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Identiv, Inc., a provider of physical security and secure identification, will exhibit at the WestPack Packaging Expo February 11 - 13, 2020 at the Anaheim Convention Centre. The company will also showcase its near-field communication (NFC) solutions as part of the Cannabis Packaging Summit, running alongside WestPack as a subset of the show. Expecting approximately 20,000 visitors, ranging from packaging engineers to executives and operations professionals, WestPack provides industry professio...

Mountain Warehouse, a major UK outdoor apparel and equipment retailer, has selected !D Cloud, Nedap’s inventory management solution for a global deployment to 400 stores. The deployment started in January 2020 in the United Kingdom, continuing with Europe, North America and New Zealand with the main objective being to improve inventory accuracy, leading to better product availability. Strategic roadmap around RFID Mountain Warehouse has been growing year on year for two decades now. To c...

Galaxy Control Systems, a provider of integrated access control and security solutions, will demonstrate the latest enhancements to its flagship System Galaxy and Cloud Concierge Access Control Platforms at ISC West 2020 in booth 6089. The combined offering of best-in-breed on-premise and Cloud access control solutions provides users the ability to select and implement the solution they need most at the price point they can afford. Also featured will be a highly-versatile IP Intercom Entry Syst...

Secutech Vietnam, the region’s trade fair for connected IoT-based security, fire safety and smart building solutions will return to the Saigon Convention and Exhibition Centre for its 13th edition from 20 - 22 August 2020. Following record high participation at its 2019 edition, and amidst buoyant market conditions, the fair is expected to attract 400 exhibitors and 15,000 trade buyers from across the ASEAN region. The impressive rise of Secutech Vietnam over the past ten years has coinci...

Johnson Controls has added to its successful Illustra Pro camera family with the Illustra Pro Gen3 Bullet, featuring new Smart Wide Dynamic Range that optimises video quality while minimising configuration time. Available with standard or telephoto lens and in megapixel resolutions of 3MP and 4K, the Pro Gen3 Bullet provides customers with a selection of video images to match their operational requirements and is ideal for a wide variety of deployments in both medium and large-sized facilities....

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro), a globally renowned company in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing, has announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2019. Fiscal second quarter highlights include: Net sales of US$ 870.9 million versus US$ 799.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 and US$ 931.5 million in the same quarter of last year. GAAP gross margin of 15.9% versus 16.4% in the first quarte...

Gibraltar Perimeter Security, a global pioneer in the design and manufacturing of anti-ram vehicle barriers utilised around the world has announced their newest bollard product(s) have received independent test laboratory certification to ASTM F-3016-19 test requirements. The proprietary bollard systems were tested and certified at Calspan Corporation, an independent accredited testing laboratory. Gibraltar impacted three different types of bollards during this crash testing. Bollards All thr...

Dahua Technology, a globally renowned video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, takes a step forward with its self-developed and patented HDCVI technology. A longtime provider of the realm of HDCVI that offers great convenience, best quality and least cost, Dahua Technology launches HDCVI 6.0, boasting one of industry's first 4K real-time and advanced AI capabilities. According to IHS report, a 4K security camera is a security camera that is capable of outputting 3840*2160 with a f...

BluBØX Security Inc., a renowned provider of cloud-based physical security solutions, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No. 10,554,758 entitled “Webcloud hosted unified physical security system.” The patent covers 30 claims around its flagship product BluSKY, a hosted web-cloud platform of unified BluBØX security applications. Cloud-based access control “We are so pleased to announce that BluSKY is now patented!&rd...

The UK railway industry has set out its plans for the future of the rail sector, including completion of major projects, clean air policies and a long-term plan for infrastructure renewals and enhancements. With more investment and commitment predicted for the industry, Andy Hewitt, Product Manager for ASSA ABLOY High Security and Safety Group, Rail Products, looks at what is needed to supply the best products and solutions for rail projects. As a Group we have been supplying security and safet...

J.D. Power is a well-known name when it comes to measuring customer satisfaction, and they have been measuring satisfaction in the home security industry since 2016. Changes affecting the marketplace – both in terms of disruptors and technology – make this a unique time. For example, in 2019, J.D. Power expanded the Home Security Satisfaction Study to not only measure the traditional pro-install/pro-monitor companies, but to separately evaluate self-install/pro-monitor brands. ...

Aeroturn LLC, a turnstile manufacturer that offers 100% Made In The USA turnstiles, announced that the company is currently manufacturing multiple types of turnstile lanes - all ADA compliant- for five different GSA sites on the northeast, west and east coasts. Businesses, non-profit organisations, and educational institutions can obtain a GSA Schedule Contract to sell products and services to government customers and helps streamline the process. Aeroturn is currently a national preferred manu...

Check Point has announced that its R80 unified security software is now available as a cloud service. This gives customers the quickest route to deploying Check Point’s unified security management solution across their entire network fabric from their web browser, with no deployment time needed, and no need for ongoing maintenance or manual updates. R80 Security MaaS solution The new R80 Security Management-as-a-Service (MaaS) solution extends Check Point’s Fast Track Network Secur...

As 72% of organisations plan to implement Zero Trust capabilities in 2020 to mitigate growing cyber risk, nearly half (47%) of cyber security professionals lack confidence applying a Zero Trust model to their Secure Access architecture, according to the 2020 Zero Trust Progress Report released by Cybersecurity Insiders and Pulse Secure, globally renowned provider of software-defined Secure Access solutions. 2020 Zero Trust Progress report The 2020 Zero Trust Progress report surveyed more than...

