Emerging Technologies


IndigoVision's New Audio Forensics Designed to Locate Evidence Fast

IndigoVision, manufacturer of end-to-end IP Video security, introduces Audio Forensics to its management system. High-quality, two-way, fully synchronised audio is streamed and recorded alongside video and can now be searched using audio as well as video analytics to quickly locate incidents.

Prism Skylabs Revolutionizes Surveillance Video

Prism is a cloud-based service that changes how businesses use video and how consumers experience physical spaces online.

Pogoplug Introduces New Pogoplug Mobile Hardware

Cloud Engines, Inc., creators of the Pogoplug multi-media streaming service, recently unveiled their first mobile-focused hardware product with a sleek new design. Pogoplug Mobile, asoftware and hardware solutions, serves as a mobile cloud companion, freeing devices from storage limits by allowing users to stream entire libraries of photos, music and movies from their homes to their mobile phones or tablets.

IBM Launches Smarter Energy Cloud in Iowa

IBM and the City of Dubuque, Iowa, recently announced the availability of the Smarter Energy Cloud in Dubuque, Iowa. The cloud, or internet-based computing, will enable citizens to access information about their energy usage and habits and share best practices through an electricity portal/website over a six-month period. The electricity portal is now available to volunteer households in Dubuque.

RF Technologies Releases Smart ID Location Detection Technology

RF Technologies, provider of radio frequency identification monitoring systems and healthcare security solutions, recently announced the release of its Smart ID location detection technology. Smart ID provides the location of residents upon calling from a pendant using the Code Alert Quick Response Plus Wireless Call Solution, which utilizes the reliability and scalability of the Inovonics EchoStream product line.

SIA Reports Business Confidence Dips While Sales Hold Steady

Business confidence among members of the security industry dipped slightly in the second quarter of 2011, according to a report in the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) Quarterly Research Update.

Smart EV Charging Will Require Utilities to Invest in Cybersecurity Systems

A report forecasts that the EV cybersecurity market will increase from just $26 million in 2011 to $144 million by 2015, with a cumulative investment of $432 million during that period.

Researchers to Demo and Deploy Disaster Communications System

Georgia Tech College of Computing researchers have developed an new wireless system called LifeNet designed to help first responders communicate after disasters.



Infradapt Launches Next Generation Cloud Computing Solution for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses

A new service from Infradapt offers small and mid-sized businesses access to a centralized, adaptive cloud computing solution previously available only to large enterprises.

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Anthrax Detection? Pathogen Identification? It’s in the Bag.

Two Cornell University researchers have developed a device that can detect anthrax and other pathogens, as well as provide basic genetic information from human samples, and it it all fits in a container no bigger than a small suitcase.

4D Security Solutions Expands Urban Management Capabilities

The company, in partnership with Microsoft, improves the safety and efficiency of cities and municipalities with its new capabilities.

Giving DHS a Crystal Ball

Researchers at Wake Forest University are studying certain types of crystals, called scintillators, that can detect and differentiate between different types of radiation. They hope to use their findings to better screen cargo and people entering the country, as well as nuclear plants.

3M Powers Cloud Library eBook Lending Service with Proven Technology Platform

SafeNet, Inc., an information security company, recently announced the immediate availability of its new mobile device credentialing solution that enables the secure use of consumer mobile devices, including the popular iPhone and iPad, on corporate networks.

Desire for Mobility is Driving Growing Use of Consumer Devices and Apps in Workplace

A year after initial Unisys Corporation research showed that enterprise IT departments were unprepared for the rapidly growing usage of consumer technologies in the workplace, a Unisys-sponsored follow-on study reveals that this "consumerization gap" may be widening.

Report: Cloud Computing Worth More Than $82 Billion by 2016

Visiongain's latest report entitled "Cloud:Moving into the Realm of an Essential IT Strategy," examines the fast-growing cloud services market.

Milestone Adds ImmerVision Enables 360-degree Panomorph Lens Support

ImmerVision Enables integrated with XProtect Enterprise 8 IP video management software gives users a surround view.

LulzSec and Anonymous Blur Lines Between "Hacktivism" and Criminality, According to PandaLabs

Panda Security's anti-malware laboratory, today published its Quarterly Report for Q2, analyzing the IT security events and incidents from April through June 2011.

RFID Growth Potential Remains Strong Despite Current Apparel Rollout Slowdown, Says ABI Research

Despite the 2008-2009 economic setbacks, the RFID market rebounded in 2010, growing slightly more than 14 percent to reach roughly $5.3 billion.

NICE Remote Banking Fraud Solution Prevents Fraud Losses for Malaysia CIMB Bank

NICE Actimize, a provider of single financial crime, risk and compliance software for the financial services industry, recently announced that its Remote Banking Fraud solution is successfully enabling Malaysia's CIMB Bank to reduce fraud losses.

University of Buffalo Expert Develops Online Index Measuring Resilience of U.S. Metros

Which U.S. metro region is most likely to come out of the next recession, natural disaster or other regional “shock” relatively unscathed? Rochester, Minn. A little more battered might be College Station-Bryan, Texas.

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    Delta Scientific’s electric HD2055 modular shallow foundation barricade is tested to ASTM M50/P1 with negative penetration from the vehicle upon impact. With a shallow foundation of only 24 inches, the HD2055 can be installed without worrying about buried power lines and other below grade obstructions. The modular make-up of the barrier also allows you to cover wider roadways by adding additional modules to the system. The HD2055 boasts an Emergency Fast Operation of 1.5 seconds giving the guard ample time to deploy under a high threat situation. 3

  • 4K Video Decoder

    3xLOGIC’s VH-DECODER-4K is perfect for use in organizations of all sizes in diverse vertical sectors such as retail, leisure and hospitality, education and commercial premises. 3

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    Security solutions do not have to be ordinary, let alone unattractive. Having renewed their best-selling speed gates, Cominfo has once again demonstrated their Art of Security philosophy in practice — and confirmed their position as an industry-leading manufacturers of premium speed gates and turnstiles. 3