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Pluralsight announces next phase of international expansion with focus on APAC

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology skills platform announced plans to expand its footprint and operations in Australia to accelerate growth and provide a stepping stone for further expansion in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. To support its investment in Australia and the region, Pluralsight has appointed Mike Featherstone as Managing Director of ANZ/APAC. Pluralsight plans to more than double the existing team in Australia over the next three years, hiring over 50 new team members across a...

Axis Communications highlight the benefits of Axis online tools for users designing surveillance systems

It’s now easier than ever to find the right components for the job. With Axis Communications’ tool pages, users can get a significantly improved experience that makes it simpler for them to save time and to find the right parts and cameras from the start. Axis online tools Axis online tools offer a palette of opportunities for integrators and other stakeholders to find the right components, and making the most of them, when designing surveillance systems. The tools help to save tim...

MOBOTIX to exhibit 7 open solution platform and M73 ONVIF-conformant camera at Global Partner Conference 2019

MOBOTIX is making the next big advance in intelligent video technology, furthering its mission statement of going ‘Beyond Human Vision’. By launching its new MOBOTIX 7 open solution platform and the M73 high-end camera that uses it, the company is once again cementing its position as a globally established company in this technology. Supported by artificial intelligence and application solutions based on deep learning, the new generation of video cameras not only enables an unlimite...

Openview Security Solutions installs security and fire protection systems for WDH

WDH, one of the UK’s largest housing associations which manages more than 31000 homes, has awarded Openview Security Solutions a major contract to install the latest security and fire protection systems for a pilot scheme at Low Cross Court, a high-rise building with thirty four dwellings. OpenView was awarded the contract after winning an open tender to the CCTV, door entry, access control, fire alarm, sprinklers, fire stopping and additional fire safety measures controlled by a full mana...

Colo Solutions achieves 5 consecutive years of SOC 1, HIPAA, and PCI compliance

Colo Solutions, a colocation and cloud services provider located in downtown Orlando, Florida, announces successful completion of their 2019 SOC 1 Type 2 examination, HIPAA security compliance assessment, and PCI DSS assessment. As the company’s top priority, ‘customer needs’ are the driving force behind the comprehensive initiative, noted Clayton Mynard, CEO. Providing additional confirmation The company’s five consecutive years of SOC compliance reflects their long-s...

RapidDeploy announces launch of Lightning Partner Program to create end-to-end cloud public safety ecosystem

RapidDeploy, the provider of Cloud Aided Dispatch software for emergency communications centers, announces the launch of its Lightning Partner Program. The Program creates an integrated end-to-end ecosystem of visionary technology partners who believe in democraticing public safety utilising cloud native technology. The solutions, integrated across Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud, will provide a comprehensive platform for public safety agencies. Lightning Partners share RapidDeploy&rsq...

ISC East 2019 Preview: Keynotes, free sessions and workshops among conference offerings

In addition to providing the Northeast’s largest security trade show, ISC East will include free conference sessions and keynote speeches right on the show floor and several paid workshops. The Nov. 20-21 event at New York’s Javits Center will also include vendor solution sessions from Axis Communications, Hikvision and NAPCO. Wide variety of paid workshops An advantage of the International Security Conference & Exposition in New York is that much of the programming is complime...

ISC East 2019 Preview: Exhibition prepares to make its mark in New York

ISC East continues to flourish as the Northeast’s largest security trade show. Focused on the big Tri-State market and overall Northeast sector vs. the flagship ISC West event in Las Vegas in the spring, the International Security Conference & Exposition at New York’s Javits Center will be held Nov. 20 and 21. “Anybody who has been to the show has commented and seen the growth,” says Mary Beth Shaughnessy, Event Director, ISC Events at Reed Exhibitions. Ninety new ex...

OPTEX DACH provides security training the German Police Academy of Hessen

The Police Academy of Hessen organised in September 2019 an in-depth Security training which covers many security topics including intruder alarm systems, intrusion detection, CCTV, police respond etc. The Academy approached our OPTEX team responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region) and asked if they could provide a seminar on sensing technologies, intrusion detection systems and best practice to install them. Over 70 security consultants and installers attended the seminar p...

Alchera Inc. exhibits high-tech facial recognition solution at Korea Police World Expo 2019

Alchera Inc. will present its face recognition technology at the Korea Police World Expo 2019, which will be held on the 74th National Police Day. At the exhibition held in Songdo Convesia, Incheon, South Korea from 21st to 23rd October 2019, visitors who agreed to use facial recognition information and technology will be able to enter the exhibition quickly and conveniently by using the ticketing system presented by Alchera. AI-based face recognition technology Alchera’s face recognitio...

