Genetec recently was awarded the 2011 North American Application Development Partner (ADP) of the Year by Axis Communications. The award was presented to Genetec at the sixth annual Axis Channel Convergence Conference (ACCC) held in Boston, Mass., October 10–12. Genetec was selected as this year’s ADP award winner for the committed efforts made to develop joint opportunities, initiate training and marketing programs and continue ongoing product integrations and development with Axis.
“Intransa brings simple, scalable, and affordable video optimized appliances to our customers,” said Pat Comunale, president and chief operating officer for Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution. “These customer-proven platforms will be of immediate benefit across small projects to the most demanding physical security needs in video surveillance, access control, video analytics and PSIM.”
The U.S. government gave the Electronic Security Association (ESA), Irving, Texas, a seat at the table for establishing the direction of Homeland Security as it involves the nation’s emergency service industry. ESA has become a member of the Emergency Services Sector Coordinating Council (ESSCC), which was created by the Department of Homeland Security in 2004 as a vehicle for coordinating the actions and capabilities of the Emergency Services Sector.
Hikvision, City of Industry, Calif.,a supplier of video surveillance productsand solutions, announced that it recently entered into contract renewal of Chongqing’ssafe city program in China with the total investmentof the contracts reaching to 1.2 billion U.S. dollars (RMB 7.7 billion).
Maintaining a high profile throughout Security Week in New York, Panasonic System Networks Company of America, Secaucus, N.J., is a sponsor of Security magazine's Thought Leadership Program as part of the Security 500 Conference Nov. 1, 2011. The conference is a full-day program bringing together security leaders from large organizations to focus on the business impact of security.
Micro Key Solutions, Kissimmee, Fla., a provider of software solutions for the security alarm industry, announced that Victoria Ferro was promoted to president and that Wayne Torrens, past president, will be taking on the role of chief executive officer.
Visonic Ltd. will present a free webinar, hosted by SDM, on November 8th entitled Using Visual Alarm Verification to Improve Response and Increase Recurring Revenue.
At ASIS Int’l 2011 Seminar & Exhibits in Orlando, Fla., PlaSec, a provider of physical access control solutions, announced a new name — RedCloud — and a new brand identity.
Raytheon Company’s Network Centric Systems, McKinney, Texas, combined its existing security solutions and civil communications businesses as part of a new product line to increase its focus on opportunities in public safety markets.