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Qognify Umbrella for Ocularis enables centralized monitoring and management of large and distributed VMS installations  Qognify has announced the launch of its web-based central VMS management platform - Umbrella - for Ocularis. Ocularis customers with large or distributed video surveillance installations can use Umbrella to centrally monitor and remotely manage and configure every VMS installation across their deployment. Management and monitoring platform As video surveillanc...

Quickly and conveniently moving large numbers of people through airports, across borders, or accessing many other locations will be easier with two new Iris ID IrisAccess™ products – the iCAM D2000 and the IrisBar (OU60B). Both compact and touchless readers accurately identify people through advanced multi-modal biometric technologies. Iris ID, for more than 20 years the global pioneer in iris recognition technology, introduced the readers at the Intersec Dubai tradeshow in Dubai, U...

Ava Security, a unified service provider of cyber security and video security solutions, has launched license plate recognition (LPR) solution, as part of its Ava Aware cloud-based AI data platform. The new capabilities operate in the Cloud and are able to work with a wide variety of third-party and Ava cameras. Most LPR solutions require two cameras, in order to operate. Ava Security needs just one, while delivering enhanced situational awareness and insights with great accuracy. The solution...

Forcepoint is excited to bring the industry’s first smart RBI to Forcepoint customers. Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) enforces Zero Trust security for web browsing. Other web security technologies rely on first being able to detect malware, and then respond by blocking malicious content. In contrast, RBI applies a Zero Trust approach by treating all web pages as compromised from the outset. Remote browsing If users have to rely on perfect foreknowledge of every form that malware could t...

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...

At a time when all eyes are focused on keeping people safe and connected, a Canadian company with U.S. headquarters in Houston is seeing spectacular success to the tune of 230 percent growth over the last three years doing just that, and the achievement has nothing to do with COVID-19. Remote monitoring Long before the global pandemic put the spotlight on keeping people in touch, Blackline Safety Corp. was keenly focused on connecting businesses with their employees who work alone, remotely, o...

Security-Net, Inc., a network of security system integrators, announced that CGL Technologies will join their membership under the leadership of newly appointed Principal, Christopher Wetzel. The addition of CGL Technologies marks the fourth new member company for Security-Net within the past month, bringing its total number of member companies to 19. CGL Technologies is a security systems integrator based out of Westwood, Mass., recognized for providing integrated security solutions to many la...

VS290-33 Thermal MSX® Videoscope Kit Improves Usability for Underground Utility Vault Inspection and Applications Requiring CAT IV 600 V Safety Rating. Teledyne FLIR introduces two additions to its industry-first VS290 Thermal Videoscope Kit family of devices—the VS290-33 Thermal MSX Videoscope Kit and the VS29-21 Thermal Videoscope Kit. The VS290-33 features a rounded, dual thermal-visible probe for increased flexibility in conducting underground utility-vault inspection and other hi...

The Teledyne FLIR radiometric Boson® thermal infrared camera module is available in five additional configurations. The new models offer an 8°, 18°, 32°, 50°, or 95° horizontal field of view (FOV), are 640 x 512 resolution, and further enable the development of next-generation thermal imaging products and systems. To streamline design and testing while minimizing development costs, developers can also leverage the new Boson GUI 3.0 and its key radiometric command ca...

ASSA ABLOY has entered into an agreement to acquire Vigil Health Solutions Inc., a pioneer in innovative call systems and resident monitoring solutions for senior living. Vigil develops and markets a proprietary technology platform combining software and hardware to provide alarm systems and solutions that guide care of and monitor seniors living in senior living communities. Complementary growth opportunities "I am very pleased to welcome Vigil and their employees into the ASSA ABLOY Group....

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...

Dallmeier, a globally renowned manufacturer for video information technology, is the ‘Exclusive Platinum Sponsor’ of the World Game Protection Conference 2022 (WGPC 2022), taking place at the Tropicana Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from February 15 to 17, 2022. Dallmeier’s open software platform, HEMISPHERE SeMSy is the focus of the company’s presence at the exhibition event. World Game Protection Conference (WGPC) The World Game Protection Conference (WGPC) fo...

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.  OCR analytics technology Vaxtor’s OCR analytics technology, and in particular their Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) products, provide a wide range of solutio...

The Iveco - Oto Melara Consortium (CIO) announces the signing of a contract to supply 14 Mortar Carrier VBMs, 26 Command Post VBMs (13 in Tactical Unit and 13 in Command Unit version), along with six ‘10x10’ rescue and recovery vehicles. Signed on December 30, 2021, at the Secretary of Defense (Segredifesa) Land Armaments Directorate, the contract comes as part of the ongoing supply (‘Phase 2’) of Medium Armored Vehicles to the Italian Army’s Second Medium Brigade,...

The versatile 300-IP SIP Paging Horn is designed for voice paging via SIP and multicast. It also allows for background music, mass notification tones, and messages via multicast. “The 300-IP is extremely efficient comparing amplitude to power requirements. With full SIP and multicast paging compatibility, this is a great product,” said Paul Speltz, Engineer, Viking Electronics Inc. Features The 300-IP registers as a third-party SIP endpoint device to a hosted or local VoIP SI...

