HIKINSIGHT 8th Edition

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A close partnership is a cornerstone of business

1. What is Hikvision MENA’s accomplishment in 2022?

The security industry is often the unsung hero of the progressive, modern society that we live in today. In 2022, the security industry is more important than ever before, tasked with keeping people and their possessions safe, secure and protected at all times.

Business growth for security companies is an area of increasing importance in today’s competitive markets. For Hikvision last year had a reasonable growth, due to the development of new technological solutions.

Hikvision had several success stories in different verticals, education, hospitality, retail, intelligent traffic solutions etc. To name a few, KNO school in Oman, Zayed Sports city in the UAE, Warba Bank in Kuwait, Americana group in Egypt and the UAE, etc. Hikvision supported all these projects with comprehensive smart solutions based on the customer`s needs and requirements, bring value to the end users, which is more than just safety.

Hikvision also noticed recent growth in non-CCTV, access control, intercom products and especially commercial display products. In order to turn its auditorium into a multi-purpose venue, and to improve the general visual experience, Dubai’s GEMS Modern Academy replaced their legacy projection system with a massive LED wall from Hikvision. The renovated auditorium has become a popular venue for students, staff, and the community.

2. Why partnership is important to Hikvision?

Over the past 20 years, Hikvision has grown rapidly to become a global player in AIOT solutions. Many people wonder how such growth was possible. To answer this question, there are 3 main reasons.

Firstly, we offer competitive products and solutions with good quality, which is due to our continuous investment in research and development.

Secondly, we always focus on developing the distribution channel to cover the whole market, so that our products and solutions are available anywhere and anytime.

Finally, we provide our customers with comprehensive service: pre-sales, after-sales and technical support. We always strive to support our customers to provide them with a convenient and user-friendly experience.

To provide comprehensive solutions to our customers, we need software and hardware partners. That’s why we released HEOP, to make it easier for our partners to integrate their solutions with our hardware and software. And they can also benefit from Hikvision’s growth.

Hikvision doesn’t simply work with partners, we enable our partners to expand their knowledge, skills and expertise so we can grow together. All of our success depends on our partners.

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How do you see the partnership development for HIkvision MENA in these decades from the day we established in Middle East and North Africa region?

We can divide business growth into several phases. In the first phase we focused mainly on channel development, at that time our dealers and distributors were our main focus.

In the second phase, we slowly worked our way up and are now working with leading system integrators to offer security solutions and cover medium-sized projects. In the third phase, we can offer our partners complete solutions that not only meet security requirements, but also business needs.

However, this phase is still in its early stages, we still have a long way to go, and we would like to invest more to grow together with our partners. We want to build a sustainable environment with our technology partners.

To achieve this goal, we need to continue to support our customers on projects and business, and focus more on knowledge; and eventually build a portal where we share more information and opportunities.

Hikvision insight for the future vertical trends

1. How was the security market for Hikvision in 2022?

In recent years, the physical security sector has seen significant change. In this constantly evolving business, cutting-edge technologies like AI, machine perception, and IoT are being developed and used in groundbreaking ways that continue to push the envelope. Security systems have advanced to be more comprehensive and interconnected, with functions now taking on more intelligent responsibilities to boost the effectiveness of security and other operational activities. And all of this is taking place in a variety of different industries and organizations.

To meet the business needs and requirements of customers, Hikvision is developing a variety of technologies for a wide range of Hikvision vertical solutions, including solutions for digitized building management and innovative, intelligent education that enable interactive classroom and distance learning experiences. Home and small business solutions that use AI-powered video technologies to protect people and assets; and retail, logistics, and manufacturing solutions that enhance process efficiency and site security. Other Hikvision solutions also include municipal governance, traffic, building, and energy management.

We have managed to compelte several big and medium projects last year, and we are planning to do more in upcoming years.

2. What is Hikvision vision for the future vertical trends that are really going to drive change and drive further innovation?

Hikvision will continue to pay attention to trends in the security sector and implement them across diverse businesses.

On a daily basis, we have observed a wider range of AI goods and applications assisting in the resolution of challenging issues and satisfying the dispersed wants of customers. The industry is also investigating AI’s textual and aural capabilities, beginning with visual AI.

More ecosystems with open technologies, open resources, and even open protocols are needed for industrial collaboration in order to achieve all of this. Our sector has a lot of promise thanks to open technologies like virtualization and container technology, which increase the openness of hardware products.

