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Genetec Inc., a pioneer technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has teamed with commute management solutions provider RideAmigos to help organizations deliver a simplified and enhanced experience to commuters returning to offices post-pandemic. The solution pairs RideAmigos Commute Hub with Genetec AutoVuTM Free-Flow and Genetec Curb SenseTM. A seamless experience for commuters RideAmigos Commute Hub helps employers deliver a se...
City of Wolverhampton Council has bid for £20 million from the UK Government’s Leveling Up Fund Round 2, in order to help deliver phase one of its ambitious Green Innovation Corridor. The UK Government announced in February 2022 that Wolverhampton and Sheffield would be the first of 20 cities to benefit from part of £1.5 billion of Leveling Up funding for new infrastructure to be developed on brownfield land, in order to boost housing and jobs. Green Innovation Corridor The...
Integrated security manufacturer TDSi is celebrating its 40 years of innovation, design, and manufacturing excellence. As the company enters its fifth decade it continues to lead the market with its flagship GARDiS range of integrated software and hardware products for fully secure access control. Wireless, and cloud-based secure access control John Davies, Managing Director of TDSi commented, “This year is a big one for TDSi as we reach our milestone of 40 years of innovation...
Moda and John Sisk & Son have completed Birmingham’s tallest residential tower, Moda, The Mercian. The 42-storey high tower was designed by Birmingham-based award-winning Glenn Howells Architects and delivered by Sisk at a cost of £260m. Moda, The Mercian will be home to 481 intergenerational apartments for rent, ranging from studios to three-bed apartments. The first major tower in Birmingham city center at 42 storeys, Moda, The Mercian has delivered an ambitious Chicago-...
A major scheme designed to help West Midlands manufacturing and engineering firms adopt the latest digital tech and drive growth has received £2.3 million extra in funding to continue its work. Made Smarter has already helped more than 200 SMEs in the West Midlands digitize their work, improve employees’ skills and become more productive, since the scheme was launched the region in 2021. Made Smarter scheme More than 150 businesses have already signed up to benefit from this secon...
Bosch Security announces the launch of Access Management System 4.0. This new version comes with many new integration options and is more secure than ever. More integration possibilities, thus allowing for various new features like: Biometric verification License plate recognition Elevator dispatch systems Key management systems Offline locks compatibility (only in Germany) Better protection against cyber-attacks thanks to better-encrypted communication between the Access Modular Cont...
ACRE, a provider of state-of-the-art security systems, announced the advancements to its security solutions to be demonstrated at Security Essen. During the interactive conference, the company will showcase the advanced technologies that help companies and people connect safely, return to work in the wake of COVID-19, and secure infrastructure, data, and people. Super enterprise solutions ACRE will highlight "super enterprise" solutions, such as the TDS Visitor Management System, which provid...
In the current situation, retail businesses need to keep visitors and staff safe by following COVID-19 operational guidelines and considerations, while also delivering a premium shopping experience. Shop owners can now achieve this by communicating important audio messages and in-store promotions not only to customers in the store shopping, but also to people queuing outside waiting to enter. Retailers seeking clear objectives Nowadays, retailers seek clear objectives for their business: T...
HID Global, a pioneer in trusted identity solutions, announces the 2022 State of Access Control Report, providing insightful perspectives of the market’s current state and trends. Produced by IFSEC Global in partnership with HID Global, the report surveyed just over 1,000 respondents from across North America (56%), EMEA (29%), and Asia Pacific (15%) to detail trends in the procurement, installation, specification and operation of physical access control solutions. Physical security tren...
Vision-Box, a globally renowned company in biometrics seamless travel, automated border management and electronic identity management solutions, announced that its facial recognition technology was accredited as top-ranked at the US Department of Homeland Security’s MdTF Biometric Rally 2021 – an organization that evaluates state-of-the-art biometric identity verification systems for high throughput use cases. This proof of value validates that the algorithms are more effective in t...
According to the latest report from research organization Omdia, Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, continues to be recognized as the pioneer in global video surveillance software. The scope of 2022’s report was expanded to include VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) for the first time, and Genetec credits its continued market position to the development of innovative and flexible cloud solutions, an...
HID Global, a worldwide renowned company in trusted identity solutions, announces the 2022 State of Access Control Report, providing insightful perspectives of the market’s current state and trends. Produced by IFSEC Global, in partnership with HID Global, the report surveyed just over 1,000 respondents from across the North America (56%), EMEA (29%) and Asia Pacific (15%) regions, to detail trends in the procurement, installation, specification and operation of physical access control so...
Designing an effective monitoring solution for a large-scale scenario is never an easy task and often faces a heap of challenges. Ordinary cameras are not enough to accommodate the needs of large scenarios, resulting in extensive camera coverage that increases installation, wiring, and maintenance costs. Traditional cameras with subpar zoom capability can't be able to accurately detect human and vehicle targets on the scene or filter out false alarms caused by irrelevant objects. Decentralized...
What safety items do users need to have on hand while traveling? The components may differ depending on the destination and the activity and the person but Global Rescue’s Ultimate World Travel Safety Kit provides an A-to-Z list of items users can use as a foundation. For example, select the items users need for a fishing trip (communications device, first aid kit, knife, rain gear) or the essentials for a camping trip (navigation tools, headlamps, parachute cord). But it’s not...
RealNetworks, Inc., a globally renowned company in AI-powered digital media software and solutions, has announced two significant changes to its leadership team. First, RealNetworks announced the appointment of Paul DiPeso to the newly created position of President - SAFR. Paul DiPeso, in the new role, will report to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rob Glaser. Vast industry experience Paul DiPeso has over 25 years of top management experience in physical security with renow...
