In time for IFSEC 2011, BriefCam has launched VS Forensics V 1.4 with multi-language support, including Simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and Korean. Multi-language support was developed to meet growing demand from the Asia-Pacific market.
End users in Europe are reported a 3 percent in budgets for video surveillance systems while budgets for access control and security systems integration will jump about 2 percent over the next year.
i-Evo recently announced that it will show attendees at IFSEC at stand B165 why fingerprint biometrics are now being used on construction sites by UK contractor Willmott Dixon, in medical labs, on heavy equipment and many other places not considered not appropriate for the technology.
Sony Professional recently announced a Registered Partner scheme as part of its newly developed Video Security Channel Partner Program, to offer a strong line up of tangible benefits to its new and existing installers, to help them drive their business forward.
In a global mobile threat study released recently, Juniper Networks found that enterprise and consumer mobile devices are exposed to a record number of security threats, including a 400 percent increase in Android malware, as well as highly targeted Wi-Fi attacks.
Fire service industry heads in a new direction thanks to IP networks. In its latest fire publication, IMS Research draws reference to a number of technicians beginning to leverage IP networks to service fire products remotely, increasing efficiency and quality at the same time.
To create the sensors, chemical engineers led by Michael Strano coated carbon nanotubes -- hollow, one-atom-thick cylinders made of pure carbon -- with protein fragments normally found in bee venom. This is the first time those proteins have been shown to react to explosives, specifically a class known as nitro-aromatic compounds that includes TNT.
The General Services Administration released an RFQ for cloud computing services. Do you have what they are looking for?
- By Alice Lipowicz
- May 11, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg joined FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on Tuesday to announce the Personal Localized Alerting Network, to be available in New York City later this year.
For a third time, I’ve been given the opportunity to take a look at security from the British point of view. I will be attending IFSEC next week, joining our sales representative Sam Baird for a unique flavor of security.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 10, 2011