Bosch is growing with connected energy and building solutions. Last year, the Energy and Building Technology business sector sold some 13 million web-enabled devices ? everything from connected heating, cooling, and ventilation systems in office buildings, to smart home applications. Bosch is also focusing on platforms and partnerships in its energy and building technology activities.
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The Board of Directors of Digital Systems Corporation, the parent company of Galaxy Control Systems, a leading provider of integrated access control and security solutions, announced the appointment of Rick Caruthers to the position of President at Galaxy Control Systems. Effective immediately, this appointment reflects the company?s long-term planning and succession strategies.
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Pelco announced four new combination IR / white light illuminator models to the award-winning Esprit Enhanced PTZ camera product line. These new models provide IR-only and white light / deterrent modes of operation to give you the ability to overtly capture clear full color images when using white light direct illumination or covertly with clear black and white images when in IR-only mode. The four new models are offered with wiper, without wiper and pressurized unit, in both 48VDC and 100-240VAC power versions.
Read More ›The new vulnerabilities and complexities of the IoT will introduce a number of novel challenges to understanding, assessing, and managing risk. The scale and scope of change is so significant that the IoT is being described as the ?Fourth Industrial Revolution? (Industrie 4.0 Working Group, 2013). In this early phase of IoT implementation, it has already become clear that these innovations will prove disruptive on a number of levels.
Read More ›?The new realities?, a term coined by futurist and author of this report, Amelia Kallman, covers augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) technologies. While gaming has been a focus of these technologies thus far, businesses are increasingly looking to use them. This increasing uptake by businesses, and the new risks the technologies pose to them and society in general, represent a potentially substantial new market for insurers, as well as a means by which they can improve their own products and services.
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The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the fourth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools, which provides school administrators, school boards and public safety and security professionals with guidelines for implementing a layered and tiered approach to securing and enhancing the safety of school environments. The fourth edition of the guidelines is completely revised under a simplified structure and greatly expanded to now cover best practices on a district-wide level.
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WatchGuard Technologies announced version 12.3 of its Fireware® operating system for its Firebox Unified Security Platform™ appliances. Key to this update are added dynamic path selection capabilities that allow organizations to optimize WAN resources across complex, distributed networks while securing branch locations with a UTM platform focused on defense in depth. Businesses and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can utilize this new SD-WAN functionality to seamlessly upgrade site-based security.
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At Intersec this year, on stand SA-J31, Veracity will be demonstrating and launching COLDSTORE Colossus, the 4U, 45-bay, 630TB video storage solution. COLDSTORE Colossus is engineered to meet the long-term retention needs of the Middle East. The COLDSTORE family offers unique benefits including a 10x increase in hard disk life and power savings of 90%+. In fact Colossus, with 630TB and 45 disks, consumes less than 80W of power!
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AnyVision announced its strategic partnership with Telef
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Boon Edam announces the opening of a full-service Technology and Training Center in San Jose, CA. This is the second US-based location for the company outside of its headquarters in Lillington, NC; the first location, opened in 2015, is in mid-town Manhattan at 1140 Broadway Avenue in New York City. The address of the new Silicon Valley center is 2161 O?Toole Ave San Jose, CA.
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To protect the privacy of people in public spaces, both models come pre-loaded with KiwiVision Privacy Protector™, a real-time video anonymization module that dynamically pixelates individuals within a camera?s field of view. The new appliances also include KiwiVision Intrusion Detector™ which detects individuals and objects in sensitive areas, reducing reliance on visual monitoring and helping operators detect threats faster.
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In contrast to exposed smart doorbells, the theft-proof indoor Brinno DUO camera provides a clear image of visitors via a built-in 2.7-inch LCD screen, transforming the hard-to-see peephole into clear front head-to-shoulder images. These images are automatically saved onto an SD card locally in the device. For residents not at home, they can use Brinno?s app to see a live view of their front door area or check the visitor log remotely anywhere and at any time.
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Mission 500 recently hosted a service trip in Ponce, Puerto Rico where volunteers from the professional security industry worked on repairing the homes of two families still suffering from the effects of hurricane Maria which caused $92 billion in damage in October of 2017. Volunteers spent several days repairing roofs, siding and plumbing; installing new windows; and removing trees capable of causing additional damage to the affected structures.
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OnSSI and Oncam have partnered to seamlessly integrate the companies? industry-leading VMS and panoramic camera solutions. The integration of Oncam?s Evolution 12 Series and Evolution 180 Outdoor and Indoor Panoramic Cameras with OnSSI?s recently released Ocularis 5.6 VMS provides a highly efficient means to further improve situational awareness and reduce overall costs. Oncam?s Evolution 12 (12MP) and Evolution 180 (6MP) series fisheye cameras integrate with OnSSI?s Ocularis VMS to provide high resolution 360
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The abuse of consumer data is nothing new. With ongoing revelations that data collected by social media networks and search engine services has been breached by hackers or sold to third parties, people have become weary of the trustworthiness of companies to protect their data from being misused or sold to third parties. Acquiring user data has become incredibly lucrative, and analysts forecast that the big data analytics market will exceed $200 billion by 2020.
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Security Industry Association(SIA) has announced that the 2019 Securing New Ground (SNG) conference will be held Oct. 29-30 at the Grand Hyatt New York. Each year at SNG, the security industry?s biggest players, brightest minds and most driven entrepreneurs come together in New York City for this executive conference featuring high-quality intelligence sharing, education, analysis, and networking.
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ISC East, in collaboration with Premier Sponsor the Security Industry Association (SIA), reported strong growth results at the conclusion of this year?s industry event in New York City. The International Security Conference & Exposition is the Northeast?s largest security trade show, where close to 7,500 security and public safety professionals convened this month to meet experts from over 300 leading security brands.
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Johnson Controls announces the release of Metasys 10.0, designed to deliver more unified building management. This latest Metasys release provides facility personnel with smarter building automation, faster responses to critical alarms and new integrations with fire detection, security and lighting systems ? all with visibility from a single common interface. Metasys10.0 introduces a new and improved set of integrations.
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As you know, security is a fast-paced industry that touches the lives of hundreds of millions of people every day. What we do and what impacts us has the potential to effect organizations, communities, and governments around the globe. This is one of the reasons why a look at the top five trends for the year ahead cannot be taken lightly. After careful consideration, here?s what I think will be impacting our world in 2019.
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Arecont Vision Costar announces the addition of Bongiorno and Associates, Inc. as a new Authorized Manufacturer?s Representative. The company will provide additional sales resources to the Arecont Vision Costar team in the North Eastern United States, including the New York City Metro Area. Bongiorno and Associates, Inc., headquartered in Woodbridge, NJ, is well positioned to support and grow sales activity with customers and partners throughout the North Eastern US, and in particular the NY metro region.
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