Product Focus
Suprema Integrates Biometric Access Control with Genetec
Suprema announced the successful integration of its biometric access control products with Genetec Security Center. Through this integration, Genetec Synergis can be paired with Suprema access control devices to allow users to verify access credentials with fingerprints and facial recognition along with existing RFID cards and PIN numbers. Biometric data such as fingerprint and facial recognition records can be quickly registered through either the Security Center software or Suprema?s BioStar 2 software,.
Quantum Introduces Scalar Ransom Block, an Industry-First Physical Block Between Data Tapes and Robotic Tape
Quantum announced its latest innovations to protect against ransomware and other forms of cyberattacks. Quantum?s Scalar Ransom Block is an industry-first feature of Quantum?s Scalar tape systems that eliminates the risk of data being accessed or compromised over the network. This patent-pending feature creates a hardware ?block? between data stored on tapes and every network-connected device including the robotic tape system, as shown in this short video.
The Hidden Challenge Facing Thousands of Businesses
The Federal Communication said this in August 2019 in describing the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), also known as analog copper-wire phone lines or plain old telephone service (POTS). POTS is reaching retirement age after a very long run, starting on March 10, 1876, with Alexander Graham Bell famously barking, ?Mr. Watson, come here, I want you,? to his assistant. After almost 150 years, it?s no surprise that other technologies ?primarily mobile networks and voice over internal protocol, or VoIP, phone service? have eliminated the need for POTS infrastructure.
TDSi Launches New Additions to its Powerful GARDiS Software
TDSi announce the launch of exciting new additions to its powerful GARDiS integrated Access Management software, in the new Version 2.2. New features include integration with the STid BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) mobile device authentication portal, integration with the RS485 wireless locks from ASSA Abloy and SimonsVoss, integration with the new TDSi GARDiS VU VMS software, and a new Cause and Effect Engine.
Wi-Fi Management Added into WatchGuard Cloud
WatchGuard Technologies announced Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud, along with a new lineup of Wi-Fi 6-enabled access points (APs). The addition of Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud provides cross-platform integration and centralized management of all WatchGuard products, dramatically simplifying how partners purchase, deploy and manage WatchGuard?s products and services, while the new APs give customers enhanced connectivity, performance, and best-in-class security.
Invixium Launches Powerful Suite of Healthy Access Features With IXM Mobile
Invixium is broadening its offerings through IXM Mobile, a smartphone app with features designed for healthy access. This new mobile platform extends the company?s flagship solution, IXM TITAN, and enterprise-grade software, IXM WEB. The mobile app will provide end-users with groundbreaking features to enhance their biometric security system for staff and visitors. As the pandemic evolves, enterprises continue to invest in long-term solutions to satisfy the needs of staff and visitors and persisting government guidance for mask-wearing and temperature screening.
TDSi?s GARDiS Access Control Solution Now Fully Integrates with Milestone?s XProtect
TDSi announce the powerful access control features of its GARDiS software can now be incorporated into Milestone?s XProtect Access solution through ORBNET Systems? new Access Control module. This enables security operators to harness the benefits of combining both solutions to manage their access control needs from one portal. This updated solution enables Milestone Smart Clients to receive GARDiS Events and to acknowledge alarms back to GARDiS.
TRENDnet launches high-performance WiFi 6 product line
TRENDnet has just launched its WiFi 6 product line with the introduction of the high-performance AX1800 Dual Band WiFi 6 PoE+ Access Point, model TEW-921DAP. It features two concurrent WiFi bands to maximize device networking speeds, delivering up to 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band, and also up to 567Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. Improved coverage, faster speeds, and better capacity on the access point are made possible with integrated advanced technologies, such as 1024-QAM, OFDMA, and MU-MIMO.
Alcatraz AI to Showcase Autonomous Access Control Solutions at ISC East 2021
Alcatraz AI will showcase its state-of-the-art product, the Rock, at ISC East (Booth 500). The security conference is taking place at the Javits Center in New York City on November 17-18, 2021. ISC East 2021, the largest annual converged security trade show, features training on security and public safety best practices while highlighting the latest technologies related to the safety sector. Alcatraz AI provides organizations with autonomous access control through AI-powered facial authentication.
SAFR Provides Facial Recognition ID Authentication for Japanese Government Services Access
SAFR from RealNetworks has been selected as the facial recognition technology provider to support the Japanese government?s evolution from paper documents to digital ?My Number? ID cards with a face-based authentication infrastructure. Part of a larger digital transformation, My Number cards represent a new digital identification system designed to streamline and expand access to government services for Japanese citizens and residents.
