Delhi Police selects Barco for city’s first C4I Surveillance Center
New Delhi, 18 August 2010 – HCL Security Ltd. – a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems, India's premier systems integration company – has chosen Barco to be the visualization partner in a prestigious project to set up a new C4i (Command, Control, Communication, Computing and Intelligence) center in Delhi. The project, due to be completed this month, is to provide a highly sophisticated surveillance system for communication with Delhi patrol officers during the Commonwealth Games 2010.
“We selected Barco for its state-of-the-art solution, advanced technology and local service and support. We appreciate Barco's quick response and efforts to execute this project on time, and we look forward to working on more projects with them in the future,” said Mr. Rothin Bhattacharya, CEO, HCL Security Ltd.The C4i center will benefit from Barco's latest LED-based technology, consisting of sixteen 50” display cubes along with two 46” Narrow-bezel LCD monitors and the state-of-the-art control room management suite. Nearly 1000 police control room (PCR) vans, 12 police video monitoring vehicles and 700 other monitoring vehicles are to be linked to the center. Live feeds from cameras will be displayed at the center, and threat information – color-coded in red, yellow or green, according to the severity of the threat – will be flashed across the screens. Any suspicious movement, or an emergency, will be spotted at the center and relayed to the local police.
“Barco's technology is being used to ensure the safety of people in more than 100 metropolitan areas throughout the world. We are proud and honored to contribute to the safety of Delhi during the Commonwealth Games 2010,” said Mr. Nalin Advani, Managing Director, Barco India.
About HCL Security Ltd.
Part of the $5 billion HCL Enterprise, HCL Security Ltd. focuses on key verticals of homeland security (city security, border security, and coastal security), critical infrastructure (airports, mass transport, power, shipping ports, and oil pipelines), and enterprise security. The company provides a set of customized world-class solutions that leverage technology to create an Integrated Security Framework for government, infrastructure, and business organizations.
About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3300 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 638 million euro in 2009.
