Corporate News
MCM Integrated Systems Named Sielox National Business Partner Of The Year
Sielox LLC recognized their 2017 Business Partner Award recipients, announced by Karen Evans, Sielox LLC President and CEO. For the 19th consecutive year and 23rd time overall, MCM Integrated Systems of Van Nuys, California was named National Business Partner of the Year. Nine additional Sielox business partners were awarded commendations in the silver and gold categories.
Viakoo Joins Spiceworks To Connect Physical And Cybersecurity
Viakoo has joined Spiceworks Global IT Community and is sponsoring the Physical Security Group as of early 2018. Spiceworks? global IT community includes millions of IT professionals, over 50,000 of which are subscribed to the Physical Security Group. Though the Physical Security Group is a recent addition to the Spiceworks Community, its rapid growth in recent years demonstrates how integral IT is becoming to many physical security professionals? operational procedures.
Bosch Security Systems To Become Bosch Building Technologies
Effective March 1, 2018, the Bosch Security Systems division will be known as Bosch Building Technologies. In the system integration business, Bosch Security Systems already offers its customers more than security, safety, and communication technology solutions. The division comprises two organizationally discrete units, the global product business and the regional system integration services business, which operates in eight countries.
BCDVideo Teams With Dell EMC
BCDVideo announced the signing of an Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Dell EMC OEM Solutions. The collaboration enhances BCDVideo?s robust product portfolio with the inclusion of end-to-end solutions featuring Dell EMC Server, Storage and Networking platforms, along with Dell commercial client products. As the market leader in data storage and server solutions, Dell EMC has demonstrated a strong commitment to providing security integrators unparalleled access to a wide range of best-in-class technologies. Entering an OEM agreement with BCDVideo reinforces that commitment.
Pivot3 Announces Its Accelerated Growth In 2017
Pivot3 announced it experienced accelerated growth in 2017, including significant traction among multi-workload environments in data centers and smart city and safe city initiatives. In 2017, Pivot3?s sales increased by more than 65 percent from the first half to the second half of the year, reflecting the increased market demand for high-performance products like Pivot3?s Acuity platform and purpose-built appliances for streaming media.
A Year Of Innovation For The LTO Program
2017 was a big year for the LTO Program, and 2018 will be even bigger! At the end of 2017 LTO Program announced the specifications for the latest generation of tape technology. LTO-8 announced an expanded storage capacity of up to 30 TB of data, compressed. That?s double the compressed capacity of LTO-7! The LTO Program also released an updated product roadmap, outlining the specifications of the technology up to 12 generations.
BCDVideo Adds Georgi Pandev as Technical Sales Manager
BCDVideo announced the hiring of Georgi Pandev as its Technical Sales Manager LATCAR. Georgi will be instrumental in expanding BCDVideo?s presence in security project infrastructure throughout Latin America. In doing so, BCDVideo?s full line of award-winning products covering video surveillance storage servers, access control servers, industrialized servers and switches, client viewing stations, networking, and professional on-site services will be accessible to a wide range of Latin American security integrators.
Anixter To Share Technology Insights On ‘Tomorrow?s World Today’
Anixter International Inc. (NYSE:AXE) announced it will provide an update on smart building technology on a new Science Channel series, Tomorrow?s World Today. Tomorrow?s World Today is a new technology-inspired television program dedicated to exploring topics such as sustainability, educating viewers on new technology, and showcasing worldwide concepts around innovation. Tomorrow?s World Today will air on the Science Channel in May 2018.
PSA Announces Keynote For TEC 2018
PSA, announced that Glenn Bill, speaker, author, serial entrepreneur, and world-class coach, will be featured at PSA TEC as the keynote presenter. His presentation, ?Amplify Your Attitude?, will take place on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM during breakfast. All TEC attendees are invited to attend this general session. Glenn Bill is America?s #1 attitude speaker and is the author of the Amazon #1 International Best Seller The ABC?s of ATTITUDE: Discover the Secret Formula to Achieve Success in YOUR Personal and Business Life, Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and GET ATTITUDE! He has been featured on FOX News, CBS, ABC, NBC, Business Journal, and other network stations.
Anixter’s Distribution Center Demonstrates Smart Building Technology
Anixter is expanding the footprint of its North American flagship distribution Center in Alsip, Illinois, with the addition of a 238,000-sq.-ft. facility, equipped with an intelligent conveyor system and voice picking technology, making it Anixter?s largest —and smartest— distribution center. With 30 to 40 percent more storage capacity and new automation technology, Alsip is expected to speed up shipments significantly to customers.
