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Pro-Watch enables to manage access control and intrusion systems using a single software platformHoneywell's widely used Pro-Watch® Security Management software suite has been selected by top resellers as a Business Solutions Magazine (BSM) Best Channel Product.  Designed to meet the needs of a range of organisations from global enterprises to small commercial offices, Pro-Watch allows organisations to manage access control, video surveillance and intrusion systems with a single s...

Cassidian's new contract is in line with the company's mission of defending world securityCassidian announces the contract win for an agreement with Emiraje Systems LLC for the provision of ECTOCRYP cryptography products for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Command and Control System (ECCS).  Cassidian will provide ECCS with a version of the award-winning UK developed product ECTOCRYP. Under the agreement Cassidian will also work with the Emirates to support the integration of the equ...

Honeywell's "connected buildings" technologies effectively integrate security with building controls systemsHoneywell's presence at ASIS 2011 in Orlando will be marked by a focus on technologies that create "connected buildings" facilities that can streamline operations by integrating security with building control systems. Among the highlighted technologies will be software that allows dealers and integrators to more easily fold video surveillance into building sy...

Thales will provide electronic system integration for 257 armoured-wheeled vehiclesThales has been awarded a major contract for the integration of an advanced open vehicle electronic architecture system for the 257 new 8x8  armoured-wheeled vehicles of the Malaysian Army. Thales acts as a subcontractor of DEFTECH (DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd), the local company selected by the Malaysian Ministry of Defence for the design, development and manufacturing of the vehicles.This contra...

 With over 1,300 exhibitors, DSEi is the world's largest integrated defence and security expoThe Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEi 2011) is the world's largest fully integrated defence and security exhibition. DSEi provides a unique platform to present your latest equipment and systems to the world's defence and security industry. DSEi provides you with the opportunity to develop international relationships and generate new business opportunities with companies of all sizes...

  Cassidian's technology guaranteed the safety of the Pope and more than 1.5 million visitors• SIRDEE system ensured network availability in all sensitive locations despite demanding requirements. • Number of SIRDEE network users more than doubled during peak times. • Cassidian and Telefónica provided network maintenance services for the user organisations and 24/24 hour emergency support. During the World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid, the Spanish Police forces relie...

  March Networks Financial Solutions is employed by over 450 banks and credit unions globallyMarch Networks®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, announced that it is the #1 supplier of video surveillance equipment in the Americas banking market as ranked by IMS Research in its report "Vertical Insights: Video Surveillance and Security in Banking and Finance - 2011 Edition". More than 450 banks and credit unions currently use March Networks Financial Solu...

 Thales is merging the activities of Thales Communications and Thales Security Solutions & ServicesThales announces the creation of Thales Communications & Security, a company combining the joint skills of Thales Communications and Thales Security Solutions & Services in the fields of defence, security and ground transportation. This merger reflects the growing convergence of information management issues in these areas. By combining these globally recognised skills, this compan...

 ISS Expo's focus on integrated security reflects its current significance to professional security worldISS Expo will be launched on 22nd September 2011 at ExCel London.The professional security industry will see its first major new annual exhibition, focused on integrated security solutions, on 3-4 October 2012 at Docklands ExCel London. The exhibition, to be called the Integrated Security Solutions Exhibition or ISS Expo, aims to attract more than 120 exhibitors and over 2,500...

British Security Industry Association appoints chairmen for membership sectionsThe British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has appointed chairmen for most of its sections of membership, following its Annual General Meeting, which was held on Wednesday the 13th of July.BSIA Chief Executive, James Kelly, comments: "The success of the BSIA is not only achieved by the work of its staff but also the ongoing dedication from members who are willing to serve on the various committees. Eve...

 NICE's Remote Banking Fraud solution  enables CIMB and  reduces fraud lossesNICE Actimize, a NICE Systems company and the largest and broadest provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, announced today that its Remote Banking Fraud solution is successfully enabling Malaysia's CIMB Bank to reduce fraud losses. Within the first 30 days after implementation, the Actimize Remote Banking Fraud solution detected and...

  GB Monitoring Director Neil Jackson welcomes updated BS 8418 Code of Practice Neil Jackson, Director at GB Monitoring, looks at how the new code of practice for remotely monitored CCTV systems, which is designed to increase detection standards is expected to put pressure on non-compliant operators. GB Monitoring has been a longstanding contributor to the development of industry standards and the company’s NSI ARC Gold remote video response centre (RVRC) was one of...

 PSIA develops and demonstrates succesful Systems VideoStandards for the physical security industry took an important step forward at ISC West with the successful demonstration of interoperable products from Honeywell, UTC F&S, Tyco, Hikvision, Arecont Vision, IQinVision and ObjectVideo.  It was clear that the objective of the PSIA, to develop a systems specification supporting video, storage, analytics, access control, and intrusion, has been achieved.  Thanks to our member c...

  EMC insures against facility breaches with access control solutions from HID GlobalHID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced that the company's credential and reader solutions for access control have been selected by mutual insurance leader EMC to protect its entire, multi-structure corporate campus at the company's headquarters in Des Moines and an additional facility in Ames, Iowa.EMC worked with a security systems integrator to de...

Security Alliance sets up working groups in  accordance with future regulatory frameworkThe Security Alliance recently released details of the working groups that would be created to review the recommendations for a future regulatory framework shortly to be published by the Security Industry Authority. The working groups will have two key functions: A number of Process Groups established to look in detail at the proposed operating modelA number of Sector groups that will review th...

