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Dedrone Announces Successful Citywide Airspace Security Deployment

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 2, 2021 6:53 am Categories: City Surveillance, Law Enforcement. Tags: Aaditya Devarakonda., Dedrone.

Dedrone

Dedrone successfully implements a citywide airspace security deployment in Southern Europe. Dedrone protects people, property, and information from drone threats across large footprint areas like cities, airports, and power plants. A major metropolitan city in Southern Europe has deployed less than a dozen DedroneSensors to detect, track and locate drones and their pilots across the city center. The protected area includes internationally renowned tourist destinations, corporate and shopping districts, residential areas, and a port encompassing 50 square kilometers.

Third Annual Calipsa Masterclass Brings Together Top Video Surveillance Professionals

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 2, 2021 6:33 am Categories: Surveillance. Tags: Calipsa, Chris Daley, Omar Abu-Rish, Rashid Khan.

Calipsa Masterclass

Learn and share knowledge with hundreds of video surveillance professionals from around the world during the third annual Calipsa Masterclass on Nov. 10, 2021. The free, virtual half-day event includes 12 interactive workshops, including several in Spanish, focusing on the role of artificial intelligence in video verification, event-driven analytics and cloud-based video services. Also on the agenda is the first look at results of the 2021 Calipsa Video Monitoring Survey.

The Hidden Challenge Facing Thousands of Businesses

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 2, 2021 6:25 am Categories: Network. Tags: Chris Burgy, FCC, Ooma AirDial.

Telephone switch

The Federal Communication said this in August 2019 in describing the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), also known as analog copper-wire phone lines or plain old telephone service (POTS). POTS is reaching retirement age after a very long run, starting on March 10, 1876, with Alexander Graham Bell famously barking, ?Mr. Watson, come here, I want you,? to his assistant. After almost 150 years, it?s no surprise that other technologies ?primarily mobile networks and voice over internal protocol, or VoIP, phone service? have eliminated the need for POTS infrastructure.

TDSi Launches New Additions to its Powerful GARDiS Software

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 2, 2021 6:07 am Categories: Access Control, VMS Software. Tags: GARDiS, TDSi, Tina Baker.

Tdsi Gardis 2

TDSi announce the launch of exciting new additions to its powerful GARDiS integrated Access Management software, in the new Version 2.2. New features include integration with the STid BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) mobile device authentication portal, integration with the RS485 wireless locks from ASSA Abloy and SimonsVoss, integration with the new TDSi GARDiS VU VMS software, and a new Cause and Effect Engine.

Wi-Fi Management Added into WatchGuard Cloud

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 2, 2021 12:01 am Categories: Access Control, Cloud, Technologies. Tags: Andrew Young, Luis Gimenez, WatchGuard.

WatchGuard Cloud

WatchGuard Technologies announced Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud, along with a new lineup of Wi-Fi 6-enabled access points (APs). The addition of Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud provides cross-platform integration and centralized management of all WatchGuard products, dramatically simplifying how partners purchase, deploy and manage WatchGuard?s products and services, while the new APs give customers enhanced connectivity, performance, and best-in-class security.

Build Intelligent Video Solutions with Axis Cameras and Azure Video Analyzer

Posted by Jay Bartlett November 1, 2021 9:26 am Categories: Customer Implementations, Video Analytics. Tags: Axis cameras, Azure Video Analyzer, Video Solutions.

In this article, see how Microsoft and Axis Communications are partnering to solve the problem of extracting insights from live video at the edge and recording video to the cloud.

Invixium Launches Powerful Suite of Healthy Access Features With IXM Mobile

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 31, 2021 10:49 am Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: Invixium, IXM Mobile, Shiraz Kapadia.

Invixium Touchless Biometric Solution

Invixium is broadening its offerings through IXM Mobile, a smartphone app with features designed for healthy access. This new mobile platform extends the company?s flagship solution, IXM TITAN, and enterprise-grade software, IXM WEB. The mobile app will provide end-users with groundbreaking features to enhance their biometric security system for staff and visitors. As the pandemic evolves, enterprises continue to invest in long-term solutions to satisfy the needs of staff and visitors and persisting government guidance for mask-wearing and temperature screening.

