(IFSEC 2012 - Stand F53, Hall 4) Commend UK, leading Integrated Intercom solutions provider, will be exhibiting the first ‘virtual’ software-based Intercom Server at IFSEC International 2012 – a revolutionary addition to Commend’s Intercom 2.0 range, designed specifically to help customers with the latest IT infrastructure. Networks and their supporting IT infrastructure are becoming increasingly more complex and business critical. To keep IT operations manageable, many are opting to replace t

Commend UK is introducing its new generation visualisation software – ComWIN – which has been upgraded with an even greater emphasis on ease of use. ComWIN provides the front end to security and communications systems allowing operators to remain informed and in charge of events, and providing the insight so they can react instantly if an emergency situation arises. Rory Martin, ComWIN Development Specialist for Commend UK, says that considerable thought and expertise has gone into the desi

(Stand P58) Commend UK, the Integrated Intercom solutions provider, will be launching the IS 300 – a compact and cost-effective IP Intercom Server – at Parkex 2012 over the 17th and 18th April at Olympia in London, in addition to exhibiting a range of Wireless Intercom, Public Address (PA) and software solutions for parking applications. Part of the Intercom 2.0 portfolio, the IS 300 is an ideal solution for car parks as it uses Commend’s latest Intercom over IP (IoIP®) technology to deliver s

Commend UK, the Integrated Intercom solutions provider, has launched a new Wireless version of its proven Intercom technology to bring a new level of flexibility to security installers and end-users alike. The Wireless technology overcomes obstacles such as paved surfaces, or restrictions often encountered within challenging environments, without the need for hard-wired data cabling. Greg Gregoriou, Managing Director of Commend UK, believes that Help Points and Emergency Call stations can n

Once again, it was innovation galore at Commend’s Intertraffic 2012 stand in Amsterdam: new, helpful components wherever one looked. The central hub of attention for the inquisitive and knowledgeable visitors to the Commend stand was the brand-new “Conductor” Control Desk. Apart from this, interest was focussed also on Commend product ‘world premieres’ such as the Mobile Intercom Client, the Software Intercom Server and the latest Intercom 2.0 feature: fully lip-synched Intercom audio/video rec

Commend UK, the Integrated Intercom solutions provider, is launching a new, cost-effective IP Intercom Server which uses its latest Intercom over IP (IoIP®) technology to deliver some of the highest speech quality available in the most challenging secure communications environments. Part of the Intercom 2.0 portfolio, the new IS 300 server features high definition audio in 16 kHz such that the quality is the same whether in the next room or on the other side of the globe. It allows announcemen

As the Commend product family has grown quite a bit over this past year, the new catalogue edition also comes with a few extra pages added to its scope. New product family members include, for example, the AF Amplifier Series, the compact Intercom Server IS 300, the powerful IP Desktop Stations, as well as the SIP-Stations, Wireless Intercom over DECT, in addition to the explosion-proof stations of Series EX, and updated software from ComWIN to ComOPC. Now the new product year can begin! V

Where the wheels are turning round the clock to transform collected water power into gigawatts of electricity, perfect communication and security systems are just as important as turbines and penstocks. A good case in point is Albula-LandwasserKraftwerke AG. Set in the wonderfully picturesque landscape of the Swiss canton of Grisons, the power plant’s two sites together generate 5% of the entire canton’s annual electricity output. As part of a general renovation in 2010, the communication and

Automated welcome messages, time-controlled announcements or music feeds via Public Announcement systems: when it comes to routine Intercom tasks, the flexible, cost-efficient Pre-Recorded Audio capabilities of the Commend Intercom systems comes into its own. All this is made possible by on-board memory modules, which come as a pre-installed standard feature on all Commend subscriber cards and selected interface cards. It is these memory modules that can hold and provide the Intercom Server w

A cultural and touristic hub such as Glasgow – Scotland’s largest city with a population of more than 600,000 and 3 million visiting tourists every year – imposes extreme demands and very specific requirements where security and communication in its public areas are concerned. As a result, there is a wide range of areas and environments that are served by the help points and emergency call stations of the Commend solution that the Glasgow City Council selected to help them keep the city safe wit