Frost & Sullivan: Escalating Crime Rates Drive Asia Pacific Residential Security Markets

Asia currently accounts for 60 percent of the global population and by 2025, the majority of this population is expected to live in urban areas. The rising urbanization and its attendant evils of social and institutional crime have had people install sophisticated safety systems to ensure personal and household safety.  read more

RCG Awarded Chinese Internet of Things Contract

RCG Holdings Limited, a provider of biometric and RFID products and solution services with a primary focus in the Asia Pacific markets, entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the XiangyangDevelopment Committee with respect to the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) City Project inXiangyang city, Hubei Province, PRC (“IoT City Project”).  read more

Nice Situation Management Solution Descends at US International Airport

Nice Systems, a provider of intent-based solutions that extract insight to impact business performance, reduce financial risk and ensure safety and security, announced that the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has implemented Nice’s situation management solution in its new security operations center. read more

MIMP Wireless Network Connects Australian City Surveillance System

In 2009, the Northern Territory Government and the Australian Government committed US$8.612 million to establish a surveillance system to equip NT Police to monitor and reduce antisocial behavior on the streets of Darwin.  read more

Smiths Detection Awarded $12 Million UK Military Contract

Smiths Detection won a US$12 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the in-service support of the Integrated Biological Detection System (IBDS).  read more

Panasonic President Becomes SIA Board of Director

Panasonic System Networks Company of America (PSNA), announced that its president, Bill Taylor, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Security Industry Association (SIA).  read more

Avigilon Surveillance System Helps Californian Campus Prevent Crimes

Avigilon, a provider of HD and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that Merced College in Merced, California, has deployed the Avigilon HD surveillance system as part of its proactive crime prevention strategy to ensure the general welfare of staff and students on campus.  read more

Unisys Collaborates with Legic for Access Control Integration

Unisys and Legic have agreed on an expansion of their business partnership. Based on the collaboration over the last two years, Unisys, a IT service provider will offer Legic-based solutions for personal identification to new and existing customers all over Europe and beyond. read more

Biometrics Technology Elaborated for DoD & DHS

Within minutes of knocking down the door of a suspected bomb maker in the Middle East, US troops canfingerprint everyone they find inside, send scans across a satellite rink and find out if the subjects are suspected terrorists. read more

Unipower and DigitalPersona Biometrics Improve Operation Efficiency for UK Pubs

Unipower Solutions, a provider of hospitality PoS software, announced Giant Macaskills has deployed Unipower Bar PoS software solution with integrated fingerprint biometrics. read more

Swedish Lund University: IP Surveillance Cost Lower than Corresponding Analog System

Axis Communications, a provider of network video, announced the results of an independent study comparing costs of an analog versus an IP video surveillance system. read more

CEM Access Control System Operates at Texas Surgical Hospital

CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that the CEM security management system has been selected by Access Technology Systems to secure the Baylor Medical Center at Uptown located in Dallas, Texas.  read more

OSPT Alliance Debuts with Open Security Standard to Foster Transit Fare Collection

Founded by four technology companies, the Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance made its debut and introduced an open security standard to foster the next generation of more secure, cost-effective, scalable and extensible transit fare collection systems. read more

Hikvision Awarded Chinese City Surveillance Contract

Hikvision Digital Technology, a supplier of digital video surveillance products, has been appointed as the general contractor of a safe city program for Chongqing, one of the municipalities in China which covers an area of 824,000 square kilometers with a population of more than 31,500,000. read more

Legic Identsystems Partners with Chinese Card Manufacturer SXL Information Technology

Shenzhen SXL Information Technology, Chinese manufacturer of contactless cards and dual-interface cards, is a new licensed partner of Legic Identsystems, a provider of smart card technology for personal identification.  read more

CEM Security Management System Deployed at Shanghai Chemical Plant

CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced its security management system has been selected by Tyco China Security to secure the offices of a chemical plant in Shanghai, China.  read more

Norbain Provides Limited Access to UK Residential Areas

Great Places Housing Group has added two further staff supported housing complexes, for residents more than 65, to its portfolio, secured with access control and surveillance supplied by Norbain.  read more

Bold Communications and TeleEye Partner Up

Bold Communications, an alarm management system provider for the ARC/RVRC market, announced that their integrated security software supports a series of TeleEye video recording servers, which is the multistream video recording and alarm verification solution. read more

Security 50 Industry Pulse: TRIED AND TESTED

The 8th Security 50 ranking examines movers and shakers in physical security. This annual ranking of security companies was based on sales in 2009. In the wake of 2008's Lehman Brothers collapse, 2009 was a grim year. The past year witnessed a soft market, slow construction and tight security budgets. As this year's Security 50 ranking reviews earnings from 2009, the mood was somber for electronic security. read more

Research and Markets: UK CCTV Market to Reach $670-Million Mark in 2011

This market report examines the UK market for closed-circuit television (CCTV), which has experienced a downturn since 2008 owing to the recession.  read more

American Science and Engineering Awarded $67.0 Million Screening Systems Contract

American Science and Engineering, (“AS&E”), a provider of X-ray detection technology, has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the US government for multiple vehicle screening systems. read more

OnSSI and Software House Enter Technology Partnership

OnSSI, a provider of open-architecture, IP-based video surveillance software, released a software module that integrates OnSSI’s VMS with Software House’s security and event management system. read more

Axis Communications Wireless Camera Flies into Atmosphere

Axis Communications, a provider for the network video market, has set a world record with the highestwireless network. An Axis network camera delivered high-quality images to Earth from 35,000 meters after being sent into the atmosphere by a stratospheric balloon from the Esrange Space Center in the north of Sweden. read more

INSIDE Secure Rearranges Management Team

Reflecting the new corporate restructuring after its recent purchase of Atmel’s secure microcontroller solutions business, INSIDE Secure, a provider of semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, announced several promotions designed to strengthen the management team for the next phase of the company’s growth. read more

ASL Safety & Security Public Address System Alerts at UK Power Station

A networked public address (PA) system from ASL Safety & Security has been installed at the Dungeness site, a former nuclear power station in the southeast of England now being decommissioned. read more

IMS Research: Definitions for PSIM Software

IMS Research’s latest report, “The World Market for Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) Software – 2010 Edition” examines the growing market for PSIM software platforms.  read more

Oncam Panoramic Cameras Watch over Caribbean Cruise Ship

When Royal Caribbean International’s newest cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, begins its inaugural season, the more than 6,300 passengers, 16 decks and nearly 2,100 crew members from 65 countries will be guarded by a surveillance system.  read more

Siemens Security and Communication Systems Reside at European Luxury Hotel

Security from Siemens is at the heart of an integrated solution for Montenegro's most exclusive hotel. The Hotel Splendid Conference & Spa Resort in Becici near Budva required a security and communication package from a single source, with Siemens selected for what proved to be a challenging project.  read more

Securitas Acquires the Majority of Alarm West Group

Following the strategy to expand in Eastern Europe, Securitas has acquired 85 percent of the shares in thesecurity services company Alarm West Group in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement includes an option of acquiring the remaining 15 percent. Enterprise value is estimated to US$17 million. read more

High Tech or Cash Cow Business – It's Innovative Technology that is Fuelling Acquisitions in the Security Industry

A strong feature of the physical security business in the first 10 months of this year has been the acquisition of security companies by IT-related companies. read more

Safeguard Expands Business Platform with Additional Working Capital

Safeguard Security Holdings, a provider of corporate, industrial and residential security solutions, has secured an additional US$1.5 million of financing from its existing investors and a working capital line from Meridian Working Capital. read more