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Honeywell's new seismic sensing capability combined with the Galaxy Dimension security solution provides a compelling new proposition for banks and financial institutions enabling them to fully protect their assets in a cost effective, user-friendly solution.  With the addition of the seismic sensing capability to its intrusion features, Galaxy Dimension now protects any high value storage units ranging from vaults, safes and fixed ATMs to more portable items such as portable ATMs, ticketi...

The implementation in process includes Verint's Nextiva - including video management software and IP camerasVerint® Systems Inc. announced that KFC Yum! Centre is implementing the Nextiva® IP Video Management platform from Verint® Video Intelligence Solutions™. Verint, along with its industry-leading technology and integration partners EMC® and Orion Systems Group, is delivering the robust physical security solution for the new $252 million, 22,000-seat basketball and multi...

G4S is the premier supplier of security manpowerG4S provides total security solutions for building owners and managers, encompassing technology innovations to make commercial real estate and corporate campuses more secure along with personnel in the form of contracted security officers. G4S, formerly known as Wackenhut, shared with attendees at the BOMA show the company's vision to deliver a new category of integrated security solutions that combines manpower and technology."In the past, bu...

Through the use of security cameras and remote monitoring, Reid's can verify compliance of safety policiesCustomer profileSince 1978, Reid's Heritage Homes Ltd., has been building communities all over Ontario, Canada. As an industry leader in quality, service, and community philanthropy, Reid's Heritage Homes is the recipient of numerous awards including Tarion's Builder of the Year Award.Technology & integrationAimetis Symphony™ Client and ServerWinnov analog capture boardPelco Spectr...

Many of us are familiar with the security measures that banks have in place - cameras, silent alarms, automatic shutters, security guards, ink dyes. What about security smoke? The use of security smoke devices is now an established tactic to protect banks, and is also widely used in the retail sector to safeguard in-store ATM machines. These devices, typically linked to an alarm or a panic button, work by forcing a non-toxic fluid (normally glycol or glycerine mixed with water) under pressure t...

Alexander Fernandes, President and CEO of Avigilon, with the Red Herring North America 100 AwardAvigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced it has been named to the Red Herring's North America 100 list, a prestigious list honouring the year's most promising private technology ventures in North America. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of thousands from across North America. Winn...

The screening is done through the TSA's Secure Flight programmeU.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that 100 percent of passengers flying domestically and internationally on U.S. airlines are now being checked against government watch lists through the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight programme - the second major step in fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation achieved recently. The announcement comes less t...

Optelecom-NKF will supply Temple with Siqura 9000 series fibre componentsOptelecom-NKF, Inc., a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance equipment and the manufacturer of Siqura® surveillance solutions, announced the award of a $503,000 traffic management equipment contract from Temple, Inc., a regional systems distributor based in Decatur, Alabama, USA. Under the contract, Optelecom-NKF will supply Temple with Siqura 9000 series fibre components to support the expansion of Sou...

Ball deployed CCTV, a remote monitoring service, and Aimetis Symphony video management softwareCustomer profileCommercial Ball Construction was founded in 1923 and has become one of the leading general contractors in Ontario, Canada. In the past six years alone, Ball Construction has delivered over half-a-million square feet of industrial and commercial construction.Technology & integrationAimetis Symphony™ softwareVideo capture board in PCCCTV (analog) camerasResultsSymphony™ me...

PSA acknowledged Arecont for providing it with outstanding service and quality surveillance productsArecont Vision, the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology proudly announces their acceptance of the PSA Outstanding New Vendor Award at this year's PSA Tec 2010 Show. This award was created to acknowledge PSA vendor partners who provide PSA with outstanding service and quality products. Winning vendors were selected based on achieving high scores on a survey completed by PSA memb...

High Definition technology - leading the way for new video security innovations With new technological developments and innovations constantly being made, consumers are able to enjoy the benefits of higher quality products. Better technology means better gadgets and appliances for entertainment such as televisions but more importantly, it also means better security.  Simon Nash, Senior European Marketing Manager, Video Security for Sony Professional presents the case for...

The standard has been adopted for DHS's Private Sector Preparedness (PS-Prep) ProgrammeThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced the adoption of the ASIS American National Standard for Organizational Resilience for the DHS's Private Sector Preparedness (PS-Prep) Programme.The ANSI/ASIS SPC.1-2009 Standard, titled "Organizational Resilience: Security, Preparedness and Continuity Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for Use," provides a holistic approach to cost-e...

NetDVMS is OnSSI's enterprise scale network video recorder and camera management platformA network of video cameras running NetDVMS enterprise-scale network video recorder software from OnSSI and MobileCamViewer software from mobiDEOS keeps perpetual watch at 28 grocery stores comprising the United Supermarkets chain across North and West Texas. At each United Supermarkets store, megapixel cameras networked to a server provide high-resolution images of the cash registers and guest service areas,...

 Aimetis, a global leader in intelligent video management software signed a distribution agreement with WYNITAimetis Corp, a global leader in intelligent video management software, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with WYNIT to add Aimetis Symphony™ software to their security product line."We are quite pleased with our growing relationship with Aimetis", states Ron Van Tassel, WYNIT Business Development Manager for Security, Surveillance, and ID Sol...

L to R: Bill Bozeman, Frank DeFina and Jeff Baxter at the PSA-TEC International Security ConferenceSamsung Techwin America, a global supplier of video surveillance products combining superior performance and value, continued to spread word of its new Vision 2010 product roll-out at the PSA-TEC Annual Conference. In addition to announcing a strategic partnership with PSA Security Network, Frank DeFina, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Samsung Techwin America, and Bill Bozeman,...

