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New Synergy Features Make it Easier to Manage More Data
Synectics, with the latest release of its Synergy software platform, is enabling organisations to monitor and manage increasing volumes of critical real-time data across their surveillance and security networks. New features such as enhanced mapping, system configuration, and edge recording mean that customers can save time, money, and resources while enhancing their safety and security operations.
Setelsa Security Selects SAFR from RealNetworks to Provide Face-Based Biometrics for Secure Access
Setelsa Security has chosen SAFR from RealNetworks, to provide face-based biometrics for its clients in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and Argentina. Integrating SAFR face recognition will enhance Setelsa?s secure access solutions, enabling clients to deploy touchless, face-based authentication. The partnership integrates SAFR?s AI-based computer vision technology ? face detection, face recognition, and mask detection ? into Setelsa?s market-leading secure access solutions.
Security Industry Association Strengthens Identity Expertise through Addition of IdTA Members
he Security Industry Association and the Identification Technology Association announced that leading IdTA members will become members of SIA and guide a new SIA Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board. IdTA will dissolve its operations and work with SIA?s leadership to recruit additional biometric and identity solution businesses as SIA members. Effective January 1, 2021, CLEAR, Leidos, and SAIC will become SIA members while other current IdTA members IDEMIA and NEC will continue their active membership within SIA.
Acceliot’s STAR System RFID Accelerates IOT-Driven Digital Transformation Across Industries
Acceliot has entered into an agreement for exclusive rights to manufacture, sale and distribute the Mojix RFID hardware, including the award-winning line of STAR and STARflex RFID readers. First launched in 2008, the STAR System product line continues to evolve and deliver industry-leading performance with the highest reader sensitivity in the market, onboard application support, and real-time location accuracy down to 3 feet.
Suprema Touchless Biometrics Drive Expansion in North America
Suprema is expanding its presence in North America with a host of new partners that include leading wholesale distributors such as ADI, Anixter, Wesco, as well as integration partners. The demand for Suprema touchless biometrics solutions is being driven by scores of organizations, companies and government entities looking to get back to work during the COVID19 pandemic while protecting the health of people entering their facilities.
Net Feasa Partners with ORBCOMM to deliver first commercial Low Power Wide Area Network Vessel Solution
ORBCOMM announced that it has expanded its industry-leading portfolio of on-board vessel IoT systems to include LoRaWAN technology. Through a partnership with Net Feasa, ORBCOMM has deployed the first commercially available solution using LoRa technology to monitor shipping containers on board a vessel for a large global carrier. The solution combines VesselConnect with Net Feasa?s EvenKeelIoT device connectivity, management and services platform.
Interface Security Systems Introduces New Business Text Messaging App for Restaurant, Retail and Hospitality Businesses
Interface Security Systems managed network, UCaaS and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises, announced a new offering that enables its restaurant, retail and hospitality customers to communicate with their patrons via SMS and MMS text messages. Using their regular published business telephone number, businesses can have real-time two-way text conversations with their guests, inform them when their orders are ready to be picked up, or when their room is ready.
Calipsa?s False Alarm Reduction Platform Chosen by Radius Security
Calipsa announced that its false alarm filtering platform is being used by Richmond, British Columbia-based Radius Security. Radius Security is the security systems and monitoring branch of Vancouver Fire and Security and the first Canadian monitoring center to adopt the cloud-based Calipsa technology. Calipsa?s false alarm reduction technology uses artificial intelligence with deep learning technology to filter out false alarms with a 99.5% accuracy rate.
Irisbond Launches Hiru, the World’s First Multiplatform Eye Tracking Device
Irisbond has launched Hiru, the world?s first eye tracking technology that is compatible with any device regardless of operating system. With Hiru, anyone can operate devices with just a single glance from a computer to an ATM machine, an elevator or an access control system in an office building. Irisbond?s innovative eye tracking technology provides a new hands-free way of communicating with the world around us, which is proving crucial given the devastating impact of COVID-19.
Brivo Launches Brivo Access to Deliver First-of-its-Kind Data Analytics Capabilities for Property and Facility Management
Brivo announces the launch of Brivo Access, a unified security platform delivering new digital transformation capabilities for organizations worldwide. Brivo Access sets a new standard for access control with the industry?s first integrated business intelligence (BI) tools and machine learning technologies to transform data into actionable insights. Brivo Access will improve the ability of the CISO/CSO to manage more comprehensive data sets and have a more holistic view of the business.
