Genetec Management Software Plays at US Musical Instrument Museum

Genetec, a provider of IP security solutions, acclaimed Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) has installed Genetec's IP video surveillance system, for the protection and monitoring of its prized collection. The system is currently managing more than 200 Axis Communications and InterlogixTM network cameras, and a few analog PTZ cameras connected via encoders.  read more

Axis Provides Real-time Surveillance Images on Chinese Campus

Shandong University is an important university under the Chinese Ministry of Education. It has a long history, a complete range of academic disciplines, a strong academic record, a vibrant management style and an influential position both locally and overseas. It is one of the elite universities under the country's key development projects, namely “Project 211” and “Project 985”.  read more

Paxton Card Readers Star on UK Medical Drama

Mammoth Screen is an award-winning television production company that specializes in the creation of high-quality drama for mainstream TV channels like ITV. They have finished production on an exciting medical drama called Monroe, starring James Nesbitt as a neurosurgeon, working in a fictional hospital in Leeds called St Matthews.  read more

TK Security Group Distributes Safeguard Security Products

Safeguard Security Holdings, a provider of corporate, industrial and residential security solutions, announces that its marketing division is beefing up its channel partner efforts around its “service-oriented” product services group, unveiling a number of new marketing tools and educational programs leading up to next month's “Lunch and Learn Conference” launching Safeguard's new armored products line.  read more

Personnel Tracking of the Week

Americas
Cross Match Technologies,
David Buckley, President and CEO

Cross Match Technologies appointed David Buckley as the company's President and CEO.  read more

Control4 and Cisco Team up to Deliver Network-enabled Automation Platforms

Control4, a provider of IP-based home control systems, has signed a strategic agreement with Cisco to deliver network-enabled automation platforms for connected smart communities and home energy deployments around the world. Cisco is leading an investment in Control4, and the collaboration between the two companies includes the integration of Control4 technology into Cisco's service delivery platform and the introduction of Cisco-branded Control4 products. Additionally Control4 will become a key member of Cisco's ecosystem in delivering specialized applications to meet the needs of Cisco's smart connected communities and utility customers and deliver on the vision and Cisco's home energy management solution.  read  more

Leader in IP License Plate Recognition, Video Surveillance and Access Control

Innovators, pioneers, leaders; that is who we are. Genetec challenges the standards of innovation in physical security and public safety with our unified security platform including IP license plate recognition, video surveillance and access control systems.  read more

Surveillance Biometric and Behavioral-suspect Detection Market to Reach $3.2 Billion by 2016, Says Homeland Security Research

In an attempt to mitigate crime and terror, the global installed base of more than 45-million surveillance systems has been experiencing dramatic growth throughout the last decade. The current decade will be marked by the fusion of surveillance with biometrics and human behavioral signatures, which will create a new multibillion premium security market of surveillance-based remote biometric and behavioral suspect detection.  read more

Panasonic Provides Safe Education Environment for US University

Clarion University depends on Panasonic to provide IP-based video surveillance throughout its campus in the Appalachian Mountain region of northwestern Pennsylvania. The university's systems integrator, The Protection Bureau, is enthusiastic about the benefits of Panasonic security systems to Clarion University. read more

Avigilon HD Surveillance Watches over UK Financial Service Company

Avigilon, a provider of HD and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that CMC Markets Plc, a London-based financial services company, has deployed the Avigilon HD surveillance system to protect employees and visitors at its headquarters and secure critical customer information to ensure regulatory compliance with the Financial Services Authority (FSA,) the financial regulator for the UK.  read more

Risco Awarded Cyprus University Contract

The University of Cyprus (UCY) in Nicosia together with local integrator Wave Electronics have selected Risco Group's integrated solution to secure the UCY campus. Having undergone a major expansion, UCY required an integrated solution to secure the new campus that would be expandable according to future needs and would serve up to 10,000 users.  read more

Russian Technology Plant Consumes Bosch Security Systems

Bosch is supplying extensive safety technology for the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Tomsk in the western part of Siberia. A technology park that is to provide up to 7,000 jobs upon completion is currently being developed on two sites totaling 207 hectares. The Russian Federation is offering domestic and international companies attractive conditions to setup businesses in a total of 17 special economic zones, of which four are for high-technology companies. read more

World Security Services Market to Pass $98 Billion Mark by 2015, Says

The World Security Services Market study quantifies the total market for security services related to electronic security.  read more

Raytec IR Lighting Cracks down on Finnish Illegal Waste Dumping

Raytec's IR LED lighting has been installed at waste recycling points across Finland to tackle fly-tipping and improve profitability for Finnish waste management company, Ita-Uundenmaan Jatehuolto. As part of a remotely monitored surveillance solution installed by Lastmile Connection Service, the IR lighting works in conjunction with network cameras to capture clear images of both vehicles and offenders who dump waste illegally during the hours of darkness. read more

SGI Protective Services Wins US Energy Utility Contract

Safeguard Security Holdings, a provider of corporate, industrial and residential security solutions, announced that its subsidiary, SGI Protective Services, has been awarded an annualized contract supplying security services to the nation's sixth-largest utility company. read more

Axis Security Looks after UK Health Care Community

Axis Security has dramatically increased the volume of business being handled for the NHS Manchester, becoming the sole supplier of electronic systems and managing the Trust's surveillance and access control upgrade. read more