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Pimloc has raised a seed round of $7.5M led by Zetta Venture Partners. Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Speedinvest also participated. The commitment reflects investors’ belief that the exponential growth in video surveillance is about to collide with regulations and increased sensitivity around privacy issues. AI-based Secure Redact Pimloc’s Secure Redact is already in use by entities that must provide video evidence that complies with new data privacy regulations...
11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider, announces completion of the acquisition of iland, the award-winning global cloud service provider of secure and compliant hosting for infrastructure (IaaS), disaster recovery (DRaaS), and backup as a service (BaaS). 11:11 Systems also recently acquired Green Cloud Defense, a channel-only, cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider. By adding iland’s steady 25% YOY momentum to 11:11 Systems’ expanding national network...
Ford and ADT Inc. will invest in a new joint venture called Canopy that combines ADT’s professional security monitoring and Ford’s AI-driven video camera technology to help customers strengthen the security of new and existing vehicles across automotive brands. “The combination of our technologies and our deep security experience creates a new category of protection for work and personal vehicles,” said Elliot Cohen, ADT chief business development officer. “Ve...
MOBOTIX confirms its strategic expansion and strengthens its operational business by reaching an official agreement to acquire Vaxtor Group (Vaxtor), Tres Cantos, Spain, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based video analytics provider, specializing in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Deep Learning technologies. Vaxtor’s OCR analytics technology, and in particular their Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) products, provide a wide range of solutions for numerous vertical market...
Kentec Electronics, the manufacturer of life-critical control systems, will be utilizing Intersec 2022 to showcase how its latest wireless detection technology, Sigma, and Taktis control panels have been designed to make the lives of installers and end-users easier. Wireless mesh technology Taking center stage will be Kentec’s latest wireless mesh technology, which not only reduces installation costs and timescales but also removes the design limitations associated with...
BAXE, an Australian FinTech, has partnered with IDEMIA, the global pioneer in Augmented Identity, and Haventec, an Australian software company that decentralizes sensitive data and credentials, to launch the first decentralized blockchain ecosystem using a facial authentication solution for identity verification in Australia. With this solution, BAXE users around the world will be able to authenticate high-value transactions, reclaim lost passwords or regain access to locked accounts using thei...
Entering 2022, the world continues to endure the COVID-19 pandemic. But the security industry has, no doubt, continued to shift, adapt, and develop in spite of things. Several trends have even accelerated. Beyond traditional ‘physical security’, a host of frontiers like AI, cloud computing, IoT, and cyber security are being rapidly pioneered, by entities big and small in the security industry. By all appearances, the security industry is in a stage of re-defining itself. It is movin...
Nexkey, an innovator in cloud-based mobile access control, developed a new technology for retailers to simplify store operations and management after an increased need for curbside pickups, loss prevention, and overall better consumer experience to battle online shopping. Nexkey Core Nexkey has developed new lock compatibility for the Nexkey Core to replace every lock and key in the store with the smartphone, most notably retail cabinets. Nexkey also expanded its dashboard to deliver never bef...
The security industry cannot look ahead to 2022 without first acknowledging the significance of 2021: a year that changed every aspect of our daily lives, including how we socialize, work, communicate and collaborate. As the world started to emerge from an unprecedented global pandemic, organizations in every industry re-evaluated every aspect of their business, from how they interact with their customers to how they manage their workforces, and how they go to market. Addressing security chall...
In its latest tech round-up video, IDIS highlights its complete lineup of NDAA-compliant cameras and recorders. Featuring HD and UHD network cameras, plus powerful NVR and enterprise-class PC servers that connect seamlessly to a choice of VMS, IDIS’s end-to-end, NDAA-compliant solutions are being chosen for a growing list of projects in sectors ranging from education, retail, hotels, data centers, and commercial office space. Dome, bullet, and IR cameras The updated IDIS camera lin...
Secutech India, India’s security business event will mark its return in 2022 re-uniting the security industry from 19 – 21 May at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. As the first edition post-lockdown, the platform will spotlight the latest security technologies, trends, and innovations as well as the post-pandemic response of the industry that is shaping product developments in India’s physical security, cyber security, fire & safety, smart home & automation marke...
Hikvision, an IoT solution provider with video as its core competency, will be presenting its latest innovations at Intersec 2022, the largest security exhibition in the Middle East region, held in Dubai from January 16 to 18, 2022. This year, under the theme ‘Hand in hand for a safer, smarter world,’ Hikvision will demonstrate its latest intelligent products, technologies, and solutions at the show. Cutting-Edge technology “Hikvision has been active in the MENA region for 1...
Fingerprint Cards AB’s (Fingerprints™) second-generation T-Shape® sensor module and software platform for biometric payment cards have achieved compliance with Mastercard’s new fingerprint sensor evaluation process. Having passed the former specifications last year, Fingerprints has proactively secured this updated approval to simplify the process for card manufacturers to launch second-generation biometric payment cards. Supporting greater convenience This development w...
UK-based cloud video surveillance platform, Videoloft, is starting the year with a bang by announcing the first of many new features planned to launch in 2022. Videoloft customers can now connect a monitor to the Videoloft Cloud Adapter and watch their camera live feeds on a local display. Until now, wanting local live viewing was one of the only remaining reasons why security installers and users felt it was still necessary to retain on-premise NVRs or DVRs. But now, as well as remote camera v...
Yossi Cohen, former head of the Mossad and current director of Softbank's operations in Israel, spoke at a conference of security consultants of the AI Company Oosto held in Raanana, Israel. Cohen, "Why is Softbank in the world of machine vision and Vision AI at all? Governments and corporations around the world today face security threats everywhere - within the organization's facilities, on the street, in the face of threats of damage and theft, and of course in the face of national secu...
