Access Control
Heartland App Creates A Single Point Of Access To Campus Life
With the contemporary college student and their smart phone attached at the hip, the use of mobile apps to fulfill daily tasks like door access, laundry, and vending has become the new trend. Heartland Campus Solutions is trying to provide solution to match this trend its OneCard Mobile app. The new app represents the consolidation […]
Tyco Security Eyes Indian Hospitals Get Tagged With RFID & RLTS Elpas Location Based Tracking
Tyco Security is on an aggressive mode to tap the Indian healthcare space to provide advanced Elpas Location Based Tracking solutions to trace not just people but medical assets. Elpas is a brand of Tyco Security Products known for location-based tracking and intrusion solutions in the security industry. In fact Tyco’s portfolio is one of […]
HID Global Infographic Reveals Attitudes About Best Practices For Physical Access Control
HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently released an infographic illustrating the results of a survey it conducted on physical access control. The survey of 600 respondents revealed enterprise end users’ perceptions about change and the importance of industry best practices, and how well today’s technology and policy best practices are being […]
Six Flags Unveils Biometric Scanner For Season Pass Entrance
A new scanning system at Six Flags sounds like it’s from the future, but the biometric scanner aims to make faster entrances for season pass holders. When guests arrive at the front gate for the first time of the season, they will present their voucher and a scanner processes an image of their fingerprint, assigning […]
High Growth Of Surveillance Market Cannot Sustain All Manufacturers
Despite high growth in the video surveillance market, Memoori’s Jim McHale says that it is simply not enough to sustain all of the industry’s camera manufacturers. World demand for video surveillance is strong but it is skewed by high demand in China and Asia, where local products dominate. Demand in developed markets is running at […]
Allegion Providing Series Of Resources For Council Of Great City Schools Conference
Allegion PLC (NYSE: ALLE), a leading global provider of security products and solutions, today announced that attendees at the Council of Great City Schools Conference to be held April 22-24 in New Orleans will hear a presentation by Anshu Mehrotra, Allegion vice president and general management-mechanical business, and Terry Burgess of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools that will […]
Allegion Joins PSA Security Network Premier Vendor Program
PSA Security Network is excited to announce Allegion?s inclusion in the Premier Vendor Program. This program works hand-in-hand with our Premier Owner Program to enhance the relationship between PSA vendors and integrators, resulting in optimal pricing and service. ?PSA has been a great customer to Allegion and we are excited to be a PVP partner. […]
FST Biometrics Honored With Second SIA NPS Award At ISC West 2014
FST Biometrics, the leading biometric access control solutions provider, was recognized at ISC West 2014 with a Security Industry Association (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) Award. This premier awards program was established in 1979 to recognize innovative products, services and solutions in electronic physical security. Technologies showcased through this program are used in the protection […]
ASSA ABLOY Celebrates 20 Years As Innovative Global Leader
ASSA ABLOY (STO:ASSAB) is today the global leader in total door opening solutions and opens more doors than any other company in the world. Since the Group was formed in 1994 ASSA ABLOY has successfully expanded through a combination of organic growth and over 200 acquisitions. At the same time, the company has transformed from […]
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 […]
3M Cogent Biometric Access Control Readers Added To Schneider Electric?s Security And Building Management Solutions
3M Cogent has announced that its MiY Biometric Access Control Readers have been added to Schneider Electric’s Andover Continuum integrated security and building management solutions. According to the company, specifically, MiY readers are now integrated with Andover Continuum CyberStation 1.91 or greater. The first complete integration of the MiY solution for user and credential management […]
OnSSI Takes Major Leap In VMS Functionality With Ocularis 4.0
OnSSI continues to lead the industry with innovative video surveillance and security system management technology with the latest release of Ocularis Version 4.0 at ISC West. Ocularis 4.0 delivers new benchmarks in flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency with a truly open platform that enables higher levels of Physical Security Information Management ( PSIM ) integration with […]
HID Global Settles Patent Lawsuits
“We are pleased that the lawsuits filed by HID Global and ASSA ABLOY were amicably settled and, furthermore, that AWID and Secura Key have agreed to license our multi-technology IP applicable to their product lines,” said Dr. Tam Hulusi, Senior Vice President of Strategic Innovation and Intellectual Property with HID Global. HID Global, trusted leader […]
Frontier Unveils Major New Version Of Frontier Security Management Solution
Frontier, a developer of integrated enterprise security management solutions for more than thirty-five years, has announced availability of the upgraded version of its security management software, Frontier R4. The new release delivers enhanced functionality and further empowers organizations to achieve higher levels of awareness, security control, and rapid response. The Frontier integrated software suite streamlines […]
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 […]
Stanley Launches eServices 2.0 At ISC West 2014
STANLEY Security, a leading global security company specializing in advanced integrated security solutions, introduces its new eServices 2.0 platform at ISC West 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. STANLEY Security’s eServices 2.0, to be made available in the summer of 2014, provides real-time transparency on customers’ security systems, including intrusion, video surveillance, access control, fire detection, […]
ASSA ABLOY And Genetec Create Access Control Synergy With Synergis
Genetec™, provider of unified IP security solutions, plans to support the ASSA ABLOY Aperio wireless lock technology in its Synergis IP-based access control solution. Genetec Synergis incorporates several Aperio components including electronic cylinders and escutcheons, wireless locks for security doors, and the 1-to-8 Hub for controlling access to multiple doors, without the need for expensive […]
Facial Recognition Now 97% Accurate
Facebook’s new facial recognition project claims to match faces with 97.25 per cent accuracy. After three solid days of networking, presentations, and deal-making for the biometrics and identification community, the inaugural Connect:ID conference many biometric milestones where celebrated. Almost two years ago, Facebook bought Face.com, an Israeli start-up that specialised in face-recognition software. Given the […]
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 […]
Axis Communications M3004-V Network Cameras And Corridor Format Secure Alko Stores
Alko is a Finnish state-owned company with a monopoly on selling alcoholic products stronger than 4.7%. Alko is managed and supervised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Alko was formed in 1932 and has 350 stores and 103 sales agents in Finland. A year ago, it was decided that Alko would switch from […]