i-PRO Americas announced that it has been awarded a contract from OMNIA Partners (formerly NCPA). The award, Contract Number 13-22, will provide public sector organizations with access to competitively solicited and publicly awarded contracts for i-PRO threat and detection software equipment.
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Categories: Corporate News.
VSS Tech Talks on Safe Cities & Municipalities Scheduled for July 27th!
8:48 am
Categories: Uncategorized.
Virtual Security Showcase, the professional security industry’s first online multi-vendor educational tradeshow experience established in 2020, has opened free registration for the next VSS Tech Talk, Making Safe Cities and Municipalities Safer & More Efficient, scheduled for July 27th from 2-3 PM EST. The panel discussions will address the latest technologies and solutions for enhanced security and operations in our cities and municipalities.
Read More ›Woodbine Entertainment Group Transforms Security Operations and Evidence-sharing with Genetec Security Center and Clearance
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Categories: Access Control, Physical security, Surveillance.
Genetec announced that Toronto’s Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has updated its overall security stance with Genetec™ Security Center and Genetec Clearance™. WEG selected the open, unified Genetec platform with an eye toward future growth. Founded in 1881 as the Ontario Jockey Club, WEG owns and operates Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville. WEG properties welcome over seven million visitors annually.
Read More ›Allied Universal Names Jose Ubieta Regional President for Mid-Atlantic Region
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Categories: Corporate News.
Allied Universal announced the appointment of Jose Ubieta as president of the company’s mid-Atlantic region. Ubieta oversees sales, operations, profitability and growth of the company’s guarding business while partnering with other business units to expand service offerings in the region. Ubieta most recently served as regional vice president for the company’s Miami, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island territories where he was responsible for sales, operations and overseeing security services for more than 245 clients.
Read More ›HID OrigoT Mobile Identities Achieves SOC 2(R) Type 2 Certification
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Categories: Certification, Corporate News.
HID has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification for its HID Origo Mobile Identities solution, demonstrating the company’s ability to maintain a highly secure, cloud-based physical access environment. HID Origo Mobile Identities is a cloud-based platform that enables technology partners to build integrated access control solutions.
Read More ›EnGenius Empowers Businesses with Safety and Controls with New Power Distribution Line of Products
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Categories: Cloud, Network, Product Focus.
EnGenius Technologies expands its product ecosystem with a new Power Distribution Units (PDUs) line. The PDUs boasts built-in safety features and total cloud management and control, making them essential for protecting networking and data infrastructure. The EnGenius ECP series are UL-1449-certified professional-grade surge protected products, placing the products through months of rigorous 3rd party testing in the lab to ensure their safety.
Read More ›Accelerate investigations and improve real-time incident handling with Qognify VMS 7.3
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Categories: VMS Software.
Qognify announced the launch of Qognify VMS 7.3 and Umbrella 8.0. The latest iteration of Qognify’s video management software (VMS) adds intelligent support for investigation processes, while Umbrella 8.0 simplifies the management of VMS installations for partners. Qognify VMS 7.3 comes with a new forensic search tool named QogniFinder that significantly speeds up investigations for persons or vehicles of interest in recorded footage.
Read More ›New Version of Genetec Sipelia Turns Mobile Phones into Powerful Security Communication Devices
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Categories: Mobile / In-Vehicle, New Products, Smart Devices.
Genetec announced that the latest version of its SIP-based Sipelia Communications Management system is now integrated within the Genetec Mobile app. This means that security staff can now quickly make and receive audio/video calls, broadcast messages on PA speakers, and trigger standard operating procedures right from the Genetec app on their mobile phone.
Read More ›Iris ID is the Lead Supplier of Iris Biometric Technology for Participants in the FBI Iris Service
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Categories: Biometrics.
Iris ID has been supporting the FBI since the initial pilot of the Next Generation Identification (NGI) Iris Service in 2014. The Iris Service affords law enforcement and criminal justice community’s economies of scale by utilizing highly efficient iris biometric technology, which is fast, accurate and contactless. As a biometric, iris is regarded as the most accurate modality over either fingerprint or facial recognition and is second only to DNA.
Read More ›Quantexa and Carahsoft Partner to Modernize Investigative Services for Federal Government Agencies
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Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators, Technologies.
Quantexa and Carahsoft Technology Corp announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Quantexa’s Master Government Aggregator®, making the company’s Decision Intelligence platform available to U.S. Government agencies and departments through Carahsoft’s reseller partners, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2) contracts.
Read More ›Moxa Computer Reduces Network Latency, Increases Availability of Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Categories: Network.
