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Founded in 1927, the University of Houston (UH) is the renowned public research university in Houston and the third largest university in Texas. In 2018, UH enrolled 46,324 students per semester in 261 undergraduate and graduate academic programmes — both on campus and online. The UH System comprises four universities and six multi-institution regional campuses that offer degrees in partnership with the universities. The University of Houston is the largest and most comprehensive institut...

SALTO Systems has upgraded MyLock, the online lock configuration customisation tool that allows users to choose and see potential door configurations prior to purchase. With MyLock, users can select a SALTO electronic lock model, door type, and choose from a broad range of colors, finishes, handles, and functions. The new MyLock design has an improved user experience for web as well as mobile access and adds important new capability including configuring accessory products like wall readers. SA...

360 Vision Technology, the UK CCTV manufacturing company, is delighted to announce that it has appointed Sara Fisher to the role of Business Development Director. Formerly Sales and Marketing director at AMG Systems, with full responsibility for driving sales and marketing activities, Sara’s new role will be geared to supporting end users, systems integrators and consultants in the ITS, local authority and Oil & Gas sectors in the UK and international regions. High-performance camera...

Userful Corporation (Userful), the globally renowned provider of AV-over-IP solutions for enhanced visual communication and systems, has announced the availability of new capabilities in retail for its Visual Networking Platform (VNP). New features for edge computing New features for edge computing enable retailers to seamlessly deploy digital signage and legacy retail applications to all their visual display devices, from LEDs to kiosks, tablets, video walls and single displays, either on-pre...

CyberLock, the supplier of key-centric access control solutions plans to unveil its newest CyberKey smart key at this year’s ISC West expo in March. CyberLock was the first to market with a Bluetooth enabled smart key in 2009. In 2017 CyberLock released the CyberKey Blue 2, which featured Bluetooth 4.2 technology. Improving upon the award winning CyberKey Blue 2, CyberLock has developed the CyberKey Blue 3, which gives users ultimate flexibility when it comes to updating their access perm...

In 2018 CyberLock released its most innovative software to date with CyberAudit-Web (CAW) 9.0. The innovation didn’t end with the launch of 9.0. CyberLock has continued adding to this release by adding a variety of software capabilities, many of which were spurred by customer requests. CyberLock is continually developing both hardware and software to enhance the customer experience. Granting special access CyberLock’s latest software innovation is CyberAudit-Web Connect, an app fo...

AMG Systems, the ISO 9001:2015 approved UK manufacturer, will be showing their latest range of environmentally robust fibre optic, copper, wireless & hybrid communication transmission solutions at Intersec 2020, Dubai World Trade Centre, 19- 21 January. To be found at stand number SA-L41, as well as promoting the advantages of their full range of UK designed and manufactured transmission products, AMG will be showing their new 90W POE+ Media Converters and Switches that are fully compliant...

BI-City Tokyo is located in Nur-Sultan (Astana), the capital city of Kazakhstan. It is a high-end residential complex of BI Group – a construction holding company in the Kazakhstan real estate market. At present, three apartment buildings with public areas and more than 400 apartment units have been completed. Aiming to create modern high-end intelligent buildings and residential areas, the BI Group wanted to upgrade the existing analogue video intercom system of BI-City Tokyo. Analogue i...

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, Lumentum, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and ON Semiconductor, a provider of CMOS image sensor solutions, announced a joint 3D sensing platform for the development of intelligent access control systems and smart video security products, such as smart video doorbells and door locks. The platform is based on Ambarella’s CV25 CVflow AI vision system on chip (SoC), structured-light powered by Lumentum&rsq...

New ways to identify fake security devices on banknotes, passports and other secured documents will be at the heart of the Optical Document Security conference for central banks, ID issuers and authorities, banknote and ID printers / integrators and secure document component suppliers. The Optical Document Security conference, which takes place in San Francisco, California (January 29 – 31, 2020), will provide insight and guidance for everyone involved in improving the specification, desi...