Alcatraz AI announced Marco Emrich is joining the company as Head of International Sales. Emrich brings his expansive experience to Alcatraz AI and will be key in scaling Alcatraz AI’s reach globally. This exciting new hire will further Alcatraz AI’s mission of bringing AI technology to every door for precise identity verification worldwide. Emrich will play a key role in driving accelerated growth and boosting sales in international markets, including securing strategic partner rel...

Kentec Electronics (Kentec), the globally renowned manufacturer of life-critical control systems, has launched K-Mesh, a next-generation wireless detection system that uses self-healing and configuring Mesh technology, to deliver optimum levels of reliability. K-Mesh wireless detection system Launched at the global security event, Intersec 2022, K-Mesh is a new development and new name for Kentec’s Ekho wireless system. Kentec’s sister company, Hochiki Europe, will retain the Ekho...

Surveillance storage provider PROMISE Technology (or 'PROMISE') will debut its new Vess A8000 Series, a robust and intelligent that perfectly balances customers’ rising needs for larger storage capacity and high-quality surveillance video performance, at the 23rd Intersec showcase in Dubai from Jan 16-18, 2022, stand S1-H16, Hall SAEED 1. The Vess A8000 Series strengthens the PROMISE Surveillance portfolio, enabling its security and surveillance customers to grow with data-intensive digit...

MSA Safety, the global pioneer in the development, manufacture, and supply of safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures, announced its participation at Intersec 2022 in the Dubai World Trade Center. Over the three-day conference, MSA will showcase its extensive portfolio of connected safety solutions and personal protective equipment (PPE) for both the industrial and fire markets, representing an innovative range of top-to-toe protection. Fire and rescue services Nigel E...

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...

Modern arena security solutions offer a variety of tools to keep authorized personnel, fans and assets safe. Alcatraz AI's stadium security provides uninterrupted facial authentication for unparalleled protection. Keep reading for the 6 reasons why it’s important to upgrade. Proper stadium security Simple Implementation & Scaling - Stadium events can get pretty huge, with attendance up in the tens or possibly hundreds of thousands depending on the arena. Maintaining proper stadium s...

OPTEX will demonstrate the latest evolution of its multi-award-winning LiDAR sensor series, featuring its longest-range yet. The REDSCAN Pro series consists of two models, the RLS-3060V and the RLS-50100V offering 30m by 60m and 50m by 100m detection range respectively. It provides highly accurate detection outdoor and indoor, without any ‘gaps’ or the detection reliability ‘fading’ with range. REDSCAN Pro LiDAR sensor series The rectangular detection patterns...

  360 Vision Technology’s Invictus HD PTZ camera with green technology was recently selected to appear in the annual PSI Product Review publication. A highly regarded independent specialist electronic security industry publication, PSI Product Review highlights the very best security equipment technology in its class – as selected by the publication’s editor. Extract from PSI Product Review: ‘With its own Elexon Charge Code, the unrivaled green credent...

Eagle Eye Networks, the global pioneer in cloud video surveillance announced plans to open a new data center in Doha, Qatar to meet growing customer demand in the region.  Eagle Eye Networks operates a global network of data centers that are purpose-built for video surveillance, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) enabled. The data centers are managed directly by Eagle Eye personnel to provide maximum security, performance, and availability. Customizable cloud security solutio...

Traka launches a new animated video to highlight the solutions available for busy distribution centers, to ensure they can run like clockwork to deliver goods on time and in full. Highlighting the issues faced by distribution centers, especially when it comes to management of hand-held devices, the two-minute video presents ways to save time, resource and money, whilst allowing full visibility and traceability of assets at all times. Asset management lockers Lee Payne, Market Development Mana...

Experts in human, vehicle and object detection, Business Insight 3, has built on its sole UK partnership with Barcelona-headquartered technology provider, Davantis. Working together, the two organizations have released a ground-breaking product which is set to drastically improve intruder detection while reducing the number of false alarms from security systems at some of the UK’s most important national infrastructure sites. Reduced false alarms The product, called DFUSION, is exclusiv...

3DX-Ray are specialists in the field of X-ray imaging for the security and industrial inspection markets, announces the market launch of the ThreatScan®-AS1 integrated portable X-Ray system for bomb squads and security professionals worldwide. Private demonstrations have already been carried out, and the system will be shown to the wider security community for the first time at the upcoming Intersec exhibition in Dubai. Features The new system is the first from 3DX-Ray to use an amorphous...

Net4, a UK-based technology service provider, has launched its video analytics platform, known as Net4.Vision, which is powered by AWS Wavelength. Alex Taylor, Net4's CEO said, "We are excited that Net4.Vision is now available to our customers. It is powered by AWS Wavelength and uses the 5G network, enabling our customers to reduce the cost of ownership of video analytics solutions while simultaneously enabling a scale-on-demand capability." Customer solutions Net4 and SeeChange, have j...

The global pandemic fueled the need to use technology to overcome challenges and support safety. An expansive global study has revealed that 88% of citizens globally now want to see public safety transformed through the use of advanced technology. Additionally, 71% consider technologies such as video cameras, data analytics, and cloud solutions as necessary to address the challenges of the modern world. At Intersec 2022 (Jan 16-18, Dubai), Motorola Solutions will showcase its integrated technol...

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...