Under a new strategic partnership, EyeLock Inc. and Stanley Security Solutions (SSS) will work to further commercialize EyeLock’s iris-biometric offerings.
HID Global and RedCloud have expanded their partnership to integrate HID’s EDGE EVO and VertX EVO networked access control solutions into RedCloud’s line of Web-based networked access control appliances, including RedCloud Express, RedCloud Enterprise and RedCloud Virtual.
FLIR Systems, Wilsonville, Ore., a supplier of thermal imaging technology, acquired Lorex Technology, and its subsidiary company Digimerge Technologies for $1.32 per share, representing an aggregate purchase price of $60 million.
IdentiSys Inc., an integrator of identification, card issuance, emergency response and access control systems, formed a partnership with customer flow management systems provider Qmatic.
IQinVision, a provider of HD megapixel IP cameras, is the newest addition to PSA Security Network’s Premier Vendor Partner (PVP) program. The program was created to enhance the value of the PSA relationship to its vendor partners and subsequently to its owners and customers.
Dynamark Security Centers partnered with Check Video to offer its dealer base new opportunities for product installations and ways to increase RMR. Check Video’s video surveillance and alarm verification solutions will now be available through First Action Security Team, the product division of Dynamark Security Centers.
ICV Partners (ICV), New York, an investment firm focused on lower middle market companies, announced the acquisition of SAFE Security Inc., San Ramon, Calif., a provider of residential and commercial security alarm systems, monitoring services, and support services.
A recent cover (Sept. 17, 2012) of InformationWeek highlighted the Top 500 Innovators and Rule Breakers. The article discussed new technologies like cloud computing, mobile devices and big data analytics as being critical to firms using IT to get closer to their customers. I was struck by the similarities to the future of security in general, and I wondered, “Who are the true innovators and rule breakers in our industry?”
