Did you know that your home smart devices could be soldiers in a malicious robot army called a botnet? Smart devices range from refrigerators that let you peer inside them remotely to baby monitors that let you check on your baby from wherever you are in the house. To criminals, these, along with wireless printers, wearable health monitors, and countless other internet-connected household and office devices look like a vast army of docile robots waiting to do their dark bidding.
Read More ›SALTO has introduced the XS4 Original+, the next generation of the world?s most flexible and reliable smart locking solution that features a beautiful design with a sleek flat reader in two new colors. The new SALTO XS4 Original+ takes the trusted and proven flagship XS4 Original electronic lock product family and incorporates the latest technology to accommodate access control needs of both today and tomorrow.
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Salient Systems has announced that its CompleteView VMS, an open platform video management system has been selected by Maine-based Brigid Farm for a multi-state video upgrade project for the company?s cannabis facilities. With headquarters in Saco, Maine, Brigid Farm is a vertically integrated cannabis firm that has been providing cannabis products for more than a decade.
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Brivo and Crown PropTech Acquisitions announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will result in Brivo becoming a publicly listed company. The transaction values the company at a pro forma enterprise value of $808 million. Upon closing, the combined company will operate as Brivo, and its Class A common stock is expected to be listed under the ticker symbol ?BRVS.? This strategic business combination will enable Brivo to leverage Crown?s experience and relationships.
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PureTech Systems announced the successful integration of the Open Options DNA (Distributed Network Architecture) Fusion Access Control Suite into the PureActiv Geospatial Command and Control solution.
PureTech Systems is known as a market-leader in the development of AI Geospatial video analytics and command and control software products designed to help organizations secure their perimeters around critical infrastructure and country borders.
Teledyne FLIR introduced the FLIR Bridge for condition monitoring applications, designed to make it easy for organizations to route asset health data into preferred data management systems for improving productivity and reducing costs. This industrial internet of things (IIoT) edge gateway for industrial businesses empowers non-programmers to easily aggregate and integrate temperature and other crucial sensor data from fixed sensors, visible cameras, and thermal cameras into a multitude of asset health software.
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Panasonic Corporation announced that it has developed a secure near field communication technology (hereinafter, “PaWalet Link”) using a loop antenna by applying Wavelet OFDM*2 to a communication method using a magnetic field. As a result, it is possible to limit the communication range from a few millimeters to tens of centimeters. This technology can easily control the communication range by controlling the size of the loop antenna and the transmission power of the communication device.
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Rajant Corporation and its technology partners will be attending ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at the National Exhibition Centre. .The event runs November 15th to 18th, with Rajant joining with partners in Booth 13564. Present to showcase the resilient and secure collaborative solution for energy market IIoT connectivity will be Easy Aerial, Ghost Robotics, and Kiber. Live smartfield-focused product demonstrations will be featured daily.
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STANLEY Security announced its investment In Nexkey a cloud-based access control solutions. This investment ? backed by STANLEY Ventures, the venture capital arm of Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) ? is the start to a strategic partnership between the two companies. Nexkey launched in 2018 to provide businesses an easier way to unlock and manage door access.
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Honeywell announced it has agreed to acquire privately held US Digital Designs for a purchase multiple of ~14X EBITDA in an all-cash transaction. The company delivers alerting and dispatch communications solutions, which enhance first responders? efficacy and enable faster emergency response times. US Digital Designs? EBITDA margins are accretive to Honeywell, and Honeywell is expected to achieve a return on investment of greater than 25% by the fifth year that US Digital Designs is part of Honeywell.
Read More ›Interface Security Systems shared its top predictions for the physical security industry. Businesses of all sizes will move away from traditional contact- or motion-based burglar alarms in favor of video-verified alarms to avoid the unnecessary disturbance and costs involved with false alarms. We will also find that AI-based video verified alarms are about to take modern alarm monitoring operations to an entirely different level of accuracy and efficiency.
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Liberty Defense announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) to beta test Liberty?s flagship product HEXWAVE? at the Camden Yards Sports Complex in the City of Baltimore. The MSA is a unit of the state government that owns and manages the sporting venues at the Camden Yards Sports Complex, which is home to the Baltimore Orioles MLB team and the Baltimore Ravens NFL team. The Camden Yard Sports Complex has seating capacity for approximately 45,000 and 72,000, respectively. Testing with the MSA is planned to begin in Q1, 2022 at the Camden Yards Sports Complex.
Read More ›Essence Group announced it will showcase the world?s first 5G-enabled mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS) at CES 2022 in January. Umbrella? mPERS is an ultra-small and discreet device thatintegrates with Essence?s multi-service cloud. Comprising built-in fall detection, real-time activity monitoring and two-way voice capabilities, it is suited for a range of personal security and care settings, including senior care and lone worker scenarios.
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TRENDnet continues to add to its popular 2.5G product family, announcing today its first-to-market unmanaged 2.5G PoE+ switches. The two new models are the 5-Port Unmanaged 2.5G PoE+ Switch (TPE-TG350) and the 8-Port Unmanaged 2.5G PoE+ Switches (TPE-TG380). TRENDnet?s new unmanaged 2.5G PoE+ switches are designed to expand your network?s bandwidth and reduce traffic bottlenecks while delivering power and data over a single cable.
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To help businesses, agencies and healthcare providers protect their people from biorisk threats, Infrared Cameras Incorporated (ICI) unveiled its new Biorisk Cloud Platform. Combining infrared technology and a proprietary, cloud-based data management solution, ICI helps organizations across industries report and manage biorisk, such as COVID-19, to avoid potential safety incidents and operational disruptions.
Read More ›Tom Votel, Ergodyne President & CEO, was elected Chair of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) at the group?s annual fall meeting in Arlington, Virginia. An ISEA board member since 2011, Votel previously served for 2 years as Vice Chair alongside outgoing chairman Craig Wallentine, Global Business Development Manager, DuPont Safety & Construction (retired). Assuming Votel?s previous post as Vice Chair is Nate Kogler, Vice President of Products & Engineering, Bradley Corporation. Other board elections include Kelly Kolb, Senior Business Development Manager, Kimberly-Clark, to the position of ISEA Board Treasurer.
Read More ›A recent spree of ?smash and grab theft,? a category of organized retail crime (ORC) in major U.S. cities has retailers and shoppers on alert this holiday season. The size, audacity, and violence of incidents in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago have drawn major media attention, but ORC has been a growing threat for decades. Genetec shared insights into the phenomenon and strategies for addressing it. The National Retail Federation reported a 60% rise in ORC in the U.S. since 2015, with nearly 70% of retailers seeing an increase in 2021.
Read More ›Invixium has integrated its portfolio of modern solutions with AEOS. This integration between AEOS and IXM WEB, Invixium?s enterprise-grade software solution, streamlines the process of setting up and using Invixium biometric systems with AEOS. AEOS users can now seamlessly deploy Invixium touchless biometrics, such as face recognition via IXM TITAN, as well as the rest of Invixium?s world-class biometric portfolio. This integration is powered by IXM Link, a licensed software feature for IXM WEB that allows for one- or two-way database-to-database synchronization between IXM WEB and AEOS.
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viisights and Cognyte are now integrated for a wide range of professional security and safety applications. viisights portfolio of Wise behavior recognition video analytics provides the ability to immediately detect and predict violent activity, suspicious behavior, crowd behavior, traffic monitoring, environment and personal safety and much more to help proactively prevent events from happening or escalating. With the integration of viisights solutions and Cognyte?s Symphia solutions, the companies now have the ability to deliver real-time actionable insights for deeper situational awareness, greater command and control, as well as more effective incident management, response and investigations.
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