ShiftWatch(R) Digital Mobile Surveillance System Video Survives Bomb Explosion Test12 October 2005
A4S Security, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SWAT; ArcaEx) announced today the results of the impact of a bomb
explosion test on the company's ShiftWatch(R) Transportation Video
Surveillance (TVS) system. The results demonstrated the capability of the TVS
system to withstand a simulated terrorist explosion and successfully provide
readable data and video of the event.
A team of explosive experts from the Larimer County (Colorado) Sheriff's
Department conducted a controlled explosion at their practice range facility,
subjecting two of A4S's systems to explosions similar to those used in the
London and Spain terrorists bombing attacks. The ShiftWatch(R) system was
designed with two types of storage to provide redundancy-an internal hard
drive and a digital tape drive to provide critical backup support. This
removable digital tape storage configuration also has a number of economic,
shelf life and transportation advantages. As a result of the explosion, the
internal hard drive and associated power and control components were destroyed
while the digital tape in both units survived and all data and video on the
digital tape was intact.
"The test results were extraordinary," said Michael Siemens, President of
A4S, who was on hand to witness and document the explosion. "The internal
disk-based hard drive was rendered useless, while the Sony(R) Advanced
Intelligent Tape(TM) (AIT) digital tape, when subsequently placed in the
ShiftWatch(R) Video Command Center, played the recorded video and audio data
up to within six seconds of the blast."
"The test verified our theory that the use of a hard drive alone for
recording data would not have survived to document the pre-blast events for
investigation of an incident," said Siemens. "The results clearly document
the benefits of our redundant recording system during a terrorist event or
other disaster in numerous Homeland Security or other federal and state
government situations. To our knowledge virtually all other digital mobile
surveillance solutions currently sold in the market place are based on hard
disk recording devices alone," he added.
"This type of real world testing demonstrates the increased durability
that Sony's removable tape storage products provide over solid state disk
drives," said Alan Sund, general manager for tape storage solutions in Sony
Electronics Component and Business Solutions Division. "We are pleased that
our AIT tape storage technology enables such secure applications and real
world solutions, as we have invested years of research and development in our
Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) media to provide industry-leading products
with superior durability and reliability."
A4S Security, Inc. develops and markets the ShiftWatch(R) product line of
mobile digital video surveillance solutions for public transportation, law
enforcement and general security applications. The company's full motion,
high resolution video system utilizes patent pending video streaming
technology and GPS synchronization capabilities to provide agencies with data
security and reliability. The company's open, standards based architecture,
facilitates interoperability, easing management of information and
communication complexities and leveraging customers' investment in the future.
Editor's Note: For additional information about A4S Security and
ShiftWatch (Nasdaq: SWAT; ArcaEx) solutions, call 1-888-825-0247 or visit
http://www.shiftwatch.com. For more information regarding Sony AIT tape technology,
readers can call 1-866-335-SONY.
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Company's products, technological developments and adverse changes in market
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to update publicly any forward-looking statements. The contents of this
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statements contained in the Company's recent filings with the SEC.
Contact: Pat O'Connor
Marketing Communications Specialist
A4S Security, Inc. (970) 461-0071
Source: PR Newswire
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