Taking artificial intelligence, a step further, we think the AI and IoT (AIoT) convergence will remain a prominent trend for 2023, changing the security industry’s reach. Numerous sectors and organizations now have access to more AIoT solutions that will not only offer intelligent security protections but also to improve operational efficiency.

3. What strategy will be used this year to reach set goals for vertical development?

Hikvision is committed to providing comprehensive solutions to end users across all industries. We are dedicated to developing innovative solutions for each sector and creating an ecosystem with our technology partners to provide customers with the complete solution based on their business needs and requirements.

In addition, Hikvision has launched the STAR Program for Social Goods, which seeks to provide cutting-edge technologies to non-profit organizations and projects to help them discover innovative ways to benefit communities and safeguard our precious natural and cultural heritage.

The year in Review Partner Events

A conference hosted by Hikvision saw a vibrant discussion on how the latest technology trends are impacting the education sector and how it fared in the past years. Industry experts, academics and ICT heads from schools and universities participated in the conference

Hikvision’s signature annual gathering of technology and business partners, and now brought to Turkey as a new edition. EAE boosts the synergy between the partners to explore future industry trends and discover business potentials. Hikvision brought together over 200 CXOs from different industries to Istanbul.

A round-table meeting, for guests to engage in discussion around key ESG topics and priorities and to gain more understanding of the global environment in which Hikvision operates and the responsibilities that Hikvision is dedicated to upholding.

November 2022

Shaping intelligence 2022

It is an annual event where Hikvision and technology partners, systems integrators, scholars, and industry leaders come together to look into the future of the security industry and explore paths to shared success.

September 2022

Future of Education in GCC

October 2022

EAE Turkey

November 2022 ESG event

Product Milestones

September 2022

Wireless Conference Speakerphone

Hikvision has announced the launch of its first speakerphone series. Designed in-house for professionals, the “Sound Cube” takes remote conferencing a significant step forward in intelligence and convenience. This unique device has been expertly designed for today’s hybrid workscenarios in businesses around the world.

October 2022

Hik-Partner Pro

Hik-ProConnect is upgraded to HikPartner Pro, a security business assistant for your business journey. The HikPartner Pro one-stop security service platform gives Hikvision’s partners easy access to all Hikvision product information, promotions, and marketing handouts. It also provides partners with efficient device management and extended, value-added services with round-the-clock convenience.

October 2022

eDVR Series

Hikvision recently added the eDVR Series into its expanding portfolio of security solutions for SMBs. Powered by embedded solid state drive (eSSD) technology, Hikvision’s eDVRs are compact, durable, easy-to-use, and energy-efficient. All this means they are ideal for small-to-medium-sized businesses and residential applications.

November 2022

All-in-One A/V Pillar Simplified Conferencing Anywhere

Newly introduced Hikvision A/V Pillar, that includes camera, speaker and microphone. Compact and Portable Design Taking audio and video conferencing anytime, anywhere. Super Wide Coverage 120° Distortion-free lens to cover wide scenes in true. Adjustable Lens Angle Suitable in any scenarios.

Hikvision introduces Hik-Partner Pro

unified security management platform for partners

October 17, 2022

Hikvision today announces the introduction of Hik-Partner Pro, a brand new one-stop security management platform tailored for its security partners, including installers, distributors, and system integrators. Hikvision constantly seeks new ways to assist its security partners in their day-to-day work, and find new solutions to make their jobs easier and grow their business. The latest innovation to do this is a merge of Hik-ProConnect and Hik-ePartner into one single software platform, called Hik-Partner Pro, with both mobile and PC versions. Users of Hik-ProConnect or Hik-ePartner can log in to the new platform with their existing account. They will be notified with a pop-up window to migrate when they open Hik-ProConnect or Hik-ePartner, with further instruction to upgrade or download Hik-Partner Pro. Upgrade availability may vary by country, region, or device.

Helping security partners grow their business and succeed With Hik-Partner Pro, partners can get the following benefits.

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Easy access to up-to-date product, sales and marketing information

Hik-Partner Pro continues to demonstrate a full portfolio of Hikvision products and solutions with easy navigation, along with rich marketing handouts for partners to acquire. Partners can also follow various sales promotions on the platform.

Energize business with value-added services

Inheriting from Hik-ProConnect, Hik-Partner Pro enables remote device configuration and maintenance. It further allows security installers to provide value-added service packages to their customers, such as device health monitoring and timely online support.

Further extend abilities with pro-skills and tools

The available “how-to” guides will further assist partners’ daily work with installation knowhow, while the security tools can also help partners better serve their customers, such as selecting suitable products and making customized quotations for their customers. All in the palm of their hand.

