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SALTO Systems Names Jordan Blatchley As Business Development Associate For New York

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 1, 2018 2:46 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Gerry Rupper, Jordan Blatchley, salto.

SALTO Systems has recently appointed Jordan Blatchley as Business Development Associate for New York. Based in New York City, Jordan promotes SALTO brand awareness by generating new end-user business opportunities, qualifying leads and channeling these to the best resources. He reports to SALTO Regional Sales Manager Gerry Rupper. Blatchley joins SALTO from Pinnacle Creative, where he served as director of business development. He has also served as new business strategy manager for TLC Marketing Worldwide and in sales for Hugo Boss and SONY. Jordan has a bachelor?s degree with honors from Middlesex University in London.

NYC’s Greek American Institute Secures Its Facilities With New Vicon System

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 1, 2018 2:40 am Categories: VMS Software. Tags: Bret McGowan, Demos Lorenzos, Greek American Institute, Valerus VMS, Vicon Industries.

Vicon Industries announced today that implementation of its end-to-end Valerus video management system at the Greek American Institute (GAI) in Bronx, NY has been completed. The installation was performed by the Long Island office of ITsavvy, a Chicago-based IT products and technology solutions provider. The new Vicon Valerus system encompasses the entire property, which includes the oldest continuously run Greek Orthodox School in the United States and the adjacent Church of Zoodohos Peghe and community center.

LRG Inc Moves Into New Support Center

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 1, 2018 2:38 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Chris Lanier, Jim Hoffpauir, LRG Inc, Paul Rux, Peter Sandin, Zenitel USA.

LRG is pleased to announce the relocation of its corporate offices and Support Center in Jasper, Texas. The new 7,500 square foot facility accommodates and supports LRG’s growing client base and staff. It features a large dedicated demonstration and training room equipped with fiber connectivity for voice, data and remote streaming demos. The Support Center also includes a large warehouse, ideal for staging regional events needs and product rollouts.

Invixium Takes ISC West By Storm With Modern Biometric Technology And Solutions

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 1, 2018 2:36 am Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: facial recognition, Invixium, ISC West 2018, IXM TITAN, Shiraz Kapadia.

Invixium, an innovator of biometrics solutions, made its North American debut at ISC West 2018 in Las Vegas and unveiled an impressive lineup of modern biometric products including its newest – IXM TITAN, featuring an impressive suite of features and technical specifications. TITAN offers customers a multitude of options for access control applications in need of multimodal biometrics (facial recognition as a primary and fingerprint or finger vein authentication as a secondary), with additional functionality for time and attendance, video intercom and video surveillance.

Camden Door Controls Welcomes New U.S. Regional Sales Manager

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 1, 2018 2:35 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Camden Door Controls, Chris Lyons, David Price.

Camden Door Controls, a premier provider of door activation and locking devices, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Lyons to U.S. Regional Manager. Chris is responsible for servicing Camden’s customers from the East coast over to the Central states. Chris brings to Camden extensive sales experience in general, and locking device sales experience, in particular.

Israel?s Police Securing Public Events With Siklu?s mmWave Solutions

Posted by Jay Bartlett May 1, 2018 2:32 am Categories: Law Enforcement. Tags: Avi Gohar, EH-710TX radio, EtherHaul, MER Group, siklu, SMBIT, Yoav Ludmer.

Siklu announced that its radios have been selected by Israel Police as their main wireless fiber solution. These systems were selected for nationwide deployments as well as temporary events for the purpose of backhauling HD video surveillance systems and advanced sensors. The Israel Police, as police forces all over the world, face a considerable challenge when it comes to deploying a camera array at a city?s main centers within a short timeframe.

4 Ways Graffiti Vandalism Hurts Cities Economically

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 27, 2018 11:54 pm Categories: Critical Information, Law Enforcement. Tags: Graffiti Tracker, graffiti-based vandalism, Timothy Kephart.

Graffitti on wall

Graffiti-based vandalism continues to tattoo the urban landscape, defacing buildings, bridges, sidewalks, signs and other structures. The annual cleanup costs throughout the United States have been estimated between $8 billion to 12 billion. In major cities such as New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Chicago, the associated expenses for graffiti vandalism reach well into the millions each year. Private building owners often end up responsible for expensive graffiti removal, and property values tend to go down while this type of crime keeps going up.

