Warrington Collegiate offers a wide variety of academic, vocational and business courses for more than 7,000 students. In 2008, the £27 million re-development of the Winwick Road campus provided the opportunity to upgrade the IT infrastructure with a converged Next Generation Network from ntl:Telewest Business. To help reduce the threat of crime and provide a safe environment for staff, students and visitors ntl:Telewest Business recommended an advanced IP CCTV surveillance solution from partners Controlware.
Nick Smeltzer, Deputy Director of Information & IT is more than impressed with the solution delivered by ntl:Telewest Business and Controlware saying “ I am impressed with the professionalism, dedication and technical competence of the ntl:Telewest Business and Controlware teams who have delivered the college more than we anticipated at the outset of this project”
Based on Controlware’s powerful Cware management platform the advanced solution also includes video transmission and recording for 50 cameras across campus. Cware enables college operators to view and control any camera as well as transmit video to CCTV monitors, initiate high-resolution on-demand recordings and manage all alarms. Operators are also able to easily search recorded video to review and bookmark key events. For evidential purposes watermarked video can be exported from the system to an external source such as a CD, DVD or external hard drive.
“The IP CCTV system is flexible, easy to use and delivers exceptional image quality. With the necessary permissions CCTV can be monitored from multiple locations both on and off campus. The system can also easily be extended by adding new cameras or storage hardware because Cware is an open management platform, this means we are not tied into a single video manufacturer” continues Smeltzer.