Internet of Things (IoT) - News

Mayflex, the globally renowned distributor of Converged IP Solutions, has announced the appointment of Rhys Jones in the role of Account Manager for Converged Technology, with an emphasis on IP Security.  Rhys Jones joins Mayflex from QED distribution, where he was based for the last 5 years, in both Sales Management and Business Development roles.  Expert in access control, CCTV systems and infrastructure Simon Steer, the Director of Sales for Security at Mayflex commented, “...

Sepura, the Cambridge-based critical communications solutions organisation, has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, in recognition of its proven compliance to the highest level of information security management. BSI issued the certificate, following an extensive audit process. To achieve the ISO 27001 certification, organisations must demonstrate a systematic and documented approach to protecting and managing sensitive company and customer information, including intellectual property, e...

Supermicro will present at the virtual Nikkei X-TECH EXPO 2020 its latest server and storage system for AI, 5G, IoT, and enterprise markets. Nikkei X- TECH EXPO 2020 is one of the largest technology events in Japan. It brings together representatives from key Japanese and APAC companies to hear the latest global developments from leading hardware, software, and system integrators in storage and server technology. What:  Supermicro Delivers Live Product and Market Updates Where:  N...

Manual traffic surveillance can be a daunting task for city administrators as Traffic Management Centres operate a myriad of cameras. Although it is now common to use computer vision for intelligently analysing images of vehicles, challenges remain for understanding the vehicles’ behaviours on the roads. It’s difficult for the operators to immediately notice, if there has been a car accident on the road that could cause major traffic jams or a group of speeding motorcycles are makin...

Dahua Technology, the globally renowned video-centric company and provider of smart IoT solutions, has announced their new Night Color 2.0 Fusion Camera. Dahua’s Night Color 2.0 Fusion Camera is the only 4 MP camera on the market that has dual-lens technology, providing full-colour images in poorly lit scenes. Night Color 2.0 Fusion Camera The Night Color 2.0 Fusion Camera (N45DUD2) has two 4 MP sensors. “One sensor extracts detail from the visible spectrum and the second extracts...

Vigitron, Inc., the globally renowned manufacturer of network solutions designed for security applications, has announced the release of its new website. The new website is easy to navigate, resulting in the ability to provide detailed information on Vigitron products. Ali Eghbal, the Founder and President of Vigitron, Inc., stated “With over 150 products and growing, covering every aspect of complete network solutions, the new website provides clear and understandable variable methods to...

Abloy Oy and ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions have announced their jointly developed, new ABLOY Keyless Access Controller. With the controller, businesses can upgrade their doors to be keyless - making most electric locks and other electronic door locking devices work with a digital key on a mobile app, instead of a physical credential. The new controller not only works with ABLOY products, but also with hardware of any brand using compatible wiring. ABLOY Keyless Access Controller The ABLOY Keyle...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, was named Global Sustainability Changemaker and U.S. IoT Partner of the Year at the Microsoft’s annual awards. The Sustainability award was made for the significant societal impact that Johnson Controls OpenBlue Enterprise Manager is having on boosting sustainability in buildings, improving ESG scores and enabling data-driven decision-making by customers. IoT Partner award for Johnson Controls...

Securitas, the security solutions partner with world-renowned technology and expertise, has signed the commitment letter for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and will begin the process of developing and validating targets, in order to reduce the Group’s climate impact. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a collaboration between CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the World Resources Institute, Worldwide Fund for Nature, and the UN Global Compact. Science Based...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Siemens) has launched Building X, a new smart building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The Building X suite is the first next generation offering that is built on the design principles of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform launched to accelerate digital transformation and value creation across industry, transportation, grids and buildings. Building X, smart building suite It acts as a single source of truth to eliminate...

Xydus, the company fixing identity for an expansive world, has announced two key technical leadership hires, following a record-breaking 600% revenue increase in 2021. Ensuring its identity solution is ready to flex to any challenges that the future throws at it, Xydus brings in technical professionals - Jos Aussems as the Chief Information Security Officer and Chris Covell as the Senior Vice President (VP) of Engineering. Modernising the IT department Xydus spent the past six months re-organ...

Siemens AG has launched an open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator, to accelerate digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes in the industry, buildings, grids, and mobility. The business platform makes digital transformation easier, faster, and scalable. Siemens Xcelerator includes a curated portfolio of internet of things (IoT) enabled hardware, software, and digital services from across Siemens and certified third parties; a growing ecosystem of partners;...

Blickfeld, the breakthrough LiDAR sensor technology company creating innovative hardware and software products, will be expanding its operations into the United States of America (USA). To support Blickfeld’s operations on the ground in the USA, the company will open a new office in the Detroit area, establishing its strategic North American location. Blickfeld plans to hire 25 more people by the end of 2023. New appointment to head up the US division Heading up the US division will be...

TDSi announced it has achieved Cyber Essentials Certification which demonstrates the company’s dedication to fully securing its operations as well as its products and services. Backed by the UK Government through the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cyber Essentials helps any size or type of organisation to protect itself and those that rely on it from a range of common and potentially dangerous cyber-attacks. Meeting industry standards Alex Rumsey, Sales Director a...

Organised by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and the German-American Chamber of Commerce, a delegation of purchasers from the United Nations (UN) is travelling to the Ruhr metropolis, as part of a high-ranking visit at the Security Essen 2022 event. At the leading fair for civil security, Security Essen 2022, which will take place at Messe Essen from September 20 to September 23, 2022, the UN representatives will present the United Nation’s procurement sys...

