VidSys collaborated with the United States Park Police (USPP) on a technology trial to protect the hundreds of thousands of people from around the country during the annual Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C.
The Electronic Security Association (ESA) reported that on June 30, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced S. 1319, ESA’s federal background check legislation.
iControl Networks Inc, Palo Alto, Calif., a provider of broadband home management, and Visonic Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, a developer and manufacturer of wireless home security and safety systems and components, have partnered to integrate Visonic security peripherals into the iControl OpenHome™ software platform.
System Sensor, St. Charles, Ill., announced the remaining dates and locations for its 2011 Seminar series, Codes & CEUs. This seminar provides up-to-the-minute NFPA code reviews, design information, application suggestions and tools for fire and notification system designs. Codes & CEUs is provided at no cost to qualified attendees and CEU credits are also available. The seminar is ideal for fire protection professionals, including engineers, fire officials, end users, school district facility planners, university campus fire and safety personnel, fire system designers and technicians.
For the past several years, stakeholders have shown interest in how the various standards and specification developing organizations within the electronic physical security industry relate to each other. Recently, SIA Standards has attempted to address this issue by reaching out to other groups and discussing ways in which we can harmonize our efforts to deliver an outcome that is beneficial to the industry as a whole.
The world’s largest CCTV camera has a resolution of 540TVL with 36x WD (f=3.4 – 122.4mm wide dynamic range) optical zoom, according to PT. Telview Technology of Jakarta, Indonesia. The camera measures 15ft x 5.6ft x 5.2ft and it is made of steel reinforced fiber glass. Together with its 43.3-foot tall tower, it took six months to build. The manufacturer constructed this functioning, record-breaking camera as a symbol for its community.
ScanSource Inc., Greenville, S.C., an international value-added distributor of specialty technology products, announced the appointment of Steven Owings to its board of directors. Owings is one of the original founders of ScanSource Inc. and previously served as chairman of the board of directors from the company’s inception in December 1992 until December 2005, when he reduced his workload due to medical reasons. Owings also served as chief executive officer of ScanSource Inc. from December 1992 until January 2000. Owings resigned his strategic advisor employee role and retired from employment with the company in March 2011. On March 16, 2011, Owings was elected to serve on the board as a non-employee director.
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