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Matrix, a globally renowned security and telecom company, proudly announces its title sponsorship of the 14th GEO HR Convention, themed 'BIZ-HR ⎯ Elevating Business Outcomes'. Organised by the Gujarat Employer's Organisation (GEO), this convention is set to be a groundbreaking event focusing on cutting-edge HR practices that inspire and engage employees, unlocking their full potential to drive exceptional business results. Matrix's commitment Scheduled for December 16, 2023, at the exquisite...

The industry’s Innovation Lab, bringing together over 600 Security and FM senior stakeholders, has been announced on Thursday, 15th February 2024, at the home of the Eurovision Song Contest, ACC Liverpool, in Liverpool, UK. A day of solution exploration The event will welcome innovators, thought leaders, and expert speakers from across the industry, promising to deliver a day of solution exploration, professional development, and peer-to-peer networking. Therefore, challenging the statu...

IBM signed a contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to help strengthen the Alliance’s cybersecurity posture with improved security visibility and asset management across all NATO enterprise networks. Starting in January 2024, IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Services will be delivering a custom-made, performance-based Asset, Configuration, Patching and Vulnerability (ACPV) Management Service to the Alliance. IBM’s global security IBM will build...

PlainID, the Authorisation Company™, has announced its new dynamic security capabilities via the PlainID Authoriser for SQL databases. When combined with PlainID's current capabilities, the new features will enable externalisation of central management and authorisation, followed by dynamic, scalable distribution of enforcement for all users accessing SQL databases.  Authorisation has traditionally been built into individual, homegrown applications. However, this method is neither sc...

Ford and Resideo Technologies, Inc. announced a joint simulation project to explore vehicle-to-home (V2H) energy management called the “EV-Home Power Partnership,” designed to explore the potential of electric vehicle batteries to support optimal home energy management. The project will explore, test and quantify the customer benefits of pairing bi-directional EV charging with a Resideo smart thermostat to help customers potentially save money on monthly electric bills, reduce strai...

Allied Universal®, the world’s renowned security and facility services company, has earned the 2024 Training APEX Award from Training magazine in recognition of its best-in-class employee training and development programmes. Training APEX Awards programme The Training APEX Awards programme ranks companies by assessing a range of qualitative and quantitative factors, including financial investment in employee development, scope of development programmes, how closely development effort...

Paxton has officially opened a brand-new manufacturing facility called the Paxton Electronics Centre.  This milestone coincides with the global technology manufacturer’s continued expansion and increased customer demand for products and services.  State-of-the-art facility The state-of-the-art facility is the next step in the security technology developer's vision for their technology park in the UK.  The site which is nestled between the universities of Sussex and Brigh...

Global card manufacturer - Tag Systems (part of AUSTRIACARD Holdings AG) has achieved Mastercard certification for its biometric card based on Fingerprint Cards’ sensor and STMicroelectronics STPay-Topaz-Bio solution. Banks and fintechs can issue Mastercard-branded biometric payment cards to enhance convenience and security for cardholders. Differentiate, retain, and acquire Roger Carrico, Vice President, Head of Sales & Business Development, Payment & Access at Fingerprints com...

Qognify, part of Hexagon, a provider of video and incident management solutions announced Qognify VMS 7.4. The latest version of its enterprise-class video management software (VMS) gives organisations greater operational flexibility and video availability, inside and outside the control room. Qognify Web Client A standout component of Qognify VMS 7.4 is the new Qognify Web Client. Built from the ground up, it leverages the latest streaming technology and places exceptional live viewing, play...

Seagate® Technology Holdings plc, a pioneer in mass-data storage infrastructure solutions, launched the new Seagate® SkyHawk™ AI 24TB hard disk drive (HDD) for the video and imaging applications (VIA) market. Following the recent launch of the company’s capacity-pioneering Seagate® Exos™ X24 24TB conventional magnetic recording (CMR)-based hard drive, the new SkyHawk AI 24TB addresses the surging mass data needs of the edge security industry. Advanced video-optimi...

Intellian Technologies, a global provider of multi-constellation, feature-rich, future-proof satellite user terminals, and communications solutions, and Eutelsat OneWeb, the only GEO-LEO operator in satellite communications, announced the launch of OW130L for Eutelsat OneWeb customers. OW130L The OW130L will offer a robust, reliable service on Eutelsat OneWeb’s network while also being very tolerant of rain fade and ensuring delivery on the highest Service Level Agreements (SLA).  ...

Intellian Technologies, a global provider of multi-constellation, feature-rich, future-proof satellite user terminals, and communications solutions, and Eutelsat OneWeb, the only GEO-LEO operator in satellite communications announced the launch of OW130L for Eutelsat OneWeb customers. OW130L The OW130L will offer a robust, reliable service on Eutelsat OneWeb’s network, while also being very tolerant of rain fade and ensuring delivery on the highest Service Level Agreements (SLA).  ...

Secure Logiq has announced its final webinar for 2023. The free event is titled - 'Surveillance Archive Storage - How cloud storage can enhance the on-prem offering' and will take place on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, at 10 am GMT. Storage models The webinar is hosted in partnership with Tiger Surveillance and Seagate. Presenters from all three companies will take participants through various storage models available in the electronic security industry, taking into account the gro...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and TXOne Networks Inc. announced that they have signed a long-term cooperation agreement covering technology development and marketing, aiming at expanding the operational-technology (OT) security businesses of both companies. Emergence of IoT and DX OT and industrial control systems in manufacturing sites are often operated in closed environments, with IT and OT systems separated from each other. However, the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) an...