Hikvision’s surveillance products secure the Palms Shopping Mall in Nigeria

The Palms Shopping Mall (Lekki Shoprite) is a very famous shopping center located in the downtown area of Lagos’s Victoria Island in Nigeria. This large shopping and entertainment hub hosts hundreds of shops, and regularly attracts thousands of people. Naturally, such a busy area for shopping, commerce, and congregating, in a high-density city with tremendous amounts of foot-traffic, requires serious security at all times. The previous system was aging and in need of improvement. Hence, l...

Axis Communications stresses on the positives of integrating audio to IP video surveillance to enhance property security

For retailers in city or town centres, storefront vandalism and break-ins will affect the bottom line negatively. Integrating network audio in their IP camera surveillance systems is an effective way to protect property and also to improve staff security. Protecting UK high streets The high streets of Great Britain have seen their status as the main arteries of towns and cities dwindle, since hitting ‘peak High Street’ in 19th-century Victorian England. Even so, they remain essenti...

Qumulex seeks to simplify the integrator community’s transition to the cloud

Qumulex is a new startup with a mission to provide physical security integrators a transition path to embrace the technology of the cloud and a subscription-based business model. Qumulex’s products seek to provide capabilities to embrace the cloud without an integrator having to turn their back completely on the ‘transactional revenue’ of installing new systems. As the transition happens, Qumulex offers a product line that supports any mix of systems from on-premises to the cl...

Avaya extends partnership with NVT Phybridge to accelerate “plug-and-play” solutions for IP modernisation

NVT Phybridge makes long-distance IP connections simple, secure, and cost-effectiveAvaya Holdings Corp., a pioneer in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration announced a resale agreement with NVT Phybridge to provide its long reach, single-pair UTP PoE switches for IP modernisation as part of Avaya’s unified communications portfolio. NVT Phybridge is a global company in long-reach PoE (Power over Ethernet), making long-distance IP connections simple, secure, and...

Axis Communications highlight how Stone Security benefited from using Axis online tools

Formed in 2006, by a former US Air Force pilot, a US Secret Service agent and IT professionals, Stone Security of Salt Lake City, Utah, has an impeccable pedigree when it comes to providing modern security solutions. Stone Security offers solutions on video surveillance and access control, along with intrusion detection, and targets all kinds of businesses and organisations. Security systems installation The company also designs the security systems and does installations, and performs servic...

Hikvision announces financial results for the third quarter of 2019 showing 23.12% growth YoY

Hikvision, the world’s provider of innovative security products and solutions, has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2019. During Q3 of 2019, Hikvision generated a revenue of RMB 15.92 billion, having achieved a year-over-year (YoY) growth of 23.12%, and net profits attributable to shareholders of the Company was RMB 3.81 billion, representing a year-over-year growth of 17.31%. During the period of Q1-Q3, Hikvision accumulated a total operating income of RMB 39.84 b...

ASSA ABLOY’s Entrance Systems division announces plans to expand and take the next step

Entrance Systems division has, since its foundation in 2006, successfully grown from SEK 3 bn to above SEK 25 bn in annual revenue. To enable continued and accelerated growth of the division in the ASSA ABLOY Group, a new divisional structure will be formed around four business segments: Pedestrian, Industrial, Residential and Perimeter Security. Perimeter Security is currently part of the Opening Solutions Americas division and will be transferred to the Entrance Systems division to create new...

Five reasons to use FLIR Saros DH-390 dome camera to enhance Remote Monitoring RMR

Progressive security integrators are constantly on the lookout for ways to increase security for their customers while also growing the value of their business. At the end of the day, they often evaluate new offerings from the perspective, “how will this service or solution help me make more money?” As integrators face ongoing pressure to reduce margins on video surveillance equipment, new innovative ways to drive profits and increase their business valuation must be uncovered to ke...

How technology contributes to better healthcare facility security

Video, access control and visitor management are among the technologies that are enabling greater safety and security at hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Video surveillance systems enable hospital management and security professionals to know what goes on in and around a medical facility. Recording images in high resolutions (megapixels and gigapixels) is becoming more and more important in healthcare, says Jason Ouellette, Product Line Director – Access Control, Tyco Security P...

