Mergers & Acquisitions - News

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has opened the call for nominations for the 2022 Women in Biometrics Awards, a globally recognised awards function that is presented by the Security Industry Association, with the support from sponsors - AVISIAN, IDEMIA and SIA’s Identity & Biometric Technology Advisory Board, along with the Women in Security Forum. 2022 Women in Biometrics Awards The recipients of the Security Industry Association’s 2022 Women in Biometrics Awards will b...

ADT Inc., the most trusted brand in smart home and small business security held an investor day event and outlined its long-term strategy to grow the business and drive long-term shareholder value. Growth in security ADT’s President and Chief Executive Officer Jim DeVries said, “It’s a great time for ADT. After several years of progress reshaping our company, we are well-positioned to accelerate our growth. Our customer-focused strategy creates even more reasons for customers...

Motorola Solutions announced it has acquired Ava Security Limited, a global provider of cloud-native video security and analytics, based in London, U.K.  Ava Security Ava Security's scalable, secure and flexible cloud solution provides enterprises with real-time visibility and powerful analytics to optimise their operations and detect anomalies and threats. The platform offers organisations the benefit of an enterprise-grade video security solution while minimising the physical footprint...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) is pleased to announce that Genetec Inc. (Genetec) and SAGE Integration will each receive a 2022 SIA Member of the Year Award. SIA will present the honourees with their awards on March 22, 2022 at The Advance 2022, SIA’s annual membership meeting, which will take place during the ISC West 2022 exhibition, at the Venetian Expo, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The SIA Member of the Year award honours SIA member companies that have shown notable involvement...

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a pioneer in high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, will demonstrate the latest technologies, purpose-designed for 5G networks and Edge computing across Telco and IoT deployments at MWC 2022. A wide range of products and demonstrations that address the demanding needs of operators worldwide will be shown by Supermicro experts. Edge data processing Computationally complex Edge data processing is becoming a r...

Genetec Inc. (Genetec), a globally renowned technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has shared the results of its state of the industry report. Based on insights from over 2,000 physical security leaders from around the world, the report looks at how the role of physical security continued to evolve in 2021, as organisations adapted to changing conditions. The changing role of physical security Physical security continues to evo...

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a pioneer in high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, announces new servers that incorporate the latest Intel Xeon D-1700 and Intel Xeon D-2700 processors. The E300,110D and 510D lines of servers are uniquely designed for ruggedised environments where the power and performance of the Intel Xeon D processors are needed to meet demanding SLAs. Intel Xeon D processor-based servers “These new Intel...

VIVOTEK, the world’s renowned IP surveillance and security solutions provider, has jointly announced its partnership with global software automation provider, Immix, in providing back-end solutions on the Immix Platform. This new integration offers Immix’s customers, access to VIVOTEK NVRs (network video recorders) and presents flexible and friendly operations on video and audio management solutions. VIVOTEK – Immix integration Immix is primarily focused on video integration...

Leonardo has announced the winners of the first challenges promoted on Solvers Wanted, the innovation scouting platform. With this, Leonardo expands its ecosystem for encouraging research and innovation processes, with Open Innovation initiatives, involving the academic world and start-ups, enlarging the network of organisations sharing the same vision. ‘Technology and Innovation Needs’ Leonardo set the challenges, starting with ‘Technology and Innovation Needs’ Leona...

Vicon Industries, Inc. (Vicon), a subsidiary of Cemtrex Inc., globally renowned designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware, and components, has recently announced the appointment of Darren Cawte as the company’s UK Sales Manager, serving the Southwest United Kingdom region. Darren Cawte has over six years of experience within the security sector, notably with some of the industry’s most prominent manufacturers and smart-home security compan...

Following the acquisition of Nortek Control in October 2021, Nice, a global manufacturer of smart home and building automation solutions, announces plans to form a single entity in North America by consolidating all its essential operations under Nice. Nortek Control will complete a transition to the Nice brand within the year 2022. 2GIG®, ELAN®, Linear®, Mighty Mule®, SpeakerCraft®, Proficient®, Furman®, Panamax®, Gefen®, Numera®, Intellivision®, Abo...

Every video security application has its own unique challenges, especially in terms of scale, location, lighting, and affordability. Can the entrance to a retail shop be secured to the highest level of detail, while compensating for light fluctuations? Is it possible to monitor an external perimeter day and night, while paying close attention to keeping storage costs low and avoiding network strain? And, can these challenges not only be met, but also provide high quality images that enable pers...

Leonardo held a delegation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at its offices in Rome (Italy). It was led by the UAE Minister of Economy, Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri. The delegation also included members of the UAE Space Agency and national industries in the sector. After the strategic presentation of the group, Leonardo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Alessandro Profumo, said “Leonardo’s technologies have been contributing to the prosperity and security of the United Arab Emira...

On December 14, 2021, Hornet and Safran Electronics & Defense signed a partnership agreement at Arquus' headquarters in Satory, France, to promote the Hornet series of remotely operated turrets. Developed for the Scorpion program, these turrets combine Arquus' know-how in designing and integrating systems for armoured vehicles with Safran's expertise in inertia, optronics, and electronics. Joint marketing strategy Building on this cooperation, Hornet and Safran Electronics & Def...

Security-Net, Inc., a network of globally renowned security system integrators, is welcoming Strategic Security Solutions, a commercial security integrator focused on providing security solutions to commercial entities, universities, critical infrastructure and healthcare facilities, to its membership. One of four additions to the Security-Net membership within the past month, Strategic Security Solutions joins as the 19th member company and marks a period of fast growth for the organisation....

