Touchless Security - Case studies
Security at healthcare premises has never been higher on the agenda. Patients expect safety and privacy. Yet many medical locations must be open and accessible around the clock. The protection of drugs, vaccines, equipment and data makes it critical to know who accesses where, and when. Mechanical lock-and-key security was not designed to meet these challenges. Wireless locking devices provide the easiest upgrade or replacement for any access system based on mechanical or magnetic locks. Smartc...
Truline Industries is a specialty machining business located in Chesterland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1939 Truline is built upon integrity both in work and in life. An AS 9100 / ISO 9001 certified facility, Truline makes use of the latest technology to fabricate fuel pump bearings for the aircraft industry as well as other high-tolerance precision machine parts. Challenge Truline Industries has been using Gallagher physical access control systems for their office building. Howeve...
StorMagic®, simplifying storage and security from the edge to the core, announces that Giant Eagle, Inc. a U.S. food, fuel, and pharmacy retailer with more than 470 locations across five states, has selected StorMagic SvSAN virtual SAN software and SvKMS encryption key management to ensure uptime and safeguard data in its 200-plus supermarkets with in-store pharmacies. After experiencing challenges with its aging physical SAN solution, rising maintenance costs, and sourcing issues with the...
Adani Group is an Indian multi-national conglomerate, with its headquarters located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in India. The group’s diversified businesses include resources, logistics, energy sectors and agriculture business. Adani Group is the largest port developer and operator in India, with the Mundra port, located in Gujarat, the largest commercial port in India. Having multiple ports, branches, manufacturing units and corporate offices at various locations, Adani Group is one of the la...
Four out of every five (82%) of existing CCTV and video monitoring systems are set to be extended to help keep schools and colleges ‘COVID Safe’, found a new education sector study of 91 education organisations based in the UK, US, Sweden, and Norway, carried out by video security as a service (VSaaS) provider AVA Security in March 2021. Many schools and colleges have already adapted their video monitoring systems to support COVID safety measures. For example, half (50%) of all thos...
Xenon Fire & Security recently completed an integration between Vanderbilt’s ACT access control and KONE, a globally renowned company in the lift and escalator industry. The project was carried out on behalf of a Dublin City-based client, in one of their flagship properties - a 7-storey, multi-tenancy office blocks, located in the heart of the city quays in Dublin, Ireland. The building includes 6 upper floors and a basement area. The reason behind the integration was to attain greate...
The US Company Meeting Machines is a provider of meeting room displays. The development of a compact, integrated solution combines various functionalities such as occupancy display, scheduling, and contactless check-in via RFID in one unit. Technically complex networking and visually unsightly installation of multiple devices such as touchscreen displays, LED pads and RFID readers are a thing of the past. Easy physical access for employees no matter which card technology their employee ID uses....
The customer provides telematics solutions for materials handling equipment such as forklifts and other powered industrial trucks. They integrate RFID into their telematics hardware for user identification and access control. RFID provides a higher level of security than physical key or PIN systems and enables driver identities to be matched with equipment for behavioural tracking and compliance management. Their clients use the same corporate ID cards that employees use for front door acc...
aUV-Concepts develop and manufacture innovative no-touch disinfection solutions using the ultraviolet UV-C germicidal wavelength of 254nm. Their flagship product is the UVE™ UV-C Enclosure—a purpose-built platform for the disinfection of portable medical equipment in hospitals and other healthcare environments. Because of the risks of exposure to UV light, the RFID reader provides a critical safety layer. Staff is trained in the proper use of the device and only then are they author...
Telaeris specialises in handheld readers for physical access control, emergency mustering, and identity validation. Their XPressEntry is a product line of rugged handheld devices capable of reading any badge technology, plus biometric authentication. Telaeris has deployed handheld badge readers for more than a decade. Telaeris purchased a wide range of embedded RFID readers from a variety of vendors to support the wide variety of badges in the industry. Unfortunately, each RFID module required...
