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PSA Announces Keynote For TEC 2018

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 5:36 am Categories: Corporate News, Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Amplify Your Attitude, Anthony Berticelli, Glenn Bill, personal growth, TEC, University of Attitude.

PSA, announced that Glenn Bill, speaker, author, serial entrepreneur, and world-class coach, will be featured at PSA TEC as the keynote presenter. His presentation, ?Amplify Your Attitude?, will take place on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM during breakfast. All TEC attendees are invited to attend this general session. Glenn Bill is America?s #1 attitude speaker and is the author of the Amazon #1 International Best Seller The ABC?s of ATTITUDE: Discover the Secret Formula to Achieve Success in YOUR Personal and Business Life, Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and GET ATTITUDE! He has been featured on FOX News, CBS, ABC, NBC, Business Journal, and other network stations.

Anixter’s Distribution Center Demonstrates Smart Building Technology

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 5:27 am Categories: Corporate News, Technologies. Tags: Alsip, Anixter, Bob Eck, energy efficiency, LEED-certified, Orlando McGee, voice picking.

Anixter is expanding the footprint of its North American flagship distribution Center in Alsip, Illinois, with the addition of a 238,000-sq.-ft. facility, equipped with an intelligent conveyor system and voice picking technology, making it Anixter?s largest —and smartest— distribution center. With 30 to 40 percent more storage capacity and new automation technology, Alsip is expected to speed up shipments significantly to customers.

Vicon Delivers Multi-City Network In Sinaloa, Mexico

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 5:20 am Categories: City Surveillance, Law Enforcement, Surveillance, VMS Software. Tags: Culiacan, Jose de Jesus Galvez, Los Mochis, Maria Bustamante-Prada, Mazatlan, Mexico, Sinaloa, Valerus, Vicon Industries.

Vicon Industries announced that it is working closely with the State of Sinaloa, Mexico to create a statewide surveillance network that unifies the systems of all of its metropolitan areas, including the cities of Culiacan, Mazatlan, Los Mochis and others. The new statewide initiative, built upon Valerus VMS software, will allow for greater coordination between all municipalities and their law enforcement agencies in their efforts to combat the influence of powerful drug cartels entrenched within the region.

Georgia Southern Ensures Swift, Secure Access At Recreation Center With Boon Edam

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 5:12 am Categories: Access Control, Campus Security. Tags: Boon Edam Inc., Georgia Southern University, Iris ID, IrisAccess, Jason Schmidt, LEED certification, Trilock 60, tripod turnstile.

Boon Edam Inc., announced that Georgia Southern University?s state-of-the-art Recreation Activity Center (RAC) has deployed an integrated pedestrian access solution so only members can access the facility. A Boon Edam Trilock 60 tripod turnstile is integrated with Iris ID IrisAccess solution to enable swift user verification and access with a minimum of effort for students, faculty and staff.

OnSSI Partners With Vaxtor To Create License Plate Recognition

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 5:04 am Categories: Corporate News, Surveillance, Technologies, Video Analytics, VMS Software. Tags: Ken LaMarca, license plate recognition, Michael Deutsch, ocularis, onssi, Vaxtor Corporation, vms.

OnSSI announced a new integration partnership with License Plate Recognition (LPR) software company, Vaxtor Corporation. The integration enables Vaxtor?s advanced LPR analytics to be deployed across OnSSI?s industry-leading Ocularis VMS platform. With these integrated analytics Ocularis can recognize, capture and archive data on license plates, railway vehicles, USDOT numbers, shipping containers and more.

PSA’s Leadership And Cybersecurity Education At ISC West 2018

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 4:54 am Categories: Corporate News, Cyber Security, Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Alliance Security, Aronson Security Group, Cronin Corp., ISC West, Matterhorn Consulting, Paladin Technologies, PetSmart, PSA, SecureXperts, Vector Firm.

PSA, announced it will host an education track with sessions and a workshop during ISC West in Las Vegas, NV on April 10-12, 2018. The PSA education track will be held exclusively on Tuesday, April 10. Members of PSA Committees, PSA executive leadership team, and other industry experts will lead the six sessions that are included in the PSA Track. Focus areas include leadership, sales, cybersecurity, marketing, RMR, and project management.

