HID Global gets a new reseller for visitor management software

HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announced that it has entered into a reseller agreement with PCSC, a designer and manufacturer of quality access control solutions. read more

Port of Tacoma Selects AMAG's Homeland Security Management System

AMAG Technology has been awarded the Port of Tacoma TWIC access control project. AMAG will be providing a fully integrated, concentric layered security solution across several port facilities. The Port of Tacoma will be installing AMAG's Security Management System, which will be integrated with Codebench's software suite to provide a government compliant security solution that meets the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) requirement. All Port employees, terminal operators, longshore workers, merchant mariners, truckers and others who require regular, unescorted access to restricted Port areas and vessels are required to carry a TWIC. Read more 

Russian Petrochemical Company Deploys Axxonsoft Integrated Video and Access System

The Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubber Plant is a unique and Russia's largest producer of nitrile butadiene rubber that is in demand both in domestic and international markets. The plant is a subsidiary of the Sibur Holding, the largest petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe covering the entire industry cycle. The enterprise's infrastructure includes its own access roads, feedstock discharge and finished products loading racks, and feedstock and finished products storage facilities. The plant supplies its products both to the domestic market and to China, Thailand, the United States, India, and Turkey. Read more

Starwood Resort in Thailand Protects Guests With Salto Access Control Solution

Guests at the Le Meridien Koh Samui Resort & Spa, a new hotel on Koh Samui Island in the Gulf of Thailand, bordering the South China Sea, can now experience the latest in contactless access technology thanks to SALTO's electronic mortise cylinder.
Called the “Coconut Island” Koh Samui is Thailand's third-largest island and the hotel, located on an exclusive stretch of Lamai Beach on the island's east coast, is part of the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Group and is the brand's seventh hotel in Thailand and 99th Le Meridien in the global portfolio.  Read more

Arizona Health Center Standardizes Management With Brivo Access Control

Brivo Systems, leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) applications for security management, announced that Adelante Healthcare, a private non-profit located in Arizona, has standardized on Brivo for access control management at its current and future health care and administration facilities. Adelante Healthcare currently operates seven health centers throughout Maricopa County, offering a wide array of services to patients of all economic backgrounds. Accel Communications is the integrator for this expanding installation. Read more

Personnel Tracking of the Week

Video Surveillance Axis Communications
Sudhindra Holla, Country Manager for India Operations Axis appoints Sudhindra Holla, as the new Country Manager for its India Operations. Holla is an industry veteran with rich experience in building businesses and developing channels.
In his new role, Holla will lead Axis operations in India, driving business strategy in addition to overlooking sales & marketing verticals. Since 100 percent of the company's revenues come from channels, Holla will place considerable emphasis on channel development to expand the reach of Axis products and services in the country. Under his leadership, the Axis India team will continue to tap India's growing physical security market and drive the ongoing shift to IP-based surveillance. Read more 

Helsinki Music Center Ensures Safety With Access Control System

Hedengren Security has delivered Powernet's new battery back-up power supplies securing the power of the access control system at the Helsinki Music Center.
Hedengren was responsible for the system delivery, a third party for the planning and Powernet for the power supply delivery. The project took off a year and a half ago and was completed in the summer of 2011.Read more

Assa Abloy Provides Access Control Solution for Manchester Social Housing

ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions has supplied door-opening solutions, door closers and other access-control solutions to City West Housing Trust regeneration project in Salford Greater Manchester, UK. Read more 

Russian Firearm Manufacturer Deploys Comprehensive AxxonSoft Solution

The Koshkin Automatic Lines Design Bureau specializes in the design of firearms shells as well as advanced technology and special equipment for their production and disposal. In addition, the enterprise designs automatic equipment for the general industry and helps foreign countries set up firearms shells production lines as part of military technical cooperation. Read more

Korean Cosmetics Company Eases Logistics and Heightens Security With Axis Solution

Amore Pacific Osan Integrated SCM (Supply Chain Management) Base is a large-scale plant built in July 2011 with the goal of becoming one of the ‘Top 10 Cosmetics Companies in 2015, with sales of KRW5 trillion' and effectively coping with an ever-expanding global business. Read more 

Viscount Access Control Management selected by US Government Agency

Viscount Systems, a leading edge high technology supplier of security systems and software announced that the company's product has been selected for deployment by a large U.S. government agency. Read more 

HID Global Acquires EasyLobby for Secure Visitor Management

HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced the company has acquired EasyLobby, the industry leader in secure visitor management solutions. The acquisition delivers a number of potential synergies with HID Global's portfolio across its identity and access management business. Read more 

Canadian Community Center Relies on Brivo Access Management

Brivo Systems, leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) applications for security management, announced that the Town of Virden, located in the province of Manitoba, has installed Brivo access control system to provide access control management for their new, Regional Multi-purpose Community Center Complex. Read more

Russian Office Building Manages Access Control with AxxonSoft Solution

The Integrator company commissioned the first stage of an integrated security system at the Baltic Business Center, Kaliningrad, Russia. The system is based on Axxon software. Read more 

Spanish University Library Opens Doors With Salto Access Management

Going back to ‘school' will be more special than ever for students at UPV-EHU (Basque Country University) this year. As they return to their Gipuzkoa campus they are finding out that exciting developments have been taking place while they have been away.
An impressive brand new Central Library has been constructed and is now home to some 380,000 books and more than 130,000 magazines, and now both college and university students and faculty staff will be able to access this facility just by using their university ID card. Read more