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 Rob Zivney, vice president of marketing, Hirsch Electronics The Security Industry Association (SIA), the largest international trade association representing electronic and physical security product manufacturers, specifiers, and service providers, recently honoured Rob Zivney, vice president of marketing, Hirsch Electronics, with the SIA Statesman Award for his work on Personal Identity Verification (PIV) related issues and recent congressional testimony, as well as his leadership ro...

Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - announces that it is now extending a special SD Range / ICED-HyperDome UK promotion until the end of November 2008 as a result of phenomenal demand from UK installers.This move will give installers an additional three months to buy any 8, 12 or 16 channel SD Range DVR and still be eligible to receive a free ICED-HyperDome at the point of purchase, with two free HyperDomes available to those who opt for a 32 channel model.Designed to celebrate the continued m...

Air Seychelles has chosen a SALTO electronic access control system to provide advanced security management.  The airport awarded the contract to approved SALTO Independent Service Centre, Vidsec Ltd. The national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, Air Seychelles main base is Seychelles International Airport, Mahé, from where it operates a fleet of 4 Boeing 767s, 2 Short 360 and 3 Twin Otters on inter-island services and international flights to 9 destinations on three continents....

With the newest technology in surveillance, the value-priced supermarket chain Netto is winning the retail battle against robberies, theft and shrinkage in its Swedish stores.  The solution is network cameras with IP video management software from Milestone Systems.Netto supermarkets had used traditional analog technology since 2001, where images taken by surveillance cameras were stored on videotapes - unlike today's digital surveillance archived on a computer, which is more flexible and m...

Frontline Security Solutions has appointed Jason Hillier to be their Business Development Manager.Jason, who was previously with VSS, has been in the security industry since 1991.  He began his career as an apprentice engineer and progressed to gain experience of large projects whilst working in the company's installation and service departments.  He moved into sales in 2000 and whilst successfully winning core business, developed a reputation for developing new vertical markets....

The leading provider of contactless smart card technology presents enhanced functions of its LEGIC advant technology.From 7 to 10 October, LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading provider of contactless smart card technology, will be at the exhibition centre in Essen, Germany (Hall 3.0/Stand 306), presenting new possibilities in the field of contactless smart card technology for personal identification.  LEGIC is extending its trusted and proven physical security system, Master-Token System Control...

Axis Communications recently announced that the company is opening new sales offices China (Beijing) and Brazil (São Paolo).  There is great interest in network video in both of the regions and by establishing local offices, Axis strengthens its presence on markets with development potential."The growing markets in China and South America make high demands on security and both of the regions have great potential," says Ray Mauritsson, President of Axis Communications. In Ch...

SALTO Systems has been selected by Hong Kong based The Executive Centre to install their latest electronic access control solutions, to manage day-to-day security across their pan Asia serviced office network.  Central to the integrated security system in every TEC office, the solution is being installed by the local SALTO dealer, working closely with SALTO System's regional service and support centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  TEC currently secure over 1500 doors in 16 cities wi...

 Barco security products responsible for surveillance in the Bird's NestBarco, a world leader in visualisation and display solutions, has become the leading supplier of visualisation equipment to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.The 8 August Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, at Beijing's celebrated ‘Bird's Nest' stadium, was by and far the most coveted ticket of this year's Olympic program.  The stellar event was attended by some 90,000 spectators, including a large contingent of w...

March Networks® (TSX:MN), a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, announced that the Ministry of Public Security for the Federal District of Mexico City has selected the Company's mobile video management software and systems for installation across its fleet of 500 tow trucks.  The solution will help the government authority resolve customer disputes more efficiently and ensure that operational processes are properly followed.The Secretar&iacu...

Kaba at the Olympic GamesThe 29th Olympic Games will be held for the first time in China.  Beijing stood up to its competitors Paris, Toronto, Osaka and Istanbul.  For the Chinese Government, the Olympic Games are an unparalleled opportunity to present the country as a modern nation with an exploding economic growth.  As evidence of this power, China has spared no efforts to build Beijing Olympic Village, as well as all venues, related infrastructures and facilities.  &n...

Munich-based manufacturer PCS Systemtechnik GmbH is Swiss technology enterprise LEGIC Identsystems Ltd's latest licence partner.  This hardware manufacture and software publisher for data collection systems is now a member of the worldwide LEGIC partner network and in future it will offer an extended portfolio of LEGIC based products and total solutions for contactless smart card technologies for personal identification. PCS Systemtechnik already uses LEGIC technology, especially for access...

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, international provider of contactless smart card Technology for personal identification, is extending its partner network.  With the systems integrator, Unisys AG, the company gains one of the leading IT service providers in the field of access control and identity management. From now on, Unisys will integrate LEGIC contactless technology into complex security projects.  Products from the LEGIC advant series will be used for personal identification solutions.&n...

  Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway with SpareBank1Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway - a complete security and services solution agreement with SpareBank1, an alliance of 23 banks and 350 franchised offices that together make one of the largest providers of financial products and services in the Norwegian market with 460 branches.The bank wanted a fail-safe and sophisticated security solution with a central system operation an...

The Lake Constance thermal baths spa opened its doors at the end of July 2007.  The new baths now boast a sauna wing, thermal baths and an outdoor pool which together provide a water surface area of over 3,000 square metres which invites guests to swim, bathe and relax.  BGK Bädergesellschaft Konstanz, a subsidiary of the Constance public utility company, operates the Lake Constance thermal baths and all the other swimming pools in Constance. In 2006, n-tree installed a multisite...

