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Zimperium, the only mobile-first security platform for mobile devices and mobile apps, welcomes Chris White as Chief Revenue Officer and Anupam Bandyopadhyay as Senior Vice President of Engineering. These new executives will accelerate global revenue growth, drive customer acquisition and retention, and advance platform innovation as part of the company’s mission to help organisations protect mobile endpoints and apps from cyber threats. Chris White Chris White joins Zimperium from Druva, a pioneer in cloud data protection, where he was Chief Revenue Officer and serves as an Advisor. Chris is a proven global sales pioneer with a demonstrated history of working in the SaaS, Security, and Infrastructure space. He brings over 30 years of experience driving growth and pioneering strategic sales teams at companies such as A10 Networks, Proofpoint, Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp, Symantec, and ADP. Data protection and cybersecurity solutions “The market for data protection and cybersecurity solutions has evolved considerably over the past year. I believe Zimperium is poised for market dominance and I’m excited to help lead the next chapter of growth for the company,” said Chris White. He adds, “I’ve spent decades pioneering transformational IT and security companies to exceed their growth and revenue goals, and I look forward to helping drive Zimperium forward while exceeding the expectations and needs of our customers and employees.”  Anupam Bandyopadhyay Anupam Bandyopadhyay will lead the engineering team to deliver continued innovation Anupam Bandyopadhyay will lead the engineering team to deliver continued innovation to meet the growing demand for mobile security. Anupam brings with him nearly three decades of engineering expertise building world-class products and services, using various Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models and cutting-edge technologies. His experience spans notable companies such as JPMorgan Chase, VIPRE Security Group, and IBM. He joins Zimperium from malware protection company, Malwarebytes, where he led a global team of developers that built cybersecurity solutions augmented by ML/DL techniques to protect 40+ million devices globally. Mobile security strategies “As a technologist and visionary pioneer, I aspire to be at the forefront of technological innovation,” said Anupam Bandyopadhyay. He adds, “Zimperium’s mobile security platform truly elevates customers’ mobile security strategies to new heights and it’s an honor to be able to pioneer advanced security solutions in the mobile technology arena.” Mobile-first security platform “Chris and Anupam have the experience needed to scale our sales organisation and build the game-changing products required to dominate the mobile security market,” said Shridhar Mittal, Chief Executive Officer at Zimperium. He adds, “As we look to strengthen our already robust mobile-first security platform and accelerate revenue growth, both Chris and Anupam will play critical roles in the next stage of our growth and will be a driving force to ensure Zimperium remains at the forefront in protecting mobile endpoints and applications around the world.”

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2021 winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards, the flagship awards program presented in partnership with ISC West recognising innovative security products, services, and solutions. Top among the winners – who were recognized June 17 during a virtual awards show – was Lumeo, receiving the 2021 Best New Product Award. SIA New Product Showcase Since its inception in 1979, the SIA New Product Showcase has been the security industry’s premier product awards program. New products are reviewed by a panel of judges with extensive industry experience, and in 2021, following significant deliberations, the 35 judges presented awards for technologies covering 25+ product and service categories. The 2021 SIA New Product Showcase entries will be on display July 19-21 in Booth 14073 on the ISC West show floor. Best new product Lumeo received the Best New Product honor for its Lumeo product, submitted in the Emerging Technologies category. Lumeo received the Best New Product honor for its no-code video analytic builder  “Lumeo is the first and only ‘no-code' video analytic builder that provides integrators, software vendors, and solution providers with the ability to create and deliver custom analytics in minutes and with no technical skills needed,” said Lumeo. “Using drag-and-drop tools, pre-built analytic building blocks, and AI models, Lumeo lets providers instantly add AI-powered analytics to their own solution, or extend existing VMS and camera installations to increase revenue and bottom line. Lumeo’s cloud-managed analytics can run in the cloud, on-premises, or a hybrid model so you can optimise for convenience or cost.” Judges’ Choice Award The prestigious Judges’ Choice Award was presented to Teleportivity for the QR Video Intercom product, submitted in the Emerging Technologies category. “Imagine being able to install an app-like ‘video intercom’ experience, anywhere, simply with a QR code,” said Teleportivity. “There’s no hardware needed, and no app required for the visitor. Simply scan with a smartphone and access. Intercom owners can add a whole range of other self-serve experiences into their code. Install onto a digital directory, letterbox, a