Glasgow, UK (PRWEB UK) 14 August 2013
With over 18,000 full-time and part-time students: 12,000 undergraduates and 6,000 postgraduates, the University of Strathclyde is Scotland’s third largest university. Characterised by its innovative approach and flexible learning, the institution was named UK University of the Year 2012/2013 in the Times Higher Education Awards.
Home to students and staff from over 100 countries, the Universitys city-centre John Anderson Campus contains a student village right in the heart of Glasgow.
The unique, city centre campus is monitored by more than 150 CCTV cameras. To effectively manage the surveillance across the entire campus and to ensure it has both a robust and future-proof solution, the University embarked on a complete refurbishment of its CCTV control room.
Boston Networks designed a solution to enhance the Universitys security operations and to effectively safeguard its students, staff and campus. To maximise the Universitys investment in its existing hardware, Boston Networks fixed all the legacy analogue cameras with digital encoders and introduced new IP cameras, where required.
Furthermore, with the deployment of a sophisticated video management system (VMS) and vast, expandable video wall, the new control room is now able to simply manage all of the campuss security footage and eliminate the need to run disparate systems. Scalable enough to accommodate thousands of HD and/or megapixel cameras and providing cost-effective recording and storage the new control room solution: