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FLIR Systems, Inc. and ANSYS are partnering to deliver superior hazard detection capabilities for assisted driving and autonomous vehicles (AVs), empowering automakers to deliver unprecedented vehicle safety. Through this partnership, FLIR will integrate a fully physics-based thermal sensor into ANSYS’ foremost-edge driving simulator to model, test, and validate thermal camera designs within an ultra-realistic virtual world. The new solution will reduce original equipment manufacturers&r...

As we surpass 2019, it’s high time we realise that by merging the digital and physical realm, IoT is destined to change the way we live and work. I have always been interested in the intersection between business and technology, and today it seems that the brave new technological world we have been dreaming over centuries has arrived. With everything from home appliances to smart vehicles, portable devices are connected to the internet and exchange crucial data. According to the statistic...

abode systems, a provider of DIY smart home security, announced that abode Outdoor/Indoor Smart Camera, a versatile video camera developed in direct response to demand for robust indoor/outdoor and front door video protection. Modular by design, the new abode camera can be used indoors and outdoors and can be deployed using a number of included mounts to optimise installation flexibility and provide intelligent video coverage wherever customers need it most. Standalone video camera solution A...

The new year comes with new opportunities for the security industry, but what technologies will dominate our discussions in 2020? Topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) and HCI (hyperconverged infrastructure) became familiar in conversations during 2019, and they are likely to dominate our thoughts again in the new year. But other buzzwords are also gaining steam, such as “blockchain” and “frictionless access control.” Connectivity and the cloud will also be timely t...

Brienon-sur-Armançon is a city in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region of north-central France, with a population of about 3,300. Located at the intersection of two rivers – Créanton and 'Armançon, Brienon-sur-Armançon enjoys an advanced road network which is vulnerable to illegal activities. To make the city safer, the local government, with far less than sufficient police force at hand, chose to secure its city and residents with Dahua Safe City Solution....

So many business processes are controlled, tracked, measured or monitored by software. So, it’s frustrating when multiple systems create double or triple the work. Unfortunately, not all of a user's software plays nice together. Web-enabled software for a CLIQ key-based access control system is an exception. No matter what the user’s business, the CLIQ Web Manager helps the user manage their access control quickly and efficiently. Now the user can also integrate their powerful acces...

Video walls installed in Bristol City Council’s “world class” security operations centre by visual display experts Ultimate Visual Solutions (UVS) have completed 25,000 hours of continuous operation. The three video walls are each made up of 55-inch 24/7 grade LCD displays with narrow bezels and are part of a multi-purpose centre which brings together some of the city’s critical support services and acts as a control centre in the event of a major emergency. The Operati...

The site in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, vacant for almost 20 years, was previously home for the Savoy Circus and has been redeveloped in a conservation area. It now stands at seven storeys and presents 306 studio apartments, complete with communal spaces including a cafe, student lounge, arcade and gym. Under construction company, Tide Construction, system integrators selected Comelit to create a bespoke door entry finish, using its innovative VIP technology. With ease of inst...

Swann is excited to unveil its 2020 suite of wire-free home security cameras at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020. Swann’s expanded Smart Home solutions lineup now includes the Swann Wire-Free Security Camera, Wire-Free Doorbell & Chime, and the Wi-Fi Security Tracker Camera, which is a CES 2020 Innovation Award honouree. CES 2020 “At Swann, we recognise the security needs of everyday home users and are committed to simplifying this for our consumers,” said Michael...

Salient Systems Corporation, a globally renowned provider of enterprise video surveillance management solutions, is pleased to announce Sanjit Bardhan has been appointed as Director for the Middle East, Africa, and India. Mr. Bardhan will report to Ethan Maxon, Vice President - International Sales, at Salient Systems. Global sales expert Mr. Sanjit Bardhan is an accomplished, proven and highly motivated global sales leader with demonstrated success growing and transforming businesses through s...

Feenics Inc., an award-winning provider of the Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) Keep by Feenics cloud-hosted platform, has added two new team members to its Ottawa headquarters. Yannis Souris has been appointed Marketing Manager and Chris Smith takes on the role of Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast, as the company continues to address its ongoing fast growth in the cloud-hosted access control market. Souris is a seasoned marketing professional with 20 years of experience in digital ma...

Anixter International Inc., a global distributor of Network & Security Solutions, Electrical & Electronic Solutions and Utility Power Solutions, has agreed to a further amendment and restatement of the Amended Merger Agreement, the “Second Amended Merger Agreement,” with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (“CD&R”) to increase the per-share consideration payable to Anixter’s shareholders to $93.50 per share in cash, from $86.00 per share in cash and a $2.50...

IDIS is poised to extend its deep learning capabilities, and to lead the sector with more advanced projects in the Middle East, with the launch a powerful line-up of Edge VA bullet and fixed domes featuring essential on-board analytics, to be showcased at Intersec (19-21 January in Dubai) on stand SA-A28. Crucially, the new camera range will allow users to leverage the power of IDIS Instant Meta Filtering, with the ability to access and search video data, stored on IDIS NVRs, through the totall...

Some of the largest machinery in the world depends on the smooth operation of tiny ball and roller bearings. In order to detect abnormalities in bearings that can hamper machine performance, 100% inspection is required by state-of-the-art machine vision systems. Ideally, this inspection would be fast, automatic, and contactless to avoid any damage to the bearings. 3DPIXA 3D stereo line scan camera Active Inspection has developed a system based on the Chromasens 3DPIXA 3D stereo line scan camer...

