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August 2022 6 Penguins find a new use for security cameras US-based National Hockey League franchise Pittsburgh Penguins, is testing Azena’s platform for smart cameras.

8 How HID helped physical access control solutions to take off HID Global has its origins in the aerospace industry.

For over 30 years HID has been leading the way on what it takes to make access to buildings easy and secure and how to help businesses evolve with the times.

12 News 14 Product News 20 Aperio wireless locks help Scottish university achieve its sustainability goals As the home of the renowned St Andrews Prize for the Environment, the University of St Andrews has sustainability at the heart of its ethos. For student accommodation, university managers sought an energy-efficient access control solution which respected and reflected these principles.

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22 Woking Borough Council teams up with Synectics Woking town centre is undergoing a multi-millionpound redevelopment which will transform the residential, hospitality and retail offering. This presented the opportunity for a review of surveillance and alarm systems in order to create efficiencies and improve public safety.

26 News 29 Hikvision’s All-in-one Indoor Station, a centralised entry solution

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Hikvision All-in-one Indoor Station is a finalist in the Visit Management Innovation category at this year’s Benchmark Innovation Awards. The All-in-one Indoor Station, which comes in two flavours: a 7 in and a 10 in touch-screen tablet, is not an ordinary intercom.

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August 2022 This Summers’ hot hits rtificial Intelligence (AI) and Cybersecurity seem to be two hot topics this summer.

Security cameras using AI is not news, we know about it, and everyone is using it.

However, we can see that the technology is taken seriously when even the Ministry of Defence is considering using it for national security.

The MoD wants to harness creativity and innovation across Defence and the private sector. This includes the necessary problemsolving approaches to bring use-cases to life appropriately. Since risks and challenges may exist in respect of any part of the ‘system of systems’ across the entire lifecycle of the capability, solutions may similarly be found across the whole ‘system of systems’ and lifecycle.

The MoD report stated that AI systems must be used with human implications in mind. Using specific systems where negative human impacts outweigh the benefits may be unethical.

On the cyber security front, don’t miss out on Hanwha’s Uri Guterman article, where he warns that hackers are targeting connected devices including IP cameras and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors are creating more opportunities for hackers to cause damage.

Today’s cameras are highly advanced and carry the latest firmware. However, legacy devices must be kept up to date if they are not to provide a route for hackers.

Responsible camera manufacturers are responding to these concerns with their technology (software and hardware), training, and collaboration with customers, as well as formal accreditations highlighting how secure their processes and solutions are.

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Benchmark Innovation Awards Have you voted for your favourite product or company to win the Benchmark Innovation Award 2022?

If you want to learn more about some of the finalists, you can read some interesting articles on our website.

There is Vemotion’s VB-200 highly compact, two-channel HD video encoder and recorder has been designed explicitly for discreet installations that require a powerful enough capacity to encode more than one camera efficiently, nominated for the Network and Connectivity category.

Texecom’s Web-based portal, which operates on any internet-connected device, Texecom Cloud, is in the Cloud and SaaS category. According to the company, the solution helps installers to save money and increase revenues by being more efficient and adding value to their customers.

Hikvision All-in-one Indoor Station is a finalist in the Visit Management Innovation category. The new, improved version of the Allin-one Indoor Station has the Hik-Connect App core, which controls and manages all Hikvision access control, video security, NVRs, intrusion alarm, video intercom, and alarm devices.

A.I. Tech’s latest product, the A.I. PPE (Personal Protective Equipment ), has been selected for the Analytics and software innovation category.

The video analytics software runs directly on the camera without having to transmit the video stream to a server or the cloud. If the app detects that a worker is not properly wearing a PPE, the worker is informed in realtime, and the light is switched on.

These are just a few of the finalists, but who wins depends on your vote.

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Penguins find a new use for security cameras US-based National Hockey League franchise Pittsburgh Penguins, is testing Azena’s platform for smart cameras to explore ways to improve operational efficiencies throughout the team’s home venue, PPG Paints Arena.