TDSi?s GARDiS Access Control Solution Now Fully Integrates with Milestone?s XProtect

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 30, 2021 11:01 am Categories: Access Control. Tags: GARDiS, TDSi, Tina Baker.

Tdsi Gardis 2

TDSi announce the powerful access control features of its GARDiS software can now be incorporated into Milestone?s XProtect Access solution through ORBNET Systems? new Access Control module. This enables security operators to harness the benefits of combining both solutions to manage their access control needs from one portal. This updated solution enables Milestone Smart Clients to receive GARDiS Events and to acknowledge alarms back to GARDiS.

Liberty Defense Attracts Prominent Industry Talent to Advance its Threat Detection Technology

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 30, 2021 4:49 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Ajay Subramanian, Bill Frain, Jeffrey Gordon, Liberty Defense.

Liberty Defense

Liberty Defense announced that it has attracted two recognized industry leaders to its team: Ajay Subramanian and Jeffrey S. Gordon. Subramanian and Gordon will be based in the Company?s newly designed headquarters in Wilmington, MA, just north of Boston, and will be working on the Company?s High Definition Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanner and airport shoe screener, both of which are licensed exclusively to Liberty Defense, funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Southwest Microwave and Microwave Interconnect Names Don Bradfield as President

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 30, 2021 2:04 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Richard McCormick, Southwest Microwave.

Southwest Microwave Don Bradfield

Southwest announced the appointment of Don Bradfield as president by the company?s board of directors, effective immediately. Based at the company?s Tempe, Arizona headquarters, Bradfield will oversee domestic and international operations of the Security Systems and Microwave Products Divisions, including Southwest Microwave, Ltd., located in Worcestershire, United Kingdom.

TRENDnet launches high-performance WiFi 6 product line

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 30, 2021 1:10 am Categories: Network, New Products, Product Focus. Tags: TEW-921DAP., trendnet, WiFi 6.

TRENDnet Hive

TRENDnet has just launched its WiFi 6 product line with the introduction of the high-performance AX1800 Dual Band WiFi 6 PoE+ Access Point, model TEW-921DAP. It features two concurrent WiFi bands to maximize device networking speeds, delivering up to 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band, and also up to 567Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. Improved coverage, faster speeds, and better capacity on the access point are made possible with integrated advanced technologies, such as 1024-QAM, OFDMA, and MU-MIMO.

Alcatraz AI to Showcase Autonomous Access Control Solutions at ISC East 2021

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 29, 2021 11:23 am Categories: Access Control, Corporate News. Tags: Alcataz Al, ISC East 2021, Tina D’Agostin.

Alcatraz Three Factor Authentication

Alcatraz AI will showcase its state-of-the-art product, the Rock, at ISC East (Booth 500). The security conference is taking place at the Javits Center in New York City on November 17-18, 2021. ISC East 2021, the largest annual converged security trade show, features training on security and public safety best practices while highlighting the latest technologies related to the safety sector. Alcatraz AI provides organizations with autonomous access control through AI-powered facial authentication.

LenelS2 Announces Strategic Agreement to Resell BriefCam Video Analytics Software

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 29, 2021 11:06 am Categories: Video Analytics. Tags: BriefCam, Gili Rom, LenelS2, Ross McKay.

LenelS2 announced a strategic distribution agreement with BriefCam, the leading provider of video analytics software. The agreement enables LenelS2 value-added resellers to offer the BriefCam Video Content Analytics Platform with LenelS2 VRx and Milestone XProtect video management systems as well as within LenelS2?s Magic Monitor unified client. These integrated solutions enhance situational awareness and provide actionable insights to security operators when viewing live video surveillance feeds and recorded video.

SAFR Provides Facial Recognition ID Authentication for Japanese Government Services Access

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 29, 2021 10:58 am Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: Mr. Takayoshi Toyoda, Noriaki Takamura, SAFR.

