Luxury food and drink hampers, an online quiz and prizes were among the attractions at a virtual gala evening for Dahua Technology’s Key Installation Partners, last Thursday evening, November 26.
Held online this year due to the pandemic and streamed from Dahua’s Innovation Centre in Maidenhead (pictured), the event celebrated the best in technology, applications and customer service. Almost 240 people took part.
Sponsored by the data storage product manufacturer Seagate, the evening began with James Wang, General Manager of Dahua UK & Ireland, speaking on the theme of ‘Creating an AIoT Future Together’. He thanked partners, customers and colleagues for their efforts and achievements in 2020, which saw a 70 per cent growth in revenues for Dahua UK & Ireland.
Presentations followed from Simon Nash – about AIoT (which enables IoT devices to feature artificial intelligence – AI), growth in the industry and the company’s value creation strategy; and from Michael Lawrence, Marketing Director, on the Key Installation Partner Programme and the marketing activities supporting it. These include the launch of the Dahua Innovation Van engaging with partners across the UK and Ireland, a new Innovation Centre in Leeds and the delivery of over 100 webinars with over 5,000 attendees.
Products and solutions brought in over the year were the TMAC (Temperature Monitoring and Access Control) solution, the TiOC for automated monitoring and surveillance, and the Next Generation PTZ offering motion detection and tracking. The Dahua IP camera range was awarded the UK official Secure by Default status; the company agreed a sponsorship deal with Scottish football champions Celtic FC; the company saw a 50pc increase in staff; and raised almost £14,000 for NHS charities.
An interactive online quiz was held, and the winner received an Apple watch. All those at the event were entered into a prize draw, for prizes including Beats headphones, a Hotel Chocolat gift package and Bose speakers.
Michael Lawrence said: “The gala event provided the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our Key Installation Partners during 2020 – which took place in spite of the challenging circumstances of the pandemic – and to reinforce their membership of the wider Dahua Technology family. It also gave us the chance to look ahead to our exciting plans for 2021.”
Winners of awards were:
NHS Charities Together: Ricoh UK and Pointer
Creating a Safe Environment: Astron Fire and Security and Almas Industries
Innovation: Optimal Risk and Star-FM
New Product Promotion: Videcom Security and ES Plus
Marketing Promotion Support: Metro Security and Advanced Security Alarm Protection
Growth: Stanley Security Solutions, RS 5 Star Security, and Securitas Security Services
Special Efforts: Plexus Buying Group
Breakthrough Project: Norse Security and Seakel Fire and Security
Project for Safe City: DSSL Group, Bryan Enterprises and Total Integrated Solutions
SMB Project: Prime Security, GCS Alarms and CCTV Monitoring
And project awards by sector were –
for Transport: VPS Site Security and P&D Specialist Services
for Retail: SGS Systems and Link CCTV Holdings
for Energy: G4S Fire & Security Systems and Camloc Technical Services Group
for Education: DMI Fire and Security and Crime Prevention Services Group
for Commercial: Amthal Security, Gratte Brothers and Fortress Security Alarms
for Healthcare: Marlowe Fire and Security Group and Acctive Systems
for Banking: Case Security; and
for Residential: NACD and Shaun Bell Engineering.
