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Optex Enjoying High Growth In Middle East Market Thanks To Local Engagement
Optex Europe, manufacturer of high performance security sensor technology, is enjoying high growth in the Middle East thanks to a new local approach to engagement in the region and new technology partnerships. According to Ian Henderson, Export Director, about the recent changes and the company’s growth strategy. He said that the parent company Optex Co. […]
Security Industry Association And ISC Events Present Largest Security Trade Show Of The Year
ISC West 2014, produced by ISC Events and sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), attracted record attendance this year with more than 26,000 industry professionals attending the three-day exposition, which was held at the Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas April 2-4. Attendees enjoyed direct access to tens of thousands of products […]
Chuck Speck Named President Of Bold Technologies
Bold Technologies, a leading provider of central station and PSIM software, announced the appointment of Chuck Speck as President of Bold Technologies on March 19, 2014. Speck brings more than twelve years of relevant industry experience to his new role, having previously served as Vice President, Director of Sales, and Support and Implementation Manager for […]
Genetec Announces Appointment Of Hills Limited Australia As Exclusive Distributor In Australia And New Zealand
Genetec™, a leading provider of unified IP security solutions, announced the appointment of Hills Limited (Hills) as exclusive distributor of the full range of Genetec products in the Australia and New Zealand markets. The recent acquisition of Open Platform Systems (OPS) by Hills strengthens the leading position of Genetec in the Australian market and extends […]
Iveda Recruits Cory Miller As Vice President Of Business Development
Iveda® ( OTCQB:IVDA), the pioneer in cloud video hosting technology, announced that Cory Miller has joined the Company’s management team as vice president of business development. "Cory’s proven business development skills and experience in the SaaS and VoIP market space made her perfect for this newly created management position," stated David Ly, chairman and CEO […]
RFID Global Solution Founder And COO Tom Manzagol Wins 2014 Washington SmartCEO Executive Management Award
“Tom has been instrumental in setting the vision for the company, overseeing our largest enterprise programs, and playing a key leadership role while the firm has undergone rapid growth over the last few years,” said Diana Hage, CEO, RFID Global. RFID Global Solution’s founder and chief operating officer, Thomas Manzagol, is a winner of SmartCEO’s […]
Tri-Ed Announces Distribution Agreement With Nest
Tri-Ed, North America?s largest independent security distributor, is pleased to announce its distribution agreement with Nest? and welcome them as a new vendor partner supplier in the U.S. Nest reinvents unloved but important home products, like the thermostat and smoke alarm. The Nest Learning Thermostat? remembers what temperatures customers like, creates a custom schedule for […]
FST21, A Leading Biometric Access Solution, Rebrands To FST Biometrics
FST21, a leading biometric access solution provider, announced its rebrand to FST Biometrics. As part of the initiative, the company will further concentrate its efforts on its In Motion Identification (IMID) technology. FST Biometrics? products, including IMID Access, IMID Digital Doorman and IMID Solo, will offer enterprises, campuses, venues and facilities secure access, at the […]
HP Autonomy And VidSys Team To Create Enhanced Physical Security Information Management Solution
HP Autonomy and VidSys today announced a strategic alliance to develop an advanced physical security information management (PSIM) platform powered by next generation video surveillance analytics. The solution will improve the effectiveness of security professionals by augmenting VidSys? industry leading PSIM offering with analytics delivered by HP IDOL?s advanced information analytics platform. The combined platform […]
Samsung Corporation And VidSys Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement At ISC West
S1 Corporation (?S1?), a global leader in security systems and integration, and VidSys, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, today announced a strategic partnership agreement. S1, an affiliate of the top global corporation Samsung Group, is adopting VidSys as its exclusive go-to-market PSIM platform for security integration and critical infrastructure in […]
Women’s Security Council Announces 2014 Women Of The Year Honorees
The Women?s Security Council, a network of successful security professionals focused on promoting the advancement of women in the industry, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 WSC Women of the Year awards. The awards program honors the top female professionals in the security industry in a variety of categories. This year?s 2014 […]
Veracity USA And Milestone Systems Announce Launch Of COLDSTORE Arcus
Veracity, the surveillance industry leader in IP transmission products and creator of COLDSTORE, the worlds only truly sequential filing storage system, has joined forces with Milestone Systems, a world leading provider of open platform IP video management software (VMS) to create COLDSTORE Arcus. COLDSTORE Arcus will be in full presentation at ISC West 2014 and […]
Vicon And IQinVISION Announce Merger Agreement
Vicon Industries, Inc. (VII: NYSE-MKT) (?Vicon?), and IQinVision, Inc. (?IQinVision?), a privately held California corporation, announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that is expected to create a global provider of integrated solutions to the video security market. Vicon is a designer and producer of video security and surveillance systems. IQinVision […]
IDEX And BIO-key Sign License Agreement To Deliver Advanced Biometric Solutions For Mobility Market
BIO-key International, Inc. (otcqb:BKYI) and IDEX ASA (ose:IDEX) have entered into a license agreement and will collaborate to deliver a sensor-to-server infrastructure solution for trustworthy, yet simple and low-cost, in device and online authentication for consumer applications and in particular the smartphone, tablet, and PC markets. The software and hardware combination will be capable of […]
Patent Issued For Abandoned Object Recognition Using Pedestrian Detection
A patent by the inventors Brown, Feris, Kjeldsen, and Scherbaum was assigned patent number 8675917 to International Business Machines Corporation. "There is a growing demand for automated video surveillance (AVS) systems for public safety and security enhancement. While traditional video surveillance methods require constant human attention, automated visual analysis performs real-time monitoring of people, vehicles […]
ONVIF Debuts Profile C For Access Control, Demonstrates Profile S At First-Ever ISC West Booth
ONVIF, the leading global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, announced today plans for its first-ever exhibit at ISC West, scheduled for April 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At Booth 23135 in the New Exhibitor Pavilion, ONVIF will display the recently released Profile C, which extends the functionality of the ONVIF global interface specification […]
Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) Prep Workshop And Exam
Don’t Miss the SIA Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) Prep Workshop & Exam. The Certified Security Project Manager? credential requires prospective candidates to demonstrate their ability and skill in implementing the concepts of professional project management. A successful security project manager should be able to execute the variables of physical security projects and demonstrate a […]
Ideal Innovations Gets $18M Contract For U.S. Army?s Biometrics Identity Management Agency
Ideal Innovations (I3) has been awarded an $18 million contract by the Department of Defense’s Defense Forensic and Biometric Agency (DFBA) to provide Automated Biometric Identification System Operations Division support to the Biometric Identity Management Agency (BIMA). Under the terms of the contract, Ideal will provide technical operations support, maintenance, and safeguarding of the DoD ABIS. […]
Zwipe Introduces Rbert Fee as North American Director of Sales
Zwipe announced that Robert (Bob) Fee will help smartcard OEMs in North America, their integrators, and end-users to leverage the Zwipe biometric card, a contactless smart card credential with on-card fingerprint reading. With the Zwipe card, organizations can have users authenticate themselves directly on the biometric card through something they are, a fingerprint, without having […]
Brivo?s Van Till Honored With ISC West Signature Series Appearance
What technologies are assets or liabilities to your organization’s security initiatives? What are the latest and greatest products driving consumer purchases? The answers are at ISC West. Join Steve Van Till, President & CEO, Brivo Systems, and a host of industry luminaries for ?The Great Debate 2014: Use It or Lose It!? on Wednesday, April […]