which opens its doors for the first time next week (30 September-2 October).

Event organiser UBM Live states that the new event – while targeting the Southern European market – offers “an unrivalled route to the Middle East”. The exhibition’s unique location between East and West has succeeded in attracting many members of the BSIA’s Export Council, whose key target markets for 2013 include both Eastern and Western Europe as well as the Middle East.

Showcasing the latest technological innovations is top of the agenda for BSIA members attending IFSEC Istanbul 2013. Manufacturer GJD will celebrate its 30th Anniversary by showing off its latest products, including the ‘Pearl Window Detector’, the new GJD D-Tect LZR laser scanner and a range of digital communication devices. Visitors should head for Stand D51.

IFSEC Istanbul 2013 runs from 30 September- 2 October

Ana Maria Sagra-Smith, GJD’s international sales and marketing consultant, commented: “GJD is exhibiting at the new IFSEC Istanbul exhibition with a view to meeting potential distribution partners for the Turkish and surrounding markets.”

Looking for new distribution partners

Meanwhile, Bold Communications will be exhibiting on Stand D55. The company is particularly keen to find new distribution partners in the Turkish security market for its monitoring software and project services.

Bold’s managing director Brian Kelly explained: “With a GDP growth rate of 8.5% second only to China, Turkey is an attractive market for any ambitious security solutions company. Bold provides innovative and high quality monitoring technology which is an excellent fit for a rapidly expanding security sector like Turkey. We hope to meet many new contacts and make many new friends at IFSEC Istanbul.”

One of the services currently offered by the BSIA is the organisation of UK Pavilions at a long list of overseas events, including IFSEC Istanbul. Here, UK security exporters promote their products and services alongside each other at a reduced cost, enabling them to share expertise while receiving support and guidance from the BSIA.

John Davies: managing director at TDSi

John Davies, whose company TDSi regularly attends overseas exhibitions, commented: “Overseas trade shows such as IFSEC International’s brands and counterparts like Security Essen, MIPS Russia and Intersec Dubai are essential in helping BSIA Export Council members forge links with overseas companies. BSIA members’ attendance at such events has shown no sign of slowing down during 2013.”

Tom Sharrard, whose company Integrated Design Limited has also successfully exhibited at many BSIA overseas UK Pavilions ACROSS the years, addED: “I would recommend the BSIA UK Pavilions to any security company that is entering a new overseas market or anyone new to exporting. The BSIA takes care of a lot of the organisational aspects, including the shipping, and makes the whole experience far less daunting. Also, there is the support and advice from other UK companies in the Pavilion. Another major advantage is that the BSIA can often secure a better location in the exhibition than individual companies would be able to.”

UKTI’s Tradeshow Access Programme

Facilitating the attendance of many UK companies at overseas trade shows is UKTI’s Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) scheme, which now offers increased grants of £3,000 per company to support their attendance of overseas events.

This year, TAP funding has enabled ten BSIA member companies to attend IFSEC Istanbul and its recent counterpart, IFSEC South East Asia.

Mike Parry, internsational sales manager for security at Remsdaq (winner of the BSIA Chairman’s Award for Exporting in 2011), outlined: “Remsdaq has attended events in the USA, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East under the UK banner. The main reason for us attending in this way is the partial funding that’s often available, which makes these events far more attractive in that we can at least do more of them.”

The overseas UK Pavilions organised by the BSIA are not solely open to BSIA members, but to all security companies keen on gaining a more secure foothold in export markets.

To find out more about UK Pavilions and the BSIA’s Export Council visit: http://www.bsia.co.uk/export-council