JPMorgan Crisis Management Head Scott Morrison To Keynote ASIS New York Conference

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 27, 2018 11:41 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: asis international, JPMorgan, Lynn Brown, Nancy Green, Scott Morrison, Timothy Cardinal Dolan.

ASIS International is pleased to announce that Scott Morrison, head of global crisis management and command centers, JPMorgan Chase & Co., will deliver the keynote address at the ASIS 28th New York City Security Conference & Expo (ASIS NYC 2018), May 16-17 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. In his keynote, Morrison will discuss current and emerging risks and threats abroad?from terrorism attacks and kidnappings to cyber security and intellectual theft. Morrison will provide a high-level overview of emergent threats from a strategic to tactical level.

Finance And Technology Sectors Account For 70% Of All Attack Targets In The Americas

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 27, 2018 11:27 pm Categories: Banking & Finance, Corporate News, Cyber Security. Tags: Global Threat Intelligence Report, GTTR, Jon Heimerl, NTT Security.

NTT Security has released 2018 NTT Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR), which reveals attacks on the finance sector have increased 43% in 2017 up from 15% in 2016 in the U.S., while ransomware detection increased globally by a staggering 350% in 2017. The 2018 NTT Security GTIR summarizes data from over 6.1 trillion logs and 150 million attacks, and analyzes global threat trends based on data from NTT Group operating companies: NTT Security, NTT Communications, NTT DATA and Dimension Data.

Dahua Launches Dual-Biometric Identification Time Attendance Terminals

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 27, 2018 11:08 pm Categories: Access Control, Biometrics. Tags: DHI-ASA4214F, DHI-ASA6214F, dual-biometric, face identification, Zhejiang Dahua Technology.

Zhejiang Dahua Technology has launched its new time attendance terminals: the DHI-ASA4214F and DHI-ASA6214F. These highly intelligent devices will support both face and fingerprint identification for access control and time attendance in office scenarios, enabling easy staff management and security control. Fingerprint or face identification devices is commonly seen in today?s workplace, but Dahua?s attendance terminals offer dual-biometric identification integrated into a single device.

Camden Launches New Online Switch Selection Wizard

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 27, 2018 11:04 pm Categories: Access Control. Tags: Camden, Switch Selection Wizard.

Camden Door Controls announced the launch of its new and enhanced switch selection wizard. Featured on Camden’s website, the switch selection wizard is an integrated software app designed to recommend the correct Camden switch for any application. The wizard section page can be accessed via Camden’s homepage, and provides the user the option to either compare a Camden switch to a competitor’s switch model or select the switch criteria they need from a menu of options.

Uniview Technology Exhibiting At 2018 Southwest Fuel And Convenience Expo

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 26, 2018 7:33 pm Categories: IP Cameras, NVRs / DVRs, Storage, VMS Software. Tags: Southwest Fuel and Convenience Expo, Uniview Technology.

Uniview Technology will be exhibiting at the Southwest Fuel & Convenience Expo next month. The Expo will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX, May 9-11, 2018. In addition to networking with fuel and convenience store colleagues and attending 26 educational presentations on topics ranging from safety, security, business marketing and c-store design, attendees will have the opportunity to visit with 100?s of companies at the exhibit hall to review solutions and discuss issues most important to their business today.

Former BlackBerry CFO Joins eSentire As CAO

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 26, 2018 7:11 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: BlackBerry, Cognos Incorporated, eSentire, James Yersh, Kerry Bailey, MDR, Security Operations Center.

James Yersh

eSentire announced the appointment of James Yersh as chief administrative officer (CAO), effective immediately. Yersh will be responsible for the finance functions of the business, as well as human resources, and risk/compliance. Yersh is the latest seasoned executive to join eSentire?s veteran leadership team, with focus on scaling the high-growth company. Over his 20+ year career, Yersh has transformed financial strategies, revenue growth models, and led more than 30 merger and acquisition deals for leading technology and telecommunications companies.

Johnson Controls Minimizes Storage, Lowers Costs With Illustra IntelliZip

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 8:55 pm Categories: New Products, NVRs / DVRs, Storage, Surveillance. Tags: Illustra, IntelliZip, Johnson Controls, smart compression engine, VideoEdge.

