Security solutions provider Oncam Grandeye recently announced the launch of its Evolution range of next generation 360-degree cameras.
More than 140 fire protection exhibitors will be at Essen 2012, a 30 percent increase from 2010.
Proximex, provider of physical security information management (PSIM), announced recently that the company has surpassed a significant milestone with more than 200 bi-directional global integrations now available.
ACC 5.0 will be available in early 2013. The VMS enables faster, easier, collaborative investigations and interactive video walls courtesy of the intelligent virtual matrix. The fifth release of Avigilon Control Center comes in Core, Standard, and Enterprise editions for organizations of all sizes.
VMS provider Milestone Systems is always hard it work making its products better. And the company showed off a wealth of new and updated products at ASIS last week in Philadelphia.
- By Brent Dirks
- Sep 19, 2012
Each year I try something new in the security world.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 19, 2012
Verint Systems Inc. recently announced a series of new product additions to its Nextiva IP Video portfolio designed to address vertical-specific security and operational challenges.
The Windy City. Second City. That Toddling Town. The City of Broad Shoulders. Even, The Big Onion. Chicago has been known by many names in its 175 years as a city. In 2013, it will be the “Sweet Home” of the 59th Annual Seminar and Exhibits when ASIS International sets up shop Sept. 24-27 at McCormick Place, situated right on the shore of Lake Michigan.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 18, 2012
Schneider Electric recently announced the successful installation of its Pelco by Schneider Electric Sarix TI thermal imaging camera systems at California State University, Fresno’s Bulldog Stadium.
ASIS 2012 in Philadelphia last week was a showcase for the latest and greatest in security technology and equipment. In retrospect, one of the coolest and cutting-edgiest product launches we were privy to -- and there were many, as there are every year -- was the new EyeSwipe Nano TS from Stanley Security Solutions.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 18, 2012
Arecont Vision demonstrated the world’s first 40 megapixel day/night panoramic cameras at the ASIS 2012 tradeshow.
Harbor Management, a fully integrated real estate management company that manages apartment-home communities and several commercial and retail office buildings in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, consistently relies on FST21 to secure its facilities.
I like Philadelphia. It seems like a nice place to host a tradeshow. The convention center, its location and the city in general were a great host for ASIS 2012.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Sep 18, 2012
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection recently commissioned B.I.G. Enterprises, Inc.(www.bigbooth.com) to design and fabricate a number of bullet resistant stainless steel guard booths to secure a number of strategic areas along the vital Delaware Aqueduct, an 85-mile system that supplies safe drinking water to more than eight million people in New York City, and to approximately one million customers in surrounding counties.
- By Tyler Thurston
- Sep 14, 2012
Despite the difference, there are some good strategies to help integrate the worlds of physical and cyber security. That’s according to Doug Powell, from Canada’s BC Hydro, who discussed the topic during an education session on Tuesday at ASIS in Philadelphia.
As we find ourselves in the midst of a new school year, it is important that children across the country get to school safely. Considering many children walk to school, here are a few things for your children to keep in mind to ensure they get to school safe and sound.
- By Tyler Thurston
- Sep 13, 2012
PSIM (Physical Security Information Management) is one of the buzzwords floating in the very air of ASIS 2012 -- and, indeed, in the entire security industry these days -- but it seems when most people, even seasoned security professionals, utter the acronym they are confusing it for the mere integration of physical security systems in an enterprise.
- By Ronnie Rittenberry
- Sep 13, 2012