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University of Arizona Speeds COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out with Genetec AutoVu ALPR and Traffic Sense

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 26, 2021 9:39 pm Categories: Video Analytics. Tags: COVID-19, Jim Sayre, Stephan Kaiser, University of Arizona, Vaccine.

University of Arizona

When the University of Arizona was chosen as a COVID-19 vaccine POD, they wanted to put in place a distribution process to get the vaccines out to as many people as possible as quickly and efficiently as possible. To do this, they turned to Genetec Inc. and Route1 Inc. to build a solution that would not only offer valuable insights about their POD operations but would also be affordable and easy to set up, UA chose to implement the Genetec AutoVu Managed Services (AMS) solution with four ALPR cameras installed throughout the POD.

Qognify VisionHub VMS+ Helps Organizations Improve Their Incident Response

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 26, 2021 12:22 pm Categories: Surveillance, Technologies. Tags: Qognify, Steve Shine, VisionHub 6.0.

VisionHub

Qognify announced the launch of VisionHub 6.0, a VMS+ that enables organizations in critical and highly regulated environments to effectively and efficiently respond to security threats, and mitigate the impact of incidents. VisionHub is built around the core of a high-performance VMS. It centralizes, integrates and organizes core physical security systems and sensors into a single video-centric interface, providing control room operators with heightened situational awareness and powerful incident response management capabilities.

Intelligent Buildings Hires Elliott as Smart Building Consultant

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 26, 2021 12:16 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Greg Hoogerland, Intelligent Building, Peter Elliott.

Peter Elliot

Intelligent Buildings announced it has hired Peter Elliott as a Smart Building Consultant for the General Services Administration (GSA). In this role, Elliott will utilize his design, development, and engineering expertise to create substantial improvements in performance, wellness, and risk mitigation for clients. Elliott?s expertise will support the GSA?s existing goals and drive Smart Building attributes, such as scalability, flexibility, risk mitigation, and long-term cost structure reduction.

RS2 Introduces Razberi Bundles

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 12:09 pm Categories: Integrated Systems, Technologies. Tags: Razberi, RS2, Tim Vahary.

rs2 Razberi

RS2 announced its strategy for delivering integrated solutions optimized for environments where advanced security and IoT data are required to provide security, operational efficiency, insight, and agility. It will offer bundled software solutions based on razberi? servers and including the most recent release of Access It! Universal, to enable customers to achieve higher levels of resilience, management, and deployment across their infrastructures.

Pivot3 Announces Surveillance Series

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 11:56 am Categories: Surveillance, Video Analytics. Tags: Anna Sliwon-Stewart, Ben Bolles, PIVOT3.

Pivot3 Intelligence

Pivot3 announced the Pivot3 Surveillance Series Edge, an optimized product offering for edge and distributed physical security environments. Surveillance Series Edge incorporates the same Acuity software-based intelligence and automation used by all Pivot3 Surveillance Series solutions to deliver higher levels of resilience, management simplicity and efficiencies than infrastructure based on basic video recording servers or separate servers and storage systems.

Interface Announces $5,000 ?Tech for Good? Scholarship

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 11:50 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Interface. STEM, Michael Shaw, Tech for Good.

Interface Tech for Good

Interface Security Systems launched a ?Tech for Good? scholarship program to help provide financial support to college students pursuing four-year STEM or other technology-oriented studies and careers. One student will be selected every year from the pool of applicants and will receive $5,000 to help continue their education. To be eligible for this scholarship, students will need to be enrolled full-time in an accredited US university for the 2021-2022 academic year.

SALTO Systems Names Ron Shaffer as Business Lead for Education

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 11:45 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Ron Shaffer, SALTO Systems, Steve Burk.

Ron Shaffer

SALTO Systems has named Ron Shaffer as the North America Vertical Business Leader-Education. SALTO North America Director of Marketing & Vertical Business, Steve Burk, said access control for education not only makes students, staff, and campuses more secure, it will also drive operational efficiencies, not to mention that it can also be a very attractive draw for students and staff. Shaffer has previously served SALTO as a business development manager and solutions architect technology director.

IrisTime iT100 Adds Manusonic Time and Attendance Software

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 11:29 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: Dan Papakonstantino, Iris ID, IrisTime iT100, Mohammed Murad.

Manusonic and iT100

Iris ID announced Ontario, Canada-based Manusonic has integrated its time and attendance software with the IrisTime iT100, Iris ID’s customizable and contactless biometric time and attendance terminal. Manusonic provides time and attendance solutions to a wide variety of markets throughout North America. Manusonic’s software adds a broad selection of functions and features to the iT100 through integration with payroll, human resources, accounting, job costing and other customized end-user systems.

Allegion Announces New ?Schlage RC? Reader Controller

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 11:21 am Categories: Access Control, Technologies. Tags: Allegion, ISONAS, Mark Casey, Schlage.

Schlage controller

Allegion announced the unveiling of its next generation reader controller ? the Schlage RC. This new innovative device combines the power of the Pure IP access control technology pioneered by ISONAS with Schlage?s intelligent hardware and credentials, delivering a comprehensive and cost-effective perimeter solution to customers. The benefits of having a panel and reader in a single enclosure not only eliminates the need for multiple devices, but creates a simplified architecture with ease-of-installation.

HID Global Supplies Republic of Estonia with Next-Generation ePassport Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 25, 2021 8:02 am Categories: Smart Devices, Technologies. Tags: Craig Sandness, Eliisa Sau, ePassport, Estonia, HID.

