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Stronger together
In the global fight against sexual child abuse, it is essential that information is shared. By adding notes to images and videos, law enforcement agencies with access to this information are able to more quickly attain results – especially if images that have previously been viewed do not have to be viewed and analysed again. This means more time is available for the… Read more »
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“You can’t tell from the outside,” is how the local Frisian broadcaster Omrop Fryslân describes the ZiuZ offices in Gorredijk. And that’s simply because it’s not the outside that matters.
Gerrit Baarda, founder and CEO at ZiuZ explains what does matter and why he set up the company. A look through the windows at ZiuZ, the recent developments in… Read more »
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Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten is intensifying the pursuit of producers of child pornography. Frisian company ZiuZ is helping by providing the investigation software.
The police are regular visitors to the men at ZiuZ. When Gerrit Baarda started his one-man company at the turn of the… Read more »
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On 13 & 14 October, ZiuZ organised its annual reseller's meeting in Gorredijk, the Netherlands. Present were Wolfram Klos (Responsible for sales in Germany), Martin Bernoulli (Eurebis, Switserland), Peter Swedberg (Zetstor, Sweden) & Chrisitan Almstedt (Optical Storage, Sweden) and of course ZiuZ.
The upcoming release of VizX2 was the main subject during the first day. VizX2… Read more »
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Optical Storage, a Scandinavian niche distributor with offices in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark has acquired ZetStor Data AB, a dedicated supplier of forensic products. Optical
Storage Group turnover in 2010 was approximately 20MUSD. The parent company, the
Norwegian Optical Storage A / S, which next year celebrates its 30th anniversary has
introduced a series of innovation in… Read more »
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It’s arrived!
The first beta-version of VizX2 was recently demonstrated during the INTERPOL Specialist Group on Crimes against Children meeting in Lyon. It was an apprehensive moment as we waited to see if ZiuZ’s ideas would match the needs of the international police services. One of the messages of the conference was the importance of victim identification and viewing… Read more »
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The National Child Abuse Database project was launched in 2008 by the Dutch National Police Services Agency. Its aim is to develop a high-quality database of known and classified images that will eliminate the need for images to be re-viewed when found in new vice cases. Previous newsletters have already covered the development of the database.
A secure network connection is one of the… Read more »
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On 5, 6, and 7 September, ZiuZ attended the 29th meeting of the INTERPOL Specialist Group on Crimes against Children as guest speaker. This international meeting aims to facilitate the exchange of information on technology, science and investigations in the fight against child sexual abuse. For ZiuZ, it’s an important event for gaining insights into where the international focus lies in… Read more »
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AVACS, the Automatic Video Compilation and Analysis System, was developed by TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) for the effective analysis of surveillance videos. The product was created on the basis of demands and requirements from the field and is similar to VizXview except that it focuses solely on surveillance. As VizXview is also used by some police forces… Read more »
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Copying hard drives for forensic investigation takes time – time that is often spent by specialised investigators who are actually over-qualified for such work. The time they spend on such technical procedures is time that could have been spent in applying their knowledge to actual research and investigation.
ZiuZ’s DiscoverX-HD automates these repetitive, technical… Read more »