HID Global, provider of solutions for the delivery of secure identity, recently announced it has secured an 85,000-unit order from a major U.S. government agency for the company’s OMNIKEY contact smart card readers for network authentication.
Cisco has selected MorphoTrack (Safran group) as an ecosystem provider, making the company’s MorphoAccess biometric readers available as an integral component of Cisco’s IP-based access control system.
Mosler will build a North American value-added reseller network to provide sales, installation, integration and customer support for two newly introduced Matrix Systems products: the open architecture, enterprise-based FrontierT Universe and the Web browser-based FrontierT Web Essentials access control systems.
Gunnebo has appointed two new senior vice presidentsL Mats Johansson, who is heading operations in addition to his duties as country manager of China, and Tomas Wängberg, who will be senior vice president of busine area secure storage.
TransTech Systems Inc. introduced its M3T Cash Access Kiosk, which will help casinos offer their customers quick and easy access to cash.
Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution has released its 2011 product catalog, which highlights hundreds of manufacturer partners and thousands of product offerings spanning IP, CCTV, access control, intrusion, fire, structured cable, sound, data communications, hardware and business solutions.
Infinova recently announced that Rompetrol Rafinare SA, Romania’s second largest oil company, is using an Infinova fiber optics video system to watch over its multiple facilities inside the 1,186 acre Rompetrol Rafinare Refinery in Navodari.
NaviGate by Lauren Innovations, a Web-based critical information system for safety and security purposes has become a founding partner of The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Security Industry Association officials are welcoming the federal government’s move toward full implementation of the secure ID cards envisioned by a 2004 presidential directive.
The LaserCard acquisition strengthens HID Global’s worldwide market position in the government ID market, and significantly expands its portfolio of identity authentication and government-issued credential solutions.
Honeywell Security has again pledged to be the exclusive platinum-level Executive Strategic Partner of the Electronic Security Association for the 2011 calendar year.
In this role, Spencer will set and maintain policies and drive consensus on a wide range of security issues affecting the CertiPath community.
Educating state and local governments on Personal Identity Verification Interoperable credentials (PIV-I) is the aim of a new whitepaper released by the Smart Card Alliance.
Bosch Security Systems Inc. has enhanced its G Series control panels to allow customers to program more areas and install more keypads per system.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc., which provides imaging and networking technologies, and HID Global, have announced that Konica Minolta's has become a member in the Advantage HID Connect Partner Program.
Capital Health, a provider of advanced medicine in New Jersey, has chosen to install AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Security Management System at its new hospital in Hopewell Township, N.J.
Lumidigm has announced that Verimetrics has selected Lumidigm’s Mercury and Venus fingerprint readers as its preferred biometric platforms for SmartProfile deployments in a wide range of environments, including hospitals, emergency response vehicles and retail stores.
Before his promotion, Glaser was vice president of operations and regional manager for the West Coast branch offices. His promotion to senior vice president was announced at CSC's annual regional meetings by Chief Executive Officer Damon Zumwalt.
Under the contract, SAIC will develop, procure, install and maintain electronic security systems and automated control systems as required, helping meet physical security and force protection requirements.
van Heijningen will lead Honeywell's Vindicator Technologies business, which offers electronic security systems that protect critical assets and personnel within the government, military, commercial and industrial markets at more than 1,500 sensitive sites across the globe.
Darlene Swan will be a key member of the IdentiSys marketing team, reporting to IdentiSys Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Joe Wright.
Securing doors and valuables in retail locations without hindering operational efficiency can be a challenge. And that’s just from the customers’ perspective. Adding to the difficulty of securing these dynamic environments, retail stores must manage large, flexible workforces, typically with high turnover. Traditional locks and keys, even smart cards or key fobs, provide only a thin layer of security because they can be lost, stolen or borrowed. There also are the costs associated with lock changes and card inventory management.
