CEM Systems Secure New UK Hospital

CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced the CEM AC2000 Lite security management system has been chosen to secure access to the new US$27.7 million Midlothian Community Hospital. The tender to install the system was won by Tough Security Systems.  read more

Smiths Detection Equips Delhi's New Airport Terminal

Smiths Detection has completed the installation of all the main security scanning systems in the newly opened Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, India.  read more

Daon Hires Homeland Security Veteran

Daon, the award-winning global provider of identity assurance software and services, announced Jim Williams has been named as Senior VP of Global Professional Services effective Sept. 1. In addition, Williams will also serve on the Boards of Directors for Daon and Daon Trusted Identity Services, a joint venture with the American Association of Airport Executives. read more

VIVOTEK Secures Premises for India Production Plant

Timken India of Bangalore provides friction management and power transmission solutions for many major market segments, including aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer electronics, defense, energy,industrial equipment, health care, heavy industry, machine tools, positioning control, power generation, and rail transport. The company sought a video monitoring system to monitor its entire premises including the area around the perimeter.  read more

LaserCard Receives Additional Order for US Green Cards

LaserCard, a provider of secure ID solutions, received a follow-on order for approximately US$2.7 million of optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s US Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”) program. Deliveries of the cards are scheduled for the period August to Dec. 31.  read more

IMS: Will Milestone's Free Offering Opening the Low End Market?

Milestone Systems will start supplying XProtect Go, a free eight-channel version of its video management software (VMS) platform. But what does this mean for the video surveillance industry? Free VMS is not a new phenomenon — a number of network security camera vendors supply VMS for free, bundled with their cameras. So is this announcement significant to the VMS market?  read more

ABI Research: RFID and RTLS-enabled Asset Management System Shipments to Reach 150 Million in 2014

This year, roughly 37 million higher-frequency RFID and RTLS-enabled asset tracking and asset management tags are expected to ship. But in 2014, such shipments will total almost 150 million, according to a new study released by ABI Research. The compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2014 is more than 40 percent.  read more

US Casino Bets on NAV Video Surveillance System

Combining HD IP-based cameras with a video management control system, the video surveillance system at the new Danbury St. Croix Casino meets the challenges of a high-tech gaming establishment. Designed and installed by North American Video (NAV), the new digital system is the second in a series of projects that NAVhas deployed for the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin for their gaming facilities. read more

Nice Systems and DVTel Cooperate for Open Situational Management

Nice Systems, a provider of intent-based solutions that enable enterprises and security organizations to extract insight from interactions, transactions and surveillance to drive business performance, reduce risk and ensure safety, continued to advance its open situation management initiative for multisensor security deployments. As part of the initiative, Nice situation management software platform will be interoperable withDVTel’s network VMS.  read more

Smiths Detection Awarded Washington DC Metro Chemical Detection and Video Management Contract

Smiths Detection was awarded an additional five-year contract by the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) to upgrade and maintain the company’s antiterrorism detection and software systems. read more

India's Largest Airport Deploys Morpho Explosives Detection Systems

Morpho Detection, part of Morpho, Safran group’s security business, installed six explosive detection systems at the newly constructed Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport.  read more

HID and UPM Raflatac Enter Technology Partnership

HID Global, solutions provider for secure identity, and UPM Raflatac, a supplier of pressure sensitive label stock and manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays, announced a worldwide technology license agreement that enables UPM to incorporate HID’s tamperproof and secure RFID sealing label technology and IP into their contactless product family. UPM is the first company to offer HID’s secure RFID sealing solution worldwide.  read more

Texecom Appoints New Indian Business Manager

UK-based intruder alarm manufacturer Texecom appointed a new Business Development Manager to support its sales in India.  read more

3M Acquires People Tracking Provider Attenti Holdings for $230 Million

3M entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Attenti Holdings from an investor group led by Francisco Partners, for a purchase price of US$230 million in cash. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Attenti is a supplier of remote people monitoring technologies used for a variety of offender monitoring applications, such as people awaiting trial or on probation; and to assist elder care facilities in monitoring and enhancing the safety of patients.  read more