A large US-based corporation required an authenticated workspace booking solution to manage and optimise the use of 2400 desks and 200 meeting rooms in the US with additional meeting rooms in European offices. Two different types of building access RFIDcards were needed to authenticate processes within the third-party booking system. ResourceXpress deployed the Aura range of meeting room screens and Qubi-3 desk devices for point-of-use booking and check-in. QED wanted to offer a touchless user...
DinoSol, a supermarket chain in Spain, needed to authenticate scale operators at meat, seafood, produce, and deli serving counters. Precision scales from Bizerba display the weight of selected goods and print receipts for checkout. With more than 1,000 scales in use at 800 stores nationwide and thousands of potential operators, DinoSol wanted an easier way to match operators to transactions so they could track service behaviors and improve customer satisfaction. Challenges The reader...
The Abu Dhabi Global Market Square (ADGMS), located on Al Maryah Island, in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi, is a high-profile, architecturally compelling business and hospitality hub. Many of the most globally prestigious companies inhabit the buildings, in the award-winning financial centre. Abu Dhabi Global Market Square ADGMS also hosts frequent international dignitaries and large-scale public events, including the Abu Dhabi national New Year’s fireworks display. Abu Dhab...
Aeroturn LLC, a leading turnstile manufacturer that offers 100% Made in The USA turnstiles announced that the company has managed to adapt to these uncertain times and take the reins of emerging trends. Aeroturn has been involved in the introduction of touchless facial recognition biometric credentials at multiple locations. Facial recognition system In the past year, Aeroturn along with its security integrator partner, Siemens-Beltsville, MD, developed the integration of a prototype faci...
With 4,500 card readers installed across 55 university buildings, Aalborg University in Denmark is G4S’s biggest integrated access control implementation in Europe. G4S access control system What started out as a simple security contract, providing a handful of officers at two university buildings, nearly 25 years ago, has grown into G4S’s biggest integrated access control implementation in Europe. Aalborg University, founded in 1974, is Denmark’s fourth-largest higher educa...
Dahua Technology, a globally renowned video-centric smart IoT solutions and service provider, will hold its 2nd online Dahua Technology Partner Day, from October 13 - 14, 2021, with the theme - ‘Building a digital future’. Dahua Technology Partner Day Adhering to its strategy of open cooperation, Dahua Technology is committed to creating a win-win ecosystem, with major technology partners around the world. This year, Dahua Technology will join hands with its 22 global partners, in...
Traditional monitoring systems often face a myriad of challenges: excessive usage of white light just to capture colour images; ubiquitous background noise; complicated alarm accessories; and lack of integration with third-party alarm systems, just to name a few. In response to these issues, Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, has launched its upgraded Three-in-One Camera series – the TiOC 2.0. Aside from its Active Deterrence function,...
When families seek hospice care for loved ones, they face a challenging and emotional time. Ohio’s Hospice comforts these families with compassion and individualised care. To provide the best end-of-life care, this not-for-profit enterprise has looked for ways to increase efficiency, across the organisation. Partnership with WonderBotz Working in close partnership with WonderBotz, Ohio’s Hospice introduced a Blue Prism digital workforce with such success that it won the Best Newcom...
Property developers and residents at luxury apartment development - Live Oasis Deansgate, are the first to benefit from an all-encompassing building automation system, which is operable from one single app, designed by GET Dynamic, in partnership with Comelit and ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. Smart mobile-first solution The new smart mobile-first solution, being debuted at Live Oasis in Manchester, enables property owners, YPP Lettings and Management Company Ltd, to more efficiently manage the...
Customers shopping in Scotch & Soda clothing will have soon a much stronger chance of finding and purchasing the right trousers, skirt, jacket, or shirt, thanks to the retailer’s new three-year partnership with renowned RFID solutions provider, Checkpoint Systems. RFID labels for inventory accuracy Checkpoint Systems will tag, on average, 10 million Scotch & Soda garments with the latest generation of RFID labels per year, providing it with improved inventory accuracy across its...
