IFSS Announces Investment to Support Strategic Growth Plans
Integrated Fire and Security Solutions announced that it has received a private equity investment to drive strategic growth and further build its presence in the dynamic Southeastern U.S. market. The sizable investment will be used to expand sales operations, acquire similarly aligned service providers and boost service offerings focused on recurring revenue services. The investment by Newlook Capital is part of the organization’s strategic focus on investing in high-growth industrial services companies.
FLIR Launches Brickstream People Counting Sensor with Employee Filtering Solution
FLIR Systems announced the latest generation of the FLIR Brickstream 3D Gen 2 people counting sensor. This new version includes a unique employee filtering feature designed to provide retail and shopping businesses with more accurate customer traffic data and sales conversion metrics. The employee filtering feature uses a combination of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology and employee-worn tags to automatically identify and remove staff from customer counts.
Johnson Controls Releases Advanced Gunshot Detection and Early Warning System
Johnson Controls has released the new Detect360 Active Shooter Response system. The system combines reliable gunshot detection with industry-leading notification technology to provide immediate warning when a gunshot is fired within a building. By providing early notification and precise location of the shooter, the ASR system gives occupants time to find safety and allows police and security personnel to mitigate the threat up to 60 percent faster.
Johnson Controls Introduces New Audit Trails and Feature Enhancements in EntraPass v8.10
Johnson Controls has released the newest version of Tyco Kantech EntraPass security management software, enabling new functionalities such as expanded audit features and other enhancements for a more streamlined experience for users. For faster auditing and troubleshooting, EntraPass v8.10 users can run audit reports based on cards, components and operators, including a detailed report of who made changes to a card or component and when the changes were made.
Johnson Controls Introduces Cloud Support for its Enterprise Access Control and Event Management System
Johnson Controls announced that its flagship access control and event management system Tyco Software House C-CURE 9000 is supported on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), enabling customers to take advantage of the many benefits of cloud computing with the choice of best-suited service providers. With C-CURE 9000 deployable in the cloud, integrators and end users can leverage leading cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.
LuxTurrim5G Ecosystem Builds the Smart City of the Future
Nokia Bell Labs driven industry group is building key enablers for fast 5G network based on smart light poles, which will form the digital backbone of future smart cities. The LuxTurrim5G ecosystem project has developed the 5G smart pole concept where 5G base stations, a variety of different sensors, video cameras, displays and other devices have been integrated to light poles. This creates a novel platform providing fast, low latency mobile communications.
Middle East?s Sustainability Pioneer, Bee?ah, Selects Johnson Controls and Microsoft for its Office of the Future
Johnson Controls, Microsoft Corporaton and the Middle East?s sustainability pioneer, Bee?ah, announced an agreement to enhance Bee?ah?s new headquarters in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, with a sweeping array of artificial intelligence and smart building solutions powered by Microsoft. Using its Digital Vault offering and extended capabilities built on Microsoft Azure, Johnson Controls will work with Microsoft to outfit the new building with intelligent edge systems, devices and software.
Johnson Controls Debuts New Illustra Pro Cameras with Smart Wide Dynamic Range
Johnson Controls has updated its popular Illustra Pro camera family with the Illustra Pro Mini-Dome, featuring new Smart Wide Dynamic Range that optimizes video quality while minimizing configuration time. The Pro Mini-Dome is ideal for a wide variety of deployments in both medium and large-sized facilities. By effectively reading the scene, the Mini-Dome can adjust contrasting and overall scene balance without operator intervention.
Tyco Visual Intelligence wins SIA New Product Showcase Award
Johnson Controls announced that the Tyco Visual Intelligence from Software House, a unique metric-based reporting tool for C?CURE 9000, has received the award for Best New Product in the Convergence and Integrated Software and Solutions category. The award was presented at the 2019 SIA New Product Showcase, during ISC West. Sponsored by the Security Industry Association, the annual awards program is one of the most prestigious recognitions in the security industry.
Johnson Controls Leverages Cloud, Artificial Intelligence as Part of Strategic Alignment for Access Control and Video Solutions Units
Johnson Controls announced that it has combined its Tyco Access Control and Video Solutions businesses into a single operational unit to more closely align the two disciplines and optimize future technology developments for cyber resiliency, business efficiency, and intelligence. The combination of the two units will enable strategic organizational focus on four key technology pillars: cybersecurity, cloud solutions, unification and automation.