The Penguins hope to streamline wait times at busy concession stands on game days in real time and leverage enhanced retail analytics in its fan stores to increase arena retail sales.

zena’s operating platform for smart cameras integrates with existing video surveillance systems and provides readyto-use Artificial Intelligence-enhanced video analytics applications designed to run simultaneously directly on the camera and can be easily changed based on needs, much like on a smartphone.

The upcoming implementation by the Penguins is part of a growing trend within the sports and entertainment venue market to enhance fan experience by leveraging video and data analytics and IoT technology to add value to the spectator journey, while at the same time ensuring security.

“The Pittsburgh Penguins are very excited to see the benefits of the Azena analytics in action,” said Erik Watts, Chief Technology Officer for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Using Azena queue detection applications on smart cameras from Azena partner VIVOTEK, the cameras can be used to detect lines at food

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How HID helped physical access control solutions to take off HID Global has its origins in the aerospace industry. For over 30 years HID has been leading the way on what it takes to make access to buildings easy and secure and how to help businesses evolve with the times. e interviewed Steven Commander, HID Global’s director of consultant business management to find out where the company, and in particular its Physical Access Control Solutions [PACS], is and what can we expect in the near future.

Steven has been at HID for 14 years. His role focuses on liaising and engaging with security consultants, electrical engineers and

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access control system designers. His depth of knowledge gives an in-depth insight into HID’s complete range of physical access control solutions so that consultants can include them in their designs.

Can you provide a short introduction to your company?

HID originates from the aerospace industry.

The name, HID, is an acronym for Hughes Identification Devices. The business was founded in 1991 and was originally a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft. You may remember the 2004 Martin Scorsese film, Aviator, starring Leonardo di Caprio which depicts the life of the founder of the firm, Howard Hughes.

HID was acquired in 2000 by the Swedish conglomerate, Assa Abloy AB, a global leader in access solutions, and is now a whollyowned business within the group. The group has 190 brands, such as HID and Yale [locks

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and home security]; significant market leaders in their own right.

HID Global’s vision is powering the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. Every day millions of people in more than 100 countries use its products and services to securely access physical and digital places. And over two billion things that need to be identified, verified and tracked are connected through HID’s technology.

The company structure comprises six business areas: Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS), Secure Issuance (SI), Identity and Access Management Solutions (IAMS), Citizen ID Solutions (CID), Identification Technologies and Extended Access Technology (EAT).

Put simply, HID Global sells products and services to enable authorised access to buildings, allows people to securely log into computer networks and track assets in manufacturing plants and other commercial settings. HID Global also makes the various components like chips that go into passports, national ID cards and driving licences. The scope of its portfolio is broad.

From a PACS perspective, the mission of the company is to be a market leader for trusted identity solutions by providing a seamless customer experience leveraging a connected architecture complemented by cloud services.

To provide some scale to this, as international markets recovered after Covid19, group sales increased 8% in 2021 to SEK 95,007 million [Kronor] with operating profits up 19% to SEK 14,181 million. In Pounds Sterling, that’s around £7.74 billion and £1.14 billion respectively.

HID Global employs about 4,400 people worldwide.

Millions of HID readers and hundreds of millions of HID cards are therefore in use today. HID solutions are used in all industry sectors such as government, education, healthcare, financial services and so on.

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HID’s main flagship PACS products are: • Seos® – credential technology platform; • HID Signo™ Readers – the signature line of HID readers launched in 2020 • HID Mobile Access® – allows an individual’s mobile device to be used to gain access to secured doors, gates, networks, and services • HID Aero™ and HID Mercury Controllers – a controller range which provides a flexible, open architecture, IP-enabled platform for deploying a broad range of access control systems • HID Origo™ – a cloud platform which allows technology partners to create access control solutions. It stores identity information about users in a database, their access rights to a building, specific zones and so on.

What are the company’s flagship PACS products?

When a person wishes to enter a building, they walk up to a door, use a badge to touch a reader on the wall and then – if authorised – a controller unlocks the door giving them access. The component and platform technology behind this simple scenario is what HID Global designs, manufactures and sells. In other words, the badges, readers, [door] controller modules and associated management software. This has now evolved into a mobile and digitally based approach underpinned by cloud-based services.

