Africa's Largest Mall Secured by Vivotek Cameras

Situated in the largest city of Morocco, the newly finished Morocco Mall in Casablanca, at 2.7 million square feet, is dubbed as the biggest mall in North Africa - if not the entire African continent. After four years and $260 million in the making, the sprawling complex featuring well-known designer and luxury western brands and a massive indoor cylindrical aquarium containing more than a million liters of water opened its doors to the public in December 2011. An effective and comprehensive surveillance system would dissuade shoplifting and pickpocket activities while monitor and ensure the safety of staff and customers at the same time. Read more

AOptix Partnered With SITA to Provide Biometric Identity Solutions for Air Transport Security

AOptix Technologies, a leading developer of advanced biometrics-based identity solutions, announced that SITA, the world's leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology, has become an AOptix Value Added Reseller (VAR) partner. SITA has more than 2,700 customers in over 200 countries and territories across 300 airport locations worldwide. Almost every airline and airport in the world does business with SITA. Read more

Maternity Hospital in Saint Petersburg Installs Axxonsoft Video Management

The maternity hospital on the Furshtatskaya Street in downtown St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, provides a wide range of services and includes an in vitro fertilization center, a well woman center, a diagnostics and out-patient center as well as prenatal care, in-patient obstetric, and childcare departments. Read more

Judicial Center in Denver Deploys AMAG's Security Management Solution

The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, Colorado, on track for completion in spring 2013, selected AMAG Technology's Security Management System which is designed for government and affiliated organizations needing a security management system that meets stringent government requirements and certifications. AMAG Technology is a security management solution provider that specializes in converged access control, IP video and intrusion management solutions for the commercial and government markets. Read more

Personnel Tracking of the Week

3VR
Joe Boissy, CMO 3VR, the video intelligence company, announced the addition of CMO Joe Boissy to the company's leadership team.
Boissy joins 3VR from IBM where he was director of go-to-market strategy and industry marketing for WebSphere enterprise software. Boissy, with more than 20 years of technology marketing experience, previously served as VP of worldwide marketing for ILOG, a supplier of business rule management systems, where he guided the company on a double-digit growth path resulting in an acquisition by IBM in July 2008. Prior to ILOG Boissy ran product marketing and product management at SunGard Trading and Risk and at Infinity Financial Technology, which was acquired by SunGard in 1997. He began his career at Paris-based Diagram Financial Software, now part of Thomson Reuters. Read more

Oman Fertilizer Company Deploys CEM Security Management System

CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that the Oman India Fertilizer Company S.A.O.C (OMIFCO) has chosen CEM's security management systems to secure their premises. The system was installed by CEM Approved Reseller, Majees Technical Services. Read more

Chinese Hospital Protected by Axis Digital Video Surveillance

Longgang Hospital is located in Universiade New Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China. The hospital required a stable, reliable, real-time networked monitoring system, which needed to include the routine medical monitoring system of the outpatient building and the monitoring and surveillance system of patients in the hospital wards. A network digital monitoring system has been used, with user-friendliness being the main consideration, to create a safe, reliable, high-definition and intelligent video monitoring system. The system also satisfied the hospital's high standards regarding security technology requirements at the same time. Read more