CrowdStrike highlights cybersecurity trends in first half of 2019

A larger proportion of cyberattacks in the first half of 2019 can be attributed to electronic criminals (eCrime adversaries) compared to state-sponsored or unidentified attacks. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that provides the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform, observes that 61% of targeted cybersecurity campaigns in the first half of 2019 were sourced from eCrime adversaries, compared to 39% from other sources. Technology was the top vertical market targeted by cyber-attack...

How the new AXIS Companion software improves surveillance for small business owner?

To help installers provide simple, reliable, and affordable video surveillance solutions for small business owners, Axis developed AXIS Companion. And while this system has changed the lives and security approaches of many business owners already, there’s new software that significantly enhances the product services. Göran Haraldsson, responsible for small business solutions at Axis says about the new software, the new features it brings, and how especially small business owners can...

HID Global extends their citizen identity solutions portfolio to De La Rue’s citizen identity business

HID Global, a worldwide provider of trusted identity solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the international identity solutions business of De La Rue, the world’s commercial issuer of banknotes and passports. The De La Rue business will be merged with HID’s citizen identity solutions portfolio, broadening HID Global’s leadership position, extending its capabilities to scale and assemble government-issued citizen IDs, and expanding the value delivered to...

VuWall announces update to its flagship video wall control platform, VuWall2

VuWall, global provider of video wall control and AV network management solutions, has announced an update to its flagship video wall control and collaboration platform, VuWall2. New enhancements to the powerful software solution include coloured borders and colour detection, support for the Milestone XProtect unified security platform, further integration with the IHSE Draco tera matrix, and extended KVM support of IP sources. VuWall2 solution "A control room must be a highly flexible enviro...

Hanwha Techwin announces hiring Mr. Soon-Hong Ahn as the new President

Hanwha Techwin Co. Ltd. has announced the appointment of Mr. Soon-Hong Ahn as the new President of the company. Previously holding coveted profiles of Head of Sales & Marketing, along with former President of Hanwha Techwin America, Mr Ahn’s extensive knowledge of the video surveillance industry and expertise in global marketing have been significant factors in the company’s high growth achievements in a competitive marketplace. This in turn has laid the groundwork for expanding...

PAC & GDX announce availability of Architect access control readers with RFID, NFC and Bluetooth technologies

PAC & GDX, global provider of access control and door entry solutions, has announced the availability of its new Architect range of readers. By integrating cutting edge radio frequency identification (RFID), near field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth technologies into the Architect range, PAC & GDX has made it possible for smartphones to be used as an access control identification tool, thereby providing the highest level of convenience, flexibility and ease of operation. Integrating...

MOBOTIX secures Bolloré Logistics, New Zealand with hemispheric and Dual D15 cameras

Bolloré Logistics is one of the top ten transport and logistics companies in the world. Its warehousing and logistics facility near Auckland Airport, New Zealand, has seen significant growth in recent years and often handles in excess of 2,000 items in a day. As a customs bonded warehouse, the location is subject to strict security requirements. All movements and processing in the warehouse must therefore be monitored closely, as the consequences of damage to facilities or loss of stock c...

AXIS Companion software delivers real-time alerts and multi-user support

Axis Communications announces the release of AXIS Companion software for simple, secure and reliable video management. This easy-to-use video surveillance solution is optimised for small systems up to 16 cameras and is ideal for small businesses needing to monitor their premises, people and assets. AXIS Companion software is intuitive and easy to operate, letting users quickly learn to navigate the system with minimal instruction. Alert notifications keep business owners aware of any suspicious...

Vicon announces Valerus VMS with interactive mapping, event query engine

Vicon Industries, Inc., designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware and components, announced the availability of Valerus version 20, which adds features designed to expand its overall capabilities while maintaining its core value as an easy VMS on the market. This latest release offers features that include: interactive mapping, an event query engine and bookmarking functionality. Valerus’ new interactive mapping feature provides the ability to c...

Vicon Introduces Valerus 20 with advanced enterprise performance features like interactive mapping and bookmarking

Vicon Industries, Inc., designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware and components, announced the availability of Valerus version 20, which adds features designed to expand its overall capabilities while maintaining its core value as the easiest VMS on the market. This latest release offers features that include: interactive mapping, an event query engine and bookmarking functionality. Improving event response time Valerus’ new interactive mappin...

A veteran’s point of view: physical security sector is a natural fit for the military

Growing up, I was surrounded by the military way of life as my father was a Captain in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and my grandfather and uncles all served in the military. Even from a young age, I knew I was going to serve our country. My 22-year career in the military includes serving in the United States Air Force, the California Air National Guard and as a reservist assigned to an active-duty Air Force unit. Training and development operations Over the course of my military c...

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