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Cybersecurity in cameras cannot be overlooked Many organisations invest in physical security systems but don’t realise that their video surveillance and IoT devices can be back doors exploited by malicious actors. Uri Guterman, Head of Product & Marketing for Hanwha Techwin Europe recommends looking for ‘trust marks’ to ensure your surveillance system is secure. he pandemic and mass remote work options provide criminals with a perfect opportunity to profit. The focus on cybersecurity should not slack for any organisation.

According to reports, there were 304 significant malicious attacks in Europe in 2020, more than double the number of hacks in 2019. Then there’s the increased risk of cyberwarfare in the wake of the Russian-

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Ukraine war. John Edwards, the UK’s information commissioner, has stated that we are in a new era of security, and firms need to step up their vigilance against statesponsored hackers.

Guterman (pictured left), points out, “Increasingly, hackers are targeting connected devices including IP cameras and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors are creating more opportunities for hackers to cause damage.

Today’s cameras are highly advanced and carry the latest firmware. However, legacy devices must be kept up to date if they are not to provide a route for hackers.

“The unfortunate truth remains that although many organisations invest in their physical security systems, they don’t always realise that their video surveillance and IoT devices can be back doors exploited by malicious actors. Compromised cameras and other connected devices can become a foothold to launch an attack on a network, a technique known as pivoting. Malicious actors can look at confidential information through footage to blackmail an individual or

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BT Redcare launches Mobile Signal Analyser BT Redcare has launched a new handheld mobile signal checker , the Mobile Signal Analyser (MSA). The MSA enables installers to quickly determine the best location to fit mobile network connectivity-reliant alarm signalling solutions.

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Ensuring they can get deployment locations right first time, every time, it provides them and end-customers with the confidence that solutions will always perform in emergencies and signal to Alarm Receiving Centres (ARC) when alarms are triggered.

Read the full article here Barox has released a new plug-in that greatly extends user control for the MOBOTIX HUB VMS. The new DMS SNMP plug-in extends MOBOTIX HUB usability.

By enabling easy integration to the barox Ethernet switch range, deep control and management of the MOBOTIX HUB provides users and installers with a very helpful video network tool, delivering minimal device setup time and labour costs for the configuration and operation of any video network.

In addition, the barox MOBOTIX HUB plugin allows seamless VMS access to special switch functionality, allowing installers and operators to better manage their security network and connected devices. Available at your fingertips, Smart-barox provides a live graphical overview of network topology with a host of invaluable network information.

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Vemotion’s VB-200 ups the game for secret surveillance operations he new VB-200 is one of the finalists at the Benchmark Innovation Awards 2022 in the Network and Connectivity category.

The device provides two simultaneous HD video (1920 x 1080) output streams from one or more connected cameras delivering ultralow latency, high-resolution live streaming HD video transmission over GPRS, 3G, 4GLTE, 5G, Wi-Fi, and satellite networks.

Steve Haworth, Vemotion Interactive Limited CEO, says, “Our customers for the VB200 are mostly using it for covert surveillance, although the size and weight also make it a good option whenever space or weight is a limiting factor, with drones, for example. The unit can transcode the video from discreet cameras connected either by USB, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi and send live, high-quality video

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Vemotion’s VB-200 highly compact, two-channel HD video encoder and recorder has been designed explicitly for discreet installations that require a powerful enough capacity to encode more than one camera efficiently. footage to remote monitoring, using either Vemotions’ viewer or integrated into Command and Control or video management systems. This real-time information gives visual intelligence for active operations, and recording can be used for evidential purposes.”

The VB-200 has the size of an external hard drive (93.5mm x 82mm x 20mm) and can

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Videx launches new digital IP panel range Videx Security announced its new vandal resistant digital IP panel range, the 4514 series.

The 4514 compliments the existing Videx IP system offering a digital call panel which is ideal for larger installations, that’s capable of calling up to 5,000 apartments, making it the

2N intercoms now fully compatible with the Johnson Controls C•CURE

access control solution of choice for both private and public sector apartment buildings.

James Gray, National Sales Manager at Videx said: “Our new digital IP intercom is perfect for those larger installations where there are more apartments than the functional panel is capable of or there is a need for a

Read the full article here 2N Telekomunikace, the global leader in IP intercom systems, today announced that it has become a member of the Johnson Controls Security Products Connected Partner Program, guaranteeing the seamless integration of its intercoms with the 300+ devices and technologies that are part of the Johnson Controls C•CURE 9000 system.

