Grocer minimizes shrink with chain-wide roll-out of Agilence’s Hawkeye PoS video auditing solution
Agilence, a provider of point-of-sale (PoS) video auditing solutions, announced San Francisco-based grocer,Draeger’s Markets has improved profit margins by leveraging Agilence’s Hawkeye solution in all of their locations. read more
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Oct 8, 2010
French Fire Department Watches Staff and Assets with IP Video Surveillance
IndigoVision, a manufacturer of complete IP video security solutions, has supplied a fully distributed IP videosystem to the Fire & Rescue Service on the French island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Designed and installed by IndigoVision's authorized partner ACSYSS, the system is protecting staff, administrative offices and high-value equipment at their new HQ and main fire station in the center of the island. read more
Nice Open Management Platform Complies with Critical Infrastructure Regulations
Nice Systems, a provider of intent-based solutions that extract insight to impact business performance, reduce financial risk and ensure safety and security, introduced Nice Situator for Electric Utilities. The new offering, based on the Nice open platform situation management solution, helps electric utilities meet the critical challenges of improving compliance, particularly with respect to the North American Electric Reliability Council’s Regulations on Protecting Critical Infrastructure (NERC CIP), increasing the effectiveness of their security operations, and reducing operational costs. read more
Delta Scientific Appoints Greg Hamm as VP of Sales and Marketing
Delta Scientific, a manufacturer of counter-terrorist vehicle control systems used in the U.S. and internationally, announced Greg Hamm, a five-year employee of the company has been named the company's VP of sales and marketing. Hamm has been national sales manger for the past two years. As such, he has played a major role in sales, project management, application engineering and corporate strategic planning. In August, Delta Scientific announced an US$18.7 million order to supply counter-terrorist vehicle barricades for American and allied troops 
in Afghanistan. read more
in Afghanistan. read more
InfoComm Asia Takes Place Nov. 17-19 in Hong Kong
Asia's largest showcase dedicated to pro Audio Visual technology is back. InfoComm Asia 2010, scheduled for November 17-19 in Hong Kong, will once again offer invaluable opportunities for professional end users of AVsystems as well as channel distributors and systems integrators to learn the latest in AV technologies. read more
Axis Communications Awards UK and Irish Channel Partners
Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market has celebrated the success of its partners at its annual UK & Ireland Axis Partner Awards. read more
Oct 7, 2010
CEM Access Control Solutions Reside at Singaporean Resort
Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (MBSIR) is one of the most challenging construction projects and expensive stand-alone integrated resort property ever built. The more than US$6 billion development will change the face of Singapore's tourism industry. To secure this impressive site, Marina Bay Sands chose theCEM security management system. The integrated access control system will allow visitors, staff and tourists to feel secure while enjoying the atmosphere of the newly built resort. The management system was installed by CEM reseller Certis Cisco. read more
Security Industry Posts the Biggest Monthly Acquisition Spend on Record
The value of transactions this month is the highest ever recorded for a single month during the last three years, with two purchases each being more than a billion dollars. Acquisition transactions in September were 25 percent up on the same period in 2009, which incidentally was the highest number recorded in that year. Consolidation activity for the first nine months of this year far exceeds the same period in 2009 and 2010 looks like setting a new record; for most of the majors including Honeywell Security, Schneider, Siemens Building Technologies, Johnson Controls, Bosch Security Systems and UTC Fire & Security have yet to seal a deal this year. read more
ACS Smart Cards Streamline Denver Transit Fare-Collection System
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Acquires Electronic Security Provider Henry Brothers Electronics
Henry Bros. Electronics, a provider of technology-based integrated electronic security solutions, was acquired by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions with shares of HBE common stock for a purchase price of approximately US$45 million in cash, or $7 per HBE share of common stock. read more
Protection One Revolutionizes National Account Management for Better Customer Service
Protection One, an electronic security company in the U.S., is taking a new approach to national account management that promises to revolutionize customer service in the security industry. read more
Oct 6, 2010
Fluidmesh Wireless Video Stands Guard over San Diego Beach Rescues
Lifeguards at Imperial Beach in San Diego, California were facing failing analog telephone lines and escalating lease line charges on their critical tower telecommunications system. In addition, they were hard pressed to adequately monitor a 50-yard-long section of shoreline after a portable tower was removed from the area during an improvement project in 2009. That section of the beach, although vulnerable to dangerous riptides, draws a large crowd. The blind spot that resulted for lifeguards when the tower was removed presented a safety concern as swimmers could easily go undetected into that stretch of beach and be overcome by the currents. read more
Vemotion Interactive Surveillance Curbs Floods