In order to address spiraling cost pressures caused by surging inflation and commodity prices, business leaders are looking towards automation solutions. The recent geo-political conflict in Eastern Europe has significantly disrupted commodities markets, compounding already heightened inflation levels and seeing price-points rise in 2022 and beyond. To understand the true impact for businesses, SS&C Blue Prism (Blue Prism) commissioned a study of business leaders, which found that 73% of en...
Cognitec is proudly looking back at 20 successful years developing high-ranking face recognition technologies, and working with partners around the world on major government and commercial projects. Experienced software, algorithm and product development teams continue to bring high-performing algorithms and innovative products to the face recognition market. Since the founding days in 2002, the company has constantly extended its portfolio to offer products for facial image database search, re...
ABB opened its new global innovation and training campus at the headquarters of B&R in Eggelsberg, Austria, its global center for machine and factory automation. The new campus will create up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs and includes world-class research and development laboratories, as well as global training facilities for up to 4,000 people per year in collaboration with universities. ABB invested EUR 100 million in the expansion of the B&R headquarters. Future industrial prod...
ABB opened its new global innovation and training campus at the headquarters of B&R in Eggelsberg, Austria, its global center for machine and factory automation. The new campus will create up to 1,000 additional high-tech jobs and includes world-class research and development laboratories, as well as global training facilities for up to 4,000 people per year in collaboration with universities. ABB invested EUR 100 million in the expansion of the B&R headquarters. Productivity and flexi...
Touchless technology enables users to complete transactions or perform actions with systems touch-free. It leverages optical and biometric sensing capabilities, enabling computer systems to receive instructions through user behavior or physical movement. Touchless technology helps improve and manage access to financial services and institutions in a number of ways. Types of Touchless Technologies Touchless Sensing Touch-free sensors can detect the presence or movement of a person or obje...
The global chip supply chain has been in shambles since the pandemic started in early 2020, and it doesn’t appear to be recovering any time soon. From cars being shipped without CarPlay to businesses that are unable to obtain proximity cards for security purposes, it appears no industry is immune. Proximity cards and fobs are widely used throughout corporate enterprises. Users have likely used one before and may have simply referred to it as a badge. These badges are used for more than ju...
A new report from Novaira Insights reveals that the global video surveillance market grew 16.4% in 2021 as restrictions on movement due to the COVID-19 pandemic eased. The report, ‘The world market for video surveillance hardware and software’ shows that shipments of surveillance cameras and related equipment grew as pent-up demand was served. However, there was a shortage of components used for production of video surveillance equipment in 2021 and this led to higher prices for tho...
Major supplier Amberstone Security is the first intelligence and security services provider in the world to offer PACKED, a new fraud prevention solution that gives online retailers video proof that items have been packed and dispatched, helping to tackle loss prevention and increase the transparency of the dispatch process. The pandemic and the resulting boom in online ordering prompted a dramatic rise in false claims of items being undelivered. At the end of 2020, a survey of 3000 UK and US c...
Idesco Corp., a New York-based ID card solutions provider, announces the company has launched an easy way for customers to get high-quality proximity cards programmed. Idesco has been paving the way when it comes to ID card solutions and is helping customers stay ahead of the supply chain issues plaguing the industry. Idesco’s line of TopProx cards is allowing organizations to issue proximity cards to employees, tenants, students, or visitors on demand by printing and programming all card...
The retail sector continues to operate with an evolving security threat profile. Increases in violence and abuse towards frontline workers, combined with losses through shoplifting and petty crime mean security remains firmly in focus of the modern retailer. According to the British Retail Consortium Crime Survey Report 2022, retail crime cost the industry £1.5 billion in 2020/21, with a staggering 1,301 incidents of violent or abusive incidents every day. Increasing and evolving threats...
During Pride 2022, it is important that organizations continue to discuss best practices for LGBT travel security, and commit to ensuring their moral, and often legal, duty of care for their globally mobile employees. Pride Month Pride Month is observed worldwide in June to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and aims to raise awareness, achieve equal opportunity, and outlaw discriminatory laws and practices. 2022 has witnessed the resumption of mass events in most co...
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and SANS Institute have announced details of the third edition of CyberThreat - a technical and interactive Summit that will be hosted virtually and in person. The event, designed for technical professionals across the cybersecurity industry, will return on September 12th and 13th at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge in London, encouraging global knowledge sharing and expertise across defensive and offensive disciplines. CyberThreat Summit CyberThrea...
Biometric digital identity market pioneer Aratek is set to join the 2022 Identity Week in London, widely regarded as the digital identity event of record. Better facial recognition Taking center stage at the Aratek booth is its sought-after face recognition and multi-factor authentication devices such as TruFace BA8200-T and BA8300 with TruFace software. “The pandemic has forever changed the world, bringing with it a whole new demand for better identity and access control. Aratek’...
Six Degrees is pleased to confirm the appointment of Lindsay Gallard as Chief People Officer (CPO). Lindsay joined Six Degrees in 2018 and has served in a variety of roles including Executive Operations Director. Most recently, Lindsay has been in the post of Interim People Director since January 2022. Before Six Degrees, Lindsay worked in a series of senior HR roles covering the UK and Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. He has a varied background in organizations spanning the public, not...
After the pandemic, companies are looking at how they can handle their capacity more flexibly. As a result, Nedap is seeing more and more office buildings used by different companies. These multi-tenant buildings are increasingly sharing their facilities, including parking spaces in the parking lot. MOOV Multi-Tenant software solution As a manager, ensure that the setup is the parking facility efficient and making optimum use of the parking spaces per company, without being time-consuming or f...
