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While camera manufacturers continue to deliver products with higher and higher resolutions, that’s no longer the main goal of video surveillance, purports Laurent Villeneuve, product marketing manager, Genetec, Montreal. Instead, it’s more about expanding the use case for surveillance by increasing end users’ return on investment.

Today the U.S. president decided to delay planned tariff increases and reduce some additional tariffs on Chinese products as part of an initial deal with China. 

DroneShield ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2019, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific.

PSA, a security and systems integrator consortium, today announced general registration has opened for PSA TEC 2020. Discounted early bird pricing is available until Jan. 12, 2020. Attendees are encouraged to register promptly to secure their seats. 

Shiver Security Systems and Sonitrol of Southwest Ohio, a commercial and residential security company based in Dayton and Cincinnati, acquired four new companies servicing Southwest Ohio: 995 Security, Security Services Center, Wilmington Security Systems and Apex Alarm Company. 

RemoteLock — which went through a rebrand approximately 18 months ago — has always been in the lock business, cutting its teeth in the vacation rental space. But now, the company has evolved into focusing on software versus hardware. 

STANLEY Security, a global integrator of comprehensive security solutions, today released its 2020 Industry Trends Report. This report — which includes survey data from decision makers across North America and Europe, monitoring data from more than 400,000 STANLEY Security customers and insights from leaders across the organization — defines the major trends that may impact security consumers in the coming year.

More than 7,600 security and public safety professionals came together to meet experts from more than 350 security brands at New York City’s Javits Center Nov. 20-21 for ISC East.

According to new research conducted by Genetec Inc., a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence, as many as 68.4 percent — or almost 7 out of 10 — cameras are currently running out of date firmware.

From its humble beginnings in a Toyota Corolla, CPI Security — originally Crime Prevention Inc. — has operated with a singular focus.