ONVIF, a standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is making expansion plans for the future, and those include the addition of physical access control to its specification and building on momentum that has gotten the three-year-old organization to more than 700 conformant products.
ADT Security Services and Brivo Systems announced the implementation of a web-based access control solution for five federal facilities managed by the General Services Administration in Detroit and the Chicago area. The Brivo ACS OnSite Aparato solution helps fulfill Homeland Security/Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), intended to enhance security and reduce identity fraud at all federal facilities by establishing common identification standards for employees and contractors.
Though the economy is slowly picking up and more dealers are reporting a favorable outlook for 2011 — 82 percent of SDM 100 companies expect improvements over the next year — 2010 still saw companies struggling to keep their bottom lines from dropping.
Hello Alert Inc., a Babylon, N.Y. security systems dealer, has installed thousands of Panasonic video surveillance cameras throughout the state of New York to provide surveillance of various municipal buildings, jails and approximately 50 fire houses in multiple jurisdictions on Long Island.
One of the most anticipated presentations made Wednesday during ISC West was SIA’s New Product Showcase. NPS chair Jennifer Martin of Pixim and SIA CEO Richard Chace presented 32 awards in 21 categories including honorary mentions — the most this program has awarded to date.
Bosch Security Systems Inc. launched the Safe & Sound security and audio tour — what it calls the largest, most interactive product exhibit truck in the industry — at ISC West, Wednesday.
NAPCO Security Technologies Inc., a supplier of innovative professional security equipment for more than 30 years, is exhibiting an array of breakthrough products at ISC West, Wednesday in booth No. 14055.