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On this occasion, the end-user and client is one of the largest and popular retail hypermarket chains in the world, who are locally present in the GCC, Middle East, and Asian Territories. They own and operate over 250 hypermarkets in 15 countries across the region with future desires and plans to extend into another 38 countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and Russia. For this foremost multinational retailer with high-value investments, the management company required a comprehensive integrated security management solution to protect its visitors and customers, building premises, and ultimately mitigate risks at all its retail units. The Situation Since its establishment in the Middle East region in 1995, this retailer has several premises where, over time, a wide variety of disparate security, surveillance, and fire management systems had been installed at different locations, by different system integrators, from different vendors at different times. The system specification required included a scalable and future-proof innovative alarm management suite  While each retail store has its own individual systems such as access control, anti-intrusion alarms, CCTV, and fire management, the security personnel had a requirement for a holistic, flexible, and scalable integrated security management system. They wanted to be able to unify the monitoring & control of every store by seamlessly integrating with the presently installed systems and offer a comprehensive security solution. This requirement would help to immediately detect and deter incidents on-site and ultimately contribute to managing risks to make their security & safety operations more efficient for each retail store. The system specification required included a scalable and future-proof innovative alarm management suite with industry-leading features and demanded the highest quality so that immediate response and escalation to any incident could be implemented swiftly. The Solution To date Datalog 5 has been successfully installed, configured, and is currently being used at 20 stores across the UAE, Oman, and Egypt. The software platform can offer seamless integration to the currently installed security, safety, and CCTV subsystems providing a streamlined and centralized view of operations. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) can provide the user with situational awareness features and an alarm management suite with full report and audit functions. With a local Cortech Developments office based in Dubai providing tier-2 support, we can ensure full backup to the system integrators who have installed and commissioned Datalog at each of the individual premises, ensuring that the system will always be fully supported and operational. The Benefits With Datalog, the retailer’s multiple sites now have centralized integrated security, safety, and surveillance system Using an advanced monitoring and control solution, such as Datalog, means that the retailer’s multiple sites now have a state-of-the-art centralized integrated security, safety, and surveillance system that mitigates risks, deters theft and continuously protects customers, employees, and premises. The integrated security system installed at these stores not only acts as an effective situational awareness tool with automatic escalation and reporting but when needed, has the option to supply supporting evidence to catch shoplifters. The system can immediately recall and retrieve high-quality video images for any alarm trigger or event instantly without any delay. This evidence in the form of CCTV images can quickly and easily be transferred onto a CD or sent by a secure email file and provided to the police in relation to a specific incident time and date. Overall, this has helped reduce security breaches, in-store security teams are provided with more efficient operations and have much quicker response times. They can be confident that any criminal activity can continue to be recorded inside or outside of their store by utilizing less manpower and therefore saving on OPEX costs, all while seeing a reduction in crime and a safer shopping experience for customers.

Cortech Developments has been providing sustainable software integration solutions that bring together third-party manufacturers' technology and has implemented its solution across many sectors within high-security applications and environments in the UK and overseas. The core product, Datalog, offers a single point monitoring & control for multiple technologies assisting users in reducing costs and risk. Objective The primary aim of the Technical Partner Program is for Cortech to work with like-minded partners who match their commitment and drive to deliver industry-leading solutions that provide end-users with efficient and effective solutions, creating a real return on their investment. The Technical Partner Program connects Cortech’s end-users to its growing ecosystem of trusted technical partners, all of whom share the same values of Cortech, have certified engineers to install, configure and maintain their software integration solution – Datalog. Partner Levels All levels of partners are able to benefit from access to the partner portal With three different tiers that correspond to different levels of participation, engagement, and support. Categories are defined as Platinum, Gold, and Recognized Partners. All levels of partners are able to benefit from access to the partner portal, where users can obtain 24/7 access to materials and information such as product training documents, training certificates, software manuals, and marketing literature. Gold and Platinum Technical Partners Gold and Platinum Technical Partners will have access to our demonstration facility here in Knutsford as well as free demonstration Datalog software, in addition, these levels of partners can also take advantage of a joint social media campaign, announcing their success in joining our Technical Partner Program, increasing their social media engagement and awareness. The top-tier Platinum partners will benefit from priority notification of new product features as well as Priority Lead sharing and exclusivity. The new program is strengthened by collaborations with a number of gold partners already including: Eclipse Digital Solutions CDS Integration Security Systems Atus Systems Quadrant Security Group Trinity Fire and Security Systems Argus Services HESIS HERAS TOPGUARD Authority Comments According to Jason Blundell, Head of Sales and Marketing for Cortech Developments, “Building strong partnerships with like-minded organizations is fundamental to success. As such, we are thrilled to formally partner with an exclusive number of organizations to deliver Datalog and provide end-users with efficient and effective solutions, and creating a real return on investment for them. These new partnerships will enable both parties to work together and explore new opportunities, as well as sites where clients are looking to upgrade their existing Datalog Systems.” Cortech Technical Partners can take advantage of a host of benefits by joining the Technical Partner Program, from access to our demonstration facility in Knutsford to engineer, manager, and operator training courses.

