Access Control
Acuant And iDentyTech Partner To Boost Physical Security And Authentication
Acuant has announced a partnership with iDentyTech to provide document validation for iDentyTech?s IDT physical access security platform. The integration will enable efficient management of entry points into a property or facility, according to the announcement, with Acuant?s AssureID technology extracting biometric and other data from identity documents and applying more than 50 forensic document tests to authenticate them.
Connect ONE Now Supports DoorBird Video Doorbell Integration
Connected Technologies responds to the needs of the smart tech market, now adding DoorBird integration to its award-winning Connect ONE® cloud-hosted security management platform. DoorBird, designed for residential and commercial access control applications, notifies users directly to their smartphone when an entrance button is pressed at a locked entry point.
Keri Systems Introduces Technology Roadshow With Allegion and Comelit
Keri Systems, in conjunction with industry partners Allegion and Comelit, announced a series of traveling road shows, aimed at using their integrated platforms to educate the access control industry and property managers. During these shows, each manufacturer will speak to attendees for about 10 minutes each hour, explaining the features and benefits of their respective products. There will also be a continual exhibit of the unified platform, consisting of access control, wireless locks, and intercom on a single interface.
Seven Mistakes To Avoid When Selling Security Entrances
Building a successful business in the security industry is not for the faint of heart. Consider the fact that 96% of companies fail within a decade. Even for those that don’t, there is no guarantee of continued future success. Today’s fast-paced business climate of technology upgrades, manufacturer offerings, tough customer expectations, and competitive pressure requires you to seek new ways to evolve your sales process to remain profitable and to grow your business. Still, the security industry is healthy, and in no area is this more apparent than in the market for security entrances.
ASSA ABLOY Shares Important Considerations For Door Security Solutions
ASSA ABLOY reflects on the learning moments of 2017 – the areas where the security industry learned, grew and shifted thinking to better provide products and solutions for buildings of all types, across all industries. The result of this reflection is a number of opportunities that ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions is excited to focus on in 2018.
ASSA ABLOY HES Products Now Backed By No-Fault Warranty
ASSA ABLOY Electronic Security Hardware announced that all HES products are now covered by Securitron?s industry leading no-fault, no questions asked warranty. Early this year, ASSA ABLOY united HES and Securitron to create ASSA ABLOY Electronic Security Hardware, bringing together the best of both brands including Securitron?s best-in-class warranty coverage.
ONVIF Joins Access Control Panel Discussion At TechSec Solutions 2018
ONVIF® announced that it will be presenting at TechSec Solutions 2018, Feb. 26-27, 2018, as part of a panel discussion on trends in new technology in access control. Bob Dolan, who sits on the ONVIF Technical Services Committee, will be one of four panelists discussing ?Access Control Holds the Keys to New Tech.? The panelists will examine how far access control has come, where it is headed, and how it will help to shape the future of the physical security industry.
Camden’s 30th Anniversary With A Bold New Look Into The Future
Camden Door Controls celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2018. The company is marking the milestone by unveiling a bold new rebranding look, spanning a new logo, web site and design of its product guides and other collaterals. Camden is also commemorating its 30 years of success with the introduction of a new range of industry leading products, and a continued commitment to lead the way in providing first choice door locking, activation and access control solutions.
Southwest Microwave Announces INTREPID Integration With Honeywell EBI R500
Southwest Microwave announce the availability of a new INTREPID™ Integration plugin from Honeywell Building Solutions, providing high-level interface between Honeywell?s Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI) intelligent building automation and enterprise management system, and Southwest Microwave?s INTREPID Series II perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS).
A New Era In Area Sensing And Critical Infrastructure Security Solutions
Innovative laser scanning technology from OPTEX, can now be integrated with the Genetec™ Restricted Security Area (RSA) Surveillance module, to deliver a new era in security and detection in outdoor and indoor environments for airports and other critical infrastructure sites. Via the RSA Surveillance module, OPTEX?s award-winning REDSCAN laser sensors can now send real-time events and alarm data to the Genetec unified security platform, Security Center, alerting control room operators to any intrusion in the surveillance area.
Dortronics’ Course On Door Interlock Solutions At TEC 2018
Participants and guests at this year?s TEC 2018, presented by PSA will have the opportunity to explore and compare the various types of door interlocking systems at an informative session presented by Skip Burnham, A/E Sales Manager for Dortronics Systems Inc. The course, titled Door Interlocks: Applications and System Design, will review the various types of door interlocks, mantraps, sally ports and their applications as well as discuss the different types of interlock controls and the accessories required for a fully functional system.
The Cloud Takes Security To New Heights
The world of physical security has undergone seismic changes in the last 10 years in video, analytics, and the utilization of security technologies for business intelligence. Technology that once was considered science fiction has now become a reality. In the education market, these technologies have come at a very opportune time with constrained budgets, administrative staff reductions, and tragic incidents requiring lockdowns and video observations reaching an all-time high. One of the greatest advancements that has come to market during this time has been cloud-based access control.
How To Eliminate The Heavy Lifting With Managed Services
Are you talking about cabling, software that needs to be installed, megabits per second and hardware to the prospect? Don?t do it, because you?re probably just confusing them. Is that the way Nest or Ring goes to market? Quite the opposite: they focus on how the user?s lives will be more convenient and safer. Here?s the way to make security simple for the customer: cloud-hosted integrated platforms that manage every technology through a single common interface.
Georgia Southern Ensures Swift, Secure Access At Recreation Center With Boon Edam
Boon Edam Inc., announced that Georgia Southern University?s state-of-the-art Recreation Activity Center (RAC) has deployed an integrated pedestrian access solution so only members can access the facility. A Boon Edam Trilock 60 tripod turnstile is integrated with Iris ID IrisAccess solution to enable swift user verification and access with a minimum of effort for students, faculty and staff.
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.
3xLOGIC Technology Catches Would-be Thieves Before They Can Do Damage
3xLOGIC, Inc. announced Ted?s Pawn, located in Norwood, OH, has successfully been using Video Verification technology to reduce false alarms and catch the bad guys before they?re able to gain entry to the store and adjoining storage lot. In the most recent incident at Ted?s, the Sonitrol operator received a video alarm feed showing a man entering the outdoor lot. The operator dispatched police and the suspect was apprehended in short order.
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.
SALTO Systems Hires Manufacturer Rep Timarron Partners
SALTO Systems has hired Timarron Partners, Inc. (TPI), to sell and market SALTO?s innovative security products in Texas and neighboring states in the Southwest. Headquartered in the Dallas-area, TPI will represent SALTO in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Southern Louisiana. The TPI team —with a collective 140 years of experience in the electronic security industry— holds several certifications and is active in many security industry organizations.
Dahua Technology?s Latest Video Surveillance Solutions At SICUR 2018
Dahua Technology will show its latest innovations at SICUR Madrid 2018, the International Security, Safety and Fire Exhibition, from February 20 to 23 2018. The booth will mainly contain two types of exhibits ? products and solutions.
Genetec Announces ISC West 2018 Product Lineup
Genetec Inc. announced its plans for ISC West 2018. The company will feature the latest version of Security Center, its flagship unified security platform, and demonstrate Citigraf™, its new decision support system for comprehensive response coordination. Genetec Citigraf is designed to help reduce response time to crimes, and provide insights and analytics on how crime moves across the city, so first responders can take the most effective action with the greatest awareness.