Recently, Planet Fitness, with the help of their preferred system integrator Adirondack Direct, incorporated a video surveillance solution from Hanwha Techwin and Genetec that not only enhances security, but also improves operations. When leadership evaluated security at their 70-plus corporate run locations a few years ago, they chose to incorporate a video surveillance solution that would address security needs and would be advanced enough to help with management and operations.  Each of...

Johnson Controls has added to its successful Illustra Pro camera family with the Illustra Pro Gen3 Bullet, featuring a new Smart Wide Dynamic Range that optimises video quality while minimising configuration time. Available with a standard or telephoto lens and in megapixel resolutions of 3MP and 4K, the Pro Gen3 Bullet provides customers with a selection of video images to match their operational requirements and is ideal for a wide variety of deployments in both medium and large-sized facilit...

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology skills platform announced that it will expand its global team to deliver more powerful user experiences and provide the fastest path to technology skills development. To lead this effort, Pluralsight has appointed Angela Han as the company’s first Chief Customer Officer. Roles and responsibilities As Chief Customer Officer, Han will be responsible for expanding the global post-sale function for Pluralsight, including customer success, customer support, a...

Userful Corporation (Userful), a globally renowned provider of visual communication solutions, has announced that its Visual Networking Platform (VNP) now accelerates deployment of visual content throughout enterprises of all sizes with three breakthrough developments. The breakthrough developments include: Data centre support and augmented support for hybrid deployments - Userful’s support for a variety of server architectures, on-premise, cloud and now data centre, ensures maximum cu...

Taiwan-based Climax Technology Company announces the release of a security control compatible with Alarm.com’s cloud-based home security and automation platform. The HSGW-model wireless control has a wide range of regional certifications including EN Grade II for the European market and many other country-specific regulatory approvals. Alarm.com supports the entire ecosystem of Climax security sensors, peripherals, and automation devices in a variety of wireless frequencies. Climax contro...

Mobile device and app security provider Trustonic announces that its Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) solution is the first hardware-backed TEE to complete the EMVCo Software-Based Mobile Payments security evaluation process. EMVCo is the global technical body that facilitates the worldwide interoperability and acceptance of secure payment transactions. As such, this evaluation process confirms that the Trustonic TEE provides a robust security foundation that meets the requirements of softwar...

The new year is several weeks old, so it is safe to say that many of our New Year resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Despite the limited success of our personal resolutions, the new year is a great time to take stock, look ahead, and plan to make 2020 the best year yet. Thinking about our industry as a whole, we asked this week’s Expert Panel Roundtable: What should be the security industry’s “New Year’s resolution?” 

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected Kathleen Carroll as the 2020 recipient of the SIA Committee Chair of the Year Award, which recognises individuals for excellence in SIA committees and advancing member objectives. SIA will present Carroll with the honour at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, during ISC West. Carroll chairs the SIA Data Privacy Advisory Board and is the founder and managing partner of Seven Seas Strategic Communications, a full-service public...

How can security system integrators not just survive but thrive in today’s IT-led market? The key seems to be in training. As increasingly more clients look to integrate access control with IT environments, they want integrators with the specialist skills to achieve this. For integrators that don’t invest in training, the risk is being left behind. Because many security system integrators aren’t providing specialist IT support, manufacturers are now offering services to make...

Quantum Corporation announced it has entered into an agreement with Western Digital Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Digital Corp., to acquire its ActiveScale object storage business. The addition of the ActiveScale product line and talent brings object storage software and erasure coding technology to Quantum’s portfolio, and enables the company to expand in the object storage market. The acquisition demonstrates Quantum’s commitment to innovation and growth, extending t...

Viking Electronics Inc. has announced the release of its brand new 2020 Product catalogueue. The catalogueue features many new innovations, as well as Viking’s core products – such as emergency phones, door entry systems, paging amplifiers, mass notification systems, hot line phones, and more. The catalogue is a comprehensive “go-to” resource - offering countless ideas and custom solutions for “Access Control” to “Zone Paging” and everything in bet...

ASSA ABLOY’s range of door closers is one of the few available on the market to satisfy the certification demands of uninsulated metal fire doors, the ASSA ABLOY Door Hardware & Access Control Group has announced. At the end of 2017, a number of UKAS accredited authorities withdrew certification for almost all door closers used on uninsulated metal fire doors. While a number of these certifications have since been reinstated, they typically only cover the use of door closers on the si...

DICE Corporation is proud to announce and welcome Avi Lupo as the company’s Executive Vice President. Lupo will play a leading role in the company, contributing to high-level organisational decisions, product development and new business opportunities. He will also be integral in establishing new sales and marketing expansion strategies for the company’s growing cloud video recording technology, CloudEye. “We are very happy to have Avi on our team,” said President and CE...

Tavcom Training - a world renowned provider of accredited security systems training courses and part of the Linx International Group – has announced a partnership with the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB). Tavcom will provide registered firms of the professional certification body with access to technical security training, as part of a long-term initiative to raise standards throughout the UK security industry. The first joint activity is a BTEC Level 3 Certificate in...

In the international context, the IEC 62443 series already exists as a complex work on the information security of industrial products. VdS has adapted and specified the requirements to the applications of fire protection and safety technology. "With the new VdS 3836 guidelines, digitalisation is thus finding its own important and permanent place in the security industry," emphasises VdS Managing Director Thomas Urban. A special focus was placed on the applicability of the security requirements...

Acuity announces that it is the gold sponsor of the ISF UK Chapter Meeting 2020, in London. It will be joined by over 1,000 senior executives at a series of keynote presentations, workshops, and networking sessions where one can share knowledge, best practice, and thought leadership in a confidential peer-group environment. The ISF events are a great opportunity for ISF members to discuss current security challenges with industry experts from around the world.  Join Simon Marvell for the s...