Public security drives demand at UVS

A greater focus on security and public protection from the government and emergency services has resulted in increased demand for video wall technology, Burnley-based Ultimate Visual Solutions has reported.

UVS has completed 25 control room video wall projects for a variety of administrative buildings, headquarters and prisons in the last 12 months.

The work has ranged from upgrading to installing completely new systems, with security projects now accounting for 64 per cent of UVS’s business, up from 46 per cent two years ago.

In one large multi-Lucidity video wall controller installation, UVS provided more than 500 channels of HD resolution IP decoding for multiple data sources, including workstations, collaboration inputs and IP video, which were encoded and distributed on the network for use in multiple rooms at the site.

Steve Murphy, managing director of UVS, said: "The move away from Covid lockdowns along with the various security threats that the country is facing has resulted in a large number of public sector organisations reviewing the monitoring systems that they have in place and either upgrading or opting for completely new installations.

"This is obviously something which will help protect both people and the country’s key infrastructure and buildings and the projects include new operations centres where multiple agency CCTV camera feeds, never previously available in one location, have been made available for use to increase the security of the public.”

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