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Matrix eliminates need of a server for central monitoring & management with cascading feature

Cost of a server is one of the major concerns while considering a Multilocation Video Surveillance solution. Moreover, there is complexity of operating the server from a central location while monitoring different locations. Matrix Video Surveillance solution has a special feature called Cascading, which eliminates the need of a server for centralised management and monitoring. Cascading is a feature of adding multiple devices on a single network in a User Interface (UI) so that all devices can...

Dahua to showcase developments in AI-powered intelligent solutions at SECURITY ESSEN 2018

As one of Europe’s leading trade fair for security, SECURITY ESSEN 2018 provides a good platform for Dahua Technology to showcase its latest developments in creating a more efficient, intelligent and convenient surveillance system. Innovative surveillance technology Featured with the theme of “AI Creates Value”, Dahua Technology, a global solution provider in the video surveillance industry, will present its innovated technologies to industry professionals, including its adva...

Dojo by BullGuard and BGN Technologies form strategic alliance to develop advanced IoT security technology

Dojo by BullGuard, global supplier of IoT security solutions, and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has announced a partnership to develop advanced technologies for automated IoT threat detection, utilising artificial intelligence (AI) and highly advanced machine learning algorithms. Researchers from Cyber@BGU, the cyber research lab at BGU, global source for cybersecurity research and development, and Dojo by BullGuard will join forces...

Defendify launches all-in-one web-based cybersecurity platform for small businesses

Cybersecurity can seem complicated and expensive, especially for Small Businesses. It leaves most owners and managers wondering where they stand against the growing attacks they read about daily and not knowing how they can protect themselves. Defendify changes all that. The new, web-based platform—a SaaS model—is designed and built exclusively for companies with 500 or fewer employees. It’s an all-in-one solution that’s easy to implement and affordable yet comprehensive...

Pointer becomes first UK integrator to achieve ‘premium partner’ status with Panasonic

Pointer Limited has become the first UK integrator to achieve ‘premium partner’ status as part of the newly relaunched Panasonic security partner programme. The Japanese manufacturer refreshed its channel partner programme earlier this year and installers and integrators involved in video surveillance installations were invited to participate, with status determined by level of product training, sales volume and end user feedback. Electronic security systems Premium partner status...

Exabeam and Okta partner on advanced security detection and effective response for identity thefts and data breaches in enterprises

Exabeam, next-gen security information and event management company, and Okta, global provider of identity solutions for the enterprise, have partnered to deliver a robust identity security solution that enables organisations to detect, investigate and respond to credential-based attacks in real time. By joining the Okta Integration Network, Exabeam benefits from Okta’s identity platform, helping security teams to proactively detect and respond to user-based threats before they become crit...

Vanderbilt announces integration of SPC intrusion panels with Genetec Security Center

Vanderbilt, global provider of state-of-the-art security systems, and Genetec Inc., global open-architecture, unified IP security solutions firm, announced an integration partnership. Vanderbilt – Genetec integration This strategic relationship is developed through the integration of Vanderbilt SPC intrusion panels with Genetec Security Center. This certified integration will benefit end-users with centralised monitoring, control, and reporting of information and events from the Vanderbi...

Genetec unveils Security Essen 2018 show lineup

Genetec Inc., global manufacturer of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, announced its show lineup for Security Essen 2018. In its 21st year of delivering global innovation for physical IP security, Genetec will demonstrate Security Center, its scalable, open-architecture security platform that unifies video surveillance, access control, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), communications, and analytics. Genetec will also feature its family of...

Pulse Secure recognised as leading hybrid IT secure access platform vendor for cloud & IoT protection

Pulse Secure, a provider of Secure Access solutions, announced that EMA, an analyst firm specialising in IT and data management technologies, has honored Pulse Secure as the industry’s leading hybrid IT secure access platform vendor. Pulse Secure was selected by EMA as a “Top Three” vendor in three related product categories and was the only vendor, among more than 60 assessed, to achieve the highest ratings across these Hybrid IT categories. Driven by digital business transfo...

Sequr Access Sync offers automated cloud-based mobile access controls for perimeter security

Sequr, a cloud-based mobile access control trusted by customers such as UPS, announced Sequr Access Sync to automate perimeter security for modern buildings and offices. Sequr Access Sync intelligently connects organisations’ physical and cyber security systems to provide highly granular access management while easing administrators’ work. Physical and cyber security have historically been handled separately using different tools. In the cyber arena, everything from the CEO’s...