Boon Edam Expands Sales Group To Match Security Entrance Sales

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 4:46 am Categories: Access Control, Corporate News. Tags: Boon Edam, Dana Cashion, Greg Schreiber, Joe Seagriff, Mark Borto, Pierre Bourgeix.

Boon Edam, announced the expansion of the Enterprise Customer Group, a sales and service team originally launched in 2013 to help large national and global companies address the risks of physical breach at their facilities. The company has added four more people to the Group, now 11 in total, to deliver an exclusive level of entrance solution consulting, logistics planning and customer service at every stage of the sales process.

Pelco And Ipsotek Announce Integrated VMS And Analytics Solution

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 4:37 am Categories: Surveillance, Video Analytics, VMS Software. Tags: Bill Flind, Ipsotek, Jonathan Lewit, pelco, schneider electric, video analytics, VideoXpert, VISuite.

Pelco has announced a new integrated solution based on the Pelco VideoXpert^™ VMS with Ipsotek?s VISuite 10.1 advanced video analytics platform. The integration provides a solution that increases security, reduces investigation time, and takes the complexity out of managing the video and associated analytics in an overall surveillance network.

VIVOTEK Defends Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 9, 2018 3:35 am Categories: Airports / Seaports / Railroads, CCTV / Analog, IP Cameras, Surveillance. Tags: aircrafts, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, VIVOTEK Inc., Warplanes, World War.

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum was founded in 1972 and is the largest in Canada to house priceless and restored World War I and II Warplanes, including bomber planes used by the Canadian military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Deploying VIVOTEK cameras at the Warplane Heritage Museum was an ambitious task due to the structure of the site being an airplane hangar housing over 50 Warplane Heritage airplanes. The outside perimeters of the museum contain extremely dark zones and parking lots, requiring equipment with very strong IR capabilities to provide sufficient monitoring.

Essence IoT Compatible with Google Assistant

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 9:47 pm Categories: Product Focus, Residential, Smart Devices, Technologies. Tags: Essence, Google Assistant, Google Home, IOT, Mark Spates, Ronnie Nir, WeR@Home.

Essence announced that its WeR@Home^™ technology has been integrated with the Google Assistant, allowing WeR@Home customers to use the Google Assistant on their phone; voice-activated speaker, like Google Home; and more to operate their Essence-based IoT solutions. Essence WeR@Home Smart Living enables consumers to enjoy IoT?s possibilities through seamlessly and remotely managing their connected homes.

Identiv To Acquire 3VR

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 9:34 pm Categories: Corporate News, Video Analytics.

Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 3VR Security, Inc., a video technology and data analytics company. It is anticipated that this combination will provide Identiv with a full range of technologies to deliver its vision for secure, pervasive yet frictionless premises security, situational awareness and business insights. 3VR?s video intelligence solutions provide a single platform for real-time security and customer insights, enabling organizations to protect employees, customers and assets as well as improve store operations and shopping experiences. 3VR?s open, pluggable platform leverages existing customer infrastructure and allows customers to expand their systems? capabilities seamlessly. 3VR serves customers in the financial services, retail, hospitality and other industries.

Relocatable Video Surveillance Systems Give CBP Flexibility On Border

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 9:29 pm Categories: Legal. Tags: CBP, Customs and Border Patrol, R-RVSS, Relocatable Remote Video Surveillance Systems.

Illegal border crossings fell to their lowest level in at least five years in 2017, but after plunging through April, the numbers have risen each of the past eight months, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Meanwhile, the debate continues: Build a physical wall spanning from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, add more Border Patrol agents or combine better physical barriers with technology to stop drug trafficking, smuggling and illegal immigration?

Digital Watchdog Now Offers New Storage Solutions

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 11:53 am Categories: IP Cameras, NVRs / DVRs, Storage, Surveillance. Tags: CaaS, Digital Watchdog, Mark Espenschied, MEGApix, NAS, NVR.

Digital Watchdog^? announced the launch of our new line of network attached storage (NAS) solutions. The new Blackjack^? NAS series, introduced to the market in 1 Hard Drive (HDD) models (2HDD models will be available by the end of Q1), are added storage solutions for any Blackjack^? NVR or MEGApix^? CaaS^? system.

3xLOGIC Technology Catches Would-be Thieves Before They Can Do Damage

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 11:20 am Categories: Access Control, Surveillance, Technologies, Video Analytics. Tags: 3xlogic, Ralph Tincher, Sonitrol, Ted’s Pawn, video alarm, video verification, Wayne Lisle.