Intersec 2017 to host a record international coverage of exhibitors for security, safety, and fire protection solutions European exhibitors are making their presence felt at a trade fair for security, safety, and fire protection, with the UK, Germany, Italy, and France leading the way in boosting exports to the buoyant Middle East market. Intersec 2017 will feature more than 1,200 exhibitors from 52 countries when it opens from 22-24 January at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, with 85 per cent (56,000) of exhibition space occupied by international companies. Record international coverage The record international coverage is spearheaded by a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in exhibitors from Germany and the UK, as 82 German companies (64 pavilion and 18 standalone exhibitors) line-up alongside 143 British companies (86 pavilion and 57 standalone exhibitors). With 51 exhibitors (30 pavilion and 20 standalone), Italy will again have a dominant presence at the 19th edition of Intersec, while a French Pavilion will debut among nine returning pavilions from Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and the USA. All will take aim at a Middle East commercial security and fire safety systems market that’s estimated to be worth a combined US$9.4 billion in 2017, according to analysts Frost & Sullivan. Security global trends “The strong international participation at Intersec underlines the enormous potential in the Middle East as an increasingly sophisticated destination for quality safety, security and fire protection products and services,” said Ahmed Pauwels, CEO of Messe Frankfurt Middle East, the organiser of Intersec. “With security and safety high on everyone’s priority lists, Intersec 2017 will lay the platform for the latest global trends and developments, connecting leading international players with regional buyers.” The UK pavilion will feature the biggest names in the business across several of Intersec’s key sections, including Commercial Security (46 companies), Fire & Rescue (23 companies), Homeland Security & Policing (six companies), and Safety & Health (10 companies). Exhibiting security solutions provider Exhibitors headlining at the British Security Industry Association (BSIA)-backed pavilion include 360 Vision, Cortech, Norbain, Texcom, VCA, and Winsted. Standalone exhibitors include Tyco, the world’s 7th largest security solutions provider, and Bristol Uniforms, a leading global provider of emergency services protective clothing. Daren Wood, the BSIA’s Membership and Export Services Manager, said, “It’s testament to the continued importance Intersec plays in the international event calendar, that the UK Pavilions have built on the success of 2016, attracting even more exhibitors in 2017.” “The Middle East is a great market for UK exporters as the region appreciates innovative and quality products which is at the core of British manufacturing and services.” Inaugural French Pavilion “The Middle East is a great market for UK exporters as the region appreciates innovative and quality products which is at the core of British manufacturing and services” Meanwhile, a 30-strong exhibitor line-up next year represents the largest ever participation at Intersec from France, including 10 in the inaugural French Pavilion. These include CNPP, Evolis, POK, Profoam, R-Pons, Spynel, STid, and Trackforce, a Software as a Service company specialising in web-based and mobile application platforms for real-time operational management of security services. Guirchaume Abitbol, President and CEO of Trackforce, said the company is currently working with one of the largest Middle East security companies to implement its solution in local malls and airports. “As an international company, growing at a great pace, we’re excited to release our products into the Middle East,” said Abitbol. “We’ll be showcasing our two main security operations management products at Intersec 2017 – a desktop software and a mobile app. We’ve been established in South Africa for the past two years and are just beginning to establish ourselves in the Middle East.” R-Pons will also demonstrate its unique capabilities as one of France’s leading manufacturers of firefighting equipment, including fire brigade equipment, hose reels, monitors and couplings. Sébastien Chartier, Export Manager of R-Pons, said, “R-Pons will exhibit for the second time at Intersec, and our goal is to extend our export activity to the Middle East countries. The products we’ll show are specially adapted to petro-chemical plants.” “Our international recognition in the industrial, oil & gas, chemical, and fire brigade markets make us a key actor of the fire-fighting sector, and we’re convinced our range of high technology firefighting products will attract the attention and interest of visitors at Intersec 2017.” Innovations at USA Pavilion Also in the fire & rescue section in the USA Pavilion is Weflo Valve, which will display its UL / FM waterflow detectors, supervisory and pressure switches, along with new nozzle configurations for fire hydrants. Patrick Gray, Director of Market Development at Weflo Valve, said, “Approximately 25 per cent of our sales are to the Middle East, and we expect overall sales growth over the next 10 years, as customers in the region become more aware of our product lines.” Elsewhere, NVT Phybridge, a Canadian manufacturer of long reach Ethernet switches intended to aid customers extend their IP network simply and cost effectively, will present clients effective solutions to enable easy migration to IP security solutions. Intersec 2017 is expected to attract more 31,000 visitors from 128 countries, as they seek the latest solutions across seven show sections of Commercial Security Steven Fair, Executive Vice President of NVT Phybridge said, “We’re expanding our sales in the Middle East and see this market as a big part of our growth strategy. We’re introducing new technology that will be able to deliver even more value to the building of new facilities looking to extend Ethernet to longer distances with PoE.” Commercial security sections Intersec 2017 is expected to attract more 31,000 visitors from 128 countries, as they seek the latest solutions across seven show sections of Commercial Security, Fire & Rescue, Safety & Health, Homeland Security & Policing, Perimeter & Physical Security, Information Security, and Smart Home & Building Automation. The annual showcase will feature a three-day conference programme; the Intersec Fire Safety Conference on 22 January; the Critical Infrastructure Security Conference, from 23-24 January; and the Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA) Forum, on 24 January. Intersec 2017 is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and officially supported by Dubai Police, the Dubai Civil Defence, and Dubai Police Academy.