Hello Luton, hello Twickenham

People often get the word ‘highfalutin’ wrong, assuming it’s actually ‘high for Luton’ – something to do with the airport there, perhaps. I’m fairly certain it has nothing to do with any kind of drug-fuelled celebration of the town’s existence.

Today on I4S we’re saying ‘Hi to Luton’ in a story about some CCTV that is in the centre of the town. Heck, why not read it and find out more?

Despite the fact that Twickenham does not appear in any kind of common linguistic mix-up scenario, we’ve still deigned to allocate it some space in the security news-sphere. Rugby is popular there, apparently, and now people are being prevented from stealing replica jerseys and the like.

A few deals: ADI has signed on to be the European distributor for Canadian firm Digimerge; and the FSA has signed new training agreements with Tavcom and the FPA.

And while we’re talking deals, a really good one is for the modules that make up the IFSEC Conference 2009. This means you can pay for individual sessions on topics of interest to you. It’s totally modular, dudes!

Come on! www.info4security.com and www.ifsec.co.uk. Oh yeah!!

BT Redcare price announcement, and a video comparison

Today we lead off with an exciting announcement from BT Redcare that it has put a cap on price rises – not a baseball cap or anything silly, but 10 per cent – for existing services to customers in 2010. Is that generous, or in line with market forces? Would an actual hat have helped at all?

There’s also a video from Pixim, which the digital imaging technology company claims shows the advantages of its chipset over conventional analogue CCD cameras. Controversial!

Synectics has gone out and upgraded Wakefield Council’s CCTV control facility. That’s nice of them. And Canadian company Digimerge, which is involved in all sorts of DVR and cameras malarkey, has entered the European market, with offices in Ireland.

SGW Security Consulting has gained ISO 9001 approval – well done, chaps – and Mitsubishi Electric is offering installers free training on its DVRs and associated software.

Training, in a very real way, is education, and what better way to get involved in and discuss securing educational establishments than by attending the conference Securing Educational Establishments? There is no better way. And that’s my final answer.

Get on your high horse, pardner, and visit www.info4security.com and www.ifsec.co.uk.