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 Laurent Cremer appointed as the first executive director of OSPT Alliance The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT (TM)) Alliance announced the appointment of Laurent Cremer as the organization's first executive director. A global business development executive with extensive experience in the technology and transit industries, Mr. Cremer will lead OSPT's push to establish CIPURSE (TM) as the primary e-ticketing open security standard for next-generation transit fare collection systems...

 Herve Fages, Senior Vice President, Global Product Marketing, Schneider Electric Buildings BusinessPelco by Schneider Electric officials have announced that Herve Fages has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, Global Product Marketing, for the Schneider Electric Buildings Business. Fages has been serving as Vice President, Global Product Marketing, Buildings Business for one year, and was previously Pelco Chief Marketing Officer.In this new senior position, Fages is resp...

 ONVIF to establish an open global interface standard for network video productsONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) puts interoperability and ease of implementation in focus in its work to establish an open global interface standard for network video products. The core technology chosen for the ONVIF specification, Web Services, enables efficient development of conformant products."Web Services is a modern technology with several capabilities that make it ideal for implementatio...

 Keith Marret, Director Marketing and Communications will upgrade company performance on global levelAvigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance solutions, announced the appointment of Keith Marett as the company's new director of marketing and communications. With more than 15 years of experience executing national marketing campaigns for leading companies including Bell Canada, Vancity Credit Union, Suzuki, Starbucks, Okanagan Spring...

  Corps Security and G4S agree on Papua New Guinea as well as high level of customer service delivery Corps Security, the UK's leading supplier of specialist security solutions, has announced that it has agreed terms for the sale of its Papua New Guinea (PNG) operation to G4S. Contracts have already been exchanged and the sale will be completed once PNG's regulatory controls have been met.G4S already has an operation in PNG and the existing Corps Security operation, including its...

 Q1 Labs and Integralis have worked together in delivering security intelligence solutions to their clients  Q1 Labs , the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, announced that Integralis has been appointed its sole Pan-European Platinum partner in recognition of sales and support excellence across multiple countries. Founded in 1988, Integralis is Europe's leading security systems integrator and the trusted security partner for over 50 percent of the FTSE 100 and ov...

 Siqura Direct-to-Fiber IP PTZ as the best IP camera in video surveillanceSiqura B.V., manufacturer of advanced video surveillance solutions and member of TKH Group, recently announced that its Siqura HSD626 IP PTZ dome camera was awarded best IP camera in video surveillance at the ISC West 2011 trade show by New Product Showcase (NPS). NPS is an awards programme established by the Security Industry Association to recognize innovative products, services and solutions in electronic...

 Linear completed its 50 years of corporate excellence in 2011 marking innovative technologies in securityLinear LLC, a world leader in Access Control, Security, Music/Intercoms, Audio/Video/Data, PERS Systems, and Central Vacuum systems for residential and commercial customers, celebrated 50 years in business in 2011. Linear has been a leading designer and manufacturer for decades, introducing innovative, reliable and easy-to-use products.The company, a pioneer in the development of radio...

 SightLogix welcomes aboard former U.S. homeland security and state and government intelligence professional, Jack TomarchioSightLogix, Inc., the leader in outdoor video analytics systems for perimeter security applications, announces the appointment of Jack Tomarchio to its Board of Directors. Mr. Tomarchio is a respected homeland security and intelligence professional and will help in guiding the strategic direction of the company to grow in the federal, state and local government markets...

  SeeView and Alvarion team up to offer hybrid wireless video surveillance in the U.S.  SeeView Security, Inc. (SeeView) announced today that it has teamed up with global leader in Broadband Wireless Access Alvarion, to offer hybrid wireless video surveillance systems to the federal government market in North America. SeeView's solutions consist of IP-based surveillance camera systems combined with Alvarion's industry leading broadband wireless systems to offer the Federal Governm...

 Raul Calderon now promoted as the Senior Vice President Marketing is with Arecont Vision since 2007Arecont Vision has hired a new sales manager in an important Northwest United States territory and has promoted two executives to new positions in marketing and partner relations.Raul Calderon is now Senior Vice President of Marketing. He joined Arecont Vision in 2007 as Vice President of Strategic Relations and transitioned to Vice President of Marketing. Throughout his 20-year career in the...

 Waldemar Gollan, the new Regional Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and SwitzerlandArecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, has appointed four new sales representatives in Europe. The appointments include Waldemar Gollan as the new Regional Sales Manager covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and Bo Oerbjerg to handle the Nordic region; Marc Wesley will be covering the U.K. and Ireland; and Aleksey Berezin will be the new Regional Sales Manager for...

  Smarti Hybrid is portable access control unit for maximised securityLast year on IFSEC, TAB Systems launched the new smarti Guardeon unit and won the Best Access control Product award . This year at IFSEC 2011 Tab Systems plan to launch a new portable access control unit and a TCP/IP Relay controller called smarti TCP/IP Relay Box.Smarti Hybrid is a portable access control, presence tracking and building automation solution. For mobility the unit is equipped with WIFI, mobile connect...

 HubWayH16 allows video and PTZ control up to 750 feet along with injected camera power over a single CAT-5 Altronix, the leading manufacturer of low voltage power supplies and accessories for the electronic security industry, introduces the HubWayH16 Passive UTP Transceiver Hub for the integration of analog cameras using structured cable.These hubs allow video and PTZ control up to 750 feet along with injected camera power over a single CAT-5 or higher structured cable. This 16 channel pas...

  The program will educate security professionals to effectively design video surveillance systems Arecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, unveiled a new Advanced Channel Partner Certification at ISC West 2011. The certification program is designed to further educate security professionals on how to effectively design video surveillance systems that incorporate the performance and economic advantages that megapixel video technology...

