Parabit Systems recently received two major orders totaling 1,500 units of its SkimGard (ATM Lobby Card Access Skimmer Detection System) with its new ACS-1E access control system, to be delivered by the end of 2014. With these orders, Parabit’s SkimGard and ACS-1E ATM Lobby Card Access Control System will be securing and providing Skimmer Detection at over 5,000 ATM Lobbies within the U.S by year end.
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Kaba Launches Kaba Mobile Access Solutions
Kaba announces the availability of its Mobile Access Solutions, which allows users to access many Kaba RFID door locks with mobile devices such as smartphones. Powered by LEGIC IDConnect technology, Kaba?s Mobile Access Solutions securely manages digital credentials so users are ensured that their information is not shared with unauthorized parties. At HITEC (Hospitality Technical […]
Read More ›Milestone Systems Aims for Unlimited Scalabilty With Arcus Powered Appliances
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), is announcing the next step for open platform technology driving innovation through embedded solutions. Milestone Arcus™ is a video surveillance platform designed for low-complexity, low-cost deployments, uniquely customized for the selected hardware devices of Milestone partners.
Read More ›VidSys Demonstrating Its New Release 7.7 PSIM Software at ASIS
VidSys, a provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, announced that it will demonstrate the latest release of its award winning product at ASIS in Atlanta, September 29 through October 1 in Booth #3565. In Version 7.7, VidSys debuts National Language Support, meaning the software can be easily adapted to various languages without code changes. VidSys founder and CTO James Chong addressed the evolution of the PSIM category, a term he helped coin in 2006.
Read More ›FBI Finishes $1 Billion Facial Recognition System
It’s a program that still sounds futuristic, even today. The FBI announced its facial recognition program is finally up and running – and it has some privacy advocates a little concerned. Labeled as the “Next Generation Identification System," or NGI, the $1-billion program has been in development since at least 2008 when the FBI announced it was granting Lockheed Martin a contract to start building it.
Read More ›Top Reasons to Choose DNF Security Scale-Out NAS for IP Video Surveillance
As surveillance industry continues to transform from analog to digital, the technological need to update the way images are being captured and how they are being stored also increases to many folds. Earlier, people used to capture surveillance data on the VHS tapes and films, but now in this digital age it is being dropped more onto the disk. DNF Security Twin Scale-Out NAS can manage surveillance data from a range of sources for scalable, efficient storage solutions that address large amounts of video data.
Read More ›3VR Announces 1 Volt Associates as New Eastern U.S. Manufacturers Representative
3VR, the video intelligence company, today announced 1 Volt Associates as its new manufacturer?s representative to manage sales for the Mid-Atlantic region. They will cover Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware.
Read More ›Linear Launches Dealer Program for Enterprise Access Control
Linear, a Nortek Inc (NASDAQ: NTK) company and leading security and access control manufacturer for residential and commercial markets, introduces an exclusive dealer program for its embedded, IP browser-based Linear Enterprise access control system, designed for sites with 1 to 128+ doors. Additional incentives unique to Linear?s Enterprise dealer program include special demonstration gear, co-op opportunities, and free freight for qualified purchases.
Read More ›MOBOTIX Prevails in Patent Dispute: USPTO Cancels Patent
MOBOTIX Corp., New York, prevailed again in a patent dispute with San Antonio, Texas-based e-Watch Inc. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted MOBOTIX Corp.?s request and determined that all claims of U.S. Pat. No. 6,970,183 challenged by MOBOTIX Corp. are not patentable.
Read More ›Cobham MESH System Delivers Wireless Networks in Tough Environments
Daily mining operations depend on data in the form of reports and positions for drilling, logistics, supply, production, and scheduling. In an offshore field, the majority of communication is data rather than voice. This is typically sent via satellite links between a sender and receiver in close proximity. The Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance (TCS) team visit offshore platforms and vessels with diversity antennae.
Read More ›PSIA Details Milestones Achieved in Physical Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) Specification
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) today announced it has achieved important new milestones within its Physical Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) specification less than a year after forming a Working Group to develop it. PLAI is being designed to enable employee identities and roles defined or revoked in an authoritative logical identity system to automatically propagate to one or more PLAI-compliant physical access control systems (PACS). PLAI synchronizes physical and logical identity management and access control and standardizes functions that typically have required custom programming to achieve.
Read More ›EasyConnect, New Automatic IP-Camera Addressing Feature, Highlights exacqVision 6.4 Release
Exacq Technologies, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco (NYSE: TYC), introduces the new EasyConnect automatic IP-camera connector feature with the version 6.4 of exacqVision, a video management system (VMS) software used for video surveillance. EasyConnect provides the power of IP-cameras with the simplicity of analog. Version 6.4 also includes the new VideoPush video wall feature, updates to the Exacq Mobile app and web browser client, and improvements to Enterprise System Manager (ESM), a health monitoring program for use with exacqVision Enterprise networked video recorders (NVRs).
Read More ›DTT Partners With Gusto to Provide Top Quality Point-of-Sale Integration
DTT announced a partnership with Gusto, a nationwide leader in restaurant management technology for the hospitality marketplace. As the leading provider of digital video surveillance and loss prevention solutions for the specialty retail and hospitality industries, DTT is constantly expanding its relationships with POS software providers to better serve its growing customer base.
Read More ›Boon Edam Expands Sales Team to Accommodate Record Growth
Boon Edam Inc. announced the hiring of new sales staff and the creation of new roles and departments to meet continued high demand for its security entrance products and revolving doors. The company has experienced record sales in the past four years, much of the growth coming from the sales of security products to Fortune 500 companies.
Read More ›NUVICO Ships All-New HYDRA HD Recorders Utilizing Coax Infrastructure
NUVICO has released the all-new, industry-exclusive HYDRA HD. HYDRA HD is a new, affordable solution for delivering HD video over coax cable. This is the same technology used in long-distance, 1080p HD video boosters, providing HD video over 1500 feet using RG59, RG6, or Ethernet cable. HYDRA HD recorders and cameras do not require any IP settings for setup in order to achieve full 1080p quality over existing coax or network cable.
Read More ›Code Blue, Vigitron Announce Strategic Partnership
Code Blue Corporation, the industry leading manufacturer of emergency communication solutions, and Vigitron, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative video transmission solutions for both IP and analog security systems, have announced a strategic partnership to improve the networking of emergency communication systems.
Read More ›Xentry Systems Integration and Ascom Partner for Streamlined Healthcare, Communication Services
Xentry Systems Integration, a systems integrator focused on delivering best-in-class security solutions and healthcare technologies, today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Ascom (US) Inc. to streamline delivery of the company?s mission critical healthcare communications solutions to Xentry customers.
Read More ›NC State University Relies on Boon Edam to Upgrade Security at Recreational Facilities
Boon Edam, Inc., announced North Carolina State University (NC State), in Raleigh NC, has installed Boon Edam Speedlane 996DA (Drop Arm) optical turnstiles at the main entrances of both its recreational facility buildings.
Read More ›Digital Ally to Introduce Glasses Camera Option for FirstVu HD Body Cam at IACP Conference
Digital Ally, Inc. announced that it will introduce a ?bullet camera? option for its FirstVu HD™ Officer-Worn Video System at the upcoming International Association of Chiefs of Police (?IACP?) Conference, which is scheduled for October 25-28, 2014 in Orlando, Florida.
Read More ›CNL Software Opens Office in Ashburn, Virginia, US
CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, is pleased to announce the further development of US operations with the centralization of its IPSecurityCenter? PSIM sales, delivery and training services to a new office in Ashburn, Virginia, US.
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