door, a wall…Anywhere.” New ideas and technologies “The 2021 entrants to the SIA New Product Showcase are a remarkable group, and we were impressed by the many notable ideas and new technologies that came in this year,” said Christopher Grniet, chair of the SIA New Product Showcase Committee. “It was a challenge making the final award determinations in this year’s highly competitive program following hours of panel-driven judging and technology demonstrations. Thank you to our dedicated judges for volunteering your time, expertise, and efforts to make the 2021 SIA New Product Showcase a success.” Merit Award SIA New Product Showcase program – received the New Product Showcase Merit Award Additionally, Marc R. Tardiff –  founder of MRT Security Consulting LLC and an active volunteer judge in the SIA New Product Showcase program – received the New Product Showcase Merit Award, which recognises an individual or company who, through their support of the New Product Showcase, demonstrates a commitment to the vision and mission of the program, contributes to its success and promotes the advancement of SIA and the security industry overall. “I am honored to be named the 2021 SIA NPS Merit Award winner and would like to thank Sandra Jones, who first gave me the chance to serve on the SIA NPS Committee, as well as SIA, Reed, and our NPS Committee members for the work that has been going on for quite some time,” said Tardiff. “I’d also like to thank our previous chair, Jennifer Martin, and current chair Chris Grniet for allowing me to continue to serve.” Recognising all the honorees “SIA is thrilled to recognise the 2021 SIA New Product Showcase honorees, whose products, services, and contributions represent the most innovative new security offerings on the market,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “SIA congratulates all the 2021 award winners, and especially Lumeo and Teleportivity, whose solutions stood out among the impressive field of entrants to earn the Best New Product and Judges’ Choice honors. Additionally, we congratulate Marc R. Tardiff on being named the 2021 SIA NPS Merit Award recipient in recognition of his dedication and valuable contributions to this flagship awards program.” Winners of the 2021 Product Showcase The 2021 SIA New Product Showcase award winners are: Best New Product Award Winner:  Lumeo – Lumeo Judges’ Choice Award Winner:  Teleportivity – QR Video Intercom New Product Showcase Merit Award Winner: Marc R. Tardiff, founder, MRT Security Consulting LLC Category Awards Access Control Devices & Peripherals Hardware – Wireless Winner:  Master Lock – Master Lock Vault Enterprise Bluetooth Door Controller Honorable Mention: Bird Home Automation GmbH – DoorBird D1812 Access Control Software, Hardware, Devices & Peripherals – Wired    Winner: Honeywell International Inc – Pro-Watch Integrated Security Suite Honorable Mention: Alvarado from dormakaba Group – MST-TE Touch-Free Full Height Turnstile Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Winner: Bullistic Barriers LLC – RaDeBuRe Commercial Monitoring Solutions Winner: Evolon – Verify Honorable Mention: Optex – Optex 12 Channel Bridge Communications and Networking Solutions Winner: M2M Services – MINI-LTE-M-AV Convergence and Integration Solutions Winner: BioConnect – BioConnect Enterprise 5.0 Design, Diagnostic, and Installation Tools Winner: Axis Communications, Inc. – AXIS Plugin for Autodesk Revit Emerging Technologies Winner: Teleportivity – QR Video Intercom Honorable Mention: Lumeo – Lumeo AiP Monitoring – SafeAtHome App Environmental Monitoring Systems Winner: IPVideo Corporation – HALO 2.2 Fire/Life Safety Winner: NOTIFIER by Honeywell – Notifier Inspire Self-Test Smoke Detection Hosted Solutions/Managed Services Winner: Soloinsight Inc. – CloudGate SmartSpace Identification Management and Credentialing (Non-Biometrics) Winner: SISCO – ThermalPass Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions (Physical) – Wired Winner: OPTEX Inc. – Redscan Pro Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions (Physical) – Wireless Winner: Intelligent Automation, Inc. – ARGUS Perimeter Security Solutions Key/Equipment Assets Management Solutions Winner: CyberLock Inc. – CyberAudit-Web 9.4 Law Enforcement/Public Safety/Guarding Systems Winner: Active Guardian – 3xLOGIC Gunshot Detection Lock and Key Solutions Winner: Medeco Security Locks – Medeco 4 High-Security Key System Mobile Solutions (Connected) Winner: IronYun Inc. – Vaidio Cam App Smart Home Solutions Winner: Alarm.com – Flex IO Honorable Mention: 2GIG – 2GIG EDGE Security and Automation Panel Threat/Risk Management Software Applications Winner: Gallagher – Proximity and Contact Tracing Report Video Analytics Winner: IronYun Inc. – Vaidio AI Vision Platform 5.0 Video Surveillance Cameras (HD/Megapixel) Winner: Hitachi Kokusai Electric, Ltd. – KP-HD3005G-R5/IF-PCB Video Surveillance Data Storage Winner: Premio Inc. – AI Edge Inference Computer (RCO-6141E-4U2C-2060S) Video Surveillance Management Systems Winner: Immervision Inc. – Immervision HTML 5 Web SDK During the 2021 SIA New Product Showcase virtual awards ceremony, in addition to the presentation of the overall and category-specific awards, attendees enjoyed hearing insights from New Product Showcase judges into innovations driving product advancements in the security industry. The 2021 SIA New Product Showcase entries will be on display July 19-21 in Booth 14073 on the ISC West show floor.

