Security devices - Case studies

In summer 2013, The University of Colorado at Boulder, commonly referred to as CU-Boulder, completed its project to install 5,700 SALTO RFID locks, replacing their previous magnetic stripe locks throughout all of the University’s residence halls. SALTO Systems’ use of RFID technology (Mifare, NFC, Desfire EV1), its robust architecture, and its ease of use all combined to make SALTO the clear choice for the future of CU-Boulder’s residence halls. Increased security awareness, a...

The fire safety system comprises a 4 loop Kentec Syncro Multi Loop Analogue Addressable fire control panel The newly restored Archive of Serbia in Belgrade, home to some of the country’s most valuable pre-1918 documents and archives, is being protected by a new fire safety system that includes a number of Kentec fire alarm control panels. The Archive of Serbia, houses and protects documents and other archival materials produced by Serbian state bodies and organisati...

The roller shutter has been installed at the top of a ramp leading down into the basement Interphone, the leading security systems and building technology integrator, has completed an access control and roller shutter solution for Riverside West Car Park in Wandsworth, South West London. The installation is designed to enhance safety and protection for the underground car park’s customers and their belongings, with plans to extend the project into other areas of the site...

The site is a crescent-shaped development with 62 dwellings and a projecting lower ground floor Transom door closers and pull handles from Alpro Architectural Hardware have been installed at Leyton Mount, a five-storey mixed use building in Bournemouth. Automated door opening & closing The site is a crescent-shaped development with 62 dwellings and a projecting lower ground floor with commercial space and a café. The development is one of a planned programme of 17...

Amthal Fire & Security added intruder alarms, smart CCTV and specialist EAS tagging to prevent shoplifting Amthal Fire & Security has geared up to meet the security challenges of Bespoke Cycling, installing latest smart systems into three of the high-end bike specialist’s newest stores in Central London. Amthal security solutions Bespoke Cycling, with latest stores in Canary Wharf, Gresham Street near St Paul’s and Jermyn Street presents the worl...

For nearly 20 years, 75 waist high Boon Edam turnstiles have been operating at GTNT Boon Edam, the leader in security entrances and architectural revolving doors in the Americas, recently announced that for nearly 20 years, 75 waist high turnstiles have been operating successfully at the Gran Terminal de Transporte de Panamá (Grand National Transport Terminal or GTNT). During this extended period, the turnstiles have operated at the highest level of performance, thanks...

The tiny interference-free radio offers seamless monitoring from cameras installed in various parking garages Siklu, the leading millimetre-wave company, has been selected to provide wireless connectivity for a car deck project contracted by the Wilkes-Barre Police Department. Siklu’s tiny, interference-free Gigabit radio, EH-600T, is helping to provide seamless monitoring from cameras installed in various parking garages. Precision Integrators and Platinum Networks par...

Xtralis created VESDA-E VLQ specifically to deliver cost-effective very early warning smoke detection for compact areas like DCCs Russian Railways (Rossiyskie Zheleznye Dorogi or RZhD) owns and operates Russia's entire railroad system, annually carrying over 1 billion passengers. With over 85,000 Km of track and 1.2 billion tonnes of freight shipped annually, RZhD operates the third largest rail network in the world. RZhD has 12 main lines, many of which provide direct con...

NICE’s public safety call recording and incident management solutions secures New Yorkers NICE Systems recently announced that it has won an 8-figure contract from New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) in association with the City’s ongoing Emergency Communications Transformation Program (ECTP). The new contract expands on an existing long standing relationship between NICE and the City of New York dating back to...

Matrix also offered web-based employee self-service portal for employees to login into the system from any place Company profile GRUH Finance – a subsidiary of HDFC Ltd. is a Housing Finance Company (HFC) recognised by National Housing Bank. GRUH Finance established in 1988 and is headquartered at Ahmedabad in western India. It has a network of 120 offices across seven states of India. It is expanding its network base with approximately 500 employees located at various...

ISONAS system was well received and expanded to additional departments Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics meets the healthcare needs of Adams County, Wisconsin and the surrounding area. Located in the central Wisconsin Village of Friendship, surrounded by beautiful farm lands, the original hospital was dedicated in July 1959. The original hospital featured a surgery suite, maternity ward, emergency room, laboratory, x-ray room, and support services, along with a total o...

With the help of PowerNet, the company can track who entered the inner rooms of the facility and when Recovery.4.Life LLC, located in Boise, ID is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre with a primary focus on mental health and substance abuse treatment provided on an outpatient basis. With a goal of treating all aspects of addiction with the most advanced, industry leading and innovative treatment, Recovery.4.Life creates treatment plans for individuals tailored to the pers...

ISONAS’ Crystal Matrix software integrated with Telecenter U PA system allows immediate lock down David Long, Technology Director for Palestine Independent School District describes the ISONAS PowerNet™ Reader as the “Swiss Army Knife” of access control. David was faced with a dilemma when it came to his district’s access control system – he was tired of paying someone to service and update his old proprietary system as the districts needs e...

The ISONAS system provides ability for assigning access permissions on door-by-door basis for individuals or groups Since its establishment in 2004, Heart 'n Home Hospice & Palliative Care has optimised the quality of life for individuals in the final stages of terminal illness. Heart 'n Home has become the leading hospice provider in Idaho and Eastern Oregon, having served over 2,500 patients since opening in March of 2004. In addition to the original office in Fruitland,...

