Internet of Things (IoT) - News

i-PRO announces support for Genetec Security Centre SaaS

i-PRO Co., Ltd. (formerly Panasonic Security), a global pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, announced support for Genetec™ Security Centre SaaS.  i-PRO will enable Security Centre SaaS support in its new edge AI-enabled cameras while also releasing an app for existing cameras in the field at no cost. Users of AI-enabled i-PRO cameras will be able to simply install an application on the camera to give direct access to Genetec Security Centre...

Pimloc and Cisco Meraki partnership elevates redaction capabilities and efficiencies with Secure Redact offering

Driven by customer demand, Pimloc, the world-renowned AI video privacy, redaction, and analytics company, is proud to announce its partnership with Cisco Meraki, a worldwide technology pioneer, along with the availability of Pimloc’s Secure Redact technologies on Cisco Meraki’s Marketplace.  Secure Redact’s industry-renowned video privacy platform automatically redacts sensitive personal information, such as faces and licence plates, captured via taped or live video, with...

Fortem International's launch of Disasters Expo in Europe - Networking & Education in Disaster Management

After years of successful international incarnations, the pioneering event for mitigating the consequences of the most costly disasters is coming to Messe Frankfurt. On the 15th and 16th of May, Disasters Expo Europe will be making its European debut, set to bring together thousands of visiting professionals in the disaster management and emergency response sectors. Along with providing a networking space for an international community of professionals, the event will also have an educational f...

Enveil partners with Vertosoft to expand reach in the public sector

Enveil, the pioneering Privacy Enhancing Technology company protecting Data in Use, announced a partnership and distribution agreement with Vertosoft, a pioneering software distributor. The agreement empowers Vertosoft to distribute Enveil’s ZeroReveal® software solutions to address untapped opportunities with mission partners and expand the company’s footprint in the broader Public Sector through access to Vertosoft procurement vehicles and partner network. The collaborati...

Partnership between Siren and Chainalysis to trace blockchain transactions and disrupt illicit activities

Siren, the all-in-one investigation platform company on a mission to keep people, assets and networks safe, and Chainalysis, the blockchain intelligence platform, announced details of a strategic partnership at the annual Chainalysis Links event in New York. As cryptocurrency becomes more mainstream and used by both good and bad actors, the partnership addresses the increasing need for more sophisticated intelligence technology to fight illicit cryptocurrency activity. Cha...

Mayflex appointed as a value-added distributor for Ruijie in the UK

Mayflex, the distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has signed a partnership agreement to become a ‘Value Added Distributor’ for the Ruijie and Reyee by Ruijie brands in the UK. Ruijie Networks is a global industry-renowned manufacturer of Wired and Wireless network infrastructure products and solutions. Founded in 2003, Ruijie has seen steady growth and achieved many accolades in that time and was recognised in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for its Wired and Wireless LAN Access...

Acre Security’s new access control ecosystem marks a step forward in simplified, comprehensive security solutions

Acre Security, a global pioneer providing state-of-the-art security systems, unveils acre access control in conjunction with the acre Smart Controller and the acre Reader. The combined ecosystem delivers extensive flexibility and offers the fastest and most user-friendly route to cloud adoption. Together, these solutions provide a simple and robust security solution to meet the evolving needs of any organisation.  Functionality, flexibility, freedom Built from the outset with cybers...

Elite Interactive Solutions launches Channel Partner Program

Elite Interactive Solutions, a remote video guarding pioneer using proprietary intelligence and integration to achieve proven crime prevention, announces it has launched a new initiative to engage select security dealers and integrators. The Elite Channel Partner Program (ECCP) for the first time makes the company’s award-winning service — which has set the industry standard with tens of thousands of real-time crime interventions, thousands of arrests and zero false alarms to polic...

Resideo introduces AI-powered first alert indoor camera

Resideo Technologies, a pioneering global provider of solutions for home comfort, security and safety, unveiled the First Alert® VX5 Indoor Camera at ISC West 2024 (exhibitor stand #10047). The indoor camera is the latest addition to the award-winning First Alert VX  Series – which includes the First Alert Outdoor Camera and Video Doorbell – and it features accurate artificial intelligence (AI) event detection, a unique automated privacy mode and flexible installa...

Suprema aims to enhance market presence in North America with innovative services and strategies at ISC West

Suprema, a global pioneer of AI-based security solutions, has announced its participation in ISC West 2024, the largest security trade show in the United States, scheduled to take place from April 10 to 12 in Las Vegas. Suprema will showcase the exceptional performance of its deep-learning-based AI algorithms in facial authentication and fingerprint recognition, exemplified by its advanced on-device AI solutions, namely the award-winning BioStation 3 and BioStation 2a. BioStar 2 access control...

