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Covid-19 Pandemic and the use of Thermal Imaging. How, where and why?
Businesses across the UK are continually looking to mitigate the risk of the virus entering their business premises. Taking various measures possible to minimise the risk of infections of their staff should decrease the overall risks to the business continuity and ensuring the health and safety of its employees.
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What Affects Wi-Fi Speed: 17 Factors That Can Impact Your Connection Quality
Have you ever wondered what’s behind that – why networks that seem to use the same equipment have such drastically different performance? And why some networks seem to run fine from day one, while others require constant poking, tweaking and jabbing just to upload a large file on Dropbox?
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A Quick Guide to CCTV Systems for Retail Centres
We are used to seeing security cameras in retail stores throughout the UK. CCTV cameras play a key role in the security strategy of today’s retail businesses and can make a world of difference for the safety of your customers, your staff, and ultimately, your reputation.
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CCTV uncovered: The most-surveilled boroughs in London
London is the most-surveilled city in Europe with around 630,000 cameras watching 9.6 million inhabitants in the UK capital, that’s 68 cameras per 1,000 Londoners. People living in Paris, Madrid and Athens are surveilled far less with between 3 and 11 cameras per 1,000 people.
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What is CCTV? CCTV Explained
CCTV stands for Closed-Circuit Television. This is a closed-circuit system because the signal is not openly transmitted as it is with broadcast television. The video cameras transmit the footage back to a set number of monitors.
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Smart Buildings and You: Integrating Smart Building Systems and Company Networks
Smart buildings offer a chance to make business activities more cost-efficient and more environmentally friendly. However, they require integration in order to be leveraged efficiently. Read more …
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Everything You Need to Know about Point-to-Point Wireless Links
The performance, reliability and flexibility of a wired infrastructure is hard to beat. However, when this type of infrastructure is impossible to deploy, point-to-point wireless links, such as FSO or microwave links, can be a very compelling option.
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How to Set Up Wi-Fi In The Office: Your Guide
Wi-Fi has become one of those things that we take for granted. When the office Wi-Fi doesn’t work, meetings and decisions get postponed, and customers become unhappy. Read more …
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CCTV in Schools: Benefits, Drawbacks and Obstacles
CCTV cameras are among the most deployed security instruments in the UK. We are used to seeing them virtually everywhere by now, which is unsurprising, given their efficiency and convenience. However, their use in certain situations has not been without controversy.
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How to Choose the Best CCTV System for Your Office
Many potential CCTV users don’t reap the benefits of this flexibility. Analysis paralysis gobbles up their good intentions. At best, they just end up overspending.
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What are the different types of CCTV camera?
Reliable and comprehensive surveillance is part of many London companies’ security strategy. Surveillance requirements are very diverse, though. CCTV camera manufacturers have risen up to the challenge and come up with a wealth of options in terms of capabilities, performance and price.
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Passive Optical Network: What is PON?
A Passive Optical Network (PON) is a telecommunications system or a network that transmits data over fibre optic lines. The greatest asset of PON technology is its simplicity. To understand why that is the case read our quick blog post.