UTC Climate, Controls Security has agreed to acquire S2 Security, a leading developer of unified security and video management solutions. UTC Climate, Controls Security is a leading provider of fire safety, security, building automation, heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration systems, and is a unit of United Technologies Corp.
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LRG is pleased to announce a fourth LRG Regional Sales Manager for the State of Texas. Aram Hasson joins us to cover the Central and South Texas markets of Austin, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. Aram?s industry experience includes inside sales for Northern Video, TriEd distribution, Business Development Manager for Sony and most recently Regional Sales Manager for the Ascend Group. Aram brings over 10 years of security and safety experience to LRG.
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Search and rescue teams found simulated victims faster when they used drones for help, a new study released today finds. The study concludes that drones offer enormous potential to help search and rescue (SAR) efforts, and rescue squads need to develop new standards, tactics and protocols to take full advantage of drones? aerial perspective. These key findings were part of the Drone Efficacy Study, a report issued today by DJI, the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) and Black Channel.
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Code Blue Corporation has named John Plooster its Director of Enterprise Solutions. Plooster will be responsible for leading Code Blue?s new Enterprise Solutions department, which will work with security integrators and information technology teams to design, implement and support sophisticated emergency communication networks. This includes combining Code Blue platforms like EmerComm® and ToolVox® with third party products to create an overall solution that addresses the technology challenges currently facing security integrators.
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Iris ID announced its iCAM R100 solution now integrates with KeyTracer key management cabinets and AssetTracer Smart Lockers from Real Time Networks. The two management systems —using Iris ID?s biometric identity solution— will be showcased Sept. 25-27 at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) in Las Vegas. Real Time Networks? modular key management cabinets and electronic asset lockers employ custom modular designs to protect keys and other valuable assets used by law enforcement, utilities, manufacturing, government, correctional facilities, hospitality, gaming, and many other industries.
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The Z-Wave Alliance is hosting their annual Z-Wave Fall Summit on September 24-26, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. Twice a year, the 700+ member consortium holds member summits in the U.S. and in Europe where attendees listen to and participate in a series of engaging panels, fireside chats, and workshops led by industry leaders and peers on smart home and IoT. The two-day event will take place at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue and commence with a keynote by Katelyn Mason of Google on The Future of the Intelligent Interactions, with insight into future products that will take advantage of ambient computing and contextual awareness.
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Genetec announced two promotions within its executive leadership team. Guy Chenard, has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer from his previous role of Vice President of Sales. Michel Chalouhi has taken on an international position within the company and is now Vice President of Global Sales. Both executives are based in North America and will travel throughout all geographic regions to set commercial strategy and organizational trajectory for the Genetec physical IP security solutions and operations software business.
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Recife?s urban trains system carries around 400 thousand passengers a day – it is the third largest railway operator in number of users in Brazil. To ensure a safe journey for passengers, it is imperative to increase the subway security with modern technologies and monitoring equipment. The main challenge was to adapt the technology to the specific conditions such as lighting, people flow and speed of a subway station while not interrupting the transportation service. Therefore, ease of operation, installation and high availability of the system were prerequisites for choosing the surveillance solution.
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WatchGuard® Technologies launched its new Trusted Wireless Environment framework, a guiding resource businesses and solution providers can use to build Wi-Fi services that offer market-leading performance, scalable management and verified, comprehensive security capabilities. This new initiative seeks to upset the status quo in the wireless market, which has prioritized performance over security for far too long.
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DJI has hired aviation policy expert David Hansell as Public Policy Manager, helping guide the development of drone laws and regulations to ensure they help America take full advantage of the benefits of drones. David will join DJI?s growing team of public policy and standards professionals worldwide, led by DJI Vice President of Policy & Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman, to advocate on behalf of drone users for reasonable, risk-based regulations for unmanned aircraft systems, and to collaborate on safety and security solutions.
