Center for Retail Research: Global Retail Theft Shrinks by 5.6 Percent Accounting for $107.3 Billion by 2012

Global retail theft totaled US$107.3 billion in 2010, representing a 5.6-percent decrease from the prior year with 6.8 percent in the U.S., according to the fourth annual edition of the Global Retail Theft Barometer, areport from the Center for Retail Research. read more

TransTech Systems Awarded ID Card System Contract from the California Correctional Organization

TransTech Systems, a subsidiary of Visualant, and a provider of identification solutions have been awarded a renewal of the maintenance contract for specified Staff Identification Card Systems (“SICS”) for the CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”). read more

Diebold Distributes Vidsys PSIM Software in North America for Public Safety Agencies

VidSys, a provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, announced a partnership with Diebold, a security systems integrator. Under this agreement, Diebold will resell VidSys PSIM software as part of its integrated security systems offering for the North American public sector market.  read more

AMAG Technology Security Management Integrates with DAP Technologies Mobile Computer

AMAG Technology, a provider of security management and digital video solution, and DAP Technologies, a mobile-computer manufacturer, have strengthened their partnership. In this partnership, AMAG is to resell the DAP handheld devices to its vast network of Symmetry-certified integrators. read more

Gemalto and VeriFone Systems Partner to Develop Chip Card Solutions

Gemalto and VeriFone Systems entered into a strategic partnership. The two companies will pursue new chip card solutions based on the global EMV payment standard, particularly as US retailers and card networks increasingly acknowledge chip card and contactless technologies as a core component of a security infrastructure.  read more

RNCOS: Smart-Card Shipments to Pass 8.5-Billion Mark by 2013

With the increasing application of smart card in different industrial sectors and rising awareness about its benefits, the global smart-card market has witnessed continuous growth over the past few years. The telecom sector uses the highest number of smart cards in the form of SIM cards as the penetration of mobile phones increases globally.  read more

Mirasys Surveillance Solutions Transport through Thailand Mass Transit Stations

Mirasys, a provider of open-platform digital surveillance, announced that the Mass Rapid Transit Authority ofThailand (MRTA) has installed a centralized video monitoring system coupled with NVR across 18 disparate underground stations to protect the underground construction, tunnel and train system. read more

Knight Security Systems Takes Care of Texas Elderly-Service Organization Facilities

Knight Security Systems, a security systems integrator, has completed Group I and II of its contract with theTexas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) to install cameras and centralized security management at its 12 state-supported living centers located across the state.  read more

UK Time Solutions Manages All Access Points of London School of Economics

UK Time Solutions has completed a contract to install a time and attendance system linking three sites for theLondon School of Economics. Software is loaded at one site with management data available to authorized employees at any of the sites. read more

Pivot3 Appoints New CFO

Pivot3, a company to consolidate servers and storage in a scale-out application platform, appointed Katy Murray as the company’s new CFO. Reporting directly to Pivot3 President and CEO Bob Fernander, Murray will assume worldwide responsibility for the company’s financial, legal and manufacturing operations. Murray comes to Pivot3 from Taleo where she served as CFO of the publicly traded software-as-a-service provider.  read more

Bosch Security Systems Expands Market Share with Innovative Products

A recent market survey conducted by IMS Research, a supplier of market research to the global electronics industry, confirms Bosch Security Systems’ leadership in analog and digital video surveillance equipment in the EMEA region. read more

Milestone Systems and Axis Communications Video Solution Secure University of Illinois

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software and Axis Gold Application Development Partner (ADP), is the solution of choice for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for central control and local access with flexible integration options over time as the security system is rolled out across campus.  read more

Daon Awarded Contract for New Zealand Immigration Program

Daon, a provider of identity assurance software and services, announced New Zealand has joined the growing number of countries around the world who have chosen Daon software for identity management. Daon’s software and services have been selected for use by the New Zealand Department of Labor to support the Immigration Biometrics Evaluation contract, which will collect, store and match finger and face biometric data using fixed, portable and handheld biometric capture stations. read more

Dedicated Micros Restructures Executive Team

Dedicated Micros, part of AD Group, reconstructed its board with a number of key appointments to bring together a new team to drive the business forward in the Americas. The four members of the board who will be working in conjunction with Mike Newton, the new President of Dedicated Micros, including Pauline Norstrom, VP; Nigel Petrie, Chairman; John Bonsee, Senior VP, Sales and John Dolan, VP, Business Development.  read more

Planet Technology Provides Real-Time Images of Trapped Chilean Miners

The rescue of the trapped Chilean miners has finally been achieved. Amid the most important moment in the history of rescue, while many countries made all their efforts to provide devices to deliver rescue, Planet Technology played an important role. read more

Lockheed Martin and Animetrics Awarded Facial-Recognition Remodeling Contract

Facial-recognition experts will soon be able to make 2-D, partial images of suspects pop from computer screens with 3-D technology. Lockheed Martin and Animetrics were awarded a research and development contract by the US government to improve the accuracy of facial recognition.  read more

BSIA: Video Analytics Helps Combat Terrorism on British Public Transportation

With the US, Japan and several other countries issuing warnings about travel through Europe, and France issuing a UK-terror alert advising “extreme vigilance” on British public transport and popular attractions, the BSIA looks at the UK's response, and how technology is attempting to prevent another tragedy like 7/7. read more

Fingerprint Cards Awarded $1.2 Million Contract from Chinese Bank

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has received an order from its distributor in China, Hardware & Software Technologies (HST). The order pertains to fingerprint sensors and is worth of more than US$1.2 million. In common with previous orders, this order will be used primarily in personal identification units for Internet banking. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. read more