Intersec is the global emergency services, security, and safety event bringing together over 500 speakers and 30,000 attendees to share solutions, foster connections, and learn about emerging safety and security trends. Intersec 2022 was hosted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Middle East and Africa access control market size projected to grow increase by $ 9.10 billion by 2024. Mobility-based solutions Increasing terrorist activity crime rates and government initiatives are the key dri...

It is often thought that the cost of a server is given only by the purchase cost, instead, the user must know the actual costs, even the hidden ones. The process is similar to that of a car: knowing the purchase price is not enough. Management costs such as fuel, electricity, insurance, repairs, depreciation, etc. must also be taken into account. Total Cost of Ownership These hidden costs, not contemplated on an invoice in the accounting, arise with the company's local servers. Users need to...

LILIN, an AI video solution provider, launches Self+AI Cloud Service, providing modular AI plug-ins that allow users to convert pre-trained object models into a common package for LILIN front-end AI cameras to use with behaviours for creating various AI applications. One-stop AIoT edge solution The image inference process requires no PC, and the results can then be integrated via Python or C# SDKs, or sent through hardware by digital output, which performs a "one-stop" AIoT edge solution. ...

Alcatraz AI, a globally renowned company in physical security technologies, has announced that it has hired Greg Sarrail to serve as the company’s first Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales. Greg Sarrail is a Global Sales Leader with two decades of diverse experience in spearheading the business strategy and sales at renowned multi-national organisations. His valuable experience, commercial awareness, and expertise in leading by example will drive Alcatraz AI’s sales expansion. In-...

Securitas Electronic Security, Inc. (SES), with industry renowned expertise in retail security, has announced a strategic partnership with Nedap, in order to provide retail, RFID and cloud-based loss prevention solutions. SES – Nedap partnership This partnership expands SES offerings to include Nedap’s portfolio of retail offerings focusing on inventory visibility and seamless shopping experiences, including Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) solutions for retail stores, unified...

Anviz is excited to announce that the team has moved to a new location in Union City, expanding its sales team and logistic centre, along with a state-of-the-art training area. The old office served well, and it made great memories there, but it couldn't be more exciting about the new space. In the past 2 years, the global business had been affected in various aspects. Anviz Global Inc. has been lucky to keep the business growing. New officer offers more space The new office offered more squa...

AlertEnterprise has announced David Cassady as its new Chief Revenue Officer. In this newly created role, Cassady will focus on building a high-velocity sales organisation to drive sales growth, customer success, and strategic partnership efforts. He’s no stranger to AlertEnterprise, having worked at the company 2010-2013 as senior vice president of global operations overseeing international sales operations and managed channel distribution. SaaS offering “I’m thrilled to be...

Permiso.io, a Palo Alto-based startup that provides the first of its kind in cloud identity detection and response for cloud infrastructures, announces a $10 million seed funding round with participation from institutional investors and angels. The round was led by Point72 Ventures and included Foundation Capital, Work-Bench, 11.2 Capital, Rain Capital, as well as numerous security industry leaders such as: Jason Chan, former VP of Information Security at Netflix; Talha Tariq, Chief Security Of...

Security-Net, Inc., a network of pioneering security system integrators, announced the addition of its newest member, e.Norman Security Systems, Inc., a full-service systems integrator, based out of Naperville, Illinois, USA. The addition of e.Norman Security Systems and Janusz M. Sochacki, Vice President and Director of Sales, represents one of four new additions, within the past month, to the Security-Net organisation, which are aimed at expanding geographic reach and bolstering the group&rsq...

MOBOTIX confirms its strategic expansion and strengthens its operational business by reaching an official agreement to acquire Vaxtor Group (Vaxtor), Tres Cantos, Spain, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based video analytics provider, specialising in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Deep Learning technologies.  OCR analytics technology Vaxtor’s OCR analytics technology, and in particular their Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) products, provide a wide range of solutio...

The Iveco - Oto Melara Consortium (CIO) announces the signing of a contract to supply 14 Mortar Carrier VBMs, 26 Command Post VBMs (13 in Tactical Unit and 13 in Command Unit version), along with six ‘10x10’ rescue and recovery vehicles. Signed on December 30, 2021, at the Secretary of Defence (Segredifesa) Land Armaments Directorate, the contract comes as part of the ongoing supply (‘Phase 2’) of Medium Armoured Vehicles to the Italian Army’s Second Medium Brigade...

Leonardo is working on the relaunch of the Aerostructures division with a new investment plan of 300 million euros and is concentrating on expanding the production base of the Grottaglie (Taranto) site, currently the most impacted by the consequences of the pandemic on civil aviation. Solar-powered drone The news is that Grottaglie will take care of the solar-powered drone. It will be the first programme that could kick-start the diversification of the production of the plant which, from the s...

HITRUST announced it is addressing the need for a continuously-relevant cybersecurity assessment that aligns and incorporates best practices and leverages the latest threat intelligence to maintain applicability with information security risks and emerging cyber threats, such as ransomware. The design and selection of the controls for the HITRUST Implemented 1-year (i1) Assessment puts it in a new class of information security assessment that is threat-adaptive and designed to maintain relevanc...

ASSA ABLOY has announced that they have acquired B&B Roadway and Security Solutions, a renowned manufacturer of roadway safety, traffic control and perimeter security solutions in the U.S. B&B Roadway acquisition “I am very pleased to welcome B&B Roadway and Security Solutions into the ASSA ABLOY Group. I welcome this complementary business, specialising in innovative perimeter security,” said Nico Delvaux, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ASSA ABLOY....

ADT Inc., the most trusted brand in smart home and small business security, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Sunpro Solar. With the acquisition of Sunpro Solar, ADT is introducing ADT Solar, which will provide customers with rooftop solar and energy storage solutions, to increase their energy independence and help them save money on their energy expenses. Sunpro currently operates in 22 US states, and ADT Solar plans to expand to more markets across the U.S.A. Introductio...