Johnson Controls VideoEdge

Johnson Controls is introducing Illustra^® IntelliZip, which enables users to lower the amount of bandwidth and storage needed by their video surveillance system while maintaining video quality and reducing costs. The Illustra IntelliZip smart compression engine uses intelligent bitrate control to adjust the level of compression during live video streaming of Illustra cameras to VideoEdge^® network video recorders, minimizing network bandwidth and storage requirements beyond H.264 and H.264+ video streams.

Luxury Lake Living Updates Security With Milestone VMS

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 8:42 pm Categories: VMS Software. Tags: Jaime Márquez, Juan Martín González, Lagos de Carrasco, Milestone Systems.

Milestone Systems open platform IP video management software (VMS), is helping the lakeside community of Carrasco Lakes in Uruguay to benefit from better security control. Previous multiple standalone systems were not efficient enough. To improve safety and instill a tranquil environment for citizens of Lagos de Carrasco (Carrasco Lakes), this residential community in Uruguay invested in a new monitoring system based on video management software from Milestone Systems.

Sielox Names Milsk Company Inc. Rep Firm Of The Year

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 8:30 pm Categories: Access Control, Corporate News. Tags: Karen Evans, Milsk Company Inc., Pinnacle Advanced Access Control, Sielox LLC, Steve Milsk.

Sielox LLC has named Milsk Company Inc. of Southfield, MI as its 2017 manufacturer?s representative firm of the year. Milsk represents the Sielox?s full line of solutions including its industry-leading Pinnacle^® Access Control Software suite and innovative CLASS^™ (Crisis Lockdown Alert Status System^™) in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. Sielox awarded Milsk Company the Rep Firm of the Year at the annual Sielox Rep Firm Meeting at ISC West 2018.

Morse Watchmans Features KeyWatcher Touch And AssetWatcher At NAFA 2018

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 7:47 pm Categories: Access Control. Tags: AssetWatcher, Fernando Pires, KeyWatcher Touch, Morse Watchmans, NAFA 2018.

Morse Watchmans, the established leader in fleet key control and asset management systems, is showcasing their KeyWatcher^® Touch key management system at NAFA 2018 Institute and Expo in Anaheim. The company is also displaying AssetWatcher, the asset management solution that utilizes RFID technology along with their proven KeyWatcher interface and technology to manage and store valuable assets.

Boon Edam Revamps Tripod Turnstiles, Emphasizing Smooth And Quiet Operation

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 7:42 pm Categories: Access Control. Tags: Boon Edam, Tom Schneider, Trilock 60, Trilock 75 turnstiles.

Boon Edam announced that its Trilock 60 and Trilock 75 turnstiles have a completely re-engineered internal mechanism that operates more smoothly and with an exceptionally quiet operation during use, when the arms are rotating into the next position. The turnstiles are quieter than before because the interior ratcheting and locking mechanism (which controls rotation of the arms to allow a single authorized passage) now has a redesigned shape while maintaining a secure functionality.

A Systematic Approach For Troubleshooting Degraded Video In Surveillance

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 7:38 pm Categories: Network. Tags: degraded video, network, root cause, video quality, video surveillance.

Darren Giacomini BCDVideo

When it comes to networking, real-time applications like video conferencing and streaming video can present monumental challenges to the typical network infrastructure. Underlying network issues can have a devastating effect on the performance of a video management system (VMS). But how do you know if it?s the VMS, the camera(s) or if it?s the network? Network related issues often mask themselves as IP-camera, VMS, or archiving problems. This article will look at a systematic approach for determining root cause issues related to degraded video quality.

Robotic Assistance Devices SCOT Solution Honored With Awards At ISC West

Posted by Jay Bartlett April 25, 2018 7:36 pm Categories: Corporate News. Tags: Don Erickson, Govie Award, ISC West, RAD, Robotic Assistance Devices, Secure Campus Award, SIA, Steve Reinharz.

Robotic Assistance Devices announced that its latest guarding solution, the Security Control and Observation Tower (SCOT^™) was awarded a New Product Showcase Award from the Security Industry Association (SIA), a 2018 Secure Campus Award from Campus Security & Life Safety and a 2018 Government Security (Govie) Award from Security Today during this year’s ISC West in Las Vegas.