Camden Door Controls is pleased to bring to market a new multi-colour LED Dome Light with Sounder. These single gang CM-AF142SO red/green/blue/white multi-colour dome lights are vandal and weather resistant, with field selectable colour, continuous LED/Sounder alarm, and an adjustable sounder volume. When controlled by a door control relay, the dome light colour can be changed to indicate door closed or door locked status, e.g. from green to red. The attractive design and low current draw of th...

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a provider of high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing, announced that the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) has approved its application for relisting of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market. It is expected that the Company’s common stock will begin trading at the opening of trading on or about January 14, 2020 under the ticker symbol “SMCI”. Authority comment &l...

Pulse Secure, the provider of software-defined Secure Access solutions, announces a new distribution partnership with SecureWave, a data security and IT infrastructure value added distributor, to grow its sales channel across the Israel to meet accelerating demand for Zero Trust access security. SecureWave, part of the Exclusive Networks Group is present in more than 30 countries around the world, and maintains an active community of more than 350 partners. The company will offer the integrated...

The President and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency Taneti Maamau, visits Dahua Technology headquarters. The Chairman of Dahua Technology, Mr. Fu Liquan, as well as Dahua VP & General Manager of Overseas Business, Mr. Jason Zhao, cordially received President Taneti Maamu and his delegation. Invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Taneti Maamau is carrying out a state visit in China from January 4th to January 11th, 2020. After successfully winning the 2...

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, the technology commercialisation company focused solely on cyber security and risk, has significantly strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of a Group Sales Director and a new Chair of its consulting subsidiary to assist in driving growth during 2020. Sean Arrowsmith joins as Crossword’s first Group Sales Director in January, responsible for both product and consulting sales activity. Sean will lead and grow the sales team. He inherits a strong...

Once an underused industrial wasteland, King’s Cross is one of the largest and most exciting redevelopments in London. The 67-acre site is being transformed into a new part of the city with homes, shops, offices, galleries, bars, restaurants, schools, and a university. The King’s Cross development is a mixture of old and new buildings and many of the old buildings are listed with strict planning restrictions. “Some of the buildings here have played a significant part in the ar...

ADT Inc, a provider of security, automation, and smart home solutions serving consumer and business customers in the United States, announced that it has acquired Defenders, its largest independent dealer and only Authorised Premier Provider, for a purchase price of approximately $381 million. As part of the transaction, Defenders founder David P. Lindsey and Jessica A. Lindsey received approximately 16.3 million shares of ADT common stock for 100% of their ownership in Defenders, while the rem...

Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified solutions for enhanced security, operations and intelligence, announces its first ever attendance at BETT, the global meeting place for education buyers that attracts over 34,000 attendees. It will be exhibiting at the London ExCel on Stand NM65 from 22-25 January 2020. At the show Genetec will be exhibiting its technologies on an interactive stand that ensures visitors can get a true feel for the solutions and their capabilities. Representatives f...

In order to meet the unique needs of the diverse and growing market for biometric access control, biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™) announces the expansion of its fingerprint authentication touch sensor portfolio, for physical and logical access devices and applications. Two additional capacitive touch sensors are now available in the access series, FPC1020 and FPC1024, featuring high biometric performance and a small physical footprint. They are water resistant and...

"2020 National Security Industry Spring Festival Greeting Party”, co-sponsored by Shenzhen Safety & Defence Products Association, Intelligent Transport System Association of Shenzhen and Shenzhen Smart City Industry Association, was held grandly in Caesar Plaza, Window of the World Shenzhen on January 7th, 2020. DNAKE won three awards: 2019 The Most Influential Security Brands Top 10, Recommended Brand for Construction of China's Smart City, and Recommended Brand for Constru...