TELUS and Genetec Partner to Enable Canadian Businesses to Easily Monitor the Security of Their Businesses
TELUS and Genetec Inc. are joining forces to simplify video surveillance for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada through the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of the cloud. This collaboration bundles TELUS security cameras with the Genetec cloud subscription-based video monitoring solution called Stratocast?. With Stratocast, businesses no longer need to operate expensive video recording hardware that can only store and stream footage onsite because they can easily monitor their video from multiple locations through cameras that are connected to the cloud.
Qognify Adds Advanced Real-Time and Post Incident Investigation Capabilities to Cayuga Video Management System
Qognify announced the launch of the latest version of its renowned Cayuga video management system (VMS). Cayuga R17 provides control rooms with powerful new person tracking, masking and camera forwarding capabilities, to improve real-time incident handling and post incident investigation. The ability to act quickly during a live security/safety incident is vital to a successful outcome. Security operators need tools at their fingertips that are instinctive and intuitive.
IPConfigure – Orchid Fusion and Orchid Core VMS 21.9.0 Released
IPConfigure announces the release of Orchid Fusion VMS version 21.9.0 and Orchid Core VMS 21.9.0, both available for download now. Customers using IPConfigure hosted products should expect to see their cloud sites updated to version 21.9.0 within the next five business days. This release includes improvements to speed up connection times when viewing live video from ONVIF cameras, as well as improvements to Orchid Core VMS’s export handling and reporting capabilities.
Fujifilm Launches Sustainable Data Storage Initiative to Drive Sustainable Practices in Data Storage
FUJIFILM announced the creation of the Sustainable Data Storage Initiative to highlight how tape technology can significantly reduce electricity consumption and CO2 emissions related to data storage. The initiative launches with a white paper, Accelerating Green Datacenter Progress with Sustainable Storage Strategies, published by technology research firm IDC, and sponsored by Fujifilm, providing an in-depth analysis of the significant energy savings and resulting environmental benefits of moving more data to tape storage.
Orion Entrance Control Partners with Tansa Global to Ship Full Height Turnstiles Powered by Infinitytm Software
Orion Entrance Control has partnered with Tansa Global to bring to market world-class Full Height turnstiles powered by Infinity? software to provide real-time occupant counting data at entryways, perimeters, lobbies and elsewhere. Tansa Global full height turnstiles secure many of the world?s important icons and venues including the host stadiums of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Backstreet Surveillance Launches Hardened, AI-Powered, NDAA Certified Video Surveillance System
Backstreet Surveillance an industry leading do-it-yourself security camera systems provider, today launched Backstreet Cyber Secure Series, a next generation advanced, ?hardened,? IP-based video surveillance system. McQuarrie added that this technology enables security personnel and company management to direct operations in new and innovative ways. For instance, in a retail setting, if more than five people are standing in a checkout line, the system can automatically call for additional workers.
Seoul Robotics Debuts 3D Plug-In with Milestone Systems XProtect Video Management Software
Seoul Robotics announced its SENSR plug-in integration with Milestone Systems XProtect VMS. With this plug-in, customers using Milestone VMS will have access to both 2D and 3D visuals within the XProtect dashboard, enabling a deeper understanding of activity within defined spaces while minimizing the number of false positives. This is a breakthrough plug-in for the XProtect platform, making 3D computer vision and its corresponding 3D sensors like LiDAR more affordable and accessible.
Dallas Police HQ Installs New Layer of Perimeter Security with Boon Edam Turnstiles
There is a saying that ?Everything is Bigger in Texas,? and the Dallas police department fits the bill. The Dallas Police Department is the ninth largest municipal police force in the U.S., with 3,099 sworn officers and 598 non-sworn staff. It is led by Chief of Police Edgardo (?Eddie?) Garcia. In the last several years, the Jack Evans Police Headquarters building (named after the 53rd mayor of Dallas) has been upgrading its physical security using a layered approach to ensure the safety of officers and visitors 24/7.
Abloy Introduces ABLOY CUMULUS a New Platform for Keyless Access
Abloy Oy announced ABLOY CUMULUS combining quality hardware products with secure access and management applications. It brings all the solutions together into a single ecosystem with a risk-free, integrated cloud service. The world is becoming keyless, access rights are going digital, and customers want everything to be integratable. Many property owners and managers are planning to switch to access management that is seamlessly location-independent, while securing all their keyless access points.
HID Global?s PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS) Platform Simplifies Certificate Automation with Support for Microsoft Autoenrollment Protocol
Automating the issuance of all enterprise public or private trusted digital certificates through a single platform reduces the risk of certificate mismanagement and associated outages. HID Global has simplified certificate automation for any Microsoft Active Directory-managed network devices with its PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS) platform. Customers can seamlessly issue, renew, replace or revoke certificates automatically with Microsoft Autoenrollment now that any device on the network can easily be connected with HID?s cloud-based PKIaaS via the Microsoft Autoenrollment connector.