Estonia

HID Global announced it has delivered a redesigned ePassport booklet and document issuance software to Estonia?s Police and Border Guard Board (PPA ). The European country, known worldwide as a pioneer of electronic identity and services, recently issued the new passport booklet, making it possible for citizens renewing their travel documents to receive the new ePassport. Document holders benefit from various forward-looking features.

Phison and Cigent Partnership Sets New Standard in Cybersecurity

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 21, 2021 11:32 am Categories: Cyber Security. Tags: Cigent, Greg Scasny, Michael Wu, Phison Electronics.

Cigent SSD

Phison Electronics Corp and Cigent Technology, unveiled design details behind the partnership that has delivered the industry?s first and only line of self-defending storage devices with cybersecurity built into the firmware itself to protect against ransomware, data theft and malicious insider theft. Phison?s innovative and robust NAND flash solutions support a broad range of applications including embedded, consumer, enterprise and automotive.

Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Upgrades its Video Surveillance System

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 21, 2021 11:20 am Categories: CCTV / Analog, Surveillance. Tags: Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. Greg Pezzo, Hanwha.

Gaylord Opryland Resort

Hanwha Techwin announced that the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, has chosen Hanwha cameras to upgrade its surveillance system. As the largest Marriott property in the world, Gaylord Opryland offers visitors the chance to experience Music City under a single roof. The Resort has a hotel with over 3000 suites and rooms and a smaller adjacent hotel with more than 300.

Open Systems Appoints New CEO, Prepares for Growth

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 21, 2021 11:12 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Dr. Bernd-Michael Rumpf, Jeff Brown, Open Systems, Tony Prigmore.

Geoff Haydon

Open Systems announced the appointment of Geoff Haydon as Chief Executive Officer. With more than 20 years? experience growing successful cybersecurity companies, Haydon is tasked with enriching Open Systems? cybersecurity platform and increasing the company?s share of the managed security market, which IDC expects to be the fastest growing segment of global security spending by 2024.

DHS S&T Calls for Submissions to Biometric Tech Rally

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 21, 2021 11:05 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: Arun Vemury, biometric technology, DHS, St.

DHS

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites biometric technology developers to apply to participate in the 2021 Biometric Technology Rally. Started in 2018, the Biometric Technology Rally challenges industry to deliver fast, accurate, and easy-to-use biometric recognition capabilities to improve security and user facilitation at checkpoint processing.

Calipsa Announces New Business Development Leaders

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 19, 2021 7:34 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Brian Baker, Calipsa, Francisco Espinosa, Tara Biglari.

Tara-Biglari

Calipsa announced the promotion of a regional sales director and the appointment of two business development managers as the company continues its expansion in the Americas. Tara Biglari was promoted to regional sales director, Americas. She joined Calipsa in 2017 as a sales associate in the United Kingdom. Since 2020, she has focused solely on business development in the Americas, forming relationships with leading Latin American industry representative companies.

Qognify Expands North America Sales Team as Demand for Physical Security Grows

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 19, 2021 11:37 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Christy Bauswell, Eric Fort, George Cikalo, Jeremy Howard, Jonathan Kelley, Qognify.

Christy Bauswell

Qognify announced the expansion of its sales team with five appointments in the North America region. The creation of new roles in business development, sales and sales engineering is in response to the growing demand that Qognify has experienced in the past 12 months for integrated physical security solutions that improve the outcomes while reducing complexity. Christy Bauswell brings more than 20 years of experience in the video surveillance industry to her role as Senior Key Accounts Manager.

SAFR Partners with Convergint

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 19, 2021 11:23 am Categories: Biometrics. Tags: Amir Shechter, Convergint, Mitch Fagundes, SAFR.

SAFR G2K

SAFR announced a partnership with Convergint Technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Convergint will add the SAFR computer vision platform to their portfolio of integrated security solutions to offer its US customers the industry?s foremost facial recognition platform for live video intelligence. Convergint is a $1.4 billion global systems integrator with over 150 locations spanning the globe.

Vanderbilt Proves Access Control Belongs in the Cloud

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 19, 2021 9:22 am Categories: Access Control, Cloud. Tags: Kim Loy, SaaS, System 365, Vanderbilt.

ACT365

Cloud-based access control solutions are able to deliver remote access and instant management to protect the premise. As access control and video management are already key security systems, the shift to an open platform model is only growing. For example, Vanderbilt?s solution allows access to the system from any device, allowing flexibility for staff working remotely. Currently, the majority of Enterprises and many SMBs have either already made or are making the process of shifting resources to the cloud.

PureTech Systems Announces Successful Integration with OWL GroundAware Radar

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 19, 2021 9:18 am Categories: Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: GroundAware, Larry Bowe, Mike Stokes, OWL, PureTech.

GroundAware

PureTech Systems announced the successful integration of PureActiv Software with the GroundAware Radar from Observation Without Limits (OWL). GroundAware is a ground surveillance sensor built around OWL?s simultaneous multi-beamforming Pulsed Doppler radar technology, delivering real-time situational awareness for critical infrastructure security applications. The PureActiv system auto-verifies the object detected and tracked by the radar as a person, vehicle, or other object type.

Maxxess Partners with DW to Deliver Video Surveillance Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 18, 2021 11:45 am Categories: Surveillance. Tags: DW, MAXXESS, Nancy Islas, Patrick Kelly.

Maxxess DW

Maxxess Systems announce their partnership with Digital Watchdog, to deliver a complete video surveillance solution to help manage security threats. Unlike stand-alone systems for video management, this new complete solution helps organizations not only detect security threats in real time, but also to trigger immediate automated security system protocols and then follow through by taking appropriate actions in unity with their policies and tracking results to completion.