Axis Network Cameras Watch over US Museum Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the premier fine arts museums in the U.S., is undergoing a major expansion to create a new wing to house its Modern Art collection. As part of the new construction process, the Department of Protection Services used the opportunity to re-evaluate its current analog surveillance system. Since the museum only closes its doors three days a year, a flexible IP-based system was the solution for minimal impact on museum operations.  read more

UK Zoo Deploys Vista Surveillance System to Observe Gorilla Lifestyle

In a move to monitor one of the most popular species at London Zoo, Western Lowland Gorillas, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has deployed a Vista surveillance system, specified and installed by MJ Security Systems.  read more

Securitas Acquires French Security Service Provider ASG

Securitas acquired the commercial business contracts and assets of the security services company Assistance Sécurité Gardiennage (ASG) in France. Enterprise value is estimated to US$4 million.  read more

DecisionOne Provides Installation and Service for Digitus Biometrics in the U.S.

Digitus Biometrics announced that DecisionOne, a technology infrastructure service provider, is an authorized installer/service provider of its data center access control products. With DecisionOne's assistance, Digitus solutions for data center physical security can be quickly deployed anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.  read more

Personnel Tracking of the Week

Brivo Systems, CNL Software, Fujitsu Frontech North America, Senstar, SightLogix, Viscount Systems read more

World Security Equipment and Services Markets to 2014

According to Freedonia, global security equipment demand will rise 7.4 percent annually through 2014. China, India, Russia and Turkey will register double-digit annual growth, while North America posts gains well above the global average. Electronic security products will remain dominant and greatly outpace mechanical types.  read more

Axxon Signed Partnership Agreement with RAK Security in Bulgaria

AxxonSoft has entered into an agreement with RAK Security, the distributor of Axis Communications equipment and one of the largest security system distributors in Bulgaria. In accordance with the agreement, RAK Security will distribute and implement AxxonSoft software on the territory of Bulgaria.  read more

MorphoTrak and FBI Enter Technology Partnership

MorphoTrak (Safran group), is proud to join the FBI and Lockheed Martin for the launch of the new identification system. The system incorporates the Morpho biometric solution as the core processing and matching capability using 10 fingerprints.  read more

Worldwide Biometrics Market to Excel $12 Billion by 2015, Says MarketResearch.com

Biometrics refers to the technology of measuring and analyzing a single or multiple forms of biological data. Biometrics are used to measure and analyze human body characteristics, such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns and hand measurements or behavioral aspects of a human, such as signature, keystroke dynamics or gait. read more

Ingram Micro Facilitates Channel Communications with Alliance Event

Generating greater business value for its channel partners focused on public sector, Ingram Micro hosted its 2011 GovEd Alliance Invitational in Chicago. During the event, the distributor provided valuable insight on market dynamics, unveiled new business resources for channel partners and named channel partner Jim Connal of Red River Computer Company President of the GovEd Alliance Advisory Council.  read more

HID System Provides Limited Access to Brazilian Financial Institution

HID Global, providing solutions of secure identity, announced that the company's credential and reader solutions have been selected by Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB) to reinforce its access control system for physical access at their administrative offices headquartered in Fortaleza, Ceara. read more

Hirsch Provides New York Residents with Safe Living Environment

Hirsch, a security systems manufacturer and a business unit of Identive Group, has delivered an access control solution to New York City's first supportive housing project to be Silver-level leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified.  read more

Norbain Surveillance System Takes Care of UK School

Hidden away in the quiet Derbyshire countryside, Repton Preparatory School has benefitted from a surveillance solution to support its access control system, both supplied by Norbain and installed by Spectre UK.  read more

Augusta Systems and Intergraph Streamline Jordanian Homeland Security

Middleware from Augusta Systems has been deployed in a major homeland security initiative in the Kingdom of Jordan. Used in conjunction with Intergraph's incident management software for public safety and security, Augusta assists the kingdom in preventing and responding to local and regional security emergencies and threats, including terrorism.  read more