Proxim Wireless Corporation, a leading provider of complete indoor and outdoor wireless broadband systems, today re-entered the licensed wireless backhaul market with the introduction of its Tsunami® GX800 licensed point-to-point microwave backhaul products. With the addition of the GX800 products, Proxim - a pioneer of the point-to-point microwave market - expands its extensive product line to include licensed wireless backhaul capable of delivering ultra-high capacity of 622 Mbps aggregate...

  IFSEC 2011 Security Industry Awards sees thousands raised for UK charityThe IFSEC 2011 Security Industry Awards proved itself to be one of the highlights of IFSEC once again this year, raising more than £13,000 for chosen charity, Make-A-Wish UK.The Awards, which acknowledge the people, products and technological advancements that have played a major part in the security industry over the past year, were announced during a black-tie gala dinner at the Hilton Birmingham Metropol...

 The Public Safety & Security Summit takes place in Doha, Qatar on the 22nd -23rd of June The eagerly awaited Public Safety and Security Summit is hosting an array of leading international and regional security experts in Doha this week.Among the high-profile speakers at the initiative being held on June 22nd - 23rd are Chris Eaton, Head of Security for FIFA; Stephen Cooper OBE, Head of Security for the Olympic Delivery Authority and Wayne Harris, HSE and Security Director for Qata...

  Mirasys expands in Europe so as to ease relations with clients Mirasys Ltd, a leading provider of open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions, has today announced the opening of local offices in France and the Benelux region. As the latest strand to the company's aggressive global expansion strategy, which has seen offices open in the Gulf, German, Baltic, Indian, Italian, Thai and North American markets over the past 12 months, this move forms part of Mirasy...

 Videor enlarges its Power over Ethernet portfolio, essential for networked security technology, with PhihongOne of the world's largest power supply manufacturers is a recent addition to the Videor brand portfolio: Power over Ethernet Midspans, Splitters and Extenders enhance the wide product range of video surveillance solutions.Since March 2011 Videor has added Phihong PoE solutions to its product range in line with consistent enhancement of its portfolio. All maj...

Videx has released a new catalogue that is packed with helpful information on CyberLock electronic locks and smart padlocks. The catalog is FREE and includes an instructive CD on electronic lock and key technology. CyberLock brings electronic access control and audit tracking to mechanical locks simply by removing the lock’s cylinder and replacing it with a CyberLock electronic cylinder. The catalog covers just about everything you’ve wanted to know about this type of access technolo...

  Nedap N.V. partners with nTp and strengthens market position in GermanyNedap N.V., the European market leader in customer-oriented security management solutions, is strengthening its market position in Germany with a new business partner; ‘Nedap Technology Partner' (nTp) for Security Management GmbH. nTp was founded by former managers of Primion Technology AG, who have extensive market and technology know-how. Juergen Schneider, one of the founders of nTp, is chairman of the Te...

Instek Digital, a leading provider of digital video surveillance systems, has completed a two month project to tightly integrate its MatriVideo Network Video Recorder (NVR) with the new MOBOTIX Hemispheric Q24M 3 Megapixel IP camera. The MOBOTIX Hemispheric Q24M camera can now be used along with other MegaPixel camera brands that are supported by the Instek Digital Matrivideo platform. Instek Digital, which has been working in partnership with MOBOTIX for several years, decided to focu...

HID Global and LaserCard will exhibit extensive suite of products and technologies for secure card issuance HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced it will showcase the latest advances and offerings in solutions for secure card issuance at next week's Cards Middle East 2011 in Abu Dhabi. HID and LaserCard, a company recently acquired by HID Global, will also demonstrate secure government identification solutions, including technology that is cur...

When an unexpected event occurs, such as a fight, it is important to know who was involved and who may have been a witness. With a CCTV surveillance system, the event is recorded for manual review so the operator must go through a massive amount of footage to find the individuals involved and witness to an event. AnalyticsReady now provides a specially designed Face Search VMS package with its unique face detection cameras combined with accurate face detection based video software from iOmniscie...

AnalyticsReady has now joined forces with iOmniscient, the world leader in Video Analytics technology to provide a packaged system specially designed for People Counting in a crowd. The cameras are the eyes of a video based surveillance system. The video analytics is the brain. AnalyticsReady now offers you specially designed "eyes" packaged with the world's best "brains" to provide unique video analytic solutions at a very competitive price.AnalyticsReady guarantees that its...

 Follow IFSEC 2011 on twitter, RT the appropriate message and win a parking space for the exhibitionWith just days until the start of the world's largest annual security event, IFSEC has launched an exclusive competition only via Twitter offering two free car parking passes for the duration of the show. In a bit to reach over 2,000 followers, all visitors have to do is follow IFSEC via twitter and then submit the message "RT follow @IFSEC and tweet #IFSECComp to win a free car par...

 Playerbook Facial Recognition System launch will take place at IFSEC 2011 Leading CCTV storage systems manufacturer, Visimetrics (UK) Ltd, will be launching their new Playerbook™ facial recognition system at IFSEC 2011. Playerbook has been developed to operate reliably in the lighting conditions normally found in casino environments. Powered by Omniperception's facial recognition engine, the new application is the result of a 2 year development process between the companies.Gary Jame...

 Perfect is the timing for IFSEC 2011 due to take place 16-19 May, since with the latest events, all eyes worldwide are on the security industryIt's back to a full 5-day working week for many professionals in the UK for the first time in 3 weeks and following the successful security operation surrounding the Royal Wedding, a series of counter terror raids near Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant and London, plus the demise of the world's number one terrorist target, the security indust...

Nedap, provider of AEOS partners with First City Care become business partners in new central London locationNedap, provider of security management platform AEOS, announced that First City Care has become an official Business Partner following a significant year of growth in sales and new implementations of AEOS in 2010. First City Care is installer of a variety of security and safety equipment covering electronic, technical and physical installations in both modern and historic office buildings...