The amount of data generated by today’s video systems – whether resulting from increasing camera counts and/or higher resolutions such as 4K – is presenting new challenges when it comes to storing the data and making it instantly accessible to end users. The surge in data is opening the way in our market for new, more sophisticated IT systems to manage and store the data. In fact, the sheer volume of video data and increasing application demands make some legacy approaches obsolete. Managing and storing video data The surge in “big video” has attracted several players to the market from the IT side. The latest is Hitachi Insight Group, which has introduced new Video Management Platform (VMP) converged appliances for big video applications. The appliances integrate the rack server, network storage, flash modules and virtualisation software. There are three models that support from 150 to 10,000 cameras and scale up to 16 petabytes of storage. Each “pre-validated, converged turnkey appliance” is scalable and provides a high-availability foundation for video security, monitoring and analytics, according to Hitachi. The appliances support third party video management system (VMS) software (such as Genetec, Milestone, Verint, et. al.) as well as video analytics and infrastructure monitoring software. Their design emphasises high availability and fault tolerance. Vertical markets “Our appliance super-charges VMS systems to enable them to operate as they were designed,” says Justin Bean, Hitachi’s Director of Smart Cities Solutions. Hitachi’s systems have been used in the smart cities/public safety sector, and are now being marketed more broadly to corporate and enterprise security applications. "We are bridging the gap between security integrators and ITmanagers with solutions that areeasy to install and support" “We are experts on storage, and we are bridging the gap between security integrators and IT managers with solutions that are easy to install and support,” says Kirill Sokolinsky, Director, Hardware Solutions, Smart Cities and Public Safety, Hitachi Insight Group. Hitachi’s integrated solution replaces the need to combine disparate systems to achieve the needed functionality. "Five years ago it was hard to get end users to talk about storage," says Mark Jules, VP of Public Safety and Smart City Solutions, Hitachi Data Systems. "Now with issues such as compliance and body-worn cameras, store-and-compute is mentioned in every meeting." Some legacy storage systems can lose data, which can degrade video quality by as much as 20 percent and undermine the effectiveness of video analytics systems. Problems include network resiliency, blurred video, delays in pulling up footage, and lapses in footage. Hitachi seeks to solve the problems and offer the technology to more vertical markets, including gaming, transportation, and corporate campuses. Physical security & ‘big data’ Another common term today is “big data,” which highlights the ability to capture large amounts of data and then to analyse it to yield greater knowledge and insights. The physical security market generates a large amount of its own big data nowadays, whether from access control or intruder systems or video. In addition to the “big video” aspect – all those images – surveillance systems also yield more “structured data,” the results of applications such as crowd counting and license plate recognition. Longer storage times (some driven by regulatory compliance requirements) and greater use of analytics are two additional factors driving the need to store more video data. As evidence of the growth in data, Hitachi points to IHS estimates that 337 additional petabytes of data are generated every day from new surveillance cameras this year compared to last. Given the proliferation of data in ours and related markets, it’s no surprise that Hitachi has been drawn to the opportunity. Considering the massive amounts of data involved, it’s likely even more vendors will join in.