With more than 60 Seminars and educational tracks, over 100 exhibiting companies on hand to demonstrate their equipment and more than 250 manufacturers and solution providers represented, IIPSEC stands alone as a dedicated security and life safety technology event.

Hot topics for 2008 where mega pixel technologies, wireless & mobile transmission, security management systems and integrated solutions. It is clear that as an industry, adding value to traditional security and surveillance systems is a must and will become even more important as end-user requirements become more sophisticated.

Although Video-over-IP has a way to go before it becomes mainstream it is obvious that converged or integrated solutions that include access control, intruder and fire detection, CCTV and audio provide huge benefits across the board. Joined up Security, Life Safety and BMS solutions makes sense and this was born out by the "IP in Security Innovation Award" winning project - Wembley Stadium a truly converged solution.

One of the most significant trends at this year's event has been the increase in attendance, both as visitors and seminar delegates, of security consultants. This important group see IIPSEC as a valuable opportunity to keep up with the latest solutions and learn more about emerging technologies.

The IP in Security Awards scheme is a unique opportunity for companies to take up the challenge and prove that new and innovative IP based security products or services can meet the demands of today's new breed of solution providers and end-users.

The winners this year were announced at the IIPSEC Party Night at the Coventry Hilton on the Wednesday of IIPSEC week. The dinner attended by more than 160 key industry members and media gave the winning products unrivalled exposure on the evening.

The quality of the entries to this non-sponsored event were as high as ever and the independent judges who are drawn from all aspects of the industry found it extremely difficult to separate the winners in the three technology categories (hardware, software and applications) and the overall winner. Also for the second year running the membership of the IP UserGroup nominated and voted for the recipient of the IP UserGroup Award which was fiercely contested.

The winners:

IIPSEC Innovation Award Winner
Honeywell Building Systems - for the Wembley Stadium (WNSL) project.

Winner Hardware Category
CIEFFE - NETTUNO MegaDome PTZ Camera

Winner Software Category
Salent - Monitoring Centre Software

Winner - Application Category
Honeywell Building Systems - Wembley Stadium (WNSL)

IP UserGroup Membership Award
Axis Communication - 212 PTZ