Research and Markets: Night Vision Market to Triple by 2015

Research and Markets added the "Uncooled IR Cameras & Detectors for Thermography and Vision" report to their offering.

Driven by dramatic cost reduction of detectors, the market volume for thermography and IR vision will triple by 2015. read more

Fluidmesh Wireless Video Watches over US Community College

Challenge:
SimplexGrinnell was called upon to design and specify a camera system for Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, at parking lot, but the project presented some specific challenges. Among them are harsh wind and cold-weather conditions, power problems, and coming up with a way to get network to the cameras. read more

Envysion Manages Hosted Video at Colorado Restaurant Chain

Envysion, the Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, announced that Garbanzo Mediterranean Grillhas selected Envysion as their exclusive video provider and is deploying the company’s managed videosolution to all existing and planned expansion locations. Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a rapidly growing Colorado-owned and operated fast-casual concept whose menu features authentic and healthy flavors of the Mediterranean, will use Envysion’s PoS integrated managed video to support loss prevention, improve operations and drive bottom-line profit improvements. read more

IdentiSys Acquires Florida Security Provider Card Solutions

IdentiSys, North America’s sales and service integrator of identification, card issuance, emergency response and access control security systems, acquired Card Solutions, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Founded in 1999, Card Solutions provides ID management, card issuance, and security solutions to the health care, education, casino, corporate, financial, emergency management, and government markets in South Florida. The company serves West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Stuart, Fort Meyers, Naples and Key West areas. read more

Hirsch Awarded $4 Million Contract for Access Control Solutions

Hirsch Electronics, a manufacturer of integrated security and identity management solutions and a business unit of Identive Group, confirmed an award of US$4 million to supply US Department of Justice (DoJ) agencies with Hirsch security systems. The majority of the revenue associated with the orders was recognized within the second quarter ended June 30. Notice of the awards was first made public by the General Services Administration pursuant to Federal disclosure regulations. read more

ipConfigure Remote Surveillance Improves Virginia Hospital Work Efficiency

ipConfigure announced its enterprise surveillance solution was deployed by Sentara Hospital as a comprehensive remote monitoring solution. read more

Tunisian Bank Invests in Gemalto Payment Cards

Gemalto, a provider of digital security, announced that Zitouna Bank in Tunisia selected its instant issuance solution for on-the-spot EMV card personalization across the bank’s branches nationwide. Zitouna is the firstbank in Tunisia to introduce services adapted to Islamic financial practices. The newly opened bank is also the first in the country to offer instant issuance and on-the-spot delivery of payment cards that enable its customers to use their new payment cards immediately. read more

AuthenTec Announces Management Changes

AuthenTec, announced that Larry Ciaccia, who currently serves as President, has been appointed to the newly created position of President and COO, effective immediately. Ciaccia, who as President has primarily been responsible for marketing and sales, will now be responsible for the overall day-to-day operations ofAuthenTec. In this expanded role, he will continue to report to AuthenTec CEO Scott Moody who will focus more on AuthenTec’s strategic initiatives including mergers and acquisitions as the company solidifies its transformation into a leading supplier of security, identity management and touch control solutions. read more

ABI Research: Smart Card Shipments Reached 5.2 Billion in 2009

Smart cards became even further embedded within everyday life for most consumers in 2009. In total, 5.2 billion microcontroller and memory-based smart cards shipped into applications such as SIM cards, payment and banking, government ID, and transportation among others. At the same time, the IC market was worth US$1.7 billion, according to the latest metrics from ABI Research’s “Smart Card Market Data.” read more

Kuwait Finance House Bank Invests in Infinova Surveillance Solutions

Infinova announced that all transactions and activities in each location of the Kuwait Finance House bank are under the surveillance of Infinova indoor/outdoor, IR, minidome and PTZ dome cameras. Video is recorded in continuous mode with Infinova HD H.264 DVRs. Kuwait Finance House, headquartered in Kuwait City with international operations in Bahrain, Malaysia and Turkey, is using more than 1,300 Infinova high-resolution fixed and PTZ dome cameras and 80 Infinova DVRs to watch over its 46 locations. In the bank’s new administration building, the organization is migrating to Infinova megapixel cameras and NVR software. read more

Mobotix Hemispheric Cameras Protects Scottish Museum

Mobotix, a manufacturer of complete high-resolution IP video systems completed the installation of its surveillance system, which is protecting The University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, the oldest public museum in Scotland, with a discreet, reliable and low-cost system. read more

USR Perimeter Solutions Secure JFK Airport

Smith & Wesson Holding, Universal Safety Response (USR), a Smith & Wesson company and a turnkey provider of perimeter security solutions, completed the design and installation of the company’s barrier system at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, security division. read more