OPTEX, a renowned sensor manufacturer, alongside their sister company FiberSensys, will be showcasing their perimeter protection solutions at Intersec Expo, held in Dubai between the 19th and the 21st January 2020. The event is the opportunity to pre-view the new buried fiber-optic sensor, as well as other fibre optics fence solutions, long-range LiDARs and infrared beam towers. OPTEX will also be presenting the new high mount (2.2m-2.7m) outdoor sensor, the QXI series. The family of outdoor PI...

Iris ID, a globally renowned provider of iris recognition technology solutions, has announced the integration of its handheld iCAM M300 multimode platform for biometric enrollment and verification with the FBI-certified Sherlock fingerprint scanner from Spartanburg, S.C.-based Integrated Biometrics (“IB”). Sherlock fingerprint scanner The fingerprint reader snaps on to the iCAM M300 to create one lightweight portable unit for field use. Sherlock is certified by the FBI as a FAP 45...

For the seventh consecutive year, Cova will be exhibiting at Intersec 2020 the world’s trade fair for perimeter security, safety and fire protection in Dubai, January 2020. Intersec 2020 will again be held at the International Convention and Exhibition Centre at the World Trade Centre, where Cova will be showcasing their high-quality product range to prospective Middle East customers and international clients. This year, Kevin Conway the Production Manager makes his debut visit to Dubai,...

Allegion, a provider of security products and solutions, and CBORD, a provider of campus card technology solutions, announced a new integration that strengthens perimeter security across colleges and universities in the U.S. Allegion’s Von Duprin Remote Undogging (RU) and Remote Monitoring (RM) options will now extend the impact of CBORD’s card software system for greater control of secondary doors over perimeter access. The integration improves perimeter security by providing elect...

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, Lumentum, a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and ON Semiconductor, a provider of CMOS image sensor solutions, announces a joint 3D sensing platform for the development of intelligent access control systems and smart video security products such as smart video doorbells and door locks. The platform is based on Ambarella’s CV25 CVflow® AI vision system on chip (SoC), structured-light powered by Lumentum...

FLIR Systems, Inc. and ANSYS are partnering to deliver superior hazard detection capabilities for assisted driving and autonomous vehicles (AVs), empowering automakers to deliver unprecedented vehicle safety. Through this partnership, FLIR will integrate a fully physics-based thermal sensor into ANSYS’ foremost-edge driving simulator to model, test, and validate thermal camera designs within an ultra-realistic virtual world. The new solution will reduce original equipment manufacturers&r...

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence, shares its top 5 predictions for the physical security industry in 2020. AI: separating facts from fiction While artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a household term, it’s far from being a household reality. While machines are making huge steps forward, they are not capable of thinking or acting like humans. What they are really good at, however, is combing throug...

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, announces that it will demonstrate its new robotics platform during CES 2020. Based on Ambarella’s CVflow® architecture, it targets automated guided vehicles (AGV), consumer robots, industrial robots, and emerging Industry 4.0 applications. The robotics platform provides a unified software infrastructure for robotics perception across Ambarella’s CVflow SoC family including the CV2, CV22, CV25, and S6LM. It provides easy access and...

Ambarella, Inc., an AI vision silicon company, will demonstrate advanced ADAS and AD applications based on Ambarella’s CVflow® SoC family at a private event during CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Ambarella will perform autonomous driving and parking demonstrations using its Embedded Vehicle Autonomy (EVA), a self-driving vehicle, on Las Vegas roads. EVA builds upon 20 years of autonomous vehicle research and utilises CVflow embedded processors to run AI-based computer vision algorithms. Its ca...

So many business processes are controlled, tracked, measured or monitored by software. So, it’s frustrating when multiple systems create double or triple the work. Unfortunately, not all of a user's software plays nice together. Web-enabled software for a CLIQ key-based access control system is an exception. No matter what the user’s business, the CLIQ Web Manager helps the user manage their access control quickly and efficiently. Now the user can also integrate their powerful acces...