Change or Perish

We started in the 1970s, selling office automation products (hence the company name). About 15 years ago, we began to dabble in physical security, with Samsung Techwin cameras. It was not easy selling the ... more

 

Optex and Sloan partner for solar-power security solution

Sloan Security Technologies has integrated Optex sensor/detector products into the GenLux line of security poles. The innovative platform uses a wrap-around solar laminate to provide reliable off-grid power to sensors and surveillance devices.

Sloan and Optex have worked together to integrate Optex sensors/detectors into the Genlux system. The sensors/detectors increase ...more

Who You Know, What You Know

In Thai security, the business culture is such that relationships between local partners and local governments or users are valued most. Other than the three southern provinces that are experiencing...more 

IT background helps in physical, electronic security

Here is another success story from a Thai value-added distributor and system integrator.
When Advance Integrated Technology (AIT) was established in 1993, the company started as an IT...more 

Smart card and secure IC shipments to near 9 million, ABI says

ABI Research has identified a rapidly growing demand for secure microcontrollers enabling high levels of security and authentication within the anti-counterfeiting and NFC secure element markets, as well as increasing security within connected devices. From the previous market data, shipment forecasts for 2012 have been increased from 261 million to 540 million units.

「There appears to be a divide developing between the smart card vendors. Morpho, Watchdata, Kona@I, and Wuhan Tianyu recorded market share volume growth in 2011. At the same time, Gemalto, Oberthur...more

From guarding with eyes, to guarding with systems

Security services, and providers of such, in Thailand have come a long way. Back in the 1980s, there were only foreign companies (such as Chubb and Secom) operating locally. We started as a guarding...more

Thai market spiced up

Business TalkTalk to any business professional in Thailand, and the term AEC — ASEAN Economic Community — is bound to come up, as the entire country prepares itself to be the center of (and driving force behind) this...more