Siemens Xcelerator: New Siemens software automatically identifies vulnerable production assets

Production facilities are increasingly the target of cyberattacks. Industrial companies are therefore required to identify and close potential vulnerabilities in their systems. To address the need to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities on the shop floor as quickly as possible, Siemens has launched a new cybersecurity software-as-a-service, that will be showcased for the first time at Hannover Messe 2024. Integrated task management The cloud-based SINEC Security Guard offers automated vulne...

Viakoo IoT security and video assurance innovations featured at ISC West 2024

Viakoo continues to set new benchmarks in IoT/security device service assurance and remediation with a broad spectrum of high-profile public and private end users, and a continually expanding network of Managed Services Partners (MSPs). By enhancing its flagship solution, the Viakoo Action Platform, with new IoT Applications-Based Discovery capabilities, Viakoo greatly accelerates the time to discover potential threats and impending device issues, and remediate issues, ultimately shrinking an...

Viakoo announces expanded Pavion partnership

Viakoo, the provider of automated IoT cybersecurity and performance management solutions, announced its expanded partnership with Pavion, a provider of integrated solutions for fire, security, and critical communications. Pavion customers will benefit from outcome-based managed services and automation to remediate vulnerabilities and ensure system performance, reducing the IoT attack surface and ensuring life-critical security and life safety systems are maintained at the highest possible level...

March Networks CloudSight, the industry’s first camera-to-cloud solution with real-time AI analytics and business intelligence

March Networks®, a global pioneer in intelligent video solutions, announced the launch of a new subscription-based video solution called March Networks CloudSight. The cloud-based service is tailored to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and quick service restaurants (QSRs). CloudSight March Networks CloudSight delivers a seamless direct camera-to-cloud video experience and is fully integrated and operational with Searchlight Cloud, the company’s advanced AI-based data analyti...

Arcules focuses on empowering integration, exploring cloud evolution, and educating the industry at ISC West 2024

Arcules, the pioneering provider of unified, intelligent cloud-based video surveillance solutions, is set to showcase its innovations in partnerships, artificial intelligence, and cloud solutions at this week’s ISC West. The company will highlight its commitment to the continuous success of its integrators, concentrating on a cohesive sales and consulting strategy to offer immediate and long-term benefits to end users through cloud services and video and business intelligence. Modern sec...

Databuoy Corporation awarded U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation for SHOTPOINT®

Databuoy Corporation (Databuoy), a pioneer in gunshot localisation and real-time emergency alert intelligence systems, announced that their SHOTPOINT product line; Indoor, Outdoor and Vertical, have been awarded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act Designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT). Technologies that receive the SAFETY Act Designation undergo a thorough evaluation process including independently conducted system performance testing, real-world oper...

Dahua joins Earth Hour with global initiative towards sustainability

Dahua Technology, a world-pioneering video-centric AIoT solution and service provider, has shown its global commitment to sustainability by participating in Earth Hour. On March 23, employees across its global subsidiaries in Indonesia, Brazil, Western Europe, Oceania, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Mexico, the Philippines, and Malaysia, unified their efforts to switch off unnecessary lights and electrical appliances in solidarity with the global initiative. Planet’s natural resources Earth...

Emerson to showcase Floor to Cloud™ factory automation solutions at Hannover Messe 2024

Global technology, software and engineering pioneer, Emerson will present the future of automation through its Floor to Cloud™ approach and innovative automation solutions at Hannover Messe in Hannover, Germany on April 22-26, 2024. Emerson will demonstrate how real-time visibility and control can drive sustainability, enhance overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and empower teams using data-informed decision-making. This is the first year Emerson’s booth will be housed in hall 11...

Axis ­­raises the bar on cybersecurity to provide wide-ranging FIPS 140-compliant products to government customers

Axis Communications announced plans to expand the number of network physical security products certified to FIPS 140 under the Federal Information Processing Standards. This move will improve the cybersecurity postures of Axis customers that must meet the FIPS 140 certification, specifically in the government and critical infrastructure sectors. FIPS are widely recognised as state-of-the-art security standards issued by the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) for the U....

i-PRO advocates for responsible AI practices in physical security

By 2026, Gartner predicts that 50% of governments worldwide will enforce the use of responsible AI through regulations, policies, and the need for data privacy. While these guidelines are being developed, AI continues to evolve at a rapid pace. i-PRO Co., Ltd. (formerly Panasonic Security), a global pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety, underscores the critical importance of ethical and responsible AI practices in the physical security domain....