ABLOY discuss security access improvements across hospitals at Health & Care Innovation Expo 2018

Security expert Abloy UK is inviting healthcare professionals to stand 239 at the Health & Care Innovation Expo 2018, to discuss innovative technologies that improve key management and security across all areas of hospital estates. Held at Manchester Central, the Health & Care Innovation Expo is the biggest NHS-led event in the calendar, running for two days on 5 and 6 September 2018.  The healthcare environment can be extremely demanding, with pressure to fulfil compliance, impro...

Seagate Technology’s research data reveals UK SMBs are struggling to manage company data effectively

Seagate Technology plc, a pioneer in data storage solutions, reveals new research into the data habits of the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), suggesting that many British companies are finding it hard to store and manage their company’s data effectively. The research polled a representative sample of 1,006 UK SMB employees, asking them about their employers’ data storage practices, preparedness for GDPR, cybersecurity policies, and how often they delete outdated...

March Networks launches hosted video solution for convenience stores

March Networks, a global provider of intelligent video solutions, is pleased to introduce a new software as a service (SaaS) offering for convenience stores. The secure, hosted service will deliver all the benefits of March Networks’ powerful Searchlight for Retail solution - including loss prevention, data analytics and operational audits reporting - for an average cost of just $4 a day. It leaves owners free to focus on their business rather than maintaining a video surveillance network...

Tony Redden appointed as international sales manager of Thinking Space Systems

Control room furniture manufacturers’ Thinking Space Systems have announced the appointment of Tony Redden as International Sales Manager. Tony joins Thinking Space as an experienced Sales and Business Development Manager, with over 25 years of experience in IT security and the telecoms market throughout EMEA. Tony has held previous positions in the Middle East, UK and Southern Africa, so is no stranger to international business. Tony will be instrumental in supporting the continuing gro...

Antaira Technologies expands industrial networking infrastructure range with IMC-C100-XX series

Antaira Technologies is a global developer and manufacturer of industrial networking devices and communication solutions for harsh environment applications and is proud to announce the expansion of its industrial networking infrastructure family with the introduction of the IMC-C100-XX series. Antaira Technologies’ IMC-C100-XX series Antaira Technologies’ IMC-C100-XX series is a compact industrial Ethernet-to-fiber media converter featuring a 10/100TX Ethernet port and a fixed fibe...

ExtraHop emphasises on importance of Network Traffic Analytics at Black Hat USA 2018

ExtraHop, global provider of analytics for security, is upending the SOC status quo at the Black Hat USA 2018 Conference. The company will be showcasing its Reveal(x) network traffic analytics (NTA) solution at Booth 1004, demonstrating how real-time analytics and machine learning eliminate the dark space within the enterprise. ExtraHop has received industry recognition from Gartner, EMA, and Ovum as these and other major industry organisations recognise the need for NTA at enterprise scale. Bl...

Everbridge secures FedRAMP Authorisation from U.S. Government

Everbridge, Inc., global supplier in critical event management and enterprise safety software applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, has announced that it has achieved a FedRAMP Agency Authorisation for its Everbridge Suite solution. FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorisation Management Program) is a government-wide program that provides a standardised approach to security assessment, authorisation and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. Federal Risk and A...

ASSA ABLOY’s CLIQ Connect App provides a secure and efficient access solution for facility management

ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the premier global provider of door opening solutions, has launched its new CLIQ Connect app, a simple and cost-effective way for facility managers to control the security permissions of a mobile workforce from their smartphone. Facility managers can update, amend, revoke or renew access rights remotely from the CLIQ Web Manager software and the latest Bluetooth technology paired with a mobile phone. Mobile workers then simply need to...

Lifeboat Distribution announces distribution agreement with Promise Technology

Lifeboat Distribution, a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, Inc. and international value-added distributor for virtualisation, security, business continuity and emerging technologies, has announced a distribution agreement with Promise Technology. Lifeboat will sell the entire Promise Technology portfolio, which ranges from easy-to-use consumer-based storage devices to battle-tested enterprise class solutions. The Promise Atlas product that will now be distributed exclusively through Lifeb...

Dahua Technology TRK Method ranked #1 with a multi-object tracking accuracy (MOTA) of 54.1±13.0%

As shown on the Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) Benchmark’s official website, Dahua Technology TRK Method set a world record and took the 1st place in multiple pedestrian tracking challenges on August 2nd, 2018 - with a multi-object tracking accuracy (MOTA) of 54.1±13.0%. Multiple Object Tracking Technology Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) is an algorithm testing platform jointly established by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, the University of Adelaide and Tech...