Novo Surgical unveiled its first-generation RFID-enabled surgical instrument prototypes, at IAHCSMM 2017, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The prototypes are the result of month-long research and development efforts, by Novo Surgical’s engineering and quality control teams, and using patented Xerafy RFID technology. “We’re excited to present our first-generation of smart instruments developed in collaboration with Xerafy,” said Abed Moiduddin, the Vice President (VP) of Bus...
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO), one of the globally renowned independent aircraft engineering and maintenance companies, implemented a solution for full tool control and prevention of Foreign Object Detection (FOD) occurrences. HAECO selected Xerafy for its track record in the aviation industry, as well as the strong market experience and capabilities that the company has demonstrated in RFID tool control for MRO and FOD. MRO services HAECO provides maintenance, repair and ove...
Aman Aviation plans to drive the adoption of RFID-based tool control best practices in the Indian civil aviation sector, in partnership with Dolphin RFID and Xerafy. An increasing number of aviation companies are implementing RFID for MRO Tool Control, as a way of improving safety by automating Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection and supporting Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) processes. RFID-based automated tool control system Aman Aviation's automated tool control system uses RFID...
German manufacturer, Rittal deployed Xerafy's durable, high-temperature RFID tags in its paint shop operations, in order to track Work-In-Process (WIP) and automate stock tracking, and re-ordering with SAP. Rittal manufactures switch cabinets, air conditioning systems, and server and network cabinets. The lack of Work-In-Process (WIP) visibility into its painting processes led to manual stock checking and sub-optimal employment of its resources. Material purchases were based on historical estim...
The Mexico City Police Department will deploy Xerafy Pico and XS Dot on-metal RFID tags for a weapons tracking application, which will improve the security and accountability of its armories. Xerafy’s partner in Mexico, Ofi Equipos PC, is spearheading the project. The RFID solution was adopted in an effort to address an ongoing problem, with the loss of police department weapons. Mexico City Police Department The Mexico City Police Department employs more than 34,000 officers, as well as...
Xerafy’s RFID tags will track 11,000 surgical instruments and devices, improving productivity, reducing infection risk, and eliminating misplaced instruments. Ixtapaluca Hospital (HRAEI) in Mexico City is a 246-bed hospital with 13 surgical rooms, serving a community of five million people. UHF RFID tags deployed The Development and Operation of Hospital Infrastructure of Ixtapaluca (DOIHI), the asset management organisation at the hospital, will use Xerafy’s UHF RFID tags, as part...
Renowned Chinese petroleum and chemical corporation, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield (SINOPEC) is using Xerafy Xplorer RFID tags in field tests, to track the down-hole pipes on its onshore oil site, believed to be the first UHF RFID drill pipe tracking application in the oil and gas industry. RFID traceable drill pipes Leveraging RFID traceable drill pipes, the Shengli Oilfield can track 1,380 drill pipes at seven well sites using RFID hand-held readers and software, supplied by VictorySoft. The pil...
With school starting this month, cybercriminals are back in action, targeting university students in an attempt to steal valuable personal information. In a recent attack, uncovered by Abnormal Security, a credential phishing attacker used a legitimate email account and created false urgency, in order to steal student credentials, through a phishing website. Credential phishing attack In this attack, cybercriminals used the real university email of a person on the ‘Student Services Team&...
The Very Group is the UK’s largest integrated digital retailer and financial services provider. It offers 1,900 brands to its four million customers globally. Due to the company’s growth, they built a new state-of-the-art fulfilment centre, close to one million square feet in size, in order to centralise operations and drive efficiency. Purpose-built and automated facility The Very Group has historically operated from three fulfilment centres, located in the north of England. Due t...
Westminster Property Ventures (Westminster PV) owns and operates four prestigious multi-tenanted corporate office buildings in Central London, counting international banks, barristers’ chambers, and global consultancies among its tenants. Westminster PV works closely with the unified security provider, Wilson James to ensure that the highest levels of security and service can be maintained within and outside of manned hours. Westminster PV and Wilson James partnership To deliver on tena...