Hikvision unveils the industry’s first True 8K NVRs

Hikvision unveils the security industry’s first “True 8K” NVRs that support video recording, storage, transferring, decoding and output of up to 8K super-high-resolution images. The new M-series NVRs can be used with a host of Hikvision cameras, and are ideal for environments where a wide field of view, and extremely high image resolution is needed.

The “True 8K” storage, transferring, decoding and output

After years of technical accumulation and innovation, Hikvision has comprehensively upgraded and optimized both the software and hardware of the M-series NVR. These NVRs are equipped with an 8-core 64-bit high-performance SOC chip and high-capacity DDR4 memory kits, which provide full guarantee for “True 8K” functionalities.

8K video access & storage

The powerful hardware performance of the M-series provides a stable guarantee for 8K video access. In the meantime, enabled with the innovative dynamic cache technology, the devices are able to adjust the cache required by each channel as per highconcurrency and high bit rate video stream. Being able to effectively adjust the dynamic application, the entire device’s performance is improved, making it able to achieve efficient storage for 8K video stream.

8K video decoding

Featured with a high-performance codec core that supports up to 32x 1080p @ 30fps, the devices can efficiently decode 8K real-time streams for two channels at the same time, enabling smooth live view and playback.

8K video transfer

The built-in high I frame rate port forwarding optimization technology not only ensures the data integrity, but also improves the transferring efficiency of the 8K code stream, effectively reducing frame loss and delay.

8K video output

The new series adopts the HDMI2.1 interface, which supports an output resolution as high as 8K (7680x4320)/30HZ.

An all-encompassing “True 8K” solution from the front end to the back end

With the M-series NVRs launched, Hikvision is extending its “True 8K” solutions from front end products such as cameras and LED displays to back end devices, offering customers an extremely clear and detailed visual experience in all kinds of scenarios.

The “True 8K” NVRs can be used with a wide range of Hikvision’s cameras to meet users’ specific needs of various situations. Combined with fisheye cameras, panoramic cameras, TandemVu, and many other cameras, the devices are fit to be used in both indoor and outdoor spaces such as public halls, squares, stadiums, stations, etc., where wider angle of view, and sharper, more detailed images are required.

System stability and data safety

To ensure high-level system stability and data safety, the M-series NVRs are equipped with an embedded file system that helps to increase productivity for data management tasks, a 1+1 redundant power supply to provide load balancing, reduce pressure, and increase service life, as well as a “dual system” to avoid data loss and guarantee the reliability of the storage system.

Ease of use and simple installation

To ensure ease of use and simple installation, the 2/4/8/16-bay models of the M-series adopts 1U, 1.5U, 2U, and 3U chassis design. At the same time, the device’s hot dip galvanized coating makes it highly durable, and its versatile modular architecture ensures deployment flexibility. These design features bring about a lightweight, hassle-free, efficiently heat-dissipating device which can easily meet users’ evolving needs.

Wenson Zhou, a Product Director at Hikvision says, “The new M-series NVRs showcase Hikvision’s industry-leading technologies and innovations by offering superior-quality images of up to 8K super-high-resolution through an easy connection with a wide range of Hikvision cameras. These “True 8K” devices will enable users from all kinds of industries with the capacity to zoom into large scenes to view exact details without quality loss.”

Hikvision has launched a new range of eDVRs that use embedded solid state drive (eSSD) storage instead of HDD, delivering major improvements in stability and efficiencies vs. traditional DVRs. To understand the benefits of this ground-breaking eDVR range, we spoke to Hikvision product manager Min Ye.

Q: What is an eDVR and what makes it different from traditional DVRs?

A: The eDVR Series is Hikvision’s latest generation of DVRs. Its most distinguishing feature is that it uses eSSD storage. As you know, traditional DVRs use HDD drives, and by contrast, the new Hikvision eDVRs replace the mechanical moving parts of HDDs with eSSD chips. That makes them more stable, more energy efficient, more compact and more cost effective.

Q: Can you please explain more about the eSSD storage device?

A: Sure, eSSD is a highly compact, super-high performance storage chip that supports advanced software functionality with a high level of reliability. It combines two components – a ‘controller’ and a ‘nand’ – into a single, fully integrated solid-state chip unit. The highly integrated 128-layer 3D-NAND technology not only makes eSSD chips smaller in size, but also improves their memory capacity, heat dissipation, and overall electrical performance. Besides, as SSDs are embedded in the devices, users don’t need to worry about assembly, for the eDVRs arrive ready to use with no additional hard drive installation or assembly required. When it comes to video applications, and DVRs in particular, eSSD reduces the size of the storage chip overall, while also delivering major performance gains.