Vemotion Interactive completed a pilot scheme, conducted in partnership with Shropshire County Council. Under this project, Vemotion video compression technology was used to allow real-time video images to be streamed from the Council’s surveillance control room over low bit rate networks. An interface from the standard mobile phone network was used to transmit the video over the Internet using GPRS, enabling Environment Agency staff to access these images on their laptops from any location. read more
Precise Biometrics Provides State ID Cards for Nigerian Residents
The Cross River State is the first Nigerian state to implement biometric technology and combine authentication and payment in a state-wide ‘smart-city' card. The state ID card program is the first of its kind a breakthrough for Precise Biometrics on the African continent. In the coming years, all citizens in Cross River State, close to 3 million people, will be issued a card. More Nigerian and African states are expected to follow the market development with biometric ID and payment cards. read more
Intransa and Sanyo Enter Technology Partnership
Sony Electronics Names New Security Systems Division GM
Sony Electronics appointed Mark Collett as GM. As GM, Collett will be responsible for overall management and leadership of Sony’s Security Systems Division within the U.S. read more
Oct 5, 2010
IMS Research: Wireless Video Surveillance Limited by Lack of Integrator Training
According to a new report from IMS Research, one of the main factors limiting growth in the wireless video surveillance market is the knowledge and skill-base of security systems integrators. Most integrators and installers of video surveillance equipment use wireless technology as a last resort and are much more comfortable with wired networking. Despite this, the market is forecast to grow at 20 percent in the Americas, but has the potential to grow even faster. read more
Bosch and Legic Enter Technology Partnership
Legic Identsystems, a manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, welcomesBosch Security Systems, one of the suppliers of security and access solutions, into its network. Legic-based security systems and components will be used above all in Bosch’s access control, time/attendance and biometric applications. read more
Pivot3 Expands European Sales and Support
Pivot3, a company which consolidates servers and storage in a scaled-out application platform, announced it has added a dedicated sales and support organization in Europe. The expanded geographic team enablesPivot3 to provide regional sales and support for the Pivot3 application platform. The company also announced its surveillance installation with ATN Beveiliging in Holland. read more
Aimetis Video Management Soars at Munich Airport
Aimetis, a provider of intelligent IP video management software announced that Munich Airport has expanded the use of Aimetis video surveillance to Terminal 2, bringing the total cameras under Aimetis management to 1,900. read more
San Francisco Service Station Owner Captures Events on Phone
When it comes to the surveillance monitoring of a fast-moving service station environment which typically has to cater for hundreds of customers every day, as well as deliveries of gasoline and other operational issues, owners and managers across the U.S. are looking at ways to keep a watchful eye on their businesses when they are out of the office, at home or visiting other sites. read more
LaserCard Partners with Digital Identity Consultant for Middle East Business Development
LaserCard, a provider of secure ID solutions, has engaged digital identity consultant Amr Shawki, Founder and Chairman of Egytec Engineering, to support LaserCard’s business development activities in the Middle East. The partnership will focus on government credential programs including national citizen and foreign resident IDs, government employee IDs, health IDs, student IDs, e-passports and vehicle registration and driver licenses. read more
inMotion Security Cameras Powered by Pixim Chips (Compo)
Pixim, a provider of image sensors and processors for enterprise security cameras, announced that inMotionwill introduce a line of security cameras based on Pixim’s new chip. The eight-camera series consists of five vandal and indoor domes in a range of sizes, two box cameras and an ATM camera. read more
Oct 4, 2010
IMS Research: Access Control Market to Reach US$1.8 Million in 2010
The post-recession access control market has inspired new trends, while others have slowed. As Asia continues its quest for the latest technology, and smart card adoption continues to grow in EMEA, the Americas has emerged as the forerunner for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web-based access control systems. According to the latest statistics from IMS Research, the global access control market is forecast to reach more than US$1.8 million in 2010. read more
Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC Readers Arrive at Port of Houston
Intellicheck Mobilisa, a provider of access control and wireless security systems announced that the Port ofHouston, Texas purchased the company’s TWIC readers and began an official pilot test using this new technology. read more
Alcatel-Lucent and ASL Safety & Security Provide Integrated Control and Management System to Berlin Railway
Alcatel-Lucent and ASL Safety & Security are collaborating on the next generation of management platforms for railway control rooms, by bringing together the expertise of Alcatel-Lucent in superior network supervision for prevention of communication failures and configurable workflows for better process coordination and the ASL's open and distributed technology with 3-D navigation empowering OCC operators, by means of real situational awareness. read more
Mayflex Distributes QNAP NVRs
US Household Burglaries Decline from 2000 to 2007
An estimated 3.7 million household burglaries occurred each year from 2003 through 2007, and about 7 percent (266,560) involved some form of violent victimization, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice, announced. read more
Securitas Acquires Thailand Security Services Provider ESC and SSA Guarding Company
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