Azure Access Appoints Joseph Grillo To Board Of Directors
Azure Access Technology has appointed Joseph Grillo to its Board of Directors. A recognized industry leader with more than 30 years of experience, Grillo brings deep expertise in scaling and innovating within the electronic security and identification sectors.
Z9 Security Certifies Mavin Technologies as z9/op=n for Azure Access Controllers
Z9 Security announce that Mavin Technologies is now z9/op=n certified for its hardware support of Azure Access controllers. Mavin added support for Azure Access by integrating the z9/op=n unified technology platform into their management software. The z9/op=n integration not only offers Mavin VARs and customers a wider range of access control hardware options, but also provides ongoing and significant cost and time savings for the company.
StrongDM Ushers in New Era of Access Management with Deeper Okta and Azure AD Integrations and Dynamic Access Rules
strongDM announced a major release, featuring deep integrations with Okta and Azure AD and the ability to create and enforce dynamic access rules. Businesses can now manage least-privilege access to their critical infrastructure directly from their identity provider, simplifying access management workflows and accelerating development cycles?all while supporting Zero Trust security for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Build Intelligent Video Solutions with Axis Cameras and Azure Video Analyzer
In this article, see how Microsoft and Axis Communications are partnering to solve the problem of extracting insights from live video at the edge and recording video to the cloud.
Datawiza AMaaS Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Datawiza announced availability of Datawiza AMaaS in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Datawiza customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management. The cloud-delivered Datawiza Platform helps companies implement Zero Trust architecture by providing a no-code/low-code solution.
IDEMIA Public Security Launches Cloud-Based Biometric System In Australia
IDEMIA Public Security has successfully launched NAFIS NextGen, a cloud-based biometric identification system, in collaboration with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC). This marks IDEMIA Public Security’s first international cloud-based Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) deployment and establishes a new global benchmark for cloud biometric identification systems.
Hanwha Vision Unveils OnCAFE Cloud-Based Access Control Platform
Hanwha Vision is opening new doors for security applications with the launch of OnCAFE (Cloud Access For Everyone), a cloud-hosted Access Control as a Service platform and the latest tool in the company’s expanding line of cloud-based solutions. Delivering a user-friendly, scalable, and cost-effective option for access control needs, OnCAFE reduces the deployment challenges traditionally associated with system initialization, device, user, and software management.
Genetec Cloudrunner Hosted In Canada To Better Combat Vehicle Crime
Genetec announced that its cloud-based vehicle investigation system, Cloudrunner™, is now hosted in Canada on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. This will ensure that sensitive data for Canadian law enforcement, security agencies, and private-sector organizations remains in Canada while delivering responsiveness, scalability, and reliability.
Altronix Showcases New Technology and Product Enhancements at ISC West 2025
Altronix is showcasing the company’s latest innovations. Features include integrated power and access control solutions that streamline installation and reduce labor costs and the latest solutions to deploy IP devices utilizing coax, fiber, or Ethernet infrastructure.
New Brighton Department of Public Safety improves efficiency and collaboration with Genetec Clearance digital evidence management
Genetec announced that the New Brighton Department of Public Safety in Minnesota has digitized its evidence management processes with Genetec Clearance™. Home to 24,000 residents, New Brighton is a nature lover’s hub with 13 parks, an executive golf course, and bordering beautiful Rice Creek. To protect this family-friendly suburb, the city takes a technology-forward approach to its public safety initiatives.
i-PRO Transforms AI Analytics Development for Edge Sameras with Support for Docker Containers
At ISC West 2024 on booth # 10037, i-PRO will showcase Docker container support on its new X Series line of AI-enabled cameras. Docker containers directly support i-PRO’s open platform development initiatives by providing a standardized way for application developers to rapidly advance the AI capabilities of i-PRO edge devices. Docker provides a secure, containerized environment to run custom applications while facilitating easy integration with cloud services.
NEC Unveils Latest Version of Cutting-edge NeoFace Reveal, an Advanced Investigative and Identity Solution
NEC Corporation announced the release of the latest version of its flagship forensic face recognition solution, NeoFace Reveal Version 5 (Reveal 5). This innovative enterprise application is designed to revolutionize criminal investigation and fraud prevention for government agencies, law enforcement and civil applicant processing organizations. Reveal 5 offers advanced enhancement and review tools, making it an asset for law enforcement, crime laboratories, and civil applicant processing agencies.
Brivo Expands Brivo Wallet Pass Mobile Credentials With Google Wallet
Brivo announces the launch of support for Google Wallet mobile credentials to provide frictionless access with the tap of a phone. Effective immediately, Brivo customers can empower employees to add their access badges securely to Google Wallet. This advancement enables employees to effortlessly unlock office doors, turnstiles, elevators and key card-protected amenity spaces by tapping an Android phone to a reader, eliminating the need to open an app or carry a traditional physical access card.
Drei Partners with Actility to Operate Austria’s Public LoRaWAN Network
Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH, is now operating the nationwide LoRaWAN network in Austria, powered by Actility. Drei is part of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a telecommunications group present in six European markets, Hong Kong and Macau and totaling over 176 million registered customers worldwide. Drei has selected Actility’s flagship carrier-grade IoT network server and platform ThingPark™ Wireless to operate the national LoRaWAN network in Austria.
Swann Security Appoints Alex Talevski as Global CEO
Swann announces the appointment of Alex Talevski as its new CEO. This transition underscores the company’s commitment to expertise and innovation. After a nine year tenure at Swann where he most recently served as the CTO, Talevski will play an integral role as CEO in leading the team to drive innovation both locally and globally.
Quantexa and Carahsoft Partner to Modernize Investigative Services for Federal Government Agencies
Quantexa and Carahsoft Technology Corp announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Quantexa’s Master Government Aggregator®, making the company’s Decision Intelligence platform available to U.S. Government agencies and departments through Carahsoft’s reseller partners, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2) contracts.
LenelS2 Releases Updates to Flagship OnGuard Platform
LenelS2 has released the latest version of its flagship access control and alarm monitoring system, OnGuard ® Version 8.2. This new version empowers users to take advantage of a range of new value-added features and enhancements, prioritizing the optimization of their security profiles, boosting operational efficiency, and delivering a more customizable and intuitive user experience. LenelS2 is a part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions.
Announcing a renaissance in computer vision AI with Microsoft’s Florence foundation model
The public preview of Microsoft’s Florence foundation model, trained with billions of text-image pairs and integrated as cost-effective, production-ready computer vision services in Azure Cognitive Service for Vision. The improved Vision Services enables developers to create cutting-edge, market-ready, responsible computer vision applications across various industries.
New SafeLINC Cloud from Johnson Controls provides real-time fire alarm control unit connectivity
Johnson Controls announces the release of SafeLINC, a cloud-based data-hosting infrastructure that gives users the power to remotely access and gather actionable data from their entire suite of fire alarm control units. SafeLINC provides users with a cloud-connected gateway and a cloud application platform accessible via web browsers and native iOS and Android mobile apps. Together, these components provide facility managers and technicians with real-time life safety infrastructure for faster, more effective emergency response, management capabilities and ongoing maintenance planning.
Leading IoT Vendors Commit to OPC UA Adoption
Major IoT vendors including AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SIEMENS leverage secure,
standardized information exchange in edge-to-cloud applications based on OPC UA Leading Internet-of-Things (IoT) vendors are adopting OPC UA technology for edge-to-cloud applications. The growing list includes Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SIEMENS. Key drivers behind this progression are, first and foremost, the global adoption of OPC UA as the open standard of choice for secure production-system interoperability across OT and IT networks, leveraging standardized data exchange.