Q: What do you think is the most special performance gain of using an eDVR?

A: My favourite part is that they are more sustainable than the traditional DVRs. The eDVR Series uses a single eSSD chip instead of HDD, which has multiple moving parts, such as rotating platters, spindles, and the drive actuator and drive head. This means the new eDVRs are much more durable, less vulnerable to falls and shocks, and require far less maintenance than competing solutions – helping to minimize negative environmental impacts. My favorite part is that they are more sustainable than the traditional DVRs. The eDVR Series uses a single eSSD chip instead of HDD, which has multiple moving parts, such as rotating platters, spindles, and the drive actuator and drive head. This means the new eDVRs are much more durable, less vulnerable to falls and shocks, and require far less maintenance than competing solutions – helping to minimize negative environmental impacts.

Equally importantly, using eSSD storage with no moving parts means that the new eDVRs use around 45% less energy than traditional DVRs. That saves around 45 Kilowatt-Hours (kWh) electricity per year. With this amount of electricity, a smartphone can be fully charged for 3000 times. In a time of energy shortage and electric price hikes, the energy efficiency of the eDVR can make a difference to the size of a business or a household’s electric bills.

To make this product even more eco-friendly, we use cardboard and degradable plastic materials to pack them, abandoning the conventional plastic packages and EPE foams.

Q: Does the eDVR Series have other innovative features?

A: Yes, eDVRs have superior coding efficiency, as they use the “scene adaptive bitrate control technology”, which automatically optimizes encoding for video footage. With this technology, higher ‘bitrates’ are assigned to footage with people or vehicles, providing high-resolution recordings of security events for later use. Likewise, ‘no action’ footage is assigned a much lower bitrate to maximize storage efficiency.

Aside from this, the eDVRs are able to support a range of advanced software features including motion detection which is based on Hikvision’s Motion Detection 2.0 technology. This distinguishes human beings and vehicles from other objects, allowing businesses and homeowners to respond quickly and effectively in the event of a security breach.

Q: What applications and scenarios are the new eDVRs designed for?

A: Basically, the use of eSSD storage for the eDVR series means that the devices themselves are far smaller than traditional HDD-powered DVRs. This means that they can be stored and shipped far more easily, and installed literally anywhere, from the top of a desk to a post or behind a cabinet. As well as saving space in this way, the devices are extremely simple to install, with no need for the cables or screws typically used to install HDD devices. This saves time for installers and end users, and significantly accelerates deployment of video-related projects of all types and sizes.

You see, these features make them great for both business and residential use. The eDVR Series’ cost-efficiency and simplicity to set up and use makes it accessible to SMB owners and residential users with no particular IT knowledge nor enough time and budget to elaborate a more complex security solution.

LED displays from Hikvision give a Dubai school auditorium the “wow factor”

In order to turn its auditorium into a multi-purpose venue, and to improve the general visual experience, Dubai’s GEMS Modern Academy replaced their legacy projection system with a massive LED wall from Hikvision. The renovated auditorium has become a popular venue for students, staff, and the community.

Challenge: Turning the school auditorium into a multi-purpose performance venue

With the numerous approaches to entertainment available today, and with audiences’ surging demand for rich, high-quality content display and immersive sound and video. As a result, venues such as showrooms, studios, auditoriums, and lecture halls are dabbling in a host of new technologies and applications to achieve the “wow factor” audiences are looking for.

GEMS Modern Academy is one of these venues. Offering

Curriculum to children from kindergarten to grade 12, GEMS is one of the top ten schools in Dubai. Its large auditorium holds 500 seats for school events and can be rented out for private events on weekends. Originally, the auditorium had a large projection screen on the stage to display presentations, images and videos. However, every element in the environment could take away from the image quality, from sunlight coming in through windows to the whiteness of the screen, the distance from the projector, the age of the system, and more.

Ritesh Dhanak, head of the IT team at GEMS Modern Academy said, “The projector system was not good enough with the ambient lighting. In order to create a better experience in our auditorium, and to pave the way for it to become a community hub, we need to do a complete upgrade to our live audio, stage lighting and visual display systems,” To achieve this, Mr. Dhanak worked with Almoe AV Systems, a renowned distributor and solutions provider of professional audio visual &

IT products in the UAE. Almoe helped the school to upgrade the auditorium’s touch control systems, matrix switchers, stage lighting, and speaker systems. For the most crucial part of the solution – the visuals – they worked with Hikvision to install a new LED display.

