What is the Internet of Things and Why is it Growing?

Ana Bera

Have you ever heard the term the Internet of Things? Do you have any idea what it is? After you?ve read this piece you will have a better grasp of this technology. And as an added bonus you will also understand why it is growing at such a rapid pace on a global scale. Now, everyday appliances, devices, and computers (or also known as things) are fitted with the capabilities to also access the internet. This opens up endless possibilities for process automation.

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Maxxess Insite Debuts to the Latin American Region at Expo Seguridad 2019

Maxxess Insite

Maxxess Systems is showcasing its unique portfolio of video, access control and communications platforms that provide users with the highest levels of system integration, management and incident response technology at Expo Seguridad 2019. Solutions on display include the Latin American public debut of Maxxess InSite Awareness and Response Coordination System, the enhanced eFusion Security Management Software and Maxxess? MX+ Web Dashboard.

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Mobile Service Providers Preparing to Fortify Security in Anticipation of 5G Deployments

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According to a new survey fielded by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, in partnership with A10 networks, mobile service providers anticipate significant new revenue opportunities from the coming deployment of high-speed 5G networks and a host of new IoT-driven use cases, but they also believe much-improved security will be essential to realizing that potential. Operators still have a significant amount of work ahead to fortify their networks for the coming of 5G.

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MILESTONE Americas Announces New Hires, Promotions to Keep Pace with Growth

Milestone

Milestone Systems continues internal expansions in staffing to support its fast-growing business in the Americas. Cliff Brady has filled the new position of Milestone National Sales Manager, West. He will apply his extensive expertise from working as Chief Operations Officer at Canna Security, Solution Project and Services Marketing at IBM, Director of Global Services at Radisys and Technical Support Manager at Sequent. Chip Wilson is now the Milestone Channel Business Manager in South Texas.

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SENTELLIGENCEone Developing Market Disruptive Smart Ambient Air Monitor

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SENTELLIGENCEone announces the company is in the final development stages of a Smart Ambient Air Monitor, or SAAM. The SENTELLIGENCEone SAAM technology will have Artificial Intelligence and communicate via a smart device to notify users of a potential catastrophic event. SENTELLIGENCEone is a scientific instrument company currently in development of safety and security devices, including a Smart Ambient Air Monitor, counterfeit or contaminated food using a proprietary technology.

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Farpointe Releases Latest Wallet App for Conekt Mobile Access Credentials

Farpointe Conekt

Farpointe Data announced that its Conekt mobile smartphone access control identification solution now integrates advantages that Apple iOS 12 delivers, such as 3-D touch, Widget, and Auto-Unlock, into the Conekt Wallet App, version 1.1.0. All new improvements create increased user convenience. For instance, the newly improved Widget lets the user make up to three mobile access control credentials as widgets. This saves time by allowing quicker access to credentials.

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DW Adds Sales Leadership in the Southeastern U.S.

Lou Riccomini

DW announces the appointment of Lou Riccomini to the position of Southeastern U.S. Regional Sales Manager. In his new role, Lou will be responsible for all sales activities in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas. He oversees the manufacturer?s representatives in that region. Lou was most recently Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast and Midwest at OpenEye. He has 30 years of video experience including tenures at IndigoVision, Dedicated Micros and Verint.

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Percepto Flies Autonomous Drones Over 5G Trial Network

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Percepto announced that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous drones over SK Telecom?s 5G trial network. SK Telecom is the largest mobile operator in Korea, leading the world in the field of mobile telecommunications by commercializing its 5G network in December 2018. Dain SNT, Percepto?s representative in Korea, has been collaborating with SK Telecom to apply Percepto?s solutions to SK Telecom?s commercial 5G network.

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Northrop Grumman Launches New Research Consortium for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Northrop Grumman Corporation launched a new research consortium with universities to advance machine learning and artificial intelligence programs. The research consortium, known as Research in Applications for Learning Machines (REALM), was established to foster collaboration between leading universities with strong machine learning and artificial intelligence programs. The REALM consortium is an industry-academia partnership.

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Milestone Systems Annual Report: Increased Investments and Solid Growth

Milestone Systems delivered significant and satisfactory financial results in 2018. The Group?s net revenue increased to DKK 934 million from DKK 881 million in 2017, while the operating income (EBIT) grew to DKK 195 million from DKK 171 million. In 2018, Milestone Systems made strategic investments in several areas. The company also decided to accelerate innovation by increasing its development capacity by 45 percent by the end of 2019.