3xLOGIC, Inc. announced Ted?s Pawn, located in Norwood, OH, has successfully been using Video Verification technology to reduce false alarms and catch the bad guys before they?re able to gain entry to the store and adjoining storage lot. In the most recent incident at Ted?s, the Sonitrol operator received a video alarm feed showing a man entering the outdoor lot. The operator dispatched police and the suspect was apprehended in short order.

Oncam Grows

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 6:10 am Categories: Corporate News, IP Cameras. Tags: company grows, fisheye video technology, Jumbi Edulbehram, Oncam Grandeye.

When you think about 180°, 360°, and ‘fisheye’ IP-cameras you may or may not know that Grandeye was the first to market with such a surveillance cameras starting back in 2004. In 2012, Oncam acquired Grandeye becoming Oncam Grandeye and their expertise in 180

Five Safety Tips To Minimize Risk And Impact Of Identity Fraud

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 1:49 am Categories: Cyber Security, Retail Fraud. Tags: 2017, 2018, business, Identity Fraud, Javelin Strategy & Research, Two-factor authentication.

Javelin Strategy & Research released The 2018 Identity Fraud Study which found that despite industry efforts to prevent identity fraud, fraudsters successfully adapted to net 1.3 million more victims in 2017, with the amount stolen rising to $16.8 billion. Javelin believes that consumers who exercise good online security habits can minimize their risk and impact of identity fraud. Here are five recommendations for consumers to follow.

Dallmeier Protects Drivers And Goods At Euro Rastpark

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 8, 2018 1:42 am Categories: CCTV / Analog, IP Cameras, Solutions, Surveillance, Transportation. Tags: Dallmeier, Euro Rastpark, Germany, lost goods, VEDA.

In recent years, a particular form of criminality has become more widespread on Europe?s major highways: the theft of valuable commercial goods, vehicles and their cargoes and even the fuel tanks on lorries have been targeted by organised crime. The financial cost is enormous! So Euro Rastpark began working with other members of the Association of German Off-motorway Truck Stop Owners (VEDA) to combat the problems by developing a security concept that addressed actual conditions and now offers premium parking areas that are screened and monitored by Dallmeier security technology.

Aeroturn Announces Inclusion On ARCAT Website

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 7, 2018 9:33 pm Categories: Access Control, Corporate News, Distributors / Systems Integrators. Tags: Aeroturn LLC, ARCAT, architects, consultants, engineers, Made In USA, turnstile.

Aeroturn LLC announced the company is included on the ARCAT^® website and has made it easier for architects, consultants, and engineers to gather the information necessary to specify Aeroturn?s turnstile solutions. The company designs, manufacturers, tests, delivers, and installs the world?s only zero-maintenance standard and customized turnstiles. By making the Aeroturn turnstile information available on the ARCAT website, the A & E community can easily find specifications, CAD details, & BIM objects and systems in multiple formats. The ARCAT website is the most used building product information website and is free to use with no registration required for users.

ASIS International Launches New Website And Online Community

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 7, 2018 4:15 am Categories: Corporate News. Tags: ASIS Connects, asis international, online community, Peter J. O’Neil, security professionals.

ASIS International, the world?s largest association for security management professionals, unveiled a refreshed, mobile-centric website and online community focused on improved and personalized content, user-centric search and commerce, and improved information sharing and collaboration among security professionals worldwide. The website features a dramatically enhanced user experience including powerful search capabilities, an extensively researched taxonomy that drives content organization, and a more intuitive navigation structure.

Regroup Mass Notification Launches New Partnership With Code Blue

Posted by Jay Bartlett February 7, 2018 3:58 am Categories: Campus Security, Cloud, Corporate News, Technologies. Tags: blue light Help Points, Chris Utah, Code Blue Corporation, John Plooster, mass communication, Regroup Mass Notification.

Regroup Mass Notification, an industry leading provider of mass communication solutions, announced a strategic alliance with Code Blue Corporation, the pioneering manufacturer of emergency communication solutions, such as the iconic blue light Help Points^® found at thousands of locations around the world. By partnering with Code Blue, mutual clients will be able to easily activate Code Blue speakerphones and public address systems through Regroup?s intuitive and easy-to-use messaging interface, enabling them to broadcast critical messages to large areas without requiring costly integrations.