Author: Stan Lewis
VideoEdge Network Video Management System Raises the Bar on Quality Video and Ease of Use
American Dynamics, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, introduces the latest release of its VideoEdge Network Video Management System with a deep feature set designed for the active surveillance power user unlike any in the industry, particularly in the enterprise space.
Axis Communications and Buffalo Americas Partner to Deliver Intel Powered Digital Surveillance Solution
Axis Communications and Buffalo Americas teamed up to bring IoT optimization to small business and home surveillance systems with their Digital Security Surveillance (DSS) solution. Powered by the Intel® Atom™ processor, DSS is an affordable, state-of-the-art bundle intended to simplify the installation and configuration of a network surveillance system.
Internet of Things to Make More Cities Smart Predicts Gartner
Over a billion devices will connect people at homes and offices through the Internet of Things (IoT), making people and cities smart, global technology research firm Gartner said recently.
Milestone Systems Gathers EMEA Distributors for Summit Themed ‘Winning Together’
More than 25 distribution partners attended the first Milestone conference dedicated solely to distributors. In addition to intensifying the partnerships in the European, Middle East and African regions, a new Distribution Manager was announced for the Americas.
HauteSpot Introduces HiveMINDER ? Fully Distributed Mesh VMS
HauteSpot Networks Corporation, the premier provider of integrated wireless solutions for fixed, mobile, and nomadic IP video in the healthcare, broadcast, commercial security, and public safety industries, announced today the release of HiveMINDER™ the fully distributed mesh video management system (VMS). HiveMINDER VMS system runs on the innovative HauteSpot Networks HiveCAM™. HiveMINDER is a simple to use, powerful VMS that supports leading edge features and functions.
Australian City Opens $1.3M Surveillance Center With Facial Recognition Technology
Logan City in South East Queensland, Australia recently opened a $1.3 million CCTV surveillance center that uses facial recognition technology to monitor troublemakers, criminals, and burst water mains, according to a report by The Register. Over the past decade, the program has expanded from nine CCTVs to more than 300. The system operates on the Teleste video management system, which is also being used in Paris and Sweden, as well as in Austria?s national transport and roadways.
Scala Storage New Vendor in Scale Out Object Storage System for Video Surveillance
Video Surveillance?? storage with its high-definition, high megapixel video recording and data for long retention requirements requires new ways of thinking and new ways of storing all that video data. IP-based video surveillance technologies have an ever growing need for higher storage capacity.
HiveCAM Intelligent Wireless Mesh Distributed Edge Camera System Released
HauteSpot Networks Corporation, the premier provider of integrated wireless solutions for fixed, mobile, and nomadic IP video in the healthcare, broadcast, commercial security, and public safety industries, announced the release of the HiveCAM™ Intelligent Wireless Mesh Distributed Edge Camera System.
Digital Watchdog Releases New DW Spectrum VMS Version 2.3
Digital Watchdog (DW™), the industry leader in digital recorders, surveillance cameras, and related management software, announces the release of DW Spectrum™ IP Video Management Software (VMS) version 2.3. This significant update restructures the software?s architecture, replacing the server system and simplifying the user?s experience with easy management of multiple servers and sites.
Vanderbilt Announces Strategic Alliance With SwiftData Technology
Vanderbilt, a global leader in the delivery of innovative, highly reliable technologies that help organizations ensure safety and security, announced today a strategic partnership with SwiftData Technology, a provider of custom-configurable data management systems. The partnership combines Vanderbilt?s industry-leading access control and security management solutions with SwiftData?s Pinwheel Data Management Engine (DME) to form Vanderbilt VI Connect powered by Pinwheel.
Milestone Hires New Manager to Support Consultants
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), has brought on board Thomas O?Connell as the new Manager of A&E Business Development for North America.
Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, he will report directly to Mike Taylor, Director of Sales for North America, with a focus on working with A&E consultants who specify large security projects.
BCDVideo Leads With HP Networking for the Video Market
Partnering with HP Networking has enabled BCDVideo to offer a wide selection of networking products and capabilities – from inexpensive Power-over-Ethernet (POE) switches for smaller video surveillance projects all the way up to enterprise chassis based network switches. The HP Network architecture brings consistent and open standards-based networking to deliver performance to both enterprise surveillance networks and smaller venues.
Specialized Bikes Select MOBOTIX to Protect UK Head Office With CCTV and Access Control Solution
MOBOTIX AG, a leading manufacturer of digital high-resolution, network-based video security systems has released details of a project at Specialized Bicycle Components in the UK to secure access to its headquarters, workshop and showroom protecting high value engineering tools and concept models.
PERCo Electromechanical Locks With Power Supply Over Locking Bolt
Today, electromechanical mortise locks are considered to be an inherent part of modern office access control systems. Form and Funcion: Internal office door locks should be aesthetically pleasing, be easy-to-install, and have a sufficient forced-entry protection class. PERCo has designed a unique series of electromechanical mortise locks for doors located in premises with high requirements for design and appearance, such as offices and conference rooms.
SureView Systems Introduces Central Station Training Program for Its Video and Security Event Management Software
SureView Systems, a global provider of video and security event management software, announced the new Immix® Central Station Training Program. This program is designed to help teach valued SureView partners and their employees best practices on using the robust functionality of the Immix platform.
OnSSI Welcomes New Regional Manager for Brazil
OnSSI announces a new addition to the CALA sales team with the hiring of Eduardo Valotta as Regional Manager for Brazil. Eduardo is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in strategic security sales and business development and has been involved in several high profile integrated physical security installations throughout Brazil.
Boon Edam to Launch Revolutionary Access Control Barrier Series at ISC West
With people passing through all day long, the security of sensitive areas of buildings, as well as the personal safety of the people visiting, must be guaranteed. To meet this demand, Boon Edam has created a new range of security products to manage the flow of people in and throughout a building. Yet, a challenge remains: How to achieve a secure entrance environment while meeting the high aesthetic demands of today?s buildings?
Zwipe Joins Allegion’s aptiQ Alliance Program
Zwipe, a global leader in biometric authentication technology, today announced that it has joined the aptiQ® Alliance Program, a collaborative group of global companies that support Allegion’s aptiQ smart card technology to create an ecosystem of open, highly secure solutions. Zwipe can now provide aptiQ customers with biometric authorization using their presently installed aptiQ card readers. aptiQ users will be able to authenticate themselves directly on the Zwipe biometric card without adding a biometric reader to existing aptiQ? multi-technology card reader systems.
Xtralis Introduces ADPRO XOa 3, the First Convergence Software Platform With Security, Safety, Business Intelligence, and Building Management Services
Xtralis® released the ADPRO® XOa™ 3 SecurityPlus Remotely Programmable Operating System for FastTrace™ 2 Series Remotely Managed Multi-service Gateways (RMG). Xtralis is renowned for its best-in-class early and reliable detection, automatic remote visual verification through any network condition, and remote multi-level response, which vastly improves guarding services at significantly lower costs or enables the replacement of human guards while avoiding the unnecessary dispatch of first responders.
Attendees at Delta’s Vehicle Access Equipment Demonstration Ask for More Cities
Delta Scientific, the leading manufacturer of counter-terrorist vehicle control systems used in the United States and internationally, announced that, on March 5, over 100 security professionals, integrators, and contractors came together at Delta’s Palmdale home office and manufacturing plant to view anti-terrorism barriers, bollards, crash-rated gates, and other equipment, including new products.