Alcatraz AI Announces Updated Platform Technology: Alcatraz Platform V2
Alcatraz AI the release of their updated platform technology, Alcatraz Platform V2. The new update includes enabling 3rd Party Access Control System software integration, lowering minimum system requirements, and enhancing troubleshooting tools, which will bring a simplified, and advanced experience to Alcatraz AI customers. New, seamless additions to Alcatraz AI?s Platform will enable Alcatraz AI to continue its mission of bringing AI technology to every door for precise identity verification and bring the customers to the next level of security.
Commend Improves Operations by Extending the Value of Communications
Commend Americas announced enhancements to its communication platform to provide hospitals and clinics with additional flexibility in how to apply unified communications across their infrastructures. The company’s core technology allows healthcare providers to leverage a single platform that supports secure use cases, including security and operational communications, and clinical and operating room communication and workflow.
Brivo will go Public After Merging with Crown PropTech Acquisitions
Brivo and Crown PropTech Acquisitions announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will result in Brivo becoming a publicly listed company. The transaction values the company at a pro forma enterprise value of $808 million. Upon closing, the combined company will operate as Brivo, and its Class A common stock is expected to be listed under the ticker symbol ?BRVS.? This strategic business combination will enable Brivo to leverage Crown?s experience and relationships.
Alcatraz AI Announces Paul Fisher as Vice President of Sales
Alcatraz AI announced Paul Fisher is joining the company as Vice President of Sales. Fisher is bringing his expansive expertise to Alcatraz AI and will be key in growing the sales team and driving revenue. This exciting new leadership hire will further Alcatraz AI?s mission of bringing AI technology to every door for precise identity verification. In addition to driving growth, Fisher will play a key role in developing strategies to reach Alcatraz AI?s markets and building new and continuing relationships with partners.
Wittra Continues to Redefine IoT
The Swedish Tech company continues to redefine what is possible, remaining focused on simplifying complex technologies through innovation. Being credited as the first company to commercialise accurate positioning in the Sub-GHz license-free bands, they continue to develop solutions that make IoT accessible to the mass market.
PSA Announces New Partnership with Zenitel
PSA announced its partnership with Zenitel, a provider of intelligent communication solutions and products. This new agreement will provide PSA members and owners an opportunity to work with Zenitel directly. Zenitel intelligent communication solutions have been available to the PSA members and owners through other technology partner agreements and will continue to be available through those partners.
Honeywell Launches Pro-Watch VMS R700 with New Mobile Application and Video Core Features
Honeywell is launching Pro-Watch Video Management System (VMS) R700, the latest iteration of its feature-rich and user-friendly video management platform. Pro-Watch VMS R700 controls video subsystems to collect, manage and present video in a clear and concise manner. It also intelligently determines the capabilities of each subsystem across various sites, allowing video management of digital video devices through a unified configuration and viewer.
LenelS2 Announces Strategic Agreement to Resell BriefCam Video Analytics Software
LenelS2 announced a strategic distribution agreement with BriefCam, the leading provider of video analytics software. The agreement enables LenelS2 value-added resellers to offer the BriefCam Video Content Analytics Platform with LenelS2 VRx and Milestone XProtect video management systems as well as within LenelS2?s Magic Monitor unified client. These integrated solutions enhance situational awareness and provide actionable insights to security operators when viewing live video surveillance feeds and recorded video.
Arcules Expands Access Control Support Through Integration with Keep By Feenics
Arcules announced its strategic integration with Feenics, a cloud-based access control provider. Combining the two cloud systems delivers a seamless, automated connection that provides advanced levels of insight into security events across a business? infrastructure. The integration links Arcules? powerful cloud-based security platform with Keep by Feenics to provide users with converged video and access control data and video verification of access events.
Milestone and BriefCam Bring Premium Forensic Analytics to Xprotect Customers
With the introduction of XProtect Rapid REVIEW, Milestone?s customers will be able to accelerate investigations and find what they are looking for with speed and accuracy. Powered by BriefCam?s video analytics technology, hours of video recordings can now be reviewed in minutes, bringing enhanced decision-making and momentum to any investigation. Milestone?s XProtect Rapid REVIEW is an intelligent video analytics solution for security operators.