L-1 Expects Takeover Bids by End of September

L-1 Identity Solutions, a provider of identity solutions and services, announced that the company has amended its credit agreement to extend the time period during which financial covenants modified on March 31 will apply. read more

Secutech Launches New HD/Digital Surveillance Pavilion in 2011

To meet an increasing demand for surveillance equipment, Secutech, Asia’s international safety and security fair will feature a new pavilion for HD/Digital Surveillance products at its 2011 show to be held from April 20 to 22, 2011, at the Nangang Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan. The show is organized by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media, a leading integrated media company dedicated to the security industry, organizingSecutech trade fairs as well as publishing 12 A&S magazines and operating several websites.  read more

3M Acquires Biometric Provider Cogent Systems for $943 Million

3M and Cogent Systems entered into a definitive agreement for 3M’s acquisition of Cogent for US$10.50 per share. The proposed transaction has an aggregate value of approximately $943 million, or approximately $430 million net of cash acquired. Cogent provides finger, palm, face and iris biometric systems for governments, law enforcement agencies, and commercial enterprises.  read more

Stanley Access Technologies Acquires Action Door Controls

Stanley Access Technologies acquired Action Door Controls located in Bluffdale, Utah (Salt Lake City area). Founded in 1988 by Ron and Darnell Crapo, Action Door Controls joined the Stanley Access Technologiesdistribution network in 2003. read more

Motorola Wireless Surveillance Keeps US Town Safe

The Motorola Solutions business of Motorola, announced that Current Technologies, a full-service IT consulting firm and member of Motorola’s channel program, has deployed its wireless video security solution in theVillage of Maywood, Illinois to help local law enforcement better protect the safety of businesses and residents.  read more

TSA Partners with Liberia to Enhance Aviation Security

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) cooperated to enhance aviation security. Flights between the U.S. and Liberia could begin as early as fall 2010.  read more

Mobotix Monitoring Optimizes UK Water Sampling Procedures

Mobotix, a manufacturer of HD IP video systems has announced its partner SeSys, a specialist in network vision solutions, has been selected by Southern Water to deploy a surveillance solution to provide additional visual verification for its drinking water sampling procedures at up to 100 sites across the south of the U.K. read more

US Naval Training Facility Adopts RAPIDGate Access Control

Naval Air Station Key West (NAS Key West) is participating in the Navy initiative to increase security and streamline installation access by implementing the RAPIDGate program. The patented program, offered by Eid Passport, will manage installation access for vendors, suppliers, service providers and contractors. The program is offered as a solution to mitigate the delays expected as a result of recent changes in Department of Defense (DoD) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) security directives requiring tighter security requirements to access Navy installations. read more

US Marines Upgrade with Smiths Chemical Detection

Smiths Detection announced the US Marines will begin installing the company’s chemical detectors to their fleet as part of the Marine Air-Ground task force assessment and consequence management program for chemical agent identification systems. The upgrade maximizes system capabilities and performance in the most cost-effective way. read more

Axis Provides Online Training to General Public

Axis Communications, a provider for network video market, shows its commitment to its partners through offering in-depth training at the Axis Communications academy. The academy is now extending its offering of online courses via e-learning to anyone who is interested. read more

Dahua and Aditya Host 2010 Tech Summit in India

Dahua Technology, a supplier of digital video surveillance based in China, along with Indian distribution partner Aditya Infotech conducted Dahua Tech Summit 2010 in Delhi on Aug. 18 and in Mumbai on Aug. 20. The summits were attended by numerous channel partners at both locations. read more

Optelecom-NKF Names New VP and CFO

Optelecom-NKF, a manufacturer of video surveillance solutions named Cathy Mizell as its VP and CFO. Mizell, 61, a five-year veteran of Optelecom-NKF, has a proven track record as a Senior Financial Manager. read more