ASUSTOR?s Surveillance Center 2.3 Beta introduces brand new features including automated event action rules, foreign object detection, more intuitive on-screen controls and expansion of the HDMI local output function. All users are welcome to download and experience the latest Surveillance Center functions.
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Hikvision USA Selects Frank DeFina as Senior Director, Strategic Sales
Hikvision®, the world?s leading manufacturer of innovative, award-winning video surveillance products and solutions, is pleased to announce Frank DeFina as the new senior director, strategic sales, for Hikvision USA Inc. With over twenty years of experience in the security and technology industries, Mr. DeFina will work to further Hikvision USA’s key relationships with customers and partners in North America, with a focus on the company?s strategic projects and vertical solution sales.
Read More ›VIVOTEK Upgrades Its Central Management Software VAST to Version 1.10
Fulfilling its commitment to enhance the performance of VAST, VIVOTEK is pleased to announce the release of VAST Version 1.10. In this version, VIVOTEK introduces new advanced features to VAST users, specifically, Logical Tree and Standard VCA Event Integration.
Read More ›Imagination and ELVEES Collaborate on Next-Generation Solutions for Video Analytics
ELVEES companies group and Imagination Technologies are working together to enable next-generation solutions for a wide range of existing and future global video analytics markets. Video analytics (the processing and understanding of video streams) is important for emerging markets including: Smart city – based on innovative IP cameras with real-time monitoring.
Read More ›Dallmeier DVS 2200 IPS Expands Analysis Portfolio
The DVS 2200 IPS is a high-performance server appliance for the analysis of up to 12 IP video channels and the recording of up to 24 IP video channels. Both the analysis software (DVS Analysis Server) and the recording software (Smavia Recording Server) are already installed by the manufacturer and can be configured easily with a browser via Ethernet.
Read More ›WD Purple NV 4TB and 6TB Hard Drives Unveiled
WD recently introduced WD Purple NV, a purpose-built line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity 4-Terabyte and 6-Terabyte hard drives for the greater demands of scalable network video recorder (NVR) surveillance systems. Compared with standard WD Purple drives, the new member of the WD’s surveillance video recording family of drives, WD Purple NV, is designed for larger-scale network surveillance systems utilizing higher hard drive bay counts and greater numbers of attached cameras, with increased storage capacity demand and durability.
Read More ›AirLive Intelligent Surveillance Solution Showcases Product Line at Computex 2015
AirLive will showcase its innovative Surveillance Networking Solutions products, provide a live demo on video analytics by IVS IPCam, display the Smart Focus IPCam, the Speed Dome IPCam, IVS Standalone IPCam, Fisheye IPCam, and the Home APPCam series of products. Explore AirLive?s four major solution topics: CoreNVR+CMS; Device Guard PoE Switch + Core Switch; AC and N Top + AirLive Central Wireless; and Surveillance Wireless Networking Solutions.
Read More ›Pelco Releases Optera Panoramic Cameras Featuring Unique Panomersive Experience
IFSEC visitors will also witness the release of the new Optera? panoramic cameras with SureVision 2.0 WDR imaging technology. Officials stated that the new Panomersive experience provides seamless situational awareness with blended panoramic views, creating a unique and effective panoramic immersive surveillance experience.
Read More ›EtherWAN Systems Announces Release of New-Generation Ethernet Extenders Over Copper Wires
EtherWAN Systems, Inc. has launched the ED3501 and ED3541 Ethernet Extenders. Both models provide excellent Ethernet Extension performance via single RJ11 cable or a pair of copper wires. The data transfer rate is able to reach 100Mbps at 300-meter point-to-point distance, and the maximum distance is up to 2,600 meters with 1Mbps data rate.
Read More ›Pamela J. Petrow of Vector Security Named President of CSAA International
Pamela J. Petrow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vector Security, Inc., is the new President of CSAA (Central Station Alarm Association) International, effective immediately. Petrow, who served as CSAA First Vice President since October 2013, is the first woman to serve as president of the organization since its founding 1950.
Read More ›Vidsys Releases New Educational Videos – Expands Discussion of Converged Security
Vidsys, a top global provider of enterprise Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, has launched an updated website that features a series of new videos highlighting enhanced product capabilities and market education. The 60 second videos provide brief explanations of how Vidsys helps public and private organizations gain situational awareness and buy down risk and the importance of the convergence of IT and physical security.
Read More ›Hofstra University Standardizes on Boon Edam Security Entrances
Boon Edam Inc. announced that New York’s Hofstra University continues the installation of turnstile entrances to eventually cover all of their residence halls for increased safety and security. Located 25 miles east of New York City in Hempstead, Long Island, Hofstra University campus boasts 115 buildings on 240 acres, 1180 faculty members, and over 7,000 full-time undergraduate students. With so many students in a densely populated area of Long Island, Hofstra takes student safety quite seriously.
Read More ›Ian Clemens Authors New White Paper, Hosts Webinar on Next Generation Command Center
Ian Clemens, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of IDV Solutions, LLC, has authored a new white paper and will host a webinar on the Next Generation Command Center. The paper and webinar describe the critical role the Next Generation Command Center will play in organizations as they anticipate risk events and act to minimize their impact on safety, operations, and business continuity.
Read More ›VMS: Ocularis 5.0 Simpler, More Powerful, and Completely Independent.
Ocularis? new recorder technology provides increased power and efficiency with hard drive storage and performance optimization, alarm-triggered video retention, and Video Aging which reduces storage size by eliminating frames of recorded video at designated times. And now with Ocularis 5.0, data transfer from the camera to the recorder is fully encrypted.
Read More ›Police Body Worn Cam Rules Pushed by ACLU, NAACP Include Facial Recognition Ban
A broad coalition of 34 civil rights and privacy groups, including the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union, has unveiled a list of recommendations regarding the use of policy body cameras in the U.S. The guidelines come after a number of incidents in which police body cameras failed to capture what happened before a fatal shooting.
Read More ›Louroe Electronics Receives President’s “E” Award for Major Contribution to U.S. Exports
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Louroe Electronics, the world leader in audio monitoring within the security industry, the President?s ?E? Award for Exports in a ceremony at the Department of Commerce on May, 18, 2015. The award recognizes Louroe Electronics? outstanding achievement in export growth and for its significant contributions to the overall increase of U.S. exports.
Read More ›Morpho, Provider of Biometrics and Secure Identification Solutions, Joins Natural Security Alliance
Natural Security Alliance’s biometric strong authentication standard makes it possible for users to access the full range of electronic services (e.g. online and in-store payments, cash withdrawals, online banking, FIDO services, identity management) with the guarantee that they will retain full control of their biometric data and that their privacy will be protected.
Read More ›New PERCo Card Reader Post With LCD Display
The new IRP01 reader post is an up-market model that offers an elegant solution for entrance points of banks, administrative buildings, business centers, and other sites with the highest requirements for design and comfort.
Read More ›SureView Systems Receives Lenel OnGuard Version 7.0 Factory Certification
SureView Systems, a global provider of commercial central station and enterprise command center software, announced today that it has received Lenel factory certification for the latest version of OnGuard access control software, version 7.0, through the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program (OAAP). SureView?s Immix® central station and command center software platforms interface with the OnGuard system to help end users gain a high level of situational awareness to enhance security.
Read More ›Dahua Nominated Best Manufacturer Mexican Excellence Awards 2015
Dahua Technology, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance products headquartered in Hangzhou, China has been nominated as ?Best Manufacturer? in Mexican Excellence Awards 2015. This Award nomination is conducted online polls and collected from local professionals in the country. With more the 4,000 valid votes, Dahua is one of the finalists along with other four international players.
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