Telguard, a provider of cellular alarm communications and interactive services, and Videofied®, a provider of wireless, self-powered security solutions, announced at ISC East an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partnership to accelerate adoption of video verification.

The 8 million annual passengers that travel the New York Harbor on NY Waterway ferries now do so more safely; they are protected by an extensive, state-of-the-art video surveillance system.

Vicon Industries Inc. and Axis Communications announced their partnership for applications development at an event held in Mexico City on October 15, 2013.

At a press briefing on the eve of ASIS 2013, Sony Electronics’ Security Systems Division and Next Level Security Systems revealed they are jointly launching an affordable, scalable cloud-based video surveillance solution: IPELA CLOUD Serviced by NextConnect Video.

Mace Central Station, Cleveland, Ohio, announced a new partnership program with Videofied.

Raytec announced its integration with Milestone’s XProtect video management system. Their new range of VARIO IP network illuminators is the first range of CCTV illuminators in the world ever to be integrated into a video management system, Raytec stated.

At the 2013 CSAA International annual meeting held in Quebec City in October this year, Don Young and Steve Walker, representing the Partnership for Priority Video Alarm Response group, met with other CSAA members to discuss PPVAR initiatives with hopes of taking steps towards the groups merging and collectively working together.

Wide dynamic range technology is changing the landscape for video surveillance, reported the professionals at Arecont Vision, Glendale, Calif., which recently issued a white paper on the subject.

Speco Technologies, Amityville, N.Y., announced that is VIP cameras are now fully integrated with Control4.

The partnership between Hikvision and Milestone Systems has been strengthened recently through the complete integration of Hikvision’s IP video devices and Milestone’s XProtect video management software.