Interface Security Systems, a pioneering managed service provider delivering business security, managed network, UCaaS, and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises shared its networking predictions for the restaurant and retail markets. Network transformation Retail and restaurant brands were forced to pivot their business models and customer engagement strategies to tackle the disruptions during the pandemic. Interface saw that brands that embraced digital transformation by...
Prosegur Security, a global pioneer in security technology, has launched EVO, the world's first EAS system with an integrated ad platform that can pay for itself through advertising revenue while also providing retailers with valuable data on in-store traffic. The EVO system features monitors that play retailer-approved ads at store entrances, managed remotely by Prosegur and its technology partner INEO. AI cloud-supported advertising platform "Silicon Valley and even major online retail...
Interface Security Systems, a managed service provider delivering business security, managed network, UCaaS, and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises shared its top predictions for the physical security industry. The end of traditional burglar alarms is near Businesses of all sizes will move away from traditional contact- or motion-based burglar alarms in favor of video-verified alarms to avoid the unnecessary disturbance and costs involved with false alarms. Interface a...
Control room teams around the world can now store, manage, and collaboratively share video footage more flexibly, due to integrated native cloud capabilities introduced to one of the industry’s leading command and control software platforms. Leveraging Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure, Synectics’ Synergy platform allows organizations to spread their surveillance and operational management system across on-premises hardware and the cloud in any configuration of their choi...
A recent spree of ‘smash and grab theft,’ a category of organized retail crime (ORC) in major U.S. cities has retailers and shoppers on alert this holiday season. The size, audacity, and violence of incidents in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago have drawn major media attention, but ORC has been a growing threat for decades. Genetec Inc. (‘Genetec’), a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, shared ins...
NViS 1482, NEXCOM’s newest desktop NVR, promises big things in a small package. Integrating Intel’s latest, top-of-the-line 8th Gen (Elkhart Lake) CPU and 11th Gen UHD GPU, the entry-level NVR appliance is the perfect companion to IP cameras for recording high-definition digital surveillance. Using Intel’s latest technology means it supports a whopping 32GB DDR4 3200 MHz memory so that jobs are much faster. Easily plug in up to eight IP cameras via 10/100 I...
360 Vision Technology, the UK manufacturer of rugged HD, radar, and thermal PTZ imaging cameras, has announced a technical partnership with the UK manufacturer of Ethernet transmission solutions, AMG Systems.; to create a range of integrated PTZ camera/media converter solutions. High bandwidth support Available on Predator and Invictus camera ranges, the technical partnership enables 360 Vision to integrate the AMG250 Series industrial media converter PCB into the cameras for long-distance v...
Buyers of video technology are focusing increasingly on business protocol enforcement applications, in addition to traditional security, says IDIS America and virtual guarding and monitoring service partner Virtual Management Intelligence (VMI). The two companies are working together to deliver AI-supported remote surveillance services, including business operations monitoring, in sectors such as transportation, warehousing, cannabis production, food processing, banking, and finance. Improved...
Korea’s video tech pioneer IDIS is stepping up its presence in key growth markets in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey with the confirmation of two senior appointments. Koray’s role and responsibilities Overseeing new video projects and growing market potential in Turkey, Koray Ozyildirim has been appointed as Country Manager. Koray is working closely with IDIS’s established supply network and will also develop relationships with leading Turkish secur...
An extended range of HD and UHD video cameras from IDIS gives systems integrators and their end-user customers’ affordable alternatives for NDAA-compliant video. The NDAA line-up now includes a range of 2MP, 5MP, and 8MP camera models, which are ideal for applications of any size from small to medium sites, such as retail outlets, hotels, local government facilities, and offices, through to enterprise users such as utilities, school and university campuses, logistics, and large commercial...
Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, announces the industry’s first enclosure management solution that gives traffic managers and engineers the ability to remotely manage, monitor, and secure traffic enclosures. Utilizing Cloud Link Roadrunner™, an industry-specific NEMA TS2 (National Electrical Manufacturer Association) compliant hardware, combined with the latest in access management software, the...
A lot of buzz in the security industry revolves around the explosion of the global datasphere. Especially as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many industries to transition from in-house operations to work-from-home—if not entirely digital—formats, global data creation, consumption, and circulation has skyrocketed. Not to mention, this growth is forecasted to continue through 2024 with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 26 percent, according to research from...
Johnson Controls, the global pioneer in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, has introduced six new additions to the Cloudvue camera portfolio, greatly expanding the range of camera options and form factors for customers to leverage the power and convenience of cloud video surveillance. With this launch, Johnson Controls can offer customers one of the most robust portfolios of cloud-enabled cameras, which are in high demand thanks to substantial growth in the emerging cloud-based technolo...
For years, cameras have helped businesses of all types improve their security. But what if the camera could not only reduce the risk of theft and intrusion but also improve the ability to make smarter business decisions, too? That’s the promise of the latest generation of camera technology. Using advanced technology, modern camera systems can help retailers better understand how their customers engage with the store environment, yielding powerful insights about how to improve the cu...
3xLOGIC, the provider of integrated and intelligent security solutions, has announced the availability of its All-in-One Functionality, currently available in its serverless camera bundle, indoor cube camera, and 56-degree thermal camera offerings. All-in-One cameras feature onboard storage and, with the purchase of appropriate licensing, allow the camera to function as a standalone VIGIL Server. The cameras can also be used in conjunction with a VIGIL DVR for redundant storage capability. Aff...