The solution: A massive Hikvision LED wall and movable LED side-walls LED displays offer many advantages, including flexibility and modularity. Therefore, the school decided to install a massive LED screen at a width of 12.48 meters, a height of 4.86 meters, and a pixel pitch of 2.5 mm at the center of the auditorium stage. The massive LED wall is made up of nine pieces of P2.5 Fine Pixel Pitch LED Display Units (DS-D4425FI-CAF). The wall delivers an outstanding color gamut and contrast ratio to create remarkably refined images.

For the setup, GEMS Modern Academy preferred to make the two sides of the screen removable to ensure flexibility on the stage, as well as to have multiple videos broadcasted on the screens simultaneously. Four smaller side-screens were designed to be 2 meters wide and 5 meters high, with a pixel pitch of 2.9 mm. They were installed on the two sides of the massive center screen. Each side-wall was composed of four P2.9 Indoor Rental LED Displays (DS-D4429RI-CAF). The two side-screens are used as backdrops, and can be easily removed when they are not needed.

The LED walls are managed using Hikvision’s Video Wall Controller (DS-C10S-S11T), which supports up to 3840 x 2160 resolution at 30 Hz from multiple signal sources (VGA, DVI, HDMI, SDI, YpbPr, DP, and HDBaseT). This enables the school faculty to easily manage multiple video and audio inputs and outputs.

The benefits: Excellent visual experience for audiences makes the auditorium a popular venue for students, staff, and the community

Hikvision’s LED wall has vastly improved the visual performance of lectures and events held at the auditorium. With an extremely bright and clear image displayed, the screen loses none of its sharpness, color, or coherence, even when viewed at an angle or when the auditorium is brightly lit. “The LED wall provides high-quality visuals, and is perfect for our large auditorium,” said Mr. Dhanak, “Unlike with the old system, we don’t have to dim the lights in the auditorium during lectures, presentations, or live performance, and this allows students to take notes, remain more attentive and, for remote viewers joining via web conferencing, see the auditorium clearly.”

In the end, the video wall displays excellent visuals, adapts to ambient lighting conditions, and offers unique flexibility with the removable side-walls. As a result, Hikvision’s LED display solution has turned the auditorium into a venue that fits all kinds of events. Since the LED screens have been installed, the school has hosted a large number of events at the auditorium, such as school lectures, stage plays, and musical performance. In addition, the venue has also been rented out for many private events such as public presentations and speeches.

Impressively, the venue has also been used to host a TED Talk, one of the most popular lecture platforms in the world. Mr. Dhanak concluded, “With a large multipurpose auditorium providing such excellent visual experience to the audience, events at GEMS Modern Academy are now on a different level and our auditorium is a much sought after event space in the community.”

Partner is a pillar of success in business as well as in life

1. Why Hikvision partners with Technology Partners?

Hikvision partners with Technology Partners to leverage their expertise in providing customers with comprehensive solutions, personalized technical support, analysis-driven insights, and access to the latest advancements in technology industry. Having partners that can offer vetted hardware, software and components allows Hikvision and partners to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to scalable high resolution security solutions. Furthermore, the combined network of certified professionals provides convenient access to expertise precisely tailored to each customer’s individual needs. By working together with Technology Partners, Hikvision is able to better ensure that customers are provided with efficient end-to-end solutions that meet all application requirements and business needs.

2. Who can apply and what is the process?

When Hikvision announced its open-to-all infrastructure approach, we truly meant it. We have minimal limitations and boundaries on who can benefit from being a Hikvision partner, as long as companies have the necessary R&D capabilities, their proposed solution adds value, the solution and the partner comply with local and global laws and regulations, and they can commit to sharing resources under a non-disclosure agreement. We welcome all to join our partner program and ascend through partner levels as they grow with Hikvision.

3. What benefits do Technology Partners get from the integration and partnership?

The integration of technology partners with Hikvision is a significant advantage that partners can enjoy. In the modern age, businesses are using technology to drive innovation, automate processes, save time, and reduce costs. This integration results in improved collaboration, communication, and even increased productivity.

Overall, the integration of technology has a number of advantages that business partners can take advantage of, to name a few:

• Access to a wide range of technology hardware.

• Access to thousands of existing solutions.

• Access to one of the biggest R&D support teamcglobally.