SAFR Liveness Detection

SAFR from RealNetworks has been selected as the facial recognition technology provider to support the Japanese government?s evolution from paper documents to digital ?My Number? ID cards with a face-based authentication infrastructure. Part of a larger digital transformation, My Number cards represent a new digital identification system designed to streamline and expand access to government services for Japanese citizens and residents.

Viakoo Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Automated IoT Vulnerability Remediation

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 29, 2021 10:52 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Bud Broomhead, Nitin Chopra, viakoo.

Viakoo Video Assurance Service

Viakoo announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding led by Shasta Ventures, joining existing investors Stanley Black & Decker, PivotNorth Capital, and BlueFog Capital. This latest round will be used to expand executive leadership, and investment in product development and go-to-market. The company is also launching its Viakoo Action Platform suite of cyber modules, which remediate and repatriate IoT devices, meeting the growing demand for enterprise IoT device management and vulnerability remediation at scale.

TELUS and Genetec Partner to Enable Canadian Businesses to Easily Monitor the Security of Their Businesses

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 29, 2021 5:15 am Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators, VMS Software. Tags: genetec, Jason Macdonnell, Marc-André Bergeron, TELUS.

genetec stratocast

TELUS and Genetec Inc. are joining forces to simplify video surveillance for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada through the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of the cloud. This collaboration bundles TELUS security cameras with the Genetec cloud subscription-based video monitoring solution called Stratocast?. With Stratocast, businesses no longer need to operate expensive video recording hardware that can only store and stream footage onsite because they can easily monitor their video from multiple locations through cameras that are connected to the cloud.

HID Global Simplifies Digital Certificate Lifecycle Management for Mobile Devices Managed Through Microsoft?s Intune Service

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 26, 2021 10:08 am Categories: Certification, Corporate News. Tags: Azure, HID, Microsoft Intune, PKIaaS.

HID Global

HID Global announced that users of its cloud-based PKIaaS offering can now automate the lifecycle management of digital certificates used with devices managed via the Microsoft Intune mobile device and application management service. The HID solution eliminates the need for human intervention when issuing and renewing certificates that enable employees to use their mobile devices to easily access their organization?s resources through Wi-Fi networks or VPN connections, without passwords.

Qognify Adds Advanced Real-Time and Post Incident Investigation Capabilities to Cayuga Video Management System

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 26, 2021 9:54 am Categories: VMS Software. Tags: Carsten Eckstein, Cayuga R17, Cayuga VMS, Qognify.

qognify cayuga

Qognify announced the launch of the latest version of its renowned Cayuga video management system (VMS). Cayuga R17 provides control rooms with powerful new person tracking, masking and camera forwarding capabilities, to improve real-time incident handling and post incident investigation. The ability to act quickly during a live security/safety incident is vital to a successful outcome. Security operators need tools at their fingertips that are instinctive and intuitive.

EdgePresence Joins Schneider Electric on Edge Computing Panel at 7×24 Exchange Fall 2021 Conference

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 25, 2021 8:29 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Doug Recker, EdgePresence, Joe Reele.

7x24 Change

EdgePresence Founder and President Joins Schneider Electric VP of Solution Architects to Speak On ?Edge Computing: Transforming How Last-Mile Edge Computing Infrastructure is Deployed in America? on Mon., Oct. 25. EdgePresence announces that its Founder and President, Doug Recker, will join Schneider Electric?s VP, Solution Architects, Joe Reele on the 7×24 Exchange 2021 Fall Conference panel, ?Edge Computing: Transforming How Last-Mile Edge Computing Infrastructure is Deployed in America.

Raytheon Selects viisights Wise Behavioral Analytics for TSA Evaluation Initiative

Posted by Jay Bartlett October 22, 2021 1:17 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Pat Aiello, Raytheon, TSA, viisights.

Raytheon

viisights has been selected for airport cargo security evaluation by global defense contractor, Raytheon Security (RTX). The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) contracted Raytheon Technologies to select and evaluate next-generation security solutions for airports. To conduct the test, Raytheon deployed viisights? advanced video and behavioral analytics solution for cargo security at various airports across the U.S. for evaluation over twelve months.