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Africa’s Biggest Mall Now Fashionably Secured with VIVOTEK Cameras
Situated in the largest city of Morocco, the newly finished Morocco Mall in Casablanca, at 2.7 million square feet, is dubbed as the biggest mall in North Africa - if not the entire African continent.
After four years and US$260 million in the making, the sprawling complex featuring well-known designer and luxury western brands and a massive indoor cylindrical aquarium containing more than a million liters of water opened its doors to the public in December 2011. An effective and comprehensive surveillance system would dissuade shoplifting and pickpocket activities while monitor and ensure the safety of staff and customers at the same time.
Solution
CDVM, VIVOTEK's valued partner in Morocco, offered a complete video surveillance design with 76 pieces of VIVOTEK network cameras from different product lines to better meet specific site requirements.
Installation took place at the retail stores of various prestigious, internationally-renowned brands, such as H&M, Starbucks, Mother Care, American Eagles, Pinkburry and Chocolat de Neuville. For aesthetic reasons, the cameras chosen are stylistic and pleasing to the eye in order to blend in well with the interior design. High-megapixel fixed domes and speed domes, such as VIVOTEK FD8361, SD8121, FD8134 and FD8134V, were selected for both the exterior and the interior of the complex. The cameras feature high picture quality and resolution, streaming videos at 30 fps with immaculate image details. In particular, six pieces of FE8171V fisheye fixed dome cameras, the first of its kind from VIVOTEK, boast 3.1-Megapixel resolution and fisheye lenses for 180 panoramic view for wall mount and 360 surround view for ceiling/floor/table mount with zero blind spot. Connected by VIVOTEK ST7501, an equally powerful
Oman India Fertiliser Company secured using AC2000 SE
CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that the Oman India Fertiliser Company S.A.O.C (OMIFCO) has chosen CEM’s AC20000 SE (Standard Edition) to secure their premises. The system was installed by CEM Approved Reseller, Majees Technical Services LLC.
OMIFCO is jointly owned by Oman Oil Company SAOC (50%), Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (25%) and Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (25%). The company was established in 2005 to construct and operate a modern ammonia-urea fertiliser manufacturing plant at the Sur Industrial Estate in the Sultanate of Oman. OMIFCO’s aim is to become an internationally recognized model for major chemical and fertiliser manufacturing companies based on its achievements and standards in the fields of health & safety and environmental protection, employee and community relations as well as operational performance.
OMIFCO required a comprehensive security solution which could interface with a key safe system and would allow also them to manage pass production on site. CEM’s AC2000 SE security management system provided the ideal solution.
“The CEM AC2000 security system offers Oman Fertilizer Company the highest level of security and
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system reliability while offering a sophisticated range of security applications including central alarm monitoring and ID badging” said Andrew Fulton, Senior Director Global Sales, CEM Systems. “The range of AC2000 SE integrations with third party systems also means that Oman Fertiliser Company have a fully integrated security management solution”.
OMIFCO opted to install the AC2000 Deister Keysafe Interface which, used in conjunction with the Deister proxSafe, can ensure that only authorized cardholders have access to secured keys. Using an integrated card reader on the proxSafe terminal, AC2000 system personnel data and cardholder details are transferred to the Deister Keysafe system. This provides efficient and traceable key use without the need to input personnel data into two different systems, helping to increase site security and minimize the duplication of administrative work.
Majees Technical Services LLC installed several other powerful applications including AC2000 VIPPS (Visual Imaging and Pass Production System) providing OMIFCO with the ability to design and create professional quality permanent and temporary ID passes. In addition, OMIFCO have
selected AC2000 Visitors and AC2000 AED (Alarm Event Display) integrated alarm processing software, providing dynamic graphical representation of all system events.
OMIFCO also installed CEM industry leading hardware including the S610s intelligent serial card reader, which gives full off-line validation and decision making at the point of entry, even when host communication is not available. This reader has an IP66 rated polycarbonate enclosure, keypad and a backlit LCD which provides meaningful messages to cardholders for example Wrong Time Zone, Lost/Stolen Card and Access Granted.
video management platform, the cameras provide flexible and cost-effective surveillance options for the mall by ensuring that all activities are duly recorded and monitored by the security staff.
Results
"Feedback from employees of Morocco Mall has been positive as they are greatly satisfied with the quality and design of the cameras from VIVOTEK, as well as the user-friendliness of the implemented software," said Simohammed DOURAS, Technical Director at CDVM. He believes that under the protection of VIVOTEK cameras, Morocco Mall will continue to attract regional visitors to the jewel of the African retail scene.
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