Cisco Streamlines Dubai Horseracing Venue

Cisco announced that the Meydan Group, which oversees the development of the UAE’s new iconic horseracing development in Dubai, deployed Cisco networking, security and unified communications technology solutions to deliver HD video, audio, voice, data and wireless communication over a single network. Meydan City features a grandstand, a 60,000 capacity landmark stadium incorporating a luxurious hotel, breeding and training facilities and six luxury restaurants. The horseracing development, the Meydan Grandstand, is also the home of The Meydan Museum, Imax Theatre and Dubai Racing Club. The Meydan Grandstand can comfortably accommodate 10,000 vehicles in covered car parks. All operations will be centrally managed from the main control center using IP technology. read more

Morpho Detection Tests Shoe Scanner at Indianapolis Airport

Morpho Detection, part of Morpho, Safran group’s security business, launched a data collection study of its next-generation Shoe Scanning Device at Indianapolis International Airport (IND), one of the final steps in preparing this solution for regulatory approvals. read more

VMP and PSA Security Network Enter Partnership

Video Mount Products, a provider of mounting solutions for the security, residential, CI, commercial, and pro audio/video markets, announced that it has developed an alliance with PSA Security Network, an electronic security cooperative, to affiliate its full line of security and related A/V accessories with security industry integrators. read more

US President Signs Cruise Vessel Safety Legislation

The International Cruise Victims Association, (ICV), a nonprofit corporation formed by victims and families of victims of cruise crimes, celebrated the signing by President Barack Obama of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act. This is truly a historic day in the process of protecting passengers on cruise ships that enter or leave US ports of call. This major reform to protect passengers was long overdue. read more

US Senate Passes Chemical Security Legislation

Following unanimous passage in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) of chemical security legislation, National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President Chris Jahn issued the following statement: read more

APX Alarm Appoints New Corporate Communications VP

APX Alarm Security Solutions, one of the residential security alarm companies, appointed Kristi Knight as VP of Corporate Communications.

“Knight brings with her a tremendous amount of strategic experience and accomplishments that will serve us well as we enter a new phase of accelerated growth at APX Alarm,” said APX Alarm COO, Alex Dunn. read more

Avigilon HD Surveillance System Helps US Dealership Protect Assets

Avigilon, a provider of HD and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that Trend Motors, a Volkswagen dealership located in Morris County, New Jersey, has deployed the Avigilon HD surveillance system. The system will secure its property, protect assets, ensure employee accountability and reduce the liability costs associated with repairing vehicles damaged while on site. read more

L-1 Selected as Biometric Provider for Indian Unique Identification Program

L-1 Identity Solutions, a provider of identity solutions and services, received a notification of award as one of the Biometric Service Providers (BSPs) to India’s Unique Identification Number (UID) program, or AADHAAR. The notice was received after a thorough competitive process involving multiple bidders. read more

OSI Systems Body Scanners Deployed at Los Angeles International Airport

OSI Systems, a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, announced that Single Pose body scanners are now being deployed at Los Angeles International Airport. This system is being deployed as part of the US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Advanced Imaging Technology  program in an effort to help TSA safeguard air travel and mitigate potential security threats. read more

HID Global Marks 100 Million e-Government Product Shipments

HID Global, a provider in solutions for secure identity, surpassed its 100 millionth product shipment of e-government inlays and prelaminates to 28 countries worldwide this month. With the broadest portfolio of e-doc, e-passport and e-national ID solutions in the market, HID is an innovator and developer in the deployment of two of the most wide-spread technologies for extended durability of contactless e-documents, wire transfer and wire embedding technologies. Additionally, the company developed and patented a thin, flexible high-tech inlay material that increases e-document resiliency. read more

Aimetis Expands European Management Team with New Hires

Aimetis, a provider of intelligent video management technology, expanded its European management team. The company welcomes Jalmari Vaissi as EMEA SD and Gabriel Rudback as Regional SM for Western Europe and the Nordic market. read more

CBORD Smart Cards Streamline Singapore American School

The CBORD Group, a provider of campus card and integrated security solutions to colleges and universities, announced that Singapore American School, an institution providing American-based curriculum for preschool through grade 12 to 3,800 expatriate students in Singapore, has selected one-card solution from CBORD to manage card-based purchasing, security operations and more. read more

PSIA Releases Video Analytics Draft Specification

The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA), a consortium of physical security providers focused on promoting the interoperability of IP-enabled devices, released its 0.9 video analytics draft specification for public comment. read more

Canadian Payment Issuer Gives Credit to Gemalto Smart Cards

Gemalto, a provider of digital security, announced that it has been chosen to manage Home Trust Company’s migration from magnetic stripe credit cards to EMV (with chip and PIN) smart payment cards. Home Trust is a Canadian Visa Issuer and one of Canada’s trust companies, focusing on consumers who typically do not meet all the lending criteria of traditional financial institutions. read more

Stanley Awarded US Army Intelligence Center Biometric Contracts

Stanley, a provider of systems integration and professional services to the US federal government, won twobiometrics-related contracts in support of the US Army Intelligence Center Language Technology Office at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, including a two-year contract under the company’s General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant contract vehicle, consisting of both time-and-materials and firm-fixed-price task orders worth approximately US$6.7 million, with the exercise of options, for information technology support services. The second award is a two-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, valued at $1.22 million with exercise of options for operational support. read more

CBC Video Verification Protects Portuguese Solar Farms

Surveillance solutions provider CBC (Europe) has protected one of Europe’s largest solar farms, in Portugal, using its detection system operating alongside with rugged PTZ surveillance cameras. read more

Research and Markets Finds 2010 UK Access Control Market Down

Research and Markets added the "Access Control Market Report 2010" report to their offering.