• Global marketing reach.

• Guaranteed market reach.

• Opportunity to grow business.

• Availability of several programs that covers different partner needs.

• Once a partner reaches to the HEOP integration level, the partner can enjoy the access to products that is manufactured & customized for their needs.

By leveraging these advantages, partners can ensure maximum efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

Pixselect flourishes with Hikvision integration

What are PIXSelect t key offering and what makes it special?

PIXSelect is a technology company, founded in 2017, PIXSelect is one of the pioneers in the Artificial Intelligence field; producing software products combined with hardware. Our aim is to give all companies `Workflow Excellence by their CCTV`s which is powered by AI`. PIXSelect has distribution globally in USA, Australia, UK & Europe and MENA regions across the globe. Our company has solutions for companies working in Finance, Retail & Logistics. According to PIXSelect, every company has an operation that has workflow; and every company uses CCTV for security.

We turn these security systems into `Operational CCTV` meaning smarter CCTV with our cutting edge Artificial Intelligence Technology.

Our focus is on this workflow process, so our platform is giving our customers to use their CCTV not only for live monitoring or record viewing; but also they will use for their operation with refined and meaningful data to solve these workflow problems.

How did Hikvision help PIXSelect to advance in business?

Hikvision Is also leading pioneer of the CCTV sector, and manufacturing hardware continuously. We see that Hikvision has the same vision and offerings as we as PIXSelect; to make CCTV smarter.

In recent years, we have developed solutions together with Hikvision Team and this made us a Technology Partner with them.

As a Technology Partner Hikvision helps to advance in 2 ways. First, Hikvision produced a platform which enabled PIXSelect and other technology partners, to improve smart CCTV concept and makes it easy to deploy solutions combined with Hikvision` s cutting edge AI cameras.

Secondly, Hikvision has a high potential to reach different areas in the world. As a technology partner, PIXSelect will have the opportunity to access this potential to advance in business and to enter in different markets.

What are your expectations for integration with Hikvision in the next 3-5 years?

As PIXSelect we are fully integrated with Hikvision hardware products. Also we integrated our AI algorithms and embed them into Hikvision hardware. This will bring us to change the edge cameras into smart AI cameras. We believe that in the next 3-5 years this business will change AI business direction to edge computing. This will change the business and CCTV concept; we are glad that we will help in transforming this change with Hikvision. We really thank Hikvision team partnering with us. We will continuously develop more AI products to help businesses in this transformation together.

MOU between Hikvision and Ajman Municipality

MOU between Hikvision and Ajman Transport

MOU between Hikvision and Future Tech

MOU between Hikvision and Naizak

MOU between Hikvision and Tetco

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MOU between Hikvision and SIRA

MOU between Hikvision and Tahakom

MOU between Hikvision and Ministry of Interior

Hikvision and Ministry of Interior, Department of Intelligent Services are delighted to announce a mutual agreement to set up an R&D lab at MOI premises, in order to develop solutions that would benefit the people and keep them safe in the UAE. We are very honored with this milestone and we look forward to a safer and a smarter future.

Hikvision and Moro

MOU

Hikvision signed Memorandum of Understanding with Moro Hub in the presence of Bisnon Xu President Hikvision MENA and Mohammad bin Suleiman CEO Moro Hub.

MOU between Hikvision and Safe

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Hikvision and the National Security Services Company (SAFE I سيف ), the leading security service provider in the region, in the presence of the National Security Services Company CEO, Turki Bin Matooq AlThonayan and Hikvision MENA President, Binson Xu.

Hikvision and SecureTech

MOU

The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Hikvision, in the presence of General Manager UAE Tate Wu and SecureTech in the presence of Founder and CEO Dr. Abdulla Al Nuaimi.

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Hikvision introduces new Pro series PTZ cameras with ColorVu

The integrated ColorVu technology and varifocal lens within the camera guarantees that image brightness and full color always remain consistent as the camera zooms in and out

Sep. 8, 2022 Hikvision today announces new additions to its Pro series PTZ cameras, including the integration of ColorVu technology for the first time in this range. With ColorVu, Hikvision’s new Pro series cameras can provide consistent image brightness and full color imaging as the camera zooms in and out. This ensures crystal-clear details and vivid color for distant objects at all times and in all conditions.

Revolutionary “ColorVu + Varifocal” integration

Traditional PTZ cameras often struggle to ensure that images remain bright and clear when they zoom in, especially in low light conditions. This is because the lens aperture gets smaller when operators increase the focal length, reducing the light entering the lens and thereby impacting the clarity of images.