The partnership offers a range of benefits for security operators, including: A clear graphic interface from which the operator can initiate a call with a person standing at the entrance to the building, 24/7 monitoring of the status of connected devices, as well as the status of calls and security alarms in the event log – all clearly represented by icons on a graphic map of the building, The practical option of opening the door directly from the main station,

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A.I. Tech offers PPE infractions prevention on the Edge Preventing accidents and deaths is an excellent way to reduce costs rather than managing the consequences. The European Agency for

IDIS Solution Suite v3.5 offers a powerful enterprise-class VMS IDIS Solution Suite v3.5 has been nominated for the ‘Analytics and software

Safety and Health at Work reportedly said that the annual cost of accidents at work is approximately $ 2.680 billion, $ 476 billion if we consider Europe only.

This is an objective close at heart at Italian innovator A.I. Tech. A.I. Tech’s latest product, the A.I. PPE (Personal Protective Equipment ), has been selected by Benchmark Magazine readers as a finalist for the Analytics and software innovation category on the

Read the full article here innovation’ category at the Benchmark Innovation Awards 2022. With the release of its latest VMS, IDIS Solution Suite (ISS) version 3.5, IDIS is challenging the sector’s long-established pricing structures, understanding that customers want fairer, more sustainable options for security infrastructure development.

Unlike most major enterprise system vendors, with its new VMS, IDIS does not charge annual license fees, camera connection fees, or bundled-in fees for features that customers never use. With no annual charges, the cost of owning and running an IDIS video system is significantly lower, letting more customers access the latest video and analytics tools.

Innovations with the VMS show how IDIS is using its technical expertise to deliver genuinely useful tools:

Read the full article here webeyeCMS could save you 40% a year in costs WebeyeCMS, Webeye’s cloud-based security solution, has been nominated for the Could/SaaS Benchmark Innovation Award category for a second consecutive year. We

spoke to Chris Coughlin, webeye Global Head of Software and Services, who shared what is ‘unique’ about webeyeCMS. Don’t miss out the video interview with Chris.

Chris says, “webeyeCMS is the first cloud only alarm handling platform tailored specifically for the CCTV industry. WebeyeCMS is an intelligent platform that uses fail-safe methods via the cloud to send, receive and monitor alarms. It’s a video monitoring solution that does not require a capital infrastructure.”

SaaS (Software as a service) is a costeffective and efficient way of managing security needs. Cloud-based, webeyeCMS has been designed to be straightforward, easy to configure and use, and cost-effective.

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Benchmark Innovation Awards 2022 The Benchmark Innovation Awards 2022 showcases organisations that are taking inventive approaches in the security sector to help find solutions for a complex and changing environment, with specific needs.

This year categories and nominated finalists are as follows: 1 – Video Management Software innovation

4 – Alarm/detection innovation

7 – Network & connectivity innovation

• Vicon – Valerus • AtoS – SafeKit • Cathexis Technologies – CathexisVision • Genetec – Stratocast • Qognify – VisionHub VMS+

• Ajax Systems – Ajax DualCurtain Outdoor Johnson Controls – Qolsys IQ2 • Optex – Bridge • Pyronix Ltd – Enforcer V11 with Android Tablet and HomeControlHUB • TAKEX EUROPE LTD – TXF-125DM • Texecom – Capture

• Barox Kommunikation LT-LPITE402GBTME • CSL CSL Router Pro and Broadband • Paxton Paxton10 Multisite • SilverNet 4 Point Managed Switch • Vemotion – VB200 • BT Redcare All-IP • Conxtd – Conxtd • Texecom – Monitor

5 – Analytics and software innovation

8 – Innovator (company) of the year Award

• A.I. TECH – AI-PPE • ACRE International – Razberi Monitor • Assa Abloy – CLIQ Web Manager • Azena – Platform • COSMO – COSMO PSIM+ IoT System • Genetec – Security Center • IDIS Europe – IDIS Solution Suite v3.5 • IPSOTEK – VISuite

