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1 - Broadband Stand - SMT magazine
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3 - Signals in the stream - SMT article

BROADBAND STAND
From SMT magazine June 2006

In recent months, SMT has served as the fulcrum for a largely theoretical debate on the perceived merits and disbenefits of using IP-based alarm monitoring solutions. Now, solutions provider WebWayOne has teamed up with installer Kings Security in completing a major IP systems roll-out for Dixons Stores Group outlets right across the UK and Ireland. Has the result justified the end user's brave decision to 'go IP'?
Brian Sims investigates.

Not surprisingly, Bill Briggs - the head of security for Dixons Stores Group (DSG) International - brought his company's disaster recovery plans into action seven months ago when the Buncefield Oil Terminal blast rocked Hertfordshire to its core. Dixons' Head Office, you see, is but a stone's throw from the site, sitting proudly on Maylands Avenue in the heart of Hemel Hempstead's Industrial Park.

Although there was “extensive damage” to the Dixons buildings when the blast occurred in the small hours of 11 December, sound contingency planning meant the company was soon up-and-running without any disruption to customers and supply chain partners alike...

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