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Milestone Systems will showcase their world-class hardware and software at this year?s Security Essen in Germany. Milestone Systems is an open platform VMS provider with 1,800+ solution partners across the globe. Eleven of these partners will be at Milestone?s booth in Essen to show how they have created high quality solutions using Milestone?s open platform approach. Visit Security Essen?s Hall 5, booth 5F10 to learn more about the game-changing power of intelligent video systems and see new, cutting-edge propositions from the Milestone partner community.
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AVA group announced that an Ava Group Company solution has been selected to protect a major military closed data network from the threat of tampering and tapping. The project to deploy its fibre optic intrusion detection and location solution is valued at around US$11m and asserts Ava Group?s status as a world leader in data network protection. The principal task of this project supports The Ministry of Defence in India, who has the responsibility to protect its closed user group data network which is one of the largest in the world and used by more than one million military personnel.
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Milestone Systems is announcing the Milestone Husky X2 and X8 NVR hardware platform with scalable VMS. These products give the Milestone community the possibility to design small or very large business video solutions using the Milestone Husky X-series NVR?s as scalable high-performance building blocks. This keeps the total cost of ownership down as less hardware is need for a given installation compared to of-the-shelf standard servers. Less hardware means lower operational costs as fewer servers are needed.
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Cobalt Robotics will unveil its new leak and spill detection sensing capabilities as part of the Global Security Exchange, one of the largest tradeshows and conferences to showcase the latest security technologies. At last year?s event, previously called the ASIS Annual Seminar and Exhibits, Cobalt Robotics was the recipient of the 2017 Judges Choice Award, the highest honor available as part of the ASIS Accolades Award program.
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Agent Video Intelligence announced the launch of innoVi Enterprise, an innovative Deep Learning-powered video analytics software designed to meet the high-end security and safety needs of multiple vertical sectors. innoVi Enterprise includes a comprehensive suite of real-time detection rules as well as an autonomous real-time Anomaly Detection capability. Powered by Deep Learning technology, innoVi Enterprise boasts a highly accurate object classification methodology that learns to accurately classify and distinguish between various object types such as persons, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses and static objects.
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OnSSI will be showcasing its newly released Ocularis 5.6 Video Management Software (VMS) with demonstrations of advanced solutions incorporating innovative technologies from several industry leading partners at GSX 2018. Industry Leading Technology Partners Include ConvergenceTP, CyberExtruder, Jemez Technology and NetApp. The integration between C2P and OnSSI?s Ocularis 5.6 provides vital information to assist operators assessing emerging situations, better enabling them to choose the most appropriate course of action.
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Sielox LLC entered unchartered waters when company management made the decision to take its innovative approach to access control for commercial and industrial applications and apply it towards the development of a new and more efficient means of emergency notification and protection for the K-12 market. The result of this important work was the release of its groundbreaking CLASS™ (Crisis Lockdown Alert Status System) product in 2014.
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Boon Edam announced they are emphasizing the theme of tailgating at the GSX exhibition in Las Vegas, NV from September 25-27. Boon Edam is also the official turnstile sponsor of the show. Access technologies are critical for granting or denying entry to secure areas within a building. However, these solutions are only effective at mitigating tailgating when coupled with security entrances. This complete solution ensures only one person enters per valid authorization.
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Ron Rothman, a prominent industry veteran with a longstanding record of building and transforming security businesses, has joined SightLogix?s board of directors. Ron brings over thirty years of security leadership to SightLogix, rising from inside sales to president of the Honeywell Security Group & ADI Distribution, a global $3 Billion strategic business unit within Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions. Most recently, Ron served as senior vice president of sales and business development for AFA Protective Systems, Inc.
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Milestone Systems announces XProtect 2018 R3 to be released October 2. With this third release in 2018, Milestone is continuing to respond to the demands from the partner community. We live in an ever-changing world, and the frequent release cycle ensures that the needs of Milestone stakeholders are rapidly met. With the 2018 R3 product version and Device Pack 9.9a, users can benefit from an extended event list, allowing them to make use of all the event features the camera has to offer.
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