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2 – Surveillance innovation (CCTV) • 3xLOGIC VX-20M – Varifocal MultiImager Surround Dome Camera • Dahua – TiOC 2 • Hanwha Techwin – Wisenet X Series • Hikvision UK & Ireland Hikvision – HeatPro Series • Honeywell – 70 Series cameras • i-Pro – AI Multi-sensor • Milestone – Husky IVO series • Raytec- Vario IPPoE discoman • Teledyne Flir – A500f cameras

3 – Visitor Management innovation • CDVI – iface • Genetec – ClearID • Hanwha Techwin – Touch-less Video Intercom TID-600 • Hikvision UK & Ireland Hikvision – All-in-one Indoor Station • Maxxess Systems EMEA – eVisitor • Paxton – Paxton10

6 – Cloud/SaaS innovation • Assa Abloy – Incedo Business Cloud • Eagle Eye Networks – Eagle Eye LPR (license plate recognition) • Qumulex, Inc. – QxControl • Webeye Limited – webeyeCMS • Texecom – Texecom Cloud

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Paxton appoints Drayton as EMEA Sales Director Dan Drayton has been promoted to Divisional Director – EMEA Sales Region for Paxton, the international security technology manufacturer.

Dan Drayton has been with Paxton for nearly ten years. During this time, he has

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guided the company’s team of business development experts in France, Germany, South Africa, the Middle East, and Scandinavia. He has now been promoted to oversee the whole EMEA region to continue to grow market share in the years ahead.

Dan explains: “The new role at Paxton is an

Read the full article here ZKTeco Europe, (ZKTeco) a manufacturer of contactless and RFID multibiometric technology solutions, and SHBC a specialised Security Systems distributor based in Portugal, have signed a Partnership Agreement for ZKTeco’s product portfolio of Access Control, Time Attendance, and Security solutions.

SHBC is a distributor of Access Control systems with Sales Department, Training, Technical Support, and an Equipment Repair Centre to assist any installation team or onsite installations.

This appointment as Partner means, in the words of Sergio Catojar, Project Manager at SHBC, “SHBC only distributes access control products from the best manufacturers worldwide. We are pleased to include ZKTeco products in our range of offerings as they are a leading company in access control and

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Aperio wireless locks help Scottish university achieve its sustainability As the home of the renowned St Andrews Prize for the Environment, the University of St Andrews has sustainability at the heart of its ethos. For student accommodation, university managers sought an energy-efficient access control solution which respected and reflected these principles. major challenge facing the university was that multiple different standalone access control technologies had been installed piecemeal at student halls over the years. To upgrade the accommodation, university managers sought a more suitable, integrated solution.

The University of St Andrews chose Aperio battery powered electronic escutcheons from ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions. Approximately 1,600 doors so far are equipped with electronic access control — without cabling.

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The Aperio devices integrate fully and work flexibly with both the university’s existing central system and their student ID card.

University security managers continue to enjoy the efficiency benefits of monitoring and controlling access from a single point and in real time, including for doors in multiple buildings.

Security and energy efficiency In comparison to a wired access control solution, Aperio devices offer significant energy efficiency benefits. Escutcheons are wireless, so can be installed with little energy use and no need for wiring to mains electricity. They consume zero energy when idle and run on standard batteries, consuming little power during operation.

Maintenance involves a change of battery every two years (approx.); nothing more.

Through its entire life-cycle, Aperio combines energy efficiency with cost effectiveness: Energy cost savings during operation are

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Woking Borough Council teams up with Synectics Woking town centre is undergoing a multi-millionpound redevelopment which will transform the residential, hospitality and retail offering. This presented the opportunity for a review of surveillance and alarm systems in order to create efficiencies and improve public safety. oking Borough Council is working with Synectics to consolidate public protection systems across the town into one CCTV control centre. The facility will allow surveillance and security for public

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facilities to be managed from a central location.

Key requirements for a new solution included the need to consolidate three surveillance units into one control centre: the control room that had previously been in the local police station, Council car parks, and Woking Shopping Centre. Additionally, the Council wanted to integrate alarms, radio communication – including with local law enforcement – and existing cameras from a variety of manufacturers.