The organising committee announced that the eighth edition of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2024) will take place from 4 to 6 March 2024 at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), in Doha, Qatar. The event is already primed for major success, having received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from exhibitors and participants, both domestically and internationally. Maritime defence exhibition Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad...

With a three-decade history, Matrix has established itself as a renowned global entity in the fields of Telecom and Security. Catering to organisations of varying sizes, Matrix is widely recognised for its commitment to excellence, offering comprehensive solutions in Video Surveillance, Access Control, and Time-Attendance and Telecom. Designed to address the diverse communication and security requirements of businesses, Matrix remains a steadfast provider of advanced and all-encompassing enter...

Honeywell announces plans to enhance and strengthen its building automation capabilities with the acquisition of Carrier Global Corporation’s Global Access Solutions business for $4.95 billion, in an all-cash transaction. This acquisition will enable Honeywell to become a provider of security solutions for the digital age. The acquisition, which includes both hardware and software solutions, further supports Honeywell’s recently announced plans to align its portfolio to three compe...

Honeywell plans to enhance and strengthen its building automation capabilities with the acquisition of Carrier Global Corporation’s Global Access Solutions business for $4.95 billion, in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition, which includes both hardware and software solutions, further supports Honeywell’s recently announced plans to align its portfolio to three compelling megatrends: automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition, underpinned by robust digitalis...

The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO), the organisation for security professionals working in higher and further education around the world, is delighted to announce that it has awarded Trevor Jones, (former Chair of AUCSO) a Fellowship. Fellow at AUCSO Trevor was AUCSO’s Chair between 2018 and 2021, and Vice Chair between 2015 and 2018, and is currently Head of Security at the University of Salford. He has bestowed the honour of being appointed a Fellow at the A...

The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) released a PKOC explainer video to its site. This video is less than a minute long and demonstrates how the PSIA’s PKOC specification works and will disrupt the access control market. PKOC specification David Bunzel, PSIA Executive Director, shared, “We are seeing significant uptake in the market with a growing number of vendors adding PKOC to access readers. We recognised the need to provide some tools so that c...

Building on longstanding efforts and redoubling work to support faith-based communities in response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), released new resources to help houses of worship and other faith-based organisations enhance their security. These Physical Security Performance Goals–modelled after the successful Cybersecurity Performance Goals–are a collection o...

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions announces the latest release of its K-12 School Virtual Tour. Along with a 360° exploration of a K-12 school environment that allows users to visualise how door security solutions can be used to address everyday challenges, the interactive experience now provides an added dimension of detail on the PASS K-12 Safety and Security Guidelines from the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS). Protecting schools against emerging threats while maintaining a nurturing...

11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider, has launched 11:11 DRaaS for Azure, a new disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offering designed specifically for the Microsoft Azure cloud. The new globally available recovery solution gives organisations customised and fully managed disaster recovery (DR) for their on-premises, Azure cloud and/or multi-cloud environments. By combining 11:11's award-winning DRaaS technology and managed recovery expertise with the scale and flex...

Interface Systems, a pioneering managed service provider of business security, actionable insights, and purpose-built networks for multi-location businesses, shared its predictions for security technology trends that will impact multi-location consumer-facing businesses in 2024. AI-based applications AI and automation will improve monitoring operations Addressing ever-changing business security threats will require new capabilities to rapidly analyse massive amounts of data from a variety of...

Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions announced a new version of its flagship unified security platform, Security Centre. With a shift toward a continuous delivery approach, this version marks a new era in the way customers can stay up to date with the platform's latest features and updates. Continuous delivery model "The fast-changing security landscape is driving a requirement for rapid innovation,&r...

Acronis, the pioneer in cyber protection, announced it had been identified as a pioneer in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cyber Recovery 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49787923, November 2023). This is the first IDC MarketScape report about cyber recovery which illustrates the growing importance of both proactive defence and reactive recovery within an organisation’s ability to deal with cyberattacks. The IDC MarketScape report cites Acronis’ key offerings, including a single a...

The Security & Fire Excellence Awards took centre stage on 4th December 2023 at the iconic JW Marriott Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, UK, with over 1000 people in attendance representing the UK private security sector.   Marking its 24th year, these well-respected Awards celebrate the very best people, projects, and processes the security and fire sectors have to offer.  New categories A significant number of NSI-approved companies from across the UK emerged as both winners...

Following a year of significant growth, Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company announced strong momentum in 2023 in the SEUR region. The company has been fueled during the past 18 months by aggressive hiring, the addition of two significant new regions, an influx of new partners, and a strategic expansion of its channel business.  New energy These successes have brought new energy to the company and continue to solidify its fast-growing reputation since its acquisition by HPE in 2...

ExCeL London, the capital’s largest event venue, has appointed Carlisle Support Services as its dedicated security partner to further enhance the venue’s security operations and improve the visitor experience. Carlisle Support Services will be working closely alongside the venue’s in-house security team to ensure the security of ExCeL’s 100-acre campus, as well as the safety of its four million annual visitors, event organisers, and exhibitors.  Supporting ExCeL&rs...

Zenitel, the global supplier of intelligent critical communication solutions, announced the hiring of a key relationship executive in its Americas Onshore Business Unit. Jalen James has been named Strategic Alliance Relationship Manager, reporting to Kelly Lake, Director of Global Strategic Alliances. Strategic alliances programme The Zenitel strategic alliances programme supports manufacturer partners who integrate Zenitel’s intelligent communication solutions into their business. Jame...