Tag: Internet of Things (IoT)
Telecom Design opens U.S. office, names NA GM
December 13, 2024SSN Staff
BORDEAUX, France — IoT solutions provider Telecom Design is expanding with offices in the U.S., where it has appointed a key new member to its leadership.
In 2022, Andera Partners, a private equity firm in France took a majority stake in Telecom Design to fuel an ambitious expansion plan under the leadership of incoming CEO Christophe Arnaud.
Increasing the U.S. and North America business is part of this strategic plan. Arnaud stated, "Our innovative loT solutions have found...
Latch announces Siminoff’s transition to advisory role
December 3, 2024SSN Staff
ST. LOUIS — Latch, Inc., soon to be DOOR, today announced Jamie Siminoff, Chief Strategy Officer, will step down from his current role and transition to the advisory role of Doorman in 2025.
“I joined Latch to help build a foundation for growth, and I believe we have done just that,” said Siminoff. “We have invented around the future of multifamily property management, joining forces with key partners, introducing innovative new products, and launching the DOOR brand and...
i-PRO CEO: ‘We have grown solidly’
November 20, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
FUKUOKA, Japan—In the five years since i-PRO split from Panasonic, CEO Masato Nakao’s company has established itself as a global manufacturer of nearly 300 cameras thanks to a commitment to change, collaboration and streamlined product development.
Nakao-san kicked off the recent Global Press Summit at the company’s Fukuoka headquarters by providing an overview of how i-PRO has evolved and continues to “grow solidly” as its own entity after breaking...
Home Assistant founder joins Z-Wave Alliance board of directors
September 26, 2024SSN Staff
BEAVERTON, Ore. —The Z-Wave Alliance has announced that Nabu Casa, best known as the organization driving the development of Home Assistant, has officially joined the Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors.
The Z-Wave Alliance actively recruits smart home and IoT leaders to join, direct, and contribute to the completely member-driven organization on a mission to chart the course of the future of Z-Wave technology and the smart home. Nabu Casa joins an impressive roster of Z-Wave Alliance board...
New Dice focuses on advanced monitoring solutions in first half of 2024
July 15, 2024SSN Staff
BAY CITY, Mich. — The New