TimeSight Systems Funded by Investors

TimeSight Systems, a provider of video lifecycle management (VLM), has accepted additional venture funding from both new and existing investors to drive accelerated growth in the rapidly expanding digital video surveillance market. New York-based contour venture partner joins existing TimeSight investor New Venture Partners in funding this next-generation video surveillance solutions company.  read more

Russian Church Puts Faith in AxxonSoft Security Management

Vizzara has equipped the chapel of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Intercession Parish clergy house with an integrated security system.  read more

CBC Detection System Descends at Portuguese Airport

Surveillance system provider CBC (Europe), under its Ganz branded portfolio, has supplied its tracking/surveillance early warning detection system to protect Porto Airport in northern Portugal, the country's third busiest airport in terms of both airplane operations and annual passenger numbers.  read more 

Alvarion and SeeView Security Team Up To Optimize Federal Wireless Surveillance

SeeView Security, has teamed up with broadband wireless access provider Alvarion, to offer hybrid wireless video surveillance systems to the federal government market in North America. SeeView's solutions consist of IP-based surveillance camera systems combined with Alvarion's broadband wireless systems to offer the federal government market, a solution that meets their performance and deployment requirements.  read more

Sony and Intersil Enter Technology Partnership

Sony partnered with US semiconductor manufacturer Intersil, for worldwide development of the first network camera capable of simultaneously transmitting both analog standard- and digital high-performance images over a single coaxial cable. read more

Ingram Micro Distributes Ingersoll Rand Physical Security Products

Ingram Micro announced a new distribution partnership with Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, a global provider of security and safety solutions. read more

CEM Access Control Manages Indian Sweets Factories

CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, has secured Kraft Food's sites in India. Kraft Foods India has been secured with CEM security management system which was installed by CEM resellers, Neural Integrated Systems. read more

UK Offshore Wind Farm Deploys Siemens Security Solution

Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm is under construction on sandbanks approximately 25-kilometer off the coast of Suffolk in the U.K. and is due for completion in 2012. It has a capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) making it the largest offshore wind farm once it becomes operational and Siemens Energy is supplying the 140 3.6 MW wind turbines which connect the wind farm to the National Grid. Greater Gabbard will play a vital part in supplying green electricity to meet the EU target to obtain 20 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2020. read more

CSST Mergers with Rightmark Holdings Limited and Rightmark Merger Sub Limited

China Security & Surveillance Technology, an integrated surveillance and safety solutions provider in the P.R.C., has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Rightmark Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly owned indirectly by Guoshen Tu, and Rightmark Merger Sub Limited ("Merger Sub"), a Delaware corporation wholly owned by Parent. Guoshen Tu is the company's CEO and the Chairman of the company's board of directors and beneficially owns approximately 20.9 percent of the company's shares of common stock. read more

Vista Surveillance System Packed at UK Parcel Company

Aspiring to be the safest and most secure carrier in the parcels industry, City Link initiated an integrated surveillance solution across its depots, and onboard its fleet of vehicles. Vista CCTV mobile surveillance system secures parcels in transit via camera, recording and transmission technology. read more

Morpho Detection Acquires Spectrometry Technology Company Syagen Technology

Morpho Detection, part of Morpho, Safran group's security business, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Syagen Technology, of Tustin, California. Syagen is a mass spectrometry technology development company for security applications. read more

Seagate and Samsung Partner Up to Take More HDD Efforts

Seagate Technology, a provider of hard disk drives (HDD) and storage solutions, and Samsung Electronics, a supplier of digital consumer electronics and information technology, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Seagate and Samsung will significantly expand and strengthen their strategic relationship by further aligning their respective ownership, investments and key technologies. Major elements of the agreement include: read more

Latin American Convenient Stores Purchase NEC Retail Platform

NEC and NEC Corporation of America , announced that OXXO, the largest convenience store chain in Latin America, has selected NEC's PoS hardware platform as their standard. read more