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Supra Enhances TRAC-Mini Controller for Access Control in Offline Locations

Supra announced additions to its compact and rugged TRAC-Mini? controller to enhance lock management in offline locations ranging from remote outdoor telecom sites to indoor office file drawers. Supra is part of Carrier, a leading global provider of an innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning, refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. The new configurations of the TRAC-Mini controller extend the powerful capabilities of the Supra TRACcess? system.

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Data Privacy Research Front and Center at Human Computer Interaction Event

Shortcomings of security breach notifications, best practices for phishing warnings and lessons learned from the use of analytics to improve student performance are among several studies University of Michigan researchers will present beginning this weekend in the United Kingdom. Florian Schaub, assistant professor at the U-M School of Information, and colleagues will share their work May 4-9 at the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Doug Quick Joins Sielox as Eastern Regional VP of Sales

Sielox LLC announce Doug Quick joins the Company as Eastern Regional Vice President of Sales. Doug brings to the Company over 25 years of security industry experience, including more than a decade as a national systems integrator. Quick recently spent fourteen years as Director of Sales and Team Leader for Tyco/SimplexGrinnell. Previously, he held sales and management positions with Siemens Building Technologies.

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Fortem Technologies and Unifly Collaborate to Keep Airspace Safe and Secure in a Drone-Enabled World

Fortem Airspace Awareness

Fortem Technologies and Unifly announced they will collaborate to develop a joint airspace safety and security solution for a drone-enabled society. This new end-to-end solution will allow UTM and U-space architectures to be used by public safety officers, military groups and other government agencies to secure airspace around critical infrastructure, airports, stadiums, public venues and more. Fortem Technologies and Unifly were both chosen to participate in the UAS Integration Pilot Program.

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Trust Issues: New Survey Sheds Light on Americans? Biggest Security Concerns

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Lots of homeowners are investing in modern technologies like smart assistants, smart speakers, and internet-connected security cameras. And while all this technology makes life easier at home, it also raises concerns as more people worry about things like getting hacked, being spied on, and having their identity stolen. ASecureLife.com surveyed hundreds of Americans across the country to get a sense for how much people trust the new-age technology filling their homes

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Moving Toward Mobile Credentials

Moving to Mobile Credentials

Today, the market demand is strong for access control technology that employs mobile credentials managed and implemented via apps on personal smartphones, replacing the need for physical cards. Mobile credentialing has the potential to improve both security and convenience and is delivering enhanced protection in many ways. To date, however, mobile credentialing has not been able to find the balance between security and convenience.

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PlateSmart Brings Its Award-winning ALPR Technology to VIVOTEK Network Cameras and VMS

Ares Vivotek

A key benefit of PlateSmart Technologies? award-winning ARES ALPR software is its ability to seamlessly integrate with virtually any camera or VMS. That innovation has yielded PlateSmart another partnership ? this time with the global IP surveillance solution provider VIVOTEK Inc. Called automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) outside of the United States, PlateSmart?s ARES solution has been implemented throughout South America, Europe and parts of Oceania.

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Security 101 Opens New Office in Indianapolis

Security 101 - Indianapolis

Security 101 has opened a new franchise office serving Indianapolis and the surrounding area. Security 101 ? Indianapolis is owned and managed by Nathan Zautcke and his new partner, John Wilcox. Zautcke also owns the Security 101 office in Detroit. Zautcke said he and his team from Security 101 ? Detroit are eager to take their winning formula to Indianapolis. The Security 101 ? Indianapolis office is located in downtown at 201 North Delaware.

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Convergint and Viakoo Establish Sales Partnership

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Viakoo and Convergint Technologies announced they have signed a Platinum Partnership agreement. As a Viakoo Platinum Partner, Convergint?s customers will now benefit from industry-leading technology, preferential pricing, and enhanced support. Viakoo and Convergint help customers transition from a manual reactive approach of managing their physical security and video systems, to an automated proactive solution that successfully mitigates security risks through technology.

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New Regional Sales Managers for 3xLOGIC: Joel Dombovy and Jake Franklin!

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3xLOGIC has added two new RSM’s in 2019 to continue to penetrate key markets in the Pacific NW as well as the Mid-Atlantic regions. Both Joel and Jake will report to Jason Bryan, Director of Sales. 3xLOGIC added Joel Dombovy as a Regional Sales Manager in the Northwest. Jake Franklin also joins the team as Regional Sales Manager for the Mid-Atlantic. Joel comes to 3xLOGIC with 14 years of Security Industry experience working for Interlogix, GE Security, and Honeywell.

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