One way to solve this issue is to adjust the size of the aperture as the focal length changes, so that a consistent amount of light can enter the lens. With Hikvision ColorVu technology, a very large fixed aperture is used in the Pro series varifocal PTZ cameras, enabling consistent light and color for imaging as the camera zooms in or out at night.

The new PTZ cameras’ fixed F1.2 lens aperture allows as much as 14x more light to enter the lens compared to conventional PTZ units. This same capability also ensures vivid and full-color imaging in light conditions as low as 0.0005 lux: or nearly total darkness. The result is bright and colored images, even in extremely low light conditions or at night.

The camera also has a warm supplemental LED light that further illuminates the field of vision, allowing objects and events to be captured in full color within 100-meter range.

Further increasing security capabilities with AcuSense

In addition to ColorVu, Hikvision Pro series cameras have also been equipped with AcuSense technology, which distinguishes between real security threats and harmless moving objects such as animals, falling leaves, and changing lights.

This smart classification capability means that alarms are only triggered in the event of real security threats. In such cases, the PTZ lens follows the detected threats and sends automated alerts to home or business owners, security teams, or Alarm Receiving Centers (ARCs).

The ability to detect real security threats in real time, and to reduce false alarms, means that security end users and teams can respond to security incidents quickly and effectively and minimize negative impacts. This is especially vital for protecting site perimeters, key entrances and exits, and other restricted areas.

Boosting retail performance: 4 ways smart video can help

In today’s tough markets, retailers need to maximize a huge number of performance KPIs to remain competitive. The good news is that smart video can shine new light on performance across a wide range of operational processes, helping retailers make improvements that drive sales, minimize losses from shrinkage, and strengthen the bottom line, says Andrew Martin, Retail & Logistics Lead at Hikvision UK and Ireland.

Retailers constantly monitor a huge variety of performance KPIs, from footfall in store, to sales per square foot, sales per member of staff, conversion rates, and overall revenue growth. Driving performance across all these KPIs – and many more besides –depends on in-depth knowledge of customer needs and preferences, great product selection, optimal picking and stocking processes, and the ability to minimize shrinkage across the supply chain.

Of course, analysis of data from the POS and a wide range of other systems is key for understanding and addressing the root causes of performance issues. However, rapid innovation in the field of smart video technology is now providing an additional layer of performance insights that are helping retailers differentiate their in-store experiences, boost their conversion rates, and – ultimately – to differentiate their brands in the marketplace.

Specifically, smart video allows retailers to improve their operations in four key ways.

Boost sales performance with optimized product placement

Smart video allows retailers to see which areas of the store customers visit most often, and to understand which products are the best sellers. These two critical insights support far better product placement and merchandizing. Locating the most popular products in footfall ‘hotspots’ in this way means that customers can find the goods they want more quickly and easily, leading to greater overall sales revenues. What’s more, the opportunity to cross-sell related products is also increased, leading to an incremental sales uplift.

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Optimize the store layout to maximize conversion

With smart video, store managers can see, in vivid detail, how customers move around the store, and how the layout of aisles, fixtures, and in-store advertising can be optimized to improve the customer experience and drive conversion. Traditional data analytics can take retailers part of the way in terms of understanding in-store journeys, dwell times, and queuing times. By contrast, video data gives a clear and immediate view of the store, making it simple to understand and address issues that could impact sales performance. These range from poorly positioned displays, fixtures, and kiosks, to poorly placed in-store advertising or signage.

Ensure that the products customers want are constantly available

For all retailers, balancing customer service and routine tasks, such as shelf-filling, is a major challenge. With smart video, an alert can be generated in real time if stock levels for a particular product are low, allowing teams to restock shelves or displays quickly. Analysis of video data can also help stores to understand stock levels in store, and to communicate picking requests to distribution centers, ensuring that products always arrive in a timely manner in store, and always available for customers based on ‘just-in-time’ delivery best practices.

Minimize shrinkage to prevent losses and drive the bottom line

While driving sales revenues is the central KPI for retail performance, even a small reduction in shrinkage due to shoplifting can also have a major positive impact on the bottom line. Smart video solutions offer unique advantages in this area, generating alerts in the event of customers leaving the store with products from the store, without having made a payment.

This is particularly valuable in semi-attended and unattended retail environments, where the majority of customers use self-checkout terminals to pay for their products before leaving the store.

How Hikvision can help retailers increase performance

Hikvision smart video solutions provide a range of insights that support better decision making and performance outcomes. From helping store managers to optimize product placement and merchandizing, to minimizing out of stock items and preventing shrinkage, Hikvision solutions give our customers the edge in today’s competitive multi-channel retail landscape.

Technology and the future of education in the GCC

A recent conference hosted by Hikvision saw a vibrant discussion on how the latest technology trends are impacting the education sector and how it fared in the past years. Industry experts, academics and ICT heads from schools and universities participated in the conference

How quickly are K-12 and higher education institutions in the GCC moving towards smart education? What are the critical issues affecting their digital transformation journey? Are students, teachers and parents ready for digital transformation? These and other aspects were the center of discussions at the day-long conference on the ‘Future of Education in the GCC’ hosted by Hikvision.

The new platform that was created, saw participation from a diverse group of academics, information and communications technology (ICT) heads, and experts from the education sector.

Hikvision already hosted 2 editions, one in the UAE, which took place in September and second edition in KSA, which took place in December.

Smart classrooms, smart campus and smart curriculum are the future of education, and technology adoption have fundamentally changed the way we do things, said Dr. Fahem Al Nuiami, CEO of Ankabut.

Speakers also explored the role of Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine learning (ML) and its impact on education.

At the event, Hikvision also showcased several of its smart classroom solutions such as Digital Teaching Tools such as Built-in Whiteboard with built in browser, 20 touch points and smooth interface; Wireless Projection and various other education solutions supporting remote learning, multiclassroom learning and central management.

Commenting on the future of technology, Rasol Al Saidat, Director of IT, University of Sharjah said they are moving into a digital campus “where everything is automated and all the services are online.”As with other industries and sectors, Technology and Education is here to stay. And the race is on to understand how to best deploy and implement the vast number of tools, software and technology to continue to deliver quality and quantitative knowledge in the new normal.

We live in a new digital era, once foretold is coming in a near future. From how we manage and deliver knowledge, everything has changed and there is no turning back. The big question at the panel

discussion was, are we all ready? Are teachers, educators, parents and teachers ready for the new age of digital disruption in the education industry?

This new regional platform hosted by Hikvision creates a full-floor workshop for industry leaders and experts in education to deliberate on how education is changing in the region and how government and institutions can take advantage of innovative solutions to remain competitive in the knowledge economy. The workshop moderated by Ahmad Bakri, Partnerships and Alliances manager, Hikvision MENA, interacted with each guest and discussed a collaborative insights and opinions what the future holds in the education sector and how we can implement digital transformation in the areas of teaching.

The next conference, as part of the series, will be held in Qatar. The sessions and discussions will focus on digital transformation, trends and challenges and solutions in education, giving an opportunity to share the views from several cities in the regional from different schools, universities and authorities.

Hikvision announces partnership with Evercam to drive efficiency for construction projects

Hikvision announces a collaboration with Evercam, a construction time-lapse and project management software developer, to provide a joint solution that can help construction companies optimize performance and minimize risk on their large projects.

Evercam software gives construction managers an insight of what is actually happening on project sites, at any time. They can see how a project is progressing, providing crucial information to help them manage the project. For example, they can see how much earth has been removed, or if a delivery has been made, for themselves. They can also see how construction is progressing and, in general, what status the building project has reached.

The software uses Hikvision AIoT cameras and NVRs because they provide very high-resolution footages to capture what happens on site, like the 4K AcuSense Strobe Light and Audible Warning Varifocal Camera that is ideal for the Evercam solution. The solution also makes use of the AI features in the cameras, such as ANPR (license-plate recognition) and people counting.

Evercam integrates information from video feeds into its ‘4D BIM plan’, a 3D CAD plan for a construction project that includes a timeline and key milestones. This gives a clear view of how the project is advancing compared to the delivery schedule.

“We see the construction industry becoming more and more digitalized, which is a great opportunity for our partnership with Hikvision”, says Marco Herbst, Evercam’s CEO. “Because Hikvision has a large range of products, we are able to continue expanding our capabilities quickly. Hikvision is also driving innovation in the intelligent camera space, and we are excited to incorporate even higher-resolution, smarter cameras with even more AI features in our solution in the future.”

“Now part of the Hikvision Technology Partner Program, Evercam is working with a large range of Hikvision products incorporated into its solution for construction companies worldwide”, says Adler Wu, Global Technology Partner Alliance Manager at Hikvision. “This is a good practical example of how Hikvision innovation can be a key component in AIOT solutions that provide real value in high stakes industries, such as construction.”

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