HTX partners with Samsung to develop next-generation solutions for frontliners and bolster national cybersecurity efforts

Samsung Electronics Singapore and HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that underscores the organisations’ commitment to advancing online and public safety in Singapore through technology development and innovation.  The agreement paves the way for collaborative, co-development initiatives that address the evolving technological needs of Home Team agencies, allowing frontline responders to execute their duties with...

TrueConf named high performer in G2 Grid® report for video conferencing for two times in 2024

TrueConf is recognised as a High Performer in G2 Grid® Report for Video Conferencing for two times in 2024. TrueConf Server was included in the list of Best Video Conferencing Software in winter and spring based on customer satisfaction and global market presence. G2 is one of the largest online review platforms for business software and services. Every season, experts select the best software among developers of video conferencing and unified communications systems. Unique scoring methodo...

11:11 Systems becomes new VMware cloud service provider Pinnacle tier partner in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program

11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider, announced the company is now a VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) Pinnacle tier partner in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program for the global market to help mutual enterprise customers to innovate by adopting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as their private cloud infrastructure. 11:11 Systems delivers newly managed VMware Cloud Foundation private cloud services, including sovereign cloud services that support data residency and othe...

Verkada launches new Integration Program, empowering customers with expanded functionality and interoperability

Verkada, a pioneer in cloud-based physical security solutions, announced a new Integrations Program for technology partners. Verkada's Integration Program will enable its customers to more easily manage multiple systems through a growing set of supported integrations. "Verkada's new Integrations Program will expand the interoperability of our powerful platform across even more complex environments and use cases," said Filip Kaliszan, Co-founder and CEO. "Continuing to develop more native integr...

Identiv announces asset purchase agreement with security solutions provider Vitaprotech for $145 million

Identiv, Inc., a global digital security and identification pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT), has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement to sell its physical security, access card, and identity reader operations and assets to Vitaprotech, a security solutions provider. The proceeds from the sale will significantly strengthen Identiv’s financial position, generating capital to fund future organic and inorganic growth of its specialty IoT solutions business.  Under t...

Permiso raises $18M Series A to unify threat detection and response in the cloud

After successfully detecting cloud identity-based attacks that bypassed existing security solutions and closing multiple six and seven-figure licence deals with Fortune 500 customers, Permiso has raised a $18.5m Series A led by Altimeter Capital with participation from Point72 Ventures. Permiso's unique library of detection signals feeds into their unified threat prevention, detection and response platform to provide organisations unprecedented visibility into their cloud environments. S...

PSA Network unveils 2024 P3 partners

The PSA Network, the world’s largest consortium of professional systems integrators, announced the PSA Partner Program (P3) members for 2024.  The P3 program is a performance-based initiative designed for technology partners. It assesses and categorises partners according to a set of criteria that mirror their achievements and impact within the network. 2024 strategic P3 partnerships Partners meeting the minimum annual sales threshold undergo evaluation on a weighted scale. The cum...

Texecom & Videcon form UK distribution partnership

Major UK-based manufacturer - Texecom is pleased to announce a new agreement for Videcon to distribute its range of innovative security products in the United Kingdom. Established in 1986, Texecom is highly regarded as the pioneering security company by professional, commercial, residential and industrial clients around the world. Trusted by over 300,000 professional installers, protecting over a million people and properties globally, their intruder detection solutions are now available from V...

Ensign InfoSecurity showcases AI-powered cyber solutions at Milipol AsiaPacific–TechX Summit 2024

In an era where people and devices are increasingly connected to the Internet and each other, cyberattack surfaces are growing exponentially, posing threats not only to individuals at home but organisations and nations worldwide. Evidently, safeguarding cyberspace has become the most dynamic threat to homeland security. To combat these ever-expanding complexities of cybercrimes, Ensign InfoSecurity (Ensign), Asia Pacific’s largest pure-play cybersecurity provider, has positioned itself a...

Allied Universal named to Newsweek list of America's Greatest Workplaces For Diversity 2024

In recognition of April’s Celebrate Diversity Month, Allied Universal®, the world’s renowned security and facility services company, is proud to announce it has been named to the Newsweek list of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024 with a ranking of four and a half out of five stars. The list was compiled based on data and interviews with HR professionals and a diverse group of employees. Recognition by Newsweek “It is a privilege to be recognised as one of...

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