Renesas and Altran Team to Deploy First Social Distancing Wristwatch that uses Ultra-Wideband Chipset with Low Rate Pulse
Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altran announced that they have co-developed a wearable solution for social distancing based on Ultra-Wideband technology. Earlier this year, Renesas announced it had licensed UWB technology from 3db Access AG, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in secure UWB low power chips to augment Renesas microcontrollers. The platform?s form factor, a wristwatch, combines the Renesas Synergy? S128 MCU featuring HMI capacitive touch with licensed secure ranging UWB technology.
Iris ID Mobile Platform Supports TWIC Credentials
Iris ID announced the compatibility of its iCAM M300 handheld, multi-modal biometric reader and the MozaicID iCAM M300 Smartcard Software Credential Application. This application enables the mobile device to accommodate a range of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) compatible credentials including PIV Interoperable (PIV-I) and the Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC), a smartcard used by workers requiring access to secure areas of U.S. maritime facilities and vessels.
ProdataKey Releases Whitepaper, ?Redefining Access Control with a Mobile First Approach?
ProdataKey has released a whitepaper that explores the differentiating features and distinct advantages of a Mobile-First access control platform. Built from the ground up with the needs of the mobile user foremost in mind, Mobile First platforms are designed with the mobile experience as the default method by which integrators, technicians, system administrators, managers, tenants, and employees engage with the system.
Freedom Cloud ACaaS Enables Pay-as-You-Go Remote Access Control
Identiv announced the release of Freedom Cloud, the cloud-based Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) offering for the Freedom Access Control solution. Freedom features the industry?s lowest equipment footprint and its cloud, subscription-based service gives organizations the option to pay as they go and only for what they need, equaling less investment and greater cash flow. Freedom Cloud empowers users to control their PACS via Freedom?s intuitive browser-based web administration.
Pangea Assists Liberty Latin America in Protecting its Employees Against the Spread of COVID-19
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Israel?s Pangea will supply workplace protection systems to Liberty Latin America, one of the leading communications companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Pangea multi-sensor solution integrates thermal imaging, video analytics and biometric access control technologies for screening large volumes of people entering buildings and public spaces.
V6S – The Rugged, Consolidated In-vehicle Platform for Intelligent Fleet
Managing a distributed fleet with hundreds to thousands of vehicles remotely can get overwhelming. By deploying the LTE-ready vehicle PC on the trucks, fleet managers can rely on telematics technologies to digitalize in-vehicle tasks and remotely monitor those distributed trucks and buses with a consolidated fleet management solution. The V6S enables onboard fleet management solution that includes monitoring, navigation, tracking, communication, and data logging.
Boon Edam to Present Live Webinar on Access Control Integration with Security Entrances
Boon Edam Inc. and architectural revolving doors, announced they will be presenting a live webinar entitled, “Securing the Facility: Best Practices for Integrating Access Control & Biometrics with Security Entrances,” at the fall Virtual Security Showcase (VSS), held from November 10-12. VSS is a virtual event created to establish and maintain connections among security industry professionals while promoting the latest and best ideas about how to keep people, facilities and organizations safe and secure.
Arcules Introduces Edge Cloud Solution to Help Low-bandwidth Environments
Arcules announced the addition of its new Edge Cloud solution to its platform, which will address the changing needs of an organization?s video surveillance and security data capture and storage. With the introduction of the Arcules Edge Cloud solution, businesses now have the ability to store all video data locally to address low-bandwidth challenges and usage for their video management while still benefiting from the value of the Arcules cloud approach to remote security services.
MozaicID Reader Meets Full Compliance with U.S. Coast Guard Reader Rule
MozaicID’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Mobile Biometric Reader fully complies with the U.S. Coast Guard TWIC Reader Rule. MozaicID TWIC Mobile Biometric Reader meets full compliance with U.S. Coast Guard TWIC Reader Rule. The U.S. Coast Guard TWIC Reader Rule
SAFR from RealNetworks Launches Version 3.0 Featuring Enhanced COVID-19 Response Features
SAFR from RealNetworks announced improved face detection and recognition accuracy for both masked and unmasked faces with the release of SAFR 3.0. Available now, SAFR?s 3.0 release introduces a new default high sensitivity face detector. Customers running the high sensitivity face detector will see a 95.1% detection rate and 98.85% recognition accuracy rate for faces covered by PPE face masks.