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The program is designed for dealers with expertise in intrusion and fire, video surveillance and access control Honeywell announced recently that Minnesota-based Floyd Total Security has joined the Honeywell First Alert Professional Dealer Program, the largest independent security dealer network in North America. Floyd Total Security is a security provider that serves residential and commercial customers primarily in the education, government, retail and healthcare industries....

CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software and BRS Labs Inc., innovators of the industry's first behavioural recognition solution for video surveillance, jointly announced recently a technology partnership between the two companies. The partnership, under the CNL Software's Technology Alliance Program (TAP), will allow the companies to share development kits, thus creating close integration between their products. The integration will bring together...

MicroPower devices can be deployed on-demand as no wiring or trenching is required MicroPower Technologies Inc., an award-winning provider of surveillance solutions optimised for rapid, cost-effective deployment, recently announced Hoehn Honda has deployed a comprehensive wireless surveillance solution as a means to control liability and theft, and enhance customer service. Hoehn, a leading automobile dealer in the San Diego area for more than 35 years, deployed MicroPower bec...

Senstar’s PIDS technologies are used in more than 80 countries worldwide Senstar, a leading international provider of perimeter intrusion detection security (PIDS) sensors, recently announced its partnership with Denver, Colorado based PSA Security Network. PSA Security Network is the world's largest electronic security system integrators cooperative. As a result of this partnership, System Integrators who are PSA members will now be eligible to take advantage of tradit...

Linear LLC, the leader in residential and commercial access control, emergency response and security solutions, announces the new Linear® VMC1 Video Security Intercom System, a centralised security solution that delivers live video, audio, whole-home intercom, door releases, alarm triggers, and remote monitoring features in one highly-capable and flexible system. The VMC1 Master Station is the central hub of the system and has a 5.6” color video screen that can monitor any door equipp...

Cornell to be a primary distributor for AIPHONE's NHX-Nurse Call and Series Rescue Assistance system CORNELL is proud to announce a new distribution relationship for two of AIPHONE’s emergency communication systems. AIPHONE has selected CORNELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Milwaukee, WI based leader in Emergency Call Systems, to be its primary and preferred distributer for both their NHX-Nurse Call System & their IS Series Rescue Assistance System. AIPHONE, a leader in...

Ocularis-X server software enables web and mobile clients to access live and playback HD video streams At Electronic Security Expo (ESX) 2012, OnSSI is featuring its groundbreaking Ocularis-X technology in a powerful live demonstration. To help celebrate this innovative technology, OnSSI is offering two promotions including a discount for qualified educational institutions and a low-cost upgrade to the latest version of Ocularis. The 2012 Education Promotion provides a 40 per...

eBridge makes it possible to use legacy coax infrastructure with the latest IP video surveillance cameras  Altronix, the leading manufacturer of low voltage power supplies and peripherals for the electronic security industry, is showcasing its eBridge line of IP over Coax Adapters at the 2012 Electronic Security Expo (ESX). Altronix eBridge IP over Coax Adapters provide a high-performance and cost-effective solution to transmit IP video and data over coaxial cable for dis...

The SightLogix perimeter security systems will be integrated by Transdyn SightLogix thermal video analytics systems have been chosen by the New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA) to protect five large North Hudson River bridges. NYSBA is deploying SightLogix’ video perimeter security system to secure the Bear Mountain Bridge, Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, Mid-Hudson Bridge, Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge which together serve more than 1 million Huds...

eIQnetworks, Inc., the only global provider of a unified situational awareness solution, recently announced that eIQ’s SecureVue® has received Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) certification from the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). SecureVue customers can leverage the latest SCAP policies and content to streamline and automate DISA STIG compliance and meet continuous monitoring requirements mandated by NIST 800-53, FDCC, USGCB and DIACAP. Federal cust...

NetWay1E is a midspan injector that powers a whole new range of power-hungry IP devices For video surveillance system components that may require PoE of up to 85W, Altronix is showcasing the NetWay1E PoE Midspan here at the 2012 Electronic Security Expo (ESX). NetWay1E is a midspan injector that expands customers’ capabilities to power a whole new range of power-hungry IP devices and is PoE, PoE+ and LTPoE++ compliant. LTPoE++, typically referred to as PoE++, is a propri...

The changes to the economic climate over the past few years have affected the construction industry as a whole, and the booming casino industry was naturally affected as well. While there are still new casinos being built, overall the scale of construction does not approach the mega-casinos that have dominated the industry for the previous twenty years. Many of the new builds today are smaller casinos with different budgets and requirements of past projects. In addition, existing c...

Vumii Imaging, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of innovative high-quality thermal and near-infrared illumination cameras, announced the introduction of its Accuracii long range video surveillance system family. By combining long-range continuous-zoom thermal and color video channels on a ruggedised 360° pan-tilt positioner, Accuracii cameras are ideal round the clock surveillance tools for protecting borders and high-risk perimeters. This configurable family of systems has several therma...

Both companies have recently announced strategic agreements with Avigilon Corps Security has announced a new agreement with Atec Security, a leading installer of high-end access control and CCTV systems. The arrangement will allow all Atec Security’s clients to benefit from round the clock remote surveillance via the Corps Monitoring Centre (CMC), the UK’s most advanced facility of its kind. The CMC provides alarm receiving and CCTV monitoring services to customer...

The Ocularis-X technology enables live monitoring and synchronised playback of multiple megapixel camera streams Multi-stream delivery of HD video surveillance images via the cloud is now possible with Ocularis-X from OnSSI. On display at the 2012 Electronic Security Expo (ESX), the award-winning server software enables web and mobile clients to access live and playback HD video streams from multiple megapixel cameras over limited bandwidth networks such as 3G/4G, broadband an...