Johnson Controls Pushes the Edges of Innovation by Adding Body Worn Camera, Autonomous Robot and Mail Screening Solutions
Johnson Controls is announcing the addition of body worn cameras and autonomous robots to its physical security portfolio along with the integration of package screening technology powered by RaySecur. These intelligent technologies further strengthen Johnson Controls comprehensive building security portfolio and enable customers to extend the power of their systems far beyond the capabilities of traditional access control and video surveillance.
City of Lancaster, CA uses Moxa Smart Technology to Improve Residents’ Lives
Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County with a growing population of over 172,660. The city has been taking significant steps to leverage smart technologies to improve the lives of their citizens. In accordance with the city?s vision of Strategic Technology, Innovation, and Resilience (STIR), the City of Lancaster launched a number of projects and initiatives towards becoming a Smart City, and continues to implement changes that advance accessibility, engagement, infrastructure, safety, and sustainability.
Monitoring of Energy Networks: How to Make it Easy and Secure
Cloud and cyber security in critical energy applications – Digitalization and IoT is a clear trend within power plants and substations, just as it is in industrial automation. The Smart Grid is certainly a driving factor, but there are also other reasons for this change. Operators often find that only having data available in the control room is insufficient. Instead, they want to monitor transformers remotely, implement new maintenance concepts from anywhere, optimize utilization and commissioning, or retrieve environmental data online.
PureTech welcomes new Business Development Director
PureTech Systems announce and welcome Todd Brayfield as the Company’s Director of North American Business Development. Todd is an experienced leader in the security industry with over 25 years of experience providing advanced security detection solutions on large enterprise products. Prior to joining PureTech, Todd served as Sales Manager for the Advanced Services Group at Johnson Controls with a focus on critical Infrastructure and advanced security technologies.
Konica Minolta?s MX6 Series and MOBOTIX 7 certified again by SySS
Konica Minolta announce that manufacturer independent SySS GmbH has tested and certified the security of the MOBOTIX 7 intelligent video platform and MOBOTIX Mx6 security cameras. As a result, the leading institute for penetration tests in Germany has confirmed the best possible cybersecurity of Konica Minolta?s MOBOTIX products series. During the tests, hardware and software components are subjected to simulated hacker attacks in several scenarios.
Smart Cameras Optimize Building Usage For Dynamic Workplace
As vaccination rates for COVID-19 continue to rise, the global business community is advancing the conversation about returning to work. Employees that were housed in large private and multi-tenant office spaces in major urban and suburban centers are being presented an array of options, many of which include a part-time return to an office environment that prioritizes spaces for collaboration over desks at which individual employees sit and work.
Pivot3 Announces Surveillance Series
Pivot3 announced the Pivot3 Surveillance Series Edge, an optimized product offering for edge and distributed physical security environments. Surveillance Series Edge incorporates the same Acuity software-based intelligence and automation used by all Pivot3 Surveillance Series solutions to deliver higher levels of resilience, management simplicity and efficiencies than infrastructure based on basic video recording servers or separate servers and storage systems.
Suprema?s New X-Station 2 Supports Mobile Access, QR Codes and RFID Cards
Suprema announced the new product launch of the X-Station 2, a versatile intelligent terminal with credential options of mobile access, QR and barcodes as well as RFID cards and PIN. X-Station 2 enables flexible access control system design by supporting multiple credential options. The terminal is compatible with most types of existing RFID cards including EM, MIFARE, iCLASS, DESFire and FeliCa, but also lets users go card-less by offering mobile credential options including QR codes and barcodes.
Dahua Technology Unveils Upgraded WizMind to Enhance AI Experience
Dahua Technology has recently released its upgraded WizMind series, offering a comprehensive project-oriented product portfolio and flexible AI solutions for a wide range of industries. Inheriting the company?s high-end AI solutions that focus on human, vehicle, object and thermal technology, the upgraded WizMind series boasts topnotch AI algorithms with expanded functions including human/vehicle video metadata, face recognition, privacy protection, wide area security, illegal parking detection, etc.
Interface Unveils AI-based Autonomous Anti-Loitering System
Interface Security Systems announced a new AI-based Anti-Loitering System designed to prevent intrusions before they happen. The system features an AI-based object detection system that can detect people or vehicles and trigger pre-recorded, scenario-specific voice messages to deter loitering. The Anti-Loitering System can be customized by loss prevention teams to play different warning and notification messages depending on location and dwell time.