The authors estimate that the UK market for physical access control was worth US$304 million at current end-user prices in 2009, a 5-percent reduction on 2008, although a 12.6-percent increase on 2005. Key note’s estimates include systems installation and maintenance, as well as the cost of hardware and software. read more

Axis Network Cameras Upgrades US High School Surveillance

Axis Communications, a provider for network video market, announced that Cody High School in Wyoming worked with integrator ISC to replace its analog video system with Axis network cameras to improve the protection of students, secure community events and future-proof school security. read more

Conway Camera Housings and Bracketry Cover UK Tunnels

UK-based surveillance manufacturer Conway Security Products supplied camera housings and bracketry to a Highways Agency project in Hertfordshire that is seeing the Hatfield Tunnel on the A1 motorway refurbished to meet new E.U. standards. read more

Report from University of North Carolina Evaluates Alarm System Effectiveness

Researchers at the UNC Charlotte are recommending the best way to measure the effectiveness of programs that reduce police dispatches to burglar alarms. Traditionally, public safety agencies and regulators have utilized statistics showing the percentage of police dispatches where officers did not identify a crime when responding to the call. Researchers say that method can be misleading. read more

Hikvision Reported as a Global No.1 DVR Provider

IMS Research’s “World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment Report 2010” has once again confirmed Hikvision’s position as the No.1 supplier of DVR products worldwide. In addition, Hikvision was also ranked No.5 in the CCTV & video surveillance equipment category in the world, a jump from last year’s ninth position. read more

Napco Tells Its Shareholder Sales ‘Improved'

Napco Security Technologies, a supplier of high performance electronic security equipment for more than 30 years, issued an update to shareholders in the following letter: read more

Grandstream Expands Establishes North African Office

Grandstream Networks, a manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, announced the opening of a new office located in the North African country of Morocco. Increasing market demand for IP voice and video solutions within EMEA has prompted Grandstream to expand its pre- and post-sales technical support presence to serve SMB and consumer customers throughout EMEA. Additionally, due to increased volume demands for Grandstream’s products throughout North and South America, Grandstream has moved to a new larger facility to increase its warehousing capabilities in the region. read more

OnSSI Offers Special Pricing for Certification Training

OnSSI is offering a special promotion on their redesigned Ocularis Certification Training Program. Continuing through August 31, single enrollment can be purchased at a significant discount for any of the upcoming classes with this new curriculum held before December 31. read more

Mace Central Station Receives CSAA Certification

Mace Security International, announced that its subsidiary, Mace Central Station in Anaheim, California, has received the prestigious "CSAA Five Diamond Certification." According to the CSAA, "fewer than 100 central stations out of 2,700 nationwide have achieved this honor." read more

Research and Markets: Increasing IT Demands Drive Ethernet Switch Market

Research and Markets added "Global Ethernet Switch Market 2009-2013" report to their offering.

An Ethernet switch is a computer networking device that divides a network into multiple segments and acts as selective bridges among these segments. This enables simultaneous connection of multiple pairs of computers, which do not communicate with other pairs for network bandwidth. The increased use of communication networks in enterprises and businesses has resulted in an increase in the traffic intensity over networks. This has given rise to the need to develop devices such as Ethernet switches that help in reducing bandwidth wastage. These switches have logical circuits (store MAC addresses), which direct the traffic towards the network segments between the source and the destination; thus, utilizing lesser bandwidth. read more 

Secutech, Asia's Security Business Hub, Opens for Registration

Secutech, Asia’s important business hub for the security industry will take place from April 20 to 22, 2011 at the Nangang Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan. Organized by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media, the 14th edition expects to attract 560 exhibitors and more than 25,550 professional buyers from around the world. Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media is a leading integrated media service provider dedicated to thesecurity industry. The company organizes regional trade events, publishes 11 A&S series magazines and operates several websites. read more

IMS Research: China Growth to Drive Global Surveillance Market

IMS Research has updated its assessment of the market for video surveillance equipment in China in the newly published report “The China Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment – 2010 edition”. Coming through a disappointing 2009, the China market is expected to exceed 20-percent revenue growth in 2010 and be the solid core of the recovering global video surveillance equipment market. read more

March Networks Wins $9 Million Order from US Retailer

In contracts worth approximately US$9 million, March Networks, a provider of intelligent IP video solutions, announced that one of the largest retailers is expanding its relationship with the company across its US operations. The customer has placed orders to deploy March Networks VMS and hybrid NVRs in new and existing store locations, as well as in its membership warehouse stores nationwide. In addition, it continues to upgrade its sizable installed base of March Networks systems. Delivery of the software and systems will commence during March Networks’ current fiscal quarter. read more