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.
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Categories: Corporate News.
Genetec Media Alert: Rising Brazen Retail Theft This Holiday Season
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Categories: City Surveillance, Corporate News.
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 Integrates Biometric Solutions with AEOS by Nedap
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Categories: Biometrics, Distributors / Systems Integrators, Solutions.
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.
Read More ›viisights Wise Behavioral Video Recognition Integrated with Cognyte Symphia Solutions
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Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators.
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.
Read More ›SALTO Enhances Ecosystem Partnerships with New Technical Sales Team
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Categories: Corporate News.
SALTO Systems North America?s new Technical Sales team will serve as a critical conduit between sales activity and technical knowledge to enhance its ecosystem partnerships. Vasili Kourelos, SALTO Senior Technical Sales Lead, manages the team. Prior to joining SALTO this year, Kourelos worked as an electrical engineer in South Africa focused on turnkey building solutions involving access control, power, and lighting services.
Read More ›Alcatraz AI Announces Paul Fisher as Vice President of Sales
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Categories: Corporate News.
Alcatraz AI announced Paul Fisher is joining the company as Vice President of Sales. Fisher is bringing his expansive expertise to Alcatraz AI and will be key in growing the sales team and driving revenue. This exciting new leadership hire will further Alcatraz AI?s mission of bringing AI technology to every door for precise identity verification. In addition to driving growth, Fisher will play a key role in developing strategies to reach Alcatraz AI?s markets and building new and continuing relationships with partners.
Read More ›Major Baltimore Sports Stadium to Test AI Weapons Detection Tech
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Categories: Technologies.
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.
Read More ›Genetec Announces SOC 2 Type II Compliance
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Categories: Cloud.
Genetec announced that it has successfully completed the System and Organization Controls (SOC 2) Type II audit for its portfolio of cloud solutions and the ISMS (Information Security Management System) that governs them. Internal controls at Genetec are built on the best industry practices and aligned with SOC 2 criteria and requirements. This allows Genetec to have the proper governance, controls, procedures, and safeguards in place to protect customer data from cyber-attacks.
Read More ›ACRE?s Vanderbilt & ComNet Bringing Wide-Ranging Product Selection to Intersec Dubai
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Categories: Corporate News.
ACRE?s stand at Intersec 2022 will emphasize the Vanderbilt, ComNet, Open Options, and TDS brands? wide-ranging high-quality security solutions across multiple product lines. Alongside market-leading products like Vanderbilt?s ACTpro, ComNet?s end-to-end transmission solutions and their newly acquired Razberi portfolio will be on exhibition. Key in this selection is Monitor, the recently crowned Best Video Surveillance product at the Detektor International awards last month.
Read More ›Quantum VS-HCI Series Acuity Software Update Extends Simplicity
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Categories: Surveillance.
Quantum Corporation announced the availability of an update to the Quantum VS-HCI Series Acuity software platform, which was recently acquired from Pivot3. The 10.9 version of the Acuity software platform addresses the system-level availability, health, maintenance, and performance needs of organizations where video is mission-critical in delivering the highest levels of safety and security.
Read More ›SILC Launches First Chip-integrated Pulsed FMCW LiDAR Sensor
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Categories: Mobile / In-Vehicle, Solutions.
SiLC Technologies announces the launch of its powerful, compact vision sensor delivering coherent vision and chip-scale integration to the broader market. The new Eyeonic? Vision Sensor takes LiDAR to a new level of performance by providing accurate instantaneous depth, velocity, and dual-polarization intensity information while enabling immunity to multi-user and environmental interference. These features will enable robotic vehicles and machines to have the necessary data to perceive and classify their environment and help them predict future dynamics using low-latency, low-compute power and rule-based algorithms.
Read More ›Intrinsic ID Demonstrates Strength and Versatility of PUF Technology at World?s Biggest Tech Show
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Categories: Corporate News, Technologies.
Intrinsic ID announced that it will be exhibiting at CES 2022 as part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) EU pavilion. Intrinsic ID was one of 20 companies selected by the Council for this delegation, which represents the most promising and innovative advancements from the region. Intrinsic ID, which has a long, successful track record of providing device-level security and authentication solutions to semiconductor companies and device makers, will use its presence at one of the world?s most influential technology events.
Read More ›Interface Appoints Daniel Bordeleau as Chief People Officer
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Categories: Corporate News.
Interface Security Systems announced that it has appointed Daniel Bordeleau as Chief People Officer.
Read More ›Vayyar’s Fall Detection Touchless Technology Compatible with New Amazon Alexa
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Categories: Uncategorized.
Vayyar Care is a camera-free solution that provides round-the-clock protection for seniors living at home, while maintaining privacy at all times.
Contactless, wall-mounted sensors overcome the limitations of legacy fall alert devices which rely on pushing buttons, pulling cords, or remembering to put on wearables.
Solution based on Vayyar?s multi-award-winning touchless technology that provides fall detection and monitored wellbeing for senior living communities around the world.
Alexa Together is a new U.S. subscription service from Amazon designed to help aging family members feel more comfortable and confident living independently, and to give the entire family peace of mind.
Securitas To Acquire Stanley Security For $3.2B
9:07 pm
Categories: Corporate News.
Stannley Black & Decker today announced it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of most of its Security assets to Securitas AB for $3.2 billion in cash. The proposed transaction includes Stanley Black& Decker’s Commercial Electronic and Healthcare Security business lines. The businesses carry 2021 forecasted revenues of approximately $1.7 billion with an adjusted EBITDA margin in the low double-digits.
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