Synectics was chosen as the supplier best suited to meeting these needs and to meet any future requirements in terms of integrating new digital technologies and sites.

The Synergy solution provided by Synectics allows staff to monitor and manage live footage, and review recorded footage, from multi storey car parks, public areas, the shopping centre and civic centre.

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Texecom Capture offers a refined detection solution Texecom’s Capture detector range has been designed to provide an improvement in detection performance, reliability, and ease of installation, when compared to prior Texecom detector models. For a second consecutive year, Capture is a finalist on the Benchmark

Read the full article here Texecom Monitor: offering signalling to ARCs and additional digital services A suite of turn-key digital tools and services is provided by Texecom Monitor to leading ARCs and installers specifically designed to help grow and optimise their business.

Texecom Monitor, which launched in April 2022, is a finalist in the Benchmark Innovation Awards 2022 for the Network and Connectivity category and here we explain what is Monitor’s value proposition.

Texecom’s digital tools are designed to help installers raise service levels, automate tasks, provide robust analytics, all while reducing overheads – saving time and money. Texecom Monitor provides installers with an alternative and innovative signalling

Innovation Awards in the ‘Alarms and Detection’ innovation category. Read on to discover its features.

Although the concept of an electronic intruder alarm has remained the same over the years, essentially a panel with triggers, such as PIRs or magnetic/vibration sensors, manufacturers

product that can easily be ordered through existing Texecom Cloud accounts, giving added flexibility and options.

Texecom Monitor, a digital solution for primary alarm communications, can provide the missing link for clients and installers wanting to migrate alarm systems from

Read the full article here How to join the dots with Texecom Cloud Texecom Cloud helps installers to save money and increase revenues by being more efficient and adding value to their customers.

It is a web-based portal operating on any internet-connected device and is compatible with SmartCom communicating Premier Elite systems. From one place users can manage, configure and control their alarm system portfolio.

The solution is a finalist in the Benchmark Innovation Awards 2022 in the Cloud and SaaS category.

Key recent additions include the facility to

add Texecom Monitor primary alarm signalling, and management of Texecom Connect app users.

Installers who use Texecom Cloud benefit from a host of turn-key digital services: Remote maintenance: Texecom Cloud’s built-in remote maintenance automate and record the maintenance process, making it

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Vitaprotech and Foxsteam join forces French security solutions group Vitaprotec is strengthening its Smart Monitoring division through the acquisition of Foxstream, a specialist in video analysis solutions.

Supported by Eurazeo since July 2018, the Vitaprotech group includes manufacturers

3DX-Ray appoints Vincent Deery as CEO

Sorhea and Protect in intrusion detection, TIL Technologies, ARD, TDSI, and Vauban Systems in access control, and finally, PRYSM, ESI, Videowave, RECAS, and GS4 in intelligent monitoring and video.

Founded in 2004, Foxstream is a French software publisher specialising in the banking

Read the full article here 3DX-Ray, a manufacturer of in-line-scan x-ray imaging systems for security and industrial inspection, has appointed Vincent Deery as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Deery is a highly experienced professional whose successful career, beginning at the General Electric Company has encompassed sales, marketing, and business development across high technology sectors (both public and private) including security and defence, power control, oil and petrochemical and metrology.

After joining 3DX-Ray in 2008 Vincent was appointed to the board of its AIM-listed holding company Image Scan in 2013. His appointment follows a recent stint as interim CEO. He has extensive experience in implementing new product strategies and commercialisation of technology and the

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MoD outlines its approach to AI for national defence The Ministry of Defence has highlighted the potential benefits and shortcomings of Artificial Technology. Defence understands Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a family of general-purpose technologies that can enable machines to perform tasks typically requiring

Abloy UK present adaptable access control Abloy UK’s wide range of digital, electromechanical and mechanical products in Abloy’s portfolio can be combined in a

human or biological intelligence. The Defence AI Strategy 2022 describes strategic opportunities and challenges presented by the emergence of AI. Defence recognises that AI presents risks and concerns about its possible impact on humans. These risks and considerations are

Read the full article here variety of ways to meet virtually any requirements.

This allows Abloy to specify a tailored solution to provide flexible, scalable and compliant security, and help control the movement of people in a wide range of building types and applications.