- By Jason Dugger
- Feb 01, 2011
Since 1923, the city of Garland, Texas, has been providing electricity service to its citizens through Garland Power & Light with its locally owned and controlled not-for-profit municipal utility. With nearly 68,000 customers, GP&L is the third-largest municipal utility in Texas and the 41st-largest in the nation.
- By Jeff Whitney
- Feb 01, 2011
The IT department at a large, campus-based organization had a minor disruption that could have turned into a major disaster. A new person on the cleaning company’s crew inadvertently spilled a bucket full of water and cleaning fluid in a telco closet that was being used for multiple purposes, and the liquid shorted out a vital piece of equipment. The accident was never reported, and it was only when services were disrupted that the IT department learned there was a problem.
- By Caren Bachmann
- Feb 01, 2011
Electricity, natural gas, solar, wind, water, sewage plants, communications and nuclear plants: The services we take for granted, pay for and can’t live without. We often think that big events like terrorism and natural disasters are overriding concerns for utility companies, but it is the day-to-day operations that are most critical and that benefit most when a well-planned and properly implemented video surveillance solution is put in place.
- By Paul Smith
- Feb 01, 2011
TAG Company, which provides Electronic Article Surveillance solutions to the UK retail market, has appointed Draht+Schutz as its exclusive distributor of EASiCap for the German, Austrian and Swiss retail markets.
As regional sales manager, McCarter will leverage his sales acumen and industry experience to support and continue to grow the Keyscan brand throughout the southeastern United States.
SecuGen and Lucky are partnering to bring physical access control to North American educational institutions with Lucky’s iGuard Access Control device integrated with SecuGen’s SDA03M fingerprint module.
Brivo Systems recently announced that Mailhandlers, part of Direct Connect Group, has installed Brivo ACS WebService, integrated with video surveillance, to significantly upgrade security at their expanded Renton, Wash. facility. ADT is the integrator on this recently-completed installation.
As director, David will manage all aspects of AMAG's technical support department nationwide, as well as will also support the pro-services department and manage software support agreement functions. He reports to AMAG Technology’s vice president of technical services, Ray Payne.
Two of the industry’s leading manufacturer’s rep organizations have merged to form Monfort Electronics/BDA, a new entity with even greater industry presence and strength than that of the two individual companies.
Larson is responsible for leading all phases of RF Technologies' product development initiatives including: gathering, translating and conceptualizing the voice of the customer; developing the product roadmap; leading new product engineering; directing sustaining engineering support for existing products and product line extensions; and managing internal and external technical education program leaders.
Defentect's Gammatect sensors, which are equipped to communicate with the company's proprietary DM3 technology, are being placed at key access points on the hospital campus.
Lumidigm recently announced that Free Amsterdam University (VU), one of Europe’s most prestigious colleges, is using the company’s Venus Series multispectral imaging sensors in fingerprint readers used by approximately 8,000 students, faculty and staff to enter the school’s multiple recreation facilities spread throughout Amsterdam.
The certification makes VideoIQ a member of the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program, which validates software interfaces to OnGuard, Lenel's flagship product, demonstrating to the market that program companies have developed standard, supportable interfaces that properly expand capabilities for OnGuard customers.
The solution is the industry’s first integrated NEI 08-09 cybersecurity and compliance solution designed to analyze risks across IT, physical access and process control systems.
ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, recently announced that the number of ONVIF conformant products, including network cameras and video management systems, has reached more than 600.
Radiant RFID and Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC) announced the release of a new, rewearable Gen 2 UHF Wristband, which has a range read of up to four meters.
EasyLobby's sales and multi-million dollar pre-tax profit for 2010 were the highest in the company’s fourteen-year history.
Matrix Systems was able to outfit a family on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with biometric access control and a CCTV system, which was much to their espionage aficionado son's liking. “All I need is a pair of shades, and I’m secret agent Garrett,” he said upon seeing the secret room for the first time.
- By Laura Williams
- Jan 14, 2011