OnSSI Partners With Vaxtor To Create License Plate Recognition
OnSSI announced a new integration partnership with License Plate Recognition (LPR) software company, Vaxtor Corporation. The integration enables Vaxtor?s advanced LPR analytics to be deployed across OnSSI?s industry-leading Ocularis VMS platform. With these integrated analytics Ocularis can recognize, capture and archive data on license plates, railway vehicles, USDOT numbers, shipping containers and more.
PSA’s Leadership And Cybersecurity Education At ISC West 2018
PSA, announced it will host an education track with sessions and a workshop during ISC West in Las Vegas, NV on April 10-12, 2018. The PSA education track will be held exclusively on Tuesday, April 10. Members of PSA Committees, PSA executive leadership team, and other industry experts will lead the six sessions that are included in the PSA Track. Focus areas include leadership, sales, cybersecurity, marketing, RMR, and project management.
Boon Edam Expands Sales Group To Match Security Entrance Sales
Boon Edam, announced the expansion of the Enterprise Customer Group, a sales and service team originally launched in 2013 to help large national and global companies address the risks of physical breach at their facilities. The company has added four more people to the Group, now 11 in total, to deliver an exclusive level of entrance solution consulting, logistics planning and customer service at every stage of the sales process.
Identiv To Acquire 3VR
Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 3VR Security, Inc., a video technology and data analytics company. It is anticipated that this combination will provide Identiv with a full range of technologies to deliver its vision for secure, pervasive yet frictionless premises security, situational awareness and business insights. 3VR?s video intelligence solutions provide a single platform for real-time security and customer insights, enabling organizations to protect employees, customers and assets as well as improve store operations and shopping experiences. 3VR?s open, pluggable platform leverages existing customer infrastructure and allows customers to expand their systems? capabilities seamlessly. 3VR serves customers in the financial services, retail, hospitality and other industries.
Oncam Grows
When you think about 180°, 360°, and ‘fisheye’ IP-cameras you may or may not know that Grandeye was the first to market with such a surveillance cameras starting back in 2004. In 2012, Oncam acquired Grandeye becoming Oncam Grandeye and their expertise in 180
Aeroturn Announces Inclusion On ARCAT Website
Aeroturn LLC announced the company is included on the ARCAT® website and has made it easier for architects, consultants, and engineers to gather the information necessary to specify Aeroturn?s turnstile solutions. The company designs, manufacturers, tests, delivers, and installs the world?s only zero-maintenance standard and customized turnstiles. By making the Aeroturn turnstile information available on the ARCAT website, the A & E community can easily find specifications, CAD details, & BIM objects and systems in multiple formats. The ARCAT website is the most used building product information website and is free to use with no registration required for users.
ASIS International Launches New Website And Online Community
ASIS International, the world?s largest association for security management professionals, unveiled a refreshed, mobile-centric website and online community focused on improved and personalized content, user-centric search and commerce, and improved information sharing and collaboration among security professionals worldwide. The website features a dramatically enhanced user experience including powerful search capabilities, an extensively researched taxonomy that drives content organization, and a more intuitive navigation structure.
Regroup Mass Notification Launches New Partnership With Code Blue
Regroup Mass Notification, an industry leading provider of mass communication solutions, announced a strategic alliance with Code Blue Corporation, the pioneering manufacturer of emergency communication solutions, such as the iconic blue light Help Points® found at thousands of locations around the world. By partnering with Code Blue, mutual clients will be able to easily activate Code Blue speakerphones and public address systems through Regroup?s intuitive and easy-to-use messaging interface, enabling them to broadcast critical messages to large areas without requiring costly integrations.
RTI Acquires Miravue Video-Over-IP Distribution Solution
Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) announced that it has acquired the Miravue video-over-IP distribution solution from the company of the same name. Continuing its efforts to provide dealers with a comprehensive, end-to-end solution, RTI will offer the RTI Miravue VIP-1 video-over-IP system for powerful, scalable AV distribution over Ethernet, coax cable, and wireless networking. For the ultimate in flexibility, the VIP-1 acts as a transmitter, receiver, network switch, and wireless access point, dramatically lowering AV distribution costs by reducing cabling and installation time.
Identity Fraud Hits All Time High With 16.7 Million U.S. Victims in 2017
The 2018 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, revealed that the number of identity fraud victims increased by eight percent (rising to 16.7 million U.S. consumers) in the last year, a record high since Javelin Strategy & Research began tracking identity fraud in 2003. The study found that despite industry efforts to prevent identity fraud, fraudsters successfully adapted to net 1.3 million more victims in 2017, with the amount stolen rising to $16.8 billion.