Pat Jefferies, Commercial Director at Abloy UK, said: “There’s currently a high demand for adaptable access control, with flexible working more commonplace across a range of industries.What’s more, we’re seeing an increase in popularity for solutions that utilise mobile credentials to accommodate the changing and increasingly complex requirements.

“Studies show that over two-thirds of organisations will have adopted mobile access control to some extent within two years, as these systems help to meet

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CASE STUDY

t is not just the bigger vessels that need a viable solution. Owners of any size vessel have to decide whether to invest over £5,000-6,000 into a specialised alarm system or to adapt a car/motorcycle alarm system. The latter option is quite a hassle as navigation, key vessel indicators, controls, and security are expected to be accessible on a digital dashboard and smartphone — anywhere, anytime.

This is when companies such as UK-based Marine Energy Systems (MES) can offer their expertise. MES works with big players and customers in this sector, including Sunseeker, a well-known luxury super yacht manufacturer, and many others.

MES had a request to supply boats with a security system which is compatible with the yachts’ onboard software.

Ideally, the system needed to support cellular connectivity; have a mobile app to report alerts; be straightforward to install; and

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Security for Super Yacht needs to be tailored Yacht and super yacht owners increasingly want to secure their maritime state, but the appropriate security equipment and installers aren’t always readily available. of course, it must look slick to fit luxury interiors.

The answer was found using Ajax security systems. Ajax Systems are integrated via a proprietary API with wireless detectors that fit both luxury yachts interiors and smaller boats.

Once tested Ajax devices, Marine Energy Systems’ engineers appreciated a hassle-free approach to system installation. All detectors

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Hikvision’s All-in-one Indoor Station, a centralised entry solution ee Howard, Product Pre-Sales Specialist at Hikvision, explains, “This new, improved version of the All-in-one Indoor Station was launched only a couple of months ago. At its core is the built-in Hik-Connect App, which controls and manages all Hikvision access control, video security, NVRs, intrusion alarm, video intercom, and alarm devices. The App, suitable for Android and Apple devices, provides simple control and flexible linkage among various Hikvision devices.

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Features and benefits As an indoor video intercom station, the tablet enables two-way audio and video verification for entry control with the door station and mobile App. To avoid ‘sticky fingers’ messing about with

Hikvision All-in-one Indoor Station is a finalist in the Visit Management Innovation category at this year’s Benchmark Innovation Awards. The All-inone Indoor Station, which comes in two flavours: a 7 in and a 10 in touch-screen tablet, is not an ordinary intercom. the Indoor Station, it comes with a gesture lock, which is child safe.

Users can quickly check device and network status, battery, and environmental temperature, with everything on one screen.

“The station also features easy integration with third-party Android applications, adding new levels of convenience for users. Apps

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TECHNOLOGY

Keeping conveyor belts running smoothly with reliable, 24/7 video monitoring A major logistics centre based near the UK’s East Midlands Airport needed an efficient video surveillance system to monitor its operations, specifically an automated part of its warehouse that operates 24/7 to fulfil orders. The logistics company handles packages for contract customers including major retailers and is subject to strict service level agreements; so any downtime in its operations may incur significant penalties, damage its reputation, and impact customer loyalty in a competitive industry. he automated picking area handles approximately 90 parcels a minute and operates 24/7 so the cameras and video management system (VMS) selected needed to be reliable and easily supported remotely. The

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cameras also needed to be high definition, and highly accurate, due to the speed of the processing in the picking area.

As a result, the logistics company turned to Zicam and Hanwha Techwin, as previous projects gave the team confidence in Hanwha Techwin’s reliability and ease of use.

A state-of-the-art solution Zicam and Hanwha Techwin implemented a standalone system for the picking area to give a comprehensive overview of any issues occurring on-site such as conveyor belt jamming, equipment failure, or parcels falling from the belt. Quick responses are critical with a fast-moving conveyor system, so the cameras used, coupled with the Wisenet WAVE VMS, enable the company’s 24-hour engineering team to take quick action. This keeps downtime and parcel build-up to a minimum and maintains the productivity of the site.

The site uses Wisenet QND-8080R cameras,

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