 MiY-ID Multi-function Outdoor Biometric Access Control Reader from 3M Cogent3M Cogent, Inc. was honored with the Biometrics, Identification, and Credentialing Award at the SIA New Product Showcase at ISC West for its MiY-ID Multi-function Outdoor Biometric Access Control Reader. MiY-ID is 3M Cogent's latest outdoor multi-purpose, multi-functional biometric access control reader. With its ground-breaking "Make it Yours" application development platform, MiY-ID can virtually interf...

 Arecont Vision best practices training videos cover installation, firmware, focussing, troubleshooting and moreArecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, announces that a new series of Best Practices Training Videos are now available on YouTube. The new videos have been produced to help integrators and users get the most out of their Arecont Vision megapixel cameras. The videos are presented by Arecont Vision Director of Field Applications, Ted Brahms, and...

 MegaVertical program targets the big box retail, healthcare, education and municipal surveillance Arecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, announces the new MegaVertical initiative to help users and integrators identify and replicate how network megapixel video camera solutions are being used successfully around the world. Introduced at ISC West, the MegaVertical program included sales presentations, case studies, video clips and support materials target...

 Dallmeir provides location state-of-the-art technology setting for the new Hollywood blockbuster "Unknown" Who wouldn't give their eye teeth to appear in a Hollywood blockbuster... Now, Dallmeier has managed to do just that: the Regensburg-based manufacturer of video surveillance solutions is now appearing in the film "Unknown". "Unknown" is a gripping thriller reminiscent of the Bourne trilogy. During a business trip to Berlin, scientist Dr Martin Harris...

  Pivot3® and VMware share forces and bring video surveillance to a higher levelPivot3®, Inc., the leading provider of IP SANs to the digital surveillance market, today introduced the Pivot3 vBank Appliance to address the growing influence of IT in video surveillance environments. The vBank adds compute resources to support more virtual servers, solid state disk drives to extend storage performance across general business applications and bundles VMware vSphere®, VMware vMo...

 American Fibertek's 89A-AX Series At this year's ISC West, American Fibertek, Inc. (AFI), the security industry's leading independent supplier of transmission solutions for security applications, featured a full line of network and fibre transmission solutions that address the industry demand for faster, cleaner and more efficient ways to complement IP-based video surveillance and security systems."Building on our industry leadership in security specific transmission solutions, AFI is...

 American Fibertek's  91PE Series American Fibertek, Inc. (AFI) demonstrated the performance value and versatility of its fibre transmission solutions for network-based physical security applications at ISC West. Included in the exhibit are state of the art IP and hybrid video fibre solutions (bridging solutions between analog and IP) with features like 10-bit digital video transmission capability, bi-directional communications, multi-channel capacity for video with data, Ethernet and...

   The Security Industry Association have expressed their empathy for the people of Japan The Board members and staff of the Security Industry Association have expressed deepest concern for those affected by the recent events in Japan.The world has watched in horror as the earthquake and tsunami claimed thousands of lives, in fear as a potential nuclear accident threatened to take many more and in awe as countless people became heroes, risking their own well-being tha...

 The reception at ISC West 2011 will showcase the benefits of the PSIA security systems approach to interoperability The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) has announced it will host a reception at ISC West 2011 to demonstrate the final pieces of its security suite of specifications. Arecont Vision, Hikvision, Honeywell, IQinVision, ObjectVideo, Tyco, and UTC Fire & Security will demonstrate products relying on five PSIA specifications to support systems intero...

 The National Accounts Program from SightLogix will deliver its technology to large scale integratorsSightLogix, the leader in outdoor video analytics systems for perimeter security applications, announces a new National Accounts Programme for large systems integrators. Leading the initiative is David Frampton, who will build on the company's success to expand relationships with integrators that have a national or global footprint."SightLogix solutions have been generating increased de...

The NPS award is the 4th award the tailgate detector has won over the past year Sensing specialist IEE was honored with the best access control product award for its tailgate detector TDflex, an innovative access control solution based on 3D technology, at ISC West. The New Product Showcase (NPS), sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), is held annually in conjunction with ISC West in Las Vegas to recognize the best security product innovations. This year's comp...

Iris ID Systems Inc., formerly LG Electronics, Iris Technology Division, a leading provider of iris biometric technology, announced the introduction of its new IrisAccess® iCAM 7000 Series iris recognition cameras.The new units are plug-compatible replacements for the widely used iCAM 4000 and offer significantly more features, applications, and integration flexibility than previous models. In making the announcement, Charles Koo, President and CEO, Iris ID Systems Inc, said, "Based on...

  HDcctv comprehensive global interface standard derives standards developed by Society of Motion Picture and Television Infinova announced that it has become the newest member of the HDcctv Alliance and is listed on their website. "By adding a suite of HDcctv-compliant products to its already extensive portfolio of core equipment for video control rooms, megapixel, IP and analog surveillance cameras, specialized cameras, fibre optic communications products and customised systems,...

  Pelco and Software House announce  integration of their video surveillance and access control platforms Pelco by Schneider Electric and Software House, a part of Tyco Security Products, are pleased to announce the integration of their two platforms - the Pelco Endura enterprise class video surveillance system and Software House C-CURE 9000 access control and event management solution. The Endura and C-CURE9000 integration combines the strengths of both platforms into a sing...

 Global financial institution expands March Networks solution to 7,000 branches in $3.5 million dealMarch Networks®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, recently announced that a top ten global financial institution has selected the company's Financial Solution for multiple new banking branches and planned branch upgrades in a deal worth $3.5 million. The deployment will bring the bank's total March Networks installation to more than 7,000 sites - all centrally man...