Johnson Controls Enhances PowerG Line with New Detectors and Sensors
Johnson Controls has announced that PowerG, the leading security technology with all the benefits of wired security, but without the wires, has achieved the top levels of Underwriters Laboratories of Canada certification, making it one of the most reliable security solutions in Canada. PowerG wireless devices are the first to be certified with ULC levels 1, 2 and 3 Commercial Burglary Approval when installed with PowerSeries Neo or PowerSeries Pro security systems.
Avigilon Showcases Next-Generation Analytics at ISC West
Avigilon Corporation announced that it will unveil its new, upcoming H5A camera line at ISC West 2019. As part of Avigilon?s end-to-end platform, the versatile H5A camera line lays the foundation for Avigilon?s next-generation of intelligent video solutions. The H5A camera line will offer expanded object classification analytics as well as detailed object detection and tracking in crowded scenes, empowering Avigilon Control Center (ACC) operators to detect, verify and act faster.
Verint Announces Situational Intelligence Platform Enhancements
Verint Systems announced several enhancements to its Situational Intelligence Platform™ that help organizations strengthen their security strategies while providing Actionable Intelligence™ to improve operations. Sitting at the core of the Intelligent Security Operations Center (ISOC), the Situational Intelligence Platform provides a suite of integrated features that enable complete situational control in complex security environments.
PACOM Joins 3xLOGIC at ISC West Offering Full Menu of New Solutions
PACOM announced the company?s line-up of new solutions to be showcased at ISC West. Joining together with 3xLOGIC for the first time at the 2019 show, PACOM is leading with our most recent innovation, VIGIL Video Integration. PACOM can now intelligently leverage the full range of VIGIL video products for the purpose of alarm verification. This offers customers a completely integrated solution providing access control, intrusion detection, and video verification all in one elegant solution.
Genetec Achieves Top-5 Global Market Share Ranking and Rises to 2nd Place in the Americas
Genetec has become one of the world?s leading and fastest growing providers of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology, according to a recently-released report by IHS Markit. According to the report ?ANPR and Detector Sensors Report ? 2018?, Genetec has now become a top 5 global provider of ANPR technology for surveillance applications, climbing from 10th place in 2016 to 4th place in this $453 M market.
Transition Networks Launches Hardened PoE+ Rack Mount Switches For High Bandwidth Applications
Transition Networks announced the addition of two new managed hardened Power-over-Ethernet + (PoE+) rack mountable switches (SISPM1040-3248-L and SISPM1040-3166-L) to its broad portfolio of PoE products. These rugged switches feature either 16 or 24 ports and deliver PoE power and high throughput.
Shining A Light On Raytec & Wavestore?s Deep Integration
The announcement that Wavestore?s open platform Video Management Software (VMS) has been successfully integrated with Raytec?s lighting solutions means that operators are now able to match the security requirements for individual locations throughout a site, with a wide range of lighting options which are managed directly from Wavestore?s front-end ?one screen, total control? display.
Qatari Bank Standardizes On March Networks Video Surveillance And Business Intelligence Solution
March Networks announce that one of Qatar?s top banks is deploying the company?s business intelligence software and integrated analytics to improve customer service and operations. The customer is one of six Qatari financial institutions currently using March Networks systems for advanced video surveillance and fraud prevention. The bank is already using an end-to-end March Networks video recording and management solution in all of its Qatari retail banking branches.
abode Announces Integration With One Of The First Z-Wave + Bluetooth S2 Smart Locks
abode systems announced a major new integration with smart lock manufacturer, Danalock at CES 2019. In January 2019, the sleek, easy-to-install, retrofit Danalock V3 smart lock featuring Z-Wave and Bluetooth connectivity will be available to be directly integrated into the abode DIY home security system for even greater smart home control and security.
A10 Networks Introduces Multi-Cloud Secure Service Mesh Solution For Applications Deployed In Kubernetes
A10 Networks announced availability of the A10 Secure Service Mesh solution for applications deployed in open-source Kubernetes container environments. The solution provides teams deploying microservices applications with an easy, automated way to integrate enterprise-grade security and load-balancing. A10?s Secure Service Mesh is the first solution of its kind to protect east-west traffic and transparently encrypt traffic between microservices without requiring changes to those applications.