With the passing of time, the necessity of security to inculcate flexibility in its design and working became more important than having rigid standalone networks. Matrix COSEC VEGA FAX door controllers bring huge flexibility to the time attendance and access control needs of an organisation. Built with precision engineering methods to combine aesthetics, connectivity, and reliability, Matrix COSEC VEGA FAX is the perfect product for the access control and time attendance needs of any modern or...

Camden Door Controls is proud to bring to the market its new CM-336 Series of battery-operated 915MHz wireless switches. The new CM-336 Series joins Camden’s SureWave line of industry-renowned touchless switches and features a Lazerpoint RF transmitter that’s been proven in over thousands of installations. The new switch replaces Camden’s CM-330 models and delivers improved performance and up to four years of battery life, based on 100 activations per day. New CM-336 Series o...

FIRSTLOOK, the rescue products division of Agility Technologies Corp. (ATC) and FIRSTLOOK European partner - Vogt-CTE GmbH, are extremely pleased to announce the donation of their signature FL360 USAR1 Search and Rescue Camera systems, to the @fire International Disaster Response Germany organisation to enhance search and rescue capabilities. FL360 Search Camera The FL360 Search Camera is the first mobile integrated, wireless 360° spherical imaging camera, ever introduced to the search and...

Sentry Enterprises is pleased to announce that the SentryCard, a decentralised biometric platform providing absolute trust, has successfully completed FIDO2 certification. The FIDO Alliance’s FIDO2 specifications enable users to leverage common devices to easily authenticate to online services in both mobile and desktop environments. FIDO Alliance’s FIDO2 specifications The FIDO Alliance is an open industry association with a focused mission: authentication standards to help reduc...

Vintra, Inc. (Vintra), a globally renowned provider of AI-powered video analytics solutions, announced their outstanding performance in the new Frost Radar Surveillance Analytics Report, from the prominent research and consulting firm - Frost & Sullivan. Selected by the firm’s Global Security Research Team, as a leading analytics provider, Vintra scored top marks, ahead of a field of 17 companies benchmarked for growth and innovation, earning accolades as ‘one of the most promin...

A new practical guide has been published by Morphean, a globally renowned company in Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud analytics, in order to help security businesses understand and adopt the digitalised world of physical security. The new guide argues that cloud physical security is now playing a critical role in the digital transformation agenda, as AI-driven analytics help unlock superior security and intelligence benefits, while helping to mitigate the rising cost base that is being fe...

BT Redcare, the trusted provider of no-compromise alarm signalling, announces the launch of a new handheld mobile signal checker – called the Mobile Signal Analyser (MSA) – enabling installers to quickly determine the best location to fit mobile network connectivity-reliant alarm signalling solutions. Ensuring they can get deployment locations right first time, every time, MSA provides them and end-customers with the confidence that solutions will always perform in emergencies and s...

Egnyte, a globally renowned company in cloud content security and governance, has announced that it has been named a leader and No. 1 ranked vendor by peer-to-peer software review platform - G2, in multiple summer 2022 reports, including a new Sensitive Data Discovery report. The company has also retained leadership positions in the Data Governance, Data Security, Data-Centric Security, Encryption Key Management, and Cloud Content Collaboration categories. Egnyte recognised by G2 “In to...

Verkada began as an innovative approach to video security, helping organisations around the world protect their people and assets from harm. As Verkada has expanded, organisations across Europe have been able to leverage the additional power of Verkada's access control, environmental sensors, and visitor management solutions, in order to improve security and building management. Complete Verkada platform available for UK and Europe Now, with the addition of Verkada’s Alarm solution - Ve...

Orion Entrance Control (Orion) is pleased to announce that Paul Ragusa has joined the company as Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Orion, Paul honed his marketing and writing skills, working for more than 25 years in management roles at several publishing, media and marketing companies, including most recently as Editor of Security Systems News (SSN). During his six-plus years at SSN, Paul Ragusa oversaw all content for the publication and website, in addition to creating the education progra...

Telesoft Technologies (Telesoft), a globally renowned company in cyber security solutions, has announced its latest state-of-the-art security offering - a 24/7, UK-based Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service. Manned by a team of highly skilled cyber analysts - based in a UK Security Operations Centre (SOC) - this invaluable service continuously monitors an organisation’s network traffic for 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Telesoft Technolo...

Enterprise devices are, on average, connecting to four separate locations each month, during the era of hybrid working, according to a new report from Absolute Software, a globally renowned company in self-healing endpoint and secure access solutions. Absolute Software’s new report, titled ‘The Value of Zero Trust in a Work-from-Anywhere World’, observed information from almost five million devices containing Absolute Software’s zero-trust solutions across 12,000 custome...

Genetec Inc., a globally renowned technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has announced the immediate availability of a new generation of its Synergis Cloud Link PoE-enabled IoT gateway for access control. Synergis Cloud Link Manufactured in North America to mitigate supply chain delays, Synergis Cloud Link addresses increasing demand for non-proprietary access control solutions and provides a safe and secure gateway to a Cloud o...

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced the release of Prism AI, a software framework that provides classification, object detection, and object tracking, enabling perception engineers to quickly start integrating thermal cameras for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems.  Prism AI features Built for automotive perception system developers, Prism includes features such as visible-and-thermal image fusion and advanced ther...

Bosch is pleased to announce a new software release for Praesensa, the IP-based public address and voice alarm (PA/VA) system. The new software version 1.50 features an improved user experience and enhanced connectivity, especially for large installations requiring multiple controllers and subsystems, along with more options for system redundancy. New software update V1.50 for Praesensa PA/VA system System designers will receive more flexibility designing large system networks with this relea...