To maintain the safe, smooth flow of vehicles across roads, tunnels, and bridges, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) rely on data for traffic conditions, speed, and density, as well as weather reports and surveillance videos. Moxa makes this possible with networking solutions that process and store real-time ITS information, helping to reduce latency, increase availability, and lower data communication and storage costs.
Read More ›New NVR Powered by VMS from 3xLOGIC Redefines Network Video Recording for SMEs
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Categories: Network, New Products, NVRs / DVRs.
3xLOGIC has announced the availability of its innovative NVR-1U-8CH network video recorder. NVR-1U-8CH is a feature packed but cost effective device that is perfect for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in commercial, educational, healthcare and warehouse and distribution environments that need an NVR that is easy to install, configure, monitor and maintain.
Read More ›i-PRO Unveils Smaller, Faster, and Higher-resolution PTZ Cameras
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Categories: IP Cameras, New Products.
i-PRO announced 16 new, high-speed pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) cameras with up to 4K resolution and powerful IR illumination. Called Rapid PTZ, the company is launching the new models as part of its X and S Series lineup. The new PTZ cameras are the smallest in their category and feature comprehensive edge AI capabilities and a broad range of resolution options.
Read More ›Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Team Clinches Top Spot in IEEE AI Audio Recognition Challenge
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Categories: Corporate News.
With the use of artificial intelligence (AI), acoustic recognition techniques can excel in listening and interpreting various sounds in different contexts. Now, a research team from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) has made significant strides in enhancing the performance of acoustic recognition to achieve diverse audio intelligence. Their groundbreaking work bagged the top spot in the indoor acoustic event detection category at “DCASE Challenge 2023” organized by IEEE.
Read More ›AMAG Technology Welcomes Ann Marie Mansfield as Director, Commercial Excellence
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Categories: Corporate News.
AMAG Technology announces the hiring of Ann Marie Mansfield as the new Director, Commercial Excellence. The Director, Commercial Excellence is a newly created role designed to develop internal and external programs, lead generation opportunities, and tools to make it easy to do business with AMAG Technology. This strategic move reflects AMAG’s commitment to effectively deliver integrated solutions and enhance its customer-focused approach.
Read More ›Security.World Q&A with Chris Fowler, Director of Emerging Technologies at ADT Commercial
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Categories: Corporate News.
We’re seeing a rise in violent incidents at businesses and storefronts across the country. What types of industries/workplaces are most impacted? Workplace crime and violent incidents can happen anywhere within any organization. We are particularly concerned about the safety of front-line workers – from retail to public transportation to financial services. Employers must step in with better policies and tools to protect their greatest asset: their workforce.
Read More ›Packetworx Unveils Groundbreaking Nation-wide LoRaWAN Network Deployment in the Philippines with Actility
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Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators, Network.
Packetworx Inc., announced an ambitious plan to deploy over 6,000 advanced base stations in the Philippines within the next 12 to 18 months, at the occasion of the Internet of Things Conference 2023. This project, powered by Actility’s ThingPark Wireless platform, will create the largest nation-wide LoRaWAN® network in the Asia Pacific region, joining the ranks of other major public networks in the world, like Orange in France and Swisscom in Switzerland, also powered by Actility.
Read More ›HONEYWELL Joins Forces with Industry Partners to Provide First Responders with Critical Information
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Categories: Technologies.
Honeywel announced that it has joined forces with a group of leading industry partners to help deliver more detailed contextual information about commercial fire emergencies to first responders. In a fire emergency response, fire fighters are typically only given a simple building address before they arrive on site.
Read More ›Essence Security Partners with Videor to Bring its Innovative MyShield Security Solution to the DACH Region
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Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators, IOT.
Essence Security announced its strategic partnership with Videor. This collaboration comes on the heels of Essence Group integrating its security solutions with Insocam, a German software and information management provider, opening the availability of Essence Security’s innovative security solution, MyShield, the world’s first all-in-one battery operated IoT smoke-generating intruder intervention and deterrence system, to the DACH market.
Read More ›HID Origo Mobile Identities Achieves SOC 2 Type 2 Certification
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Categories: Certification, Technologies.
HID has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification for its HID Origo Mobile Identities solution, demonstrating the company’s ability to maintain a highly secure, cloud-based physical access environment. HID Origo Mobile Identities is a cloud-based platform that enables technology partners to build integrated access control solutions. The platform offers a scalable, secure infrastructure, including seamless and consistent service, that improves how access control solutions are delivered.
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