Zenitel is pleased to present IC-EDGETM at Intersec Dubai 19-21 January and welcome everyone to discover the future of intelligent communication, at stand SA-I33. Zenitel’s team looks forward to meeting with the visitors at Intersec Dubai and introducing them to IC-EDGE, the company’s next-generation platform and family of intelligent communication devices, delivering out-of-the-box unrivaled sound quality, interoperability, security and ease of use. IP-based intercom system IC-EDG...

Back in the 1960s a lead engineer working in conjunction with the United States Navy for Lockheed’s Skunk Works team coined the acronym KISS, which translated to the design principle ‘keep it simple stupid’.  The KISS principle embraces the concept of simplicity, stating that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than geared up to be more complicated. When it comes to physical security systems, this concept can also play a key element in its overall succes...

Imagine a home surveillance camera monitoring an elderly parent and anticipating potential concerns while respecting their privacy. Imagine another camera predicting a home burglary based on suspicious behaviors, allowing time to notify the homeowner who can in turn notify the police before the event occurs—or an entire network of cameras working together to keep an eye on neighborhood safety. Artificial Intelligence vision chips A new gen of AI vision chips are pushing advanced capabili...

The third OSPAs Thought Leadership Summit, organised in association with the NSI, takes place on Wednesday 26th February 2020 at the Royal Lancaster London, and is set to deliver a lively, thought provoking and engaging event providing a platform to confront issues faced by the security industry. The programme will address the increasing challenges faced by the Guarding community, such as the Living Wage and the rogue labour risk from labour providers. The event will also examine the Police-Ala...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) commends members of the administration and the U.S. House of Representatives for their bipartisan leadership in passing the much-anticipated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The USMCA, the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), acknowledges thoughtful and necessary changes that will create a fair-trade landscape while upholding pro-business principles in removing unnecessary trade barriers. The trilateral trade agr...

Security today announced it is extending its artificial intelligence (AI) technology originally developed to protect users in the financial services industry, to clients in all industries via the company's identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) offering. IBM Cloud Identity now features AI-based adaptive access capabilities that help continually assess employee or consumer user risk levels when accessing applications and services. The solution escalates suspicious user interactions for further authenticat...

The Security Industry Association (SIA), the trade association representing more than 1,000 companies and organisations developing and delivering security solutions, thanks the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its thoughtful and diligent work producing a report evaluating the performance of current facial recognition technology across demographic groups. Facial recognition is a fast-advancing technology in a constant cycle of improvements and is widely adopted across th...

Security and Safety Things GmbH is returning to CES in 2020 as a partner in the Bosch booth (number 12401). The company will demonstrate an open IoT ecosystem for security cameras that enables innovative applications, combining Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. These applications, provided by third party development partners, offer actionable insights and intelligence to building and site managers, as well as operators in a variety of different verticals. The IoT ecosystem from Secu...

Developed and launched in 2014, FERMAX FOR REAL, the Augmented Reality application for mobiles and tablets has now been released in a new improved version. It includes new products, a more modern design and a new marker to activate the augmented reality. End users can interact with the product as if it was real and see how Fermax video door entry systems would look like on the exterior and interior of their home. That is the great advantage of Augmented Reality: the possibility of combining the...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) is now accepting applications for the Denis R. Hebert Identity Management Scholarship. This program, presented in partnership with the Center for Identity at the University of Texas at Austin, will offer two $5,000 scholarships for SIA members to help further their education in the field of identity management. The scholarship was named after Hebert, a member of SIA’s Board of Directors and immediate past chairman of the board, serving as chair from...

Silicon Labs and the Z-Wave Alliance announce plans to open the Z-Wave Specification as a ratified, multi-source wireless standard available to all silicon and stack vendors for development. With this change, semiconductor and software suppliers will be able to join the Z-Wave ecosystem, contribute to future advancements of the leading smart home standard and develop and supply sub-GHz Z-Wave radio devices and software stacks. The Z-Wave Alliance will expand to a standards development organisat...

Rapiscan Systems RTT 110 is the first high-speed Computed Tomography Explosive Detection System (EDS) to be approved on TSA's Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL). This was achieved last month after a thorough testing process with the TSA and means that the RTT 110 will now undergo further field test activities which it must pass before it can be formally qualified. The RTT 110 has revolutionised the EDS market by providing exceptional performance at significantly lower cost of ownership...

Cybersecurity services and Integrated Risk Management solutions provider SureCloud has announced that it has been accredited to provide Simulated Target Attack and Response (STAR) Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing services by the not-for-profit accreditation and certification body, CREST that represents the technical information security market. CREST developed the STAR framework to deliver intelligence-led cybersecurity testing, incorporating advanced penetration testing and threat intellig...

The Boring Labs has announced that it has achieved the designation of Gold Technology Partner by Milestone Systems. The Boring Toolbox is a series of functional tools that help enterprises and integrators more efficiently manage medium-to-large distributed video surveillance/security networks using Milestone Systems XProtect Express+, Pro+, Expert and Corporate. Managing large, complex systems In March of this year, The Boring Toolbox received accolades from Milestone as the Solution Partner o...

Valsoft Corporation Inc. (‘Valsoft’), a Montreal-based company specialising in the acquisition and development of vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Innovative Business Software A/S (‘Innovative’), a pioneer in Integrated Incident Management software, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1982, Innovative specialises in developing and managing incident management software for private and public alarm receiving centres and al...

360 Advanced, Inc. has announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), introducing a new security offering for cloud service providers. As a member of the Cloud Security Alliance, 360 Advanced can now provide CSA - Security, Trust, Assurance and Risk (STAR) Attestations. CSA STAR Attestation provides guidelines for Certified Public Accountants to conduct SOC 2 engagements, using criteria from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Trust Services Pr...