US Data Center Deploys Fujitsu Palm Vein Biometric Solution

Fujitsu Frontech North America, a provider of IT-based business solutions, including technology products,biometric security, and digital media solutions, deployed its palm vein biometric authentication technology atVantage Data Centers’ Santa Clara campus. Vantage Data Centers provides energy-efficient, wholesale data center solutions to enterprise customers. The multifactor biometric identification and access control capabilities allow Vantage is able to protect proprietary information and costly infrastructure throughout its campus while ensuring that only privileged personnel are able to access to secure areas. read more

Assa Abloy Acquires Nearly One-Third of Swedish Entrance Provider Agta Record

Assa Abloy has acquired 32.95 percent of the Swiss entrance automation company Agta Record from Somfy. read more

VideoIQ and Niscayah US Enter Technology Partnership

VideoIQ, a provider of video surveillance, partnered with Niscayah US, a security systems integrator. This partnership will provide joint customers with a solution for intelligent, proactive video surveillance withVideoIQ’s product line. read more

Hanson Technology Solutions Represents Basler Vision Technologies in Western US

Rachel Hanson, President of Hanson Technology Solutions (HTS), has been appointed as the new Western US Sales Representative for Basler Vision Technologies, HTS is a manufacturer’s representative based in the Silicon Valley, serving the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Nevada. It will be responsible for Basler network camera sales in these regions. read more

CNL PSIM Interfaces with Gunshot Location System

Computer Network Limited (CNL), a provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, has implemented a technology interface to the Gunshot Location System (GLS). read more

Bosch Security Systems Covers Russian Chocolate Factory with Video Surveillance

Bosch Security Systems has supplied the entire video systems for Ferrero's chocolate factory in Russia. The plant in Vladimir, around 160 kilometers north-east of Moscow, is Ferrero's first in Russia and its second in Eastern Europe. It produces Ferrero's Kinder chocolate and its Raffaello candy.  read more

Allied Telesis Upgrades US District-Wide IP Surveillance System

Allied Telesis, a provider of secure IP/Ethernet switching solutions and in the deployment of converged multiplay networks, has designed and implemented an upgrade enabling the convergence of two networks for the Hoxie, Arkansas School District. By creating a connection between the IP surveillance network and core data network through Allied Telesis Quality of Service (QoS) protocols and network application controls, the upgrade enables delivery of high-bandwidth, real-time surveillance video over the existing core data network without disruption to the district's daily school operations.  read more

Samsung Techwin Names New Access Control PM

David Cawley has been appointed as Access Control PM for Samsung. Commenting on the news that Cawley will be joining Samsung as Access Control PM, Peter Ainsworth, Senior PM for Samsung Techwin Europe, said: “Cawley’s appointment could not come at a more appropriate or exciting time. read more

Mirasys Opens German Office in Frankfurt for DACH Markets

Mirasys, a provider of open platform digital surveillance solutions, which supports close to 600 different camera models, opened a new office in Frankfurt, Germany, which will cover sales in the German, Austrian and Swiss (DACH) markets.  read more

Intellicheck Mobilisa Awarded Access Control Contract from US Military Base

Intellicheck Mobilisa, a provider for access control and wireless security systems, received a contract from the US Army National Guard at Camp Atterbury to provide them with the access control equipment. The value of the contract is approximately US$250,000 for equipment, software, installation, training and warranties.  read more

The Emirates Identity Authority Launches Smart ID Cards with More Storage

The Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) issued a new generation of ID cards with a larger memory that allows the storage of further data as part of its new enrollment strategy aiming to implement a number of initiatives related to electronic service applications.  read more

Harris Awarded $69 Million Orders for Command and Control System

Harris, an international communications and information technology company, won orders totaling US$69 million from a nation in Asia to support the next phase of a command, control and intelligence system.  read more

Smiths Detection Screening Technology Provides US Schools Safe Learning Environments

Smiths Detection announced that U.S. schools have bought more than US$1.1 million worth of its security systems over the last year to add an important layer of protection for students and staff alike.  read more

Honeywell and SureView Enter Technology Partnership

Honeywell announced SureView Systems has joined the Honeywell Open Technology Alliance, a collaboration that allows Honeywell to work with other manufacturers to share and integrate technology using open architecture and standards.  read more

BSIA Calls for Attention to UK Security Regulations

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has called for the Home Secretary to carefully consider the implications of the rumored abolition of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), following recent speculation in the press that the security industry regulator is about to be scrapped.  read more

Rescuers Kept Watch on Chilean Miners with VIVOTEK Network Cameras

People around the world celebrated the rescue of 33 Chilean mining workers, who were trapped underground at a depth of more than 600 meters for seven weeks. The greatest tributes must go to the courageous miners and their families, as well as the ingenuity of the engineers who quickly designed and built the transport capsule used to extract the workers from deep underground.  read more

OnSSI and Axis Communications Surveillance Solutions Cover Salisbury University

OnSSI announced Salisbury University has installed approximately 200 Axis Communications network cameras in a new surveillance system on its 182-acre campus in Maryland, home to more than 8,000 students.OnSSI's VMS delivers instant access to real-time or archived video from any of the new IP-based cameras from Axis, with integration provided by Mark Filippelli of SimplexGrinnell's Salisbury, Maryland office. The university's expanding system will have a total of 300 network cameras by the summer of 2011.  read more

Hillsborough County Sheriff*s Office Selects Pivot3 Platform for Video Surveillance Storage

Pivot3, a provider to consolidate servers and storage in a scale-out application platform, has been deployed as the combined server/storage platform for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) video surveillance implementation, which aims to reduce violent behavior, catch repeat offenders and increase security in designated hotspots.  read more