Unlimited Technology appoints John Palumbo as new president

Unlimited Technology is proud to announce that John Palumbo has been appointed President, effective immediately. As President, John will have responsibility for all the company’s operating units. He will report directly to Chairman Richard Rockwell. John is the former Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Unlimited and has a track record of consistent success in many different roles with the company including Sales, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Cost Control, Project Exe...

Matrix to host Enterprise Solution Meet to unveil NVRX Series & PRASAR UCS, Matrix Insight 2018, Riyadh

Matrix Insight 2018, an inaugural edition of Enterprise Solution Meet was organised in Riyadh, on July 26, 2018. Matrix unveiled its recently launched new NVRX Series and PRASAR UCS for Modern Enterprises. Numerous technology evangelists were a part of this one day event. During the event, Matrix showcased time-attendance and access control solutions that help escalate productivity and security of SMEs, SOHOs and large enterprises. Matrix exhibited enterprise grade time-attendance solutions rig...

Getronics completes acquisition of ITS Group’s subsidiary Overlap in France

In line with its strategy of growth which is both organic and inorganic, Getronics has acquired ITS Overlap, a French ICT integrator and a subsidiary of the ITS Group. ITS Overlap with 5 locations across France and has a turnover of €50m per year, serving 400 customers. As one of the historic players in the French ICT market, the digital services provider focuses primarily on delivering and optimising customer IT infrastructures for medium-sized companies, specialising in digital integratio...

Connected Technologies and Bosch integration facilitates intrusion detection and access control services from a single interface

The cloud is an enabling technology that brings new opportunity to security dealers and integrators and a way to provide popular services to customers in every market vertical. A seamless integration between Bosch B and G Series Control Panels and Connect ONE by Connected Technologies LLC makes it simple for dealers to add intrusion detection and access control services from a single panel while using one interface to manage every customer. Bosch-Connected Tech integration “We’re e...

Honeywell expands Performance Series video range featuring NVRS and HQA, IP cameras for superior video and storage

Honeywell has expanded its line of Performance Series video product line with upgraded HQA (high quality analog) and IP cameras – including the line’s first IP PTZ camera – and Embedded NVRs. The enhanced products further expand Honeywell’s integrated turnkey video solution, which ensures more efficient, effective safety and security, reduces total cost of ownership, and reduces compliance and liability costs. Honeywell HQA and IP PTZ cameras The updates to the Perform...

Cyber Security Summit to be co-located with Global Security Exchange 2018

ASIS International, global association of security management professionals, announced that Cyber Security Summit will co-locate with Global Security Exchange (GSX), expanding the depth of cyber education in the blockbuster GSX conference program. In the first year of its rebrand following a 63-year history as the ASIS Annual Seminar and Exhibits, GSX—the security industry’s flagship event—is expected to attract more than 20,000 operational and cyber security professionals and...

Wavestore’s open-platform VMS offers future-proof surveillance and security solutions

It is generally understood that Video Management Software (VMS) is able to put operators firmly in control of a video surveillance system by allowing any combination of camera types and images to be displayed on control room screens and recorded at the same time. These include HD, 4K and ultra-high definition cameras, as well as 360° fisheye, thermal imaging and what may be legacy analogue cameras. The latest generation of open-platform VMS, however, is functionally able to deliver so much...

BrainChip unveils the Akida Development Environment for Neuromorphic System-on-Chip

BrainChip Holdings Limited, the neuromorphic computing company, has announced the availability of the Akida Development Environment. The Akida Development Environment is a machine learning framework for the creation, training and testing of spiking neural networks (SNNs), supporting the development of systems for edge and enterprise products on the company’s Akida Neuromorphic System-on-Chip (NSoC). Akida is the flagship product in BrainChip’s mission to become the leading neuromorp...

Pulse Secure ensures enhanced enterprise security posture with automated network visibility, IoT deployments and threat mitigation

Pulse Secure, global provider of enterprise Secure Access solutions has announced the release of Pulse Policy Secure 9.0 to enable organisations an easier, flexible and VPN-integrated path to next-generation Network Access Control (NAC). The latest release incorporates more than 36 new features and enhancements; advancing visibility, usability, endpoint and IoT security, and threat response capabilities. As a result, enterprises can strengthen their security posture and mitigate malware, data br...

Hikvision’s AcuSense technology enables advanced video content analysis and deep learning capabilities for SMBs

The latest-generation of SMB surveillance solutions support enhanced site security for end-users, while providing significant revenue opportunities for Hikvision resellers’ business. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have many of the same surveillance and security requirements as larger organisations. They need to identify and react to perimeter breaches in real time, and they need to automate footage searches to save time for their security teams. The challenge is, how can reselle...