Xtralis, a leading provider of intelligent fire detection and security solutions, recently announced that its VESDA Aspirating Smoke Detection (ASD) system has been deployed in a variety of locations across the city of Beijing to help protect athletic venues, mass transit systems, tourist attractions and critical infrastructure facilities designed for use in the 2008 Olympic Games.The Xtralis VESDA system combines advanced, proactive air sampling smoke detection technologies to ef...

The most spectacular architecture and the most prestigious names came together to this rendezvous in the Emirate of Qatar, which in recent years has become a new Dubai.  Fermax is present in these new city planning landmarks along with the engineers and consultants who are making them a reality.Fermax, together with the prestigious companies Cooper (dedicated to fire fighting systems) and RoomWithNet (specialist in interactive digital systems) took part in an interesting seminar in Qatar de...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, recently participated in the third Global Digital Surveillance Forum (GDSF) China, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Shenzhen, July 2-3, 2008.Organized by A&S Group as part of SecuTech Expo, GDSF showcases the latest global security and IT technologies and solutions for the Chinese security market.  This year's forum focused on ‘intelligence' in security and examined CMS (Central Management Systems) in diffe...

Cisco's Director of Product Management and Marketing is to present the company's thoughts on the future of IP networks at the Chicago IP Security Conference.  Charlebois' presentation, ‘Issues Deploying Physical Security on IP Networks', will address some of the truths and myths of deploying video surveillance on IP networks; how to prepare networks for supporting video; bandwidth considerations; scalability; application interoperability; and a vision of the network as an application...

Paxton Access, the manufacturer of the Net2 access control system, has opened a  to satisfy the increasing demand for their products.  The news highlights Paxton Access' continuing success story and the popularity of their systems amongst installation companies and system users. The company's philosophy of producing high quality systems that are straightforward to install and easy to administer is paying dividends.  Their flagship system Net2 has been highly praised for providing...

Arecont Vision enhances surveillance monitoring at College World Series for Hawkeye Vision, Inc. Every June, close to 300,000 fans make their way to Omaha, Nebraska for one of the high points of college sports - The College World Series. The top 8 teams in Division 1 Men's collegiate baseball can command over 23,000 fans at game time, filling Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium to maximum capacity. Since 2007, safety and security of the games has been managed using megapixel cam...

Axis Security, one of London and the City's fastest growing security service providers, has appointed Roy Hudson as Account Manager.Roy has 17 years experience in the security industry and will have responsibility for operational and fiscal management of a portfolio of contracts.  He will also be taking over as line manager to two account support managers and will be based at the Wharfdale Road offices, London.  As Roy explains:  "I left the army after 16 years and the securi...

The 34th G8 summit which took place in Toyako on the northern Island of Hokkaido, Japan from July 7 - 9, 2008, brought together heads of the world's most wealthiest and most industrialised countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, Canada and Russia. The G8 summit is a forum for these countries to discuss issues of a worldwide concern and negotiation of topics such as climate change, intellectual property rights, political issues, world economy and food shortages. Forming part of...

For more than twenty years, Dallmeier has been developing and manufacturing high-quality products and comprehensive solutions for the CCTV/IP area. As a provider of complete systems, the company offers perfectly integrated components, ranging from cameras, recorders and video analysis systems up to individually adjusted management systems.  Everything from one source, according to the motto:  "Quality made in Germany - Quality made by Dallmeier."At this year's Security 2008 i...

  ioiamge PTZ cameras installed in spanish suburb to curb crimeioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity announced today that its video analytics solution has been implemented to prevent urban crime in the Spanish city of Alcorcón, located 13 kilometres from Madrid.With a rapidly growing population of 165,000 people, Alcorcón law enforcement groups realized that in the war against urban vandalism, intelligent automation tools were n...

AD Group has announced that, as of 1 July 2008, the President and CEO of US-based Dedicated Micros Inc., Dr Alan Calegari, has transitioned to a new role as Non-Executive Chairman to DM Inc., providing strategic support to the Executive Team."We are very grateful to Dr. Calegari for his significant contribution to Dedicated Micros," said Nigel Petrie, AD Group Chairman.  "In this new role, he will continue to provide strategic support to the Dedicated Micros Executive Team in...

  Genetec expects that its local presence in the market will help build solid partnerships Genetec recently announced that the company has opened a sales office in Spain as part of its European growth strategy.  Due to increasing demand in the Iberian market, Genetec selected one of Madrid's most popular business centers as the hub for its new regional office. With over 2000 installed cameras already being managed in Spain by Genetec's revolutionary IP video surveillance solution,...

Buoyed by the burgeoning demand for security products and surveillance solutions across China, New York-listed China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. (CSST) is anticipating to hit its revenue projections of US$380 to $400 million for the full year 2008.  Besides capitalising on robust domestic demand, CSST is also leveraging its growing reputation to establish its footprint in highly promising international markets. "We are quite well positioned to enjoy a period of sustain...

When it comes to the application of sophisticated security techniques in the banking environment - to keep assets, staff and customers safe and secure - financial institutions are looking carefully at how they can seamlessly integrate advances, such as High Definition CCTV and the monitoring of their cash machines, into their existing infrastructure.  Pauline Norstrom, Director of Worldwide Marketing at Dedicated Micros, discusses the challenges. A key issue for banks is to ensure that the...

Panasonic System Solutions Europe (PSSEU) has selected five new work placement students to join the EU marketing team on a year long placement to build upon its business growth overseas. The placement students will be working alongside professionals on projects including events and exhibitions, website and portal design, advertising, and media relations to support and strengthen the existing central marketing team.  The newly appointed recruits include Luke Hansford who will be responsible...