Pixim Inc., a leading provider of imaging technology for enterprise security cameras, launched its Nightwolf imaging solution specifically designed for IR-assisted CCTV and IP cameras. Nightwolf eliminates hot spots common to IR cameras with near-field reflective objects in the scene and correctly exposes highlights as well as darker background details simultaneously—an unprecedented capability in the large market for IR-assisted video security cameras. A typical IR-assisted CCD camera at...

behavioural Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), inventor of the world’s first reason-based video surveillance behaviour recognition software, has been issued Patent Number 8,131,012 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering the company’s unique artificial intelligence based technology that serves as the foundation for its AISight 3.0 video surveillance software platform. This is one of a series of more than 60 related U.S. Patents that have either been granted, ar...

MicroPower's Director of Product Management to lead the presentation on wireless IP camera implementations MicroPower Technologies, Inc., an award-winning provider of surveillance solutions optimised for rapid, cost-effective deployment, announced that the company will participate in an educational session at ESX 2012, being held June 25-29 at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. Allyn Pon, Director of Product Management, MicroPower Technologies, will lead the...

Eric Zei is promoted to director of national accounts for Honeywell Security Products Americas For personnel announcement sections, Honeywell has made additions to its professional sales and marketing team. Please see below for details: Rob Blasofsel has been promoted to the position of sales director of Honeywell Integrated Security (HIS) integrator network for Honeywell Security Products Americas. In this role, Rob will focus on the integrated access control and video portf...

At InfoComm 2012, Matrox will provide live demonstrations of its encoder technology Matrox Graphics Inc. introduced Matrox Maevex Series, a new H.264-based encoder/decoder technology designed for a wide range of applications including digital signage, collaborative video walls, and security & surveillance. The Matrox Maevex video distribution platform offers one-to-one unicast or one-to-many multicast extension of H.264 encoded video over standard TCP/IP networks—via...

Operation of the system was converted from keypad usage to identification key cards Working closely with the client, Morse Watchmans has upgraded and expanded the KeyWatcher® key control and management system at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In addition to expanding the system to include more than 25 key control cabinets, operation of the system was converted from keypad usage to the University’s identification key cards. The cabinets were net...

Pivot3, Inc., the leading provider of unified storage and compute appliances, today announced the expansion of its Pivot3 vSTAC Watch product line with the introduction of the vSTAC Watch Enterprise, an enterprise-class Serverless Computing solution that offers a new set of centralised server management tools to help end users and resellers optimally manage large surveillance systems. The vSTAC Watch Enterprise allows customers to centrally monitor the health and performance of recording server...

Uplink, the security industry’s trusted source for alarm communicators since 1996, announced it has added the Uplink 5100 universal broadband communicator to the Uplink family of wireless alarm solutions. The Uplink 5100 marks the company’s first broadband solution, enabling a dial-up alarm system to transmit signals and two-way voice over an internet connection.  It is an easily installed, cost-effective solution for situations where there is broadband internet service but no l...

Wavestore has announced that its video management software (VMS) is now able to support the Sentry360’s series of FullSight™ panoramic cameras. The ONVIF compliant FullSight series provides customers with a choice of 1.3, 2, 5 or 10 megapixel IP network 360 degree cameras, all of which can multi-stream images across a network using H.264 or MJPEG compression. “The integration of our VMS with the Sentry360’s Fullsight™ cameras has been achieved at the right time as...

Lumidigm's readers provide good reads on the first try by viewing the surface and subsurface of fingerprints Lumidigm, working in consort with Itautec, an $800+ million Brazilian manufacturer/integrator of consumer electronics, banking and retail automation and a provider of complete IT services, is now deploying the first 12,000 units of a 33,000-unit ATM network with Lumidigm’s multispectral fingerprint readers for one of Latin America’s largest private banks. Th...

Carroll oversees HID Global’s RF technology privacy and policy initiatives The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently announced that Kathleen Carroll, Director of Government Relations for HID Global, is the new Chair of the Government Relations Committee. The announcement was made at the opening of the SIA Government Summit, the premier public policy conference in the security industry, which took place on June 19-20 at the Embassy Suites Washington Convention Cent...

Arecont Vision's AV8185DN SurroundVideo® panoramic cameras were installed at the entrances Arecont Vision megapixel cameras ensure peace of mind for the Police Department in Monroe, New York. The state-of-the-art video surveillance solution provides proactive security, protects the department from liability claims and monitors prisoners 24/7 from the time they enter the police department building until they leave. Located on the main street in the Village of Monroe, the P...

As a recent report by IMS Research states, cloud-based video surveillance market could exceed $1 billion in 2012. However, pricing continues to be a major hindrance. ControlByNet announced its new white label package for integrators providing them ControlByNet’s hosted video solution starting at $10 per camera per month. The new pricing offers integrators the ability to immediately offer a cloud-based or hosted video surveillance option to small businesses and opportunity to greatly incre...

Today's users require open systems that provide ease of integration to other devices and systems DVTEL, INC., recently announced that it has received Lenel factory certification and joined the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program (OAAP). DVTEL’s Latitude Network Video Management System (NVMS) integrates with Lenel’s OnGuard® access control system to allow the correlation of video surveillance and access control data through a single interface. &ldq...

The ACM5504-5-G-I provides a single point of access, monitoring and control for IP security cameras and computers Opengear announced recently that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named the ACM5504-5-G-I Remote Infrastructure Management Gateway the winner of the 7th Annual 2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the Most Innovative IT Hardware category. These prestigious awards from Network Products Guide are the...