ASIS 2010 will offer more than 180 sessions covering the full range of timely security topics and critical issuesMore than 20,000 security professionals from around the world will meet in Dallas from October 12-15 for ASIS International's 56th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2010). ASIS 2010, to be held at the Dallas Convention Centre, will offer more than 180 educational sessions covering the full range of timely security topics and critical issues, as well as core security-manageme...

Watch a video of the deployment of Avigilon HD Surveillance System at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter GamesAvigilon, the performance and value leader in high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance systems, announced that the City of Vancouver deployed the Avigilon HD Surveillance System during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to provide situational awareness to city emergency management staff and the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) in their effo...

SituCon Systems, an Axis partner in Port Washington, deployed more than a dozen Axis PTZ network camerasMissionWhen police unravelled a Columbine-like plot that included a planned assault on emergency first responders, it forever changed the psyche of the quaint seaside town of Marshfield, Mass. The police department and emergency management agency wanted to improve public safety by installing video cameras in several high-risk public buildings. But since cameras were going into areas where they...

Pictured on the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours are  the RML AD Group co-drivers: Andy Wallace, Tommy Erdos and AD Group's CEO Mike NewtonPhoto: David Lord/DailysportscarEntrepreneur and long-term racing driver Mike Newton, who is the CEO of CCTV specialist AD Group - the parent company of Dedicated Micros - was celebrating on the podium at the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours on Sunday after coming third in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class alongside co-drivers Brazilian Tommy Erd...

Milestone's IP is operating with MobiDEOS MobileCamViewer for mobile access to video surveillanceAt Goodwill Industries locations in Illinois, Milestone Systems XProtect™ open platform IP video management software is operating with MobiDEOS MobileCamViewer for mobile access to video surveillance and remote video on their BlackBerries, to monitor and reduce shrinkage. The solution is also a tool for safety and employee training, with the Milestone platform enabling investigations of innovat...

A major component of the School's video surveillance system is the NetDVMS solution from OnSSILos Angeles-based Stephen S. Wise Temple and Schools has recently implemented a multi-faceted security and video surveillance system to ensure the safety of facilities, members, students, faculty and staff. A major component of the system is the NetDVMS Video Surveillance Management and Control Solution from OnSSI which manages networked video from cameras located throughout the facilities and integrate...

BioTRAC incorporates biometric acquisition devices for identity enrolment in less than two minutes Black Diamond Advanced Technology has designed and delivered ruggedised, identity-management system to Northrop Grummana for secure and efficient multi-modal biometrics collection in the field. Called the BioTRAC, the advanced multi-biometric, mobile handheld computer features IriTech's new embedded-processor dual-iris camera system, which is capable of outdoor, indepen...

IQinVision partner integrators, installers, and engineers will now find it easy to design IP video systems IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, announced that the on-going process to further improve the IQeye.com website has reached an important milestone with the release of five new and updated IQdesign Tools. Now, registered users can calculate bandwidth and storage, frame rates, energy consumpti...

All door readers are equipped with biometric access as well as a keypad for entering a PIN numberBrivo Systems LLC, the leader in Software as a Service applications for security management, announced that MaximumASP and its sister company MaximumColo have deployed a Brivo OnSite SE/XE™ solution for upgraded access control capabilities in their co-location and managed hosting facility. MaximumASP, a Web-hosting firm located in Louisville, Kentucky, is a recipient of the prestigious 2009 Mic...

The customer's challenge Wesley Medical Centre, near downtown Wichita, Kansas, grew from a humble, 30-bed beginning in 1912 to a three-and-a-half city block campus that provides 760 beds and 102 bassinets.  The center is a designated full-service medical and Level 1 Trauma Centre. As the campus continues to expand to meet state-wide medical needs, so do the security challenges.  New facilities obstructed installed camera views, requiring cameras to be added or repositioned. Trauma h...

Consumers prefer voice recognition technology for biometric identification Voice recognition is the most preferred form of biometric identification among consumers. Derek Scheips for ASSA ABLOY Future Labs outlines the concept behind this technology and some of its uses and drawbacks. With all types of biometric applications on the rise, voice-based authentication is one approach that seems to engender less resistance among users than other biometric forms of s...

SALTO is exhibiting AElement - their brand new RFID hotel lock - at HITEC 2010Leading hospitality access control provider SALTO Systems will exhibit at HITEC 2010 taking place at Orange County Convention Centre, Orlando, Florida from June 21 - 24. As the world's largest and most influential hospitality technology event, The Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference (HITEC) is the perfect venue to discover all the latest product and service innovations designed to enhance t...

When it comes to maximising the benefits of CCTV, a key priority, in the first instance, must be to look at the frontline where the all-important images are being captured.Whether being used for commercial or public space surveillance, as the eyes of a solution, cameras must be both fit for purpose and positioned so they are able to see, at an appropriate level, what is actually going on in a designated area, with the right amount of illumination also a prerequisite.This focus on how cameras are...

Owners of electronic security buying cooperative will provide technical support for Samsung IP cameras Samsung Techwin America, a global supplier of video surveillance products combining superior performance and value, announces the availability of Net Tech Support through the PSA Security Network of security systems integrators. Owners of the world's largest electronic security buying cooperative will now provide network technical support for Samsung's suite of network (IP) cameras as one facet...

ARRA committed more than $3 billion for homeland security projects through DHS and the GSAUS Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced approximately $78 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for airport security technology projects - designed to enhance the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) efforts to strengthen security at airports while creating jobs across the country."These state-of-the-art technologies will s...