CCFL replaced its existing access control system with Viscount Freedom, installing 100 readers  Customer Founded in 1985, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale (CCFL) is an evangelical mega-church with more than 25,000 worshipers and nine regional campus locations across Florida. The main campus itself spans a 75-acre area with five buildings including Calvary Christian Academy, a pre-K to 12th grade school that serves 2,000 students. With more than 1,000 staff, volunteers, stu...

(see bigger image) STFC was looking for a centralised time-attendance & access control solution for all branches Company profile Shriram Transport Finance Company is having 700+ branches across India with headquarter at Mumbai. The organisational structure comprises of HO, Regional Offices and Branch Offices. Matrix offered centralised web based Time-Attendance and Access Control solutions with Biometric Fingerprint based door controllers for all their locations. Bu...

The system is currently installed at 4 of the Company’s dealership locations For more than 40 years Northtown Automotive Companies, Inc. has provided a hassle and pressure free automobile buying experience to its Western New York State clients. Starting with a single Toyota dealership, the Company now includes 17 separate franchises including Toyota, Mazda, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Lexus, Subaru, Hyundai, Land Rover Range Rover, Volkswagen, Kia, Scion, Volvo, Porsche...

The current office space utilises 3 readers; one on each of the exterior doors in the front & back of the building In 2009 Jeff Park, a Chicago-based entrepreneur, needed to set up office space for a Korean-based pharmaceutical company’s US operations in Chicago. To fulfill this requirement for his own needs as Director of U. S. Operations for PharmaTech LLC, he leased space in a downtown office building in Chicago, IL. Ultimately, he expanded the offices to provide...

The ISONAS system has provided significantly better facility security and control Having grown up as a musician in what evolved into the vibrant Seattle music scene, Steven Bell started performing his own music at an early age. With a desire to obtain quality recordings of his music, he eventually began to develop recording studio capabilities in his garage. Word of his recording abilities spread in the local music community and Steven was approached by different groups asking...

ISONAS enables Goodwill to integrate door security with the software of a variety of business systems Goodwill Industries of Denver is comprised of a network of 23 retail stores, 1 Deja Blue Boutique store, 3 Outlet Worlds, ECommerce, 16 stand-alone Donation Centres and 5 warehouse locations throughout metro Denver and northern Colorado. In 2011, Goodwill Denver helped over 21,000 individuals within the greater Denver area with its initiatives to better the community. These in...

The higher security area gives peace of mind to clients such as Government agencies and large corporations Since 1986 Mountain States Imaging has provided document management solutions to organisations of all types, from its facilities in Centennial, Colorado. MSI has the ability to digitise massive amounts of information in a short period of time, and then to not only logically organise the information, but to make it easily accessible for future reference or retrieval. Secu...

Maxxess eFusion software has more than 50 fully integrated third-party manufacturer’s products incorporated Maxxess, a global corporation specialising in the access control sector and recognised for its extensive integration capabilities, recently developed and implemented for Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the country, a comprehensive security solution to protect areas containing radioactive sources. Fulfilling RSP and NNSA requirements...

The Scottish based charity will use the app to monitor their community outreach staff, who often work alone and in remote locations Scottish based charity Venture Trust, who run wilderness-based personal and social development programmes for vulnerable people in Scotland and the UK, have launched the StaySafe smartphone app and surrounding cloud based monitoring service to protect their lone workers. The app will be used to monitor their community outreach staff, who often wo...

The Office Group has installed transom door closers, bespoke pull handles and locks from Alpro Architectural Hardware Transom door closers, bespoke pull handles and locks from Alpro Architectural Hardware have been installed at Henry Wood House, The Office Group’s new flexible work space on Riding House Street, in the heart of London’s West End. The 16-storey property is an historic former BBC building that has been transformed to provide design-led flexible offic...

TBS 3DTouchless was seamlessly intergrated into the existing network with various configuration options Bank Sohar, a leading commercial bank in Oman launched in 2007, secures its HQ in Muscat and branches located across Oman. The Bank required the most precise and secure technology available on the market to upgrade the Time & Attendance system for the Bank’s 30 premises and over 500 staff located throughout Oman. The TBS solution answered the highest security req...

As part of the test, a pickpocket was caught ‘live’ on camera on the top deck of the test bus Victoria Square in Birmingham on Thursday 2 July was the setting for a world first as the BBC’s Crimewatch Roadshow came to town to see the first trial of a live CCTV video stream direct from public transport, thanks to technology supplied by Thirsk based wireless transmission specialists Vemotion. Making public transport a safer experience The trial was commission...

The college installed 200 laptop lockers to encourage students to study outside of classroom Traka intelligent lockers are saving teachers and students up to 20 minutes at the beginning of each lesson at Bolton College. The College has installed 200 laptop lockers along the corridors of its campus to encourage students to study outside of the classroom. This approach, also known as flipped learning, means students can use the lockers to charge the devices and read up on speci...

Traka key cabinets ensure preauthorised contractors gain easy access to areas of the campus at any time Traka, the key and asset management specialist, has helped Coventry University improve the implementation of its contractor control policy, ensuring Health and Safety Standards are met. Introduction With almost 30,000 students, 1,890 staff and 110+ service contracting companies some requiring 24-hour access to the site, Coventry University needed a secure method to manage...