Whitby, Ont.-based Keyscan, a provider of integrated access control systems, and Affiliated Monitoring of Union, N.J., are collaborating in an effort to allow security dealers to offer cloud-based hosted or managed access control solutions to their customers.
School security has taken center stage in recent months, and as a result, administrators at all levels have taken a more serious look at further tightening access to their facilities.
Montreal-based Genetec™, a provider of unified IP security solutions, is introducing Stratocast™, which the company defines as “a powerful, yet easy-to-use Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) solution powered by Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Azure cloud-computing platform.”
Viscount Systems recently won a “Be What’s Next” award from Microsoft in recognition of its participation in Microsoft Global Security’s Good Samaritan Project, which was designed to create a social network to help aid and assist in the event of emergencies.
HID Global recently completed two pilot programs to determine the validity of mobile access control using near field communication (NFC)-enabled smartphones to open doors without compromising physical security.
At last month’s ASIS 2012, Salient Systems Corp., Austin, Texas, unveiled CompleteView Cloud, a hosted video surveillance service powered by Dell OEM Solutions’ Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service at the platform level.
People hear the term “cloud computing” and conclude the underlying rationale is cost savings. I believe it is in fact security. While cost savings is no doubt a critical driver of adoption, I would ask a larger question: “What happens to the global economy and our national defense if the Internet cannot be secured?”
As cloud services gain traction and can exchange data freely, security professionals predict the industry will have access to better products, lower costs and greater margins.
Like the vast majority of people, you’ve no doubt heard a lot of talk about “The Cloud” in the last year or two. The concept is by no means a new one. If you use an online email provider such as Google or Yahoo, you’re using the cloud. In fact, many people have been using the cloud for well over a decade (Google’s empire was built on the cloud); it just didn’t have a catchy name until recently.
Brivo Systems LLC, a provider of cloud applications for security management, announced that it entered into a new partnership agreement with Integrator Support. Integrator Support is a provider of wholesale security services to the premier systems integration community.