MicroPower Technologies Inc., an award-winning provider of surveillance solutions optimized for rapid, cost-effective deployment, is proud to announce that BUILDINGS Magazine has selected its SOLVEIL platform as a 2015 Money-Saving Product winner. The BUILDINGS editorial staff selected SOLVEIL for the cost-efficient qualities it offers to building owners and facility managers. The solution is showcased in the magazine?s June 2015 issue.

Digital Watchdog (DW?) announces the expansion of thier popular VMAX IP™ NVR family of true HD 1080P network recorders with embedded Power over Ethernet (PoE). The new NVR models, available in 8- and 16-channel configurations and up to 12TB of internal storage, provide the popular VMAX user interface and Pivot™ management software for an easy transition from analog to IP video surveillance.

Twenty-five years after he played his last football game for Purdue, with Big Ten Conference honors, Tom McNeil is taking that same winning approach to the latest chapter in his life: serving as Vice President of Sales for Security Partners.

This is a research note from Aaron Dale, analyst for Video Surveillance and Blake Kozak, principal analyst for Security and Building Technologies at IHS Inc., providing insight on the recent acquisition of Brivo by Eagle Eye Networks’s Dean Drako.

Total Recall Corporation, a video-centric security technology provider, will highlight its successful line of CrimeEye surveillance units and showcase new security technologies in video surveillance at the 29th annual Police Security Expo to be held this month in Atlantic City.

IDIS unveiled its HD-TVI surveillance solution, DirectCX™, on stand G700 at IFSEC International, alongside a fully-featured VMS, IDIS Solution Suite™ (ISS). The addition of an analog HD-over-coaxial system, and the highly flexible and scalable ISS, to the IDIS line-up realizes the surveillance powerhouse?s promise to present the most comprehensive surveillance solution at this year?s exhibition.

IDIS announces that is has completed the successful integration of its flagship end-to-end surveillance solution, DirectIP, with Gallagher Command Centre and Paxton?s Net2 access control, with both integrated solutions featured on the IDIS stand at this year?s IFSEC International in London.

A decision to save surveillance video of Freddie Gray’s arrest and the subsequent unrest in the city has significantly reduced the storage capacity of some cameras on Baltimore’s closed-circuit system – shrinking the window during which police may flag footage to help with criminal investigations. Capacity on some of the city’s 700 CitiWatch cameras has been reduced from 28 days to three, meaning footage of any illegal activity is wiped clean after 72 hours.

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), is again ranked as the number one VMS vendor by company revenue in newly-published market research from business information provider IHS Inc.

Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will provide its ultra-small form factor Parvus® DuraNET® 20-11 rugged Ethernet switch. This pocket-sized network switch is a fraction of the size of traditional embedded Ethernet switches, yet it delivers comprehensive Ethernet management, security, and reliable design features sought by aerospace and defense platform integrators.

The partnership between ELK Products, a premier manufacturer of security and automation solutions and Connect ONE?, the flagship, integrated security management platform from Connected Technologies, LLC, provides the perfect segue for residential integrators to move into the world of commercial systems solutions and increase their recurring revenue streams with new services.

S2 Security, the leader in IP-based, integrated access control, video management and mobile security management systems, announced the introduction of S2 Network Node VR, an intelligent field panel that brings access control and video management to the network edge in a single, compact appliance.

The global stage is set for this week’s IFSEC Expo at the ExCel Centre in London, England. For all of the latest security innovation and expertise in one spot, London is the place to be this week. If you?re looking for access to the latest products, exclusive demonstrations of cutting-edge technology, case studies from your peers within security, inspiration from experts in the industry, and the chance to rub shoulders with everyone who?s anyone in video surveillance and physical security, then head to London ExCeL between 16-18 June 2015 and attend IFSEC International. Check out IDIS, Paxton, Gallagher, Mobotix, Milestone, SecurVision, and so many more.

The new MOBOTIX Analytics is now available for all single lens cameras. It allows counting of people moving through corridors in different directions and additionally can generate heat maps to indicate the area of highest activities of movements. This statistical data can be automatically sent by the camera itself via daily or weekly email and is an excellent tool to measure the behavior of people, for example in a retail shop.

The mass notification systems (MNS) market has historically been segmented between indoor, wide-area, and distributed recipient notification hardware and software. In its most recent report on the MNS market IHS found that some end users are beginning to install integrated MNS solutions that use a combination of indoor, wide-area, and distributed recipient notification technologies to ensure notifications reach the largest number of people.

The contract includes the provision of systems on 106 buses plus spares and extended warranty as well as its existing depot based wireless infrastructure and comprehensive backend CCTV management system for six depots.

As more and more surveillance consumers seek for superior IP-camera technologies such as higher resolution, higher frame rate, and other intelligent software functions, the limited bandwidth becomes a big challenge that most of users are forcing to encode the video in their camera and sacrifice the image quality to fit the NVR?s bandwidth limitation, or having limited storage space to save the valuable evidences. Brickcom Corporation, a leading IP surveillance solution provider, is pleased to announce the latest technology ? i-Stream.

CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, is pleased to announce that it will be showcasing the latest enhancements to its IPSecurityCenter™ PSIM solution as an ecosystem partner on the Milestone stand E750 at IFSEC International 2015. With over a decade of development, IPSecurityCenter leads the PSIM market with its features, performance, and sophistication.

Dean Drako, founder of Barracuda Networks and Eagle Eye Networks, announced his purchase of Brivo Systems for $50 million cash. Mr. Drako is currently the President and CEO and founder of Eagle Eye Networks, a cloud-based provider of video surveillance systems. Brivo is a cloud-based access control provider and a pioneer of cloud systems in physical security.