Here at RedHand, things are always on the move with new products, new services or new commisions.

Take a look at some of the highlights of our business over the past few months.

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June 2008

The latest release of VisionIP is available.

Viewer (V6.0)

Manager (V6.0)

December 2007   Redhand to the Rescue!  

We are pleased to announce the launch of CommandIP the software for a Rapid Deployment Camera System that has been developed specifically for Primetech (UK) Ltd. It provides speedy access to high quality, live video and audio that is streamed securely from the scene of an Emergency Incident and supplies Incident Commanders with ‘virtual eyes’ to help them to make quicker and better decisions. CommandIP is a unique, IP-based software package which has been developed to provide the control and ‘vision’ needed to successfully manage a remote incident. Multiple cameras can viewed and the PTZ functions controlled from a single screen in the command centre.

September 2007   Wireless in Wotton

For some time, Wotton-under-Edge Town Council in the Cotswolds have been looking for a CCTV system that would be able to cope with the geographical and historical restrictions of the tall Georgian buildings and sloping, narrow streets of the town centre and still be cost effective. Installing a conventional cabled system would be expensive and so after much deliberation and consultation, we decided that the best option would be to offer them a wireless version of VisionIP that would deliver high quality video at a very competitive price. We have installed 2 cameras in the Civic Centre and a further 7 mega pixel, day/night cameras monitoring the main car parks and streets. The Council have been extremeley pleased with the quality and definition of the recorded images.

August 2007   Chilworth Manor Hotel

One of our earliest customers that installed a system in April 2005, have just completed an extension and refurbishment project. We have upgraded the CCTV system and installed 2 additional cameras in the new leisure complex.

May 2007   Back to School

Education continues to be our main market place and our latest customer is Dean Close School, a local co-educational day and boarding school that provides continuity of education for pupils aged from 2-18. The school was founded in 1886 and is situated in 56 acres of parkland near the centre of Cheltenham. This is a large site, both in terms of geographical area and numbers of cameras. Our VisionIP system is supporting a total of 46 x IP cameras to provide general grounds security and 24 hour protection for the boarding houses. This CCTV system also covers their modern Sports Centre, which is open to the general public.  

We must be doing something right as yet another customer has installed additional cameras to enhance the coverage of our CCTV system. The National Star College asked us to position another 2 external cameras to beef up the security outside the residential accomodation at Overton House in Cheltenham.  

Spring 2007   Something old, something new

At the end of January one of our existing clients, Deer Park School in Cirencester extended their CCTV system by installing 2 additional internal cameras to monitor the main corridor areas. In March we increased our presence in Cirencester when Tindirect Ltd a global provider of business to business IT hardware solutions, selected our VisionIP CCTV system. A total of 7 mega pixel IP cameras are being used to secure and manage their warehousing and office complex.

December 2006   The old year is certainly is certainly ending with a bang, rather than going out with a whimper. This month has seen the launch of an exciting new product, IntruderIP our smart, Internet-based CCTV system for Monitoring Centres and we have moved into new offices at one of our customer's sites - Bond's Mill Estate at Stonehouse.

November 2006   Kingsmead School in Cheltenham was one of the first local schools to install our CCTV system, back in 2004 and they have extended the coverage by contracting us to install another nine cameras.   

September 2006  Introducing mega pixel cameras - great images!

This month saw a major event in our company's brief history, when

we installed our first mega pixel IP cameras at Berkeley Town Council. The latest version of VisionIP supports this technology, which has become a familiar feature of our mobile phones and the system captures images and records them at the full megapixel resolution! Three high quality cameras are providing security at the Berkeley Sports Pavilion, which has recently been extended and refurbished.

July 2006    Consolidation  

In keeping with many other sectors, the Summer months are not always the best time for new business in our industry. But, we are pleased that we managed to consolidate our position by extending our systems on several of our customer's sites. Happy Days Nurseries in cooperation with Cornwall County Council have fiited another 3 cameras at each of the new Children's Centres attached to their Falmouth and Redruth nurseries.

National Star College have installed five cameras at another of their sites at Elizabeth House in Gloucester, that provides accomodation for physically disabled students. Naturally, the security and well being of these students is a concern and the VisionIP system’s low network bandwidth requirements, allows images from these sites to be captured and stored on the PC at the main site at Ullenwood via the 2Mb Internet connection, as well as the usual monitoring of live images.

June 2006   Far away in the West

At the end of May our Celtic connection received a welcome boost when we

were successful in winning the contract to provide a CCTV system for a new luxury holiday village at Portreath in West Cornwall. Gwel an Mor Holiday

Village is situated on the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic and our VisionIP system

is providing important site security as building and development work continues. Providing remote monitoring via the Internet of the 7 cameras, proved to be an important requirement.                      

May 2006   Spring has sprung!

A quiet start to the new year, but the arrival of Spring coincided with a raised level of interest in our products and some new business from a previously untapped vertical market.

National Star College is located in Gloucestershire and is an independent specialist residential college working with learners who have physical disabilities and associated learning difficulties. Concerned about the ease of access, in March they opted for a small 3 camera system to monitor the entrance and car parks at their Ullenwood site. April saw us involved in the installation of a 23 camera system at Deer Park School in Cirencester. This is a very large, open site and we implemented the VisionIP system on their existing IT infrastructure using a VLAN.

Later that month we installed a 5 camera solution at Racing Club, Warwick, a football club founded for the veterans returning from the Great War in 1919. They moved into the existing site in the late 60's and the club is now used for a wide variety of additional activities. RedHand's VisionIP system was chosen for its excellent picture quality and is used to monitor the bar area and liquor store.

November 2005   New work during the Autumn

We have been extremely busy over the Autumn period. Prince Henry High School in Evesham have installed a new all weather pitch and have an additional 6 IR cameras, fed via a new fibre optic cable laid as part of the build. The 4 pavillion cameras some distance away are fed via a wireless LAN connection. The cameras from the school's old system have now been integrated into the RedHand software allowing the removal of the large monitiors and VCR equipment. This has enabled a distributed viewing facility throughout the network on laptop computers held by key staff. The school now has 25 cameras.

The excellent working relationship between ourselves and Cornwall’s premier nursery operator Happy Days Day Nurseries, continues to develop very successfully and a further two sites were equipped with SafeGuard during November. The new facility at Truro College is the first purpose built nursery in the county and has been designed to provide a first class, secure environment. We have also put our system into another new nursery at Falmouth and installed 3 additional cameras in the nursery at Redruth, which had recently been extended.

Maxwell Place, a new residential/commercial development in the centre of Bishops Cleeve has selected VisionIP as an integral part of its security systems. A remote monitoring facility has also been installed which operates via the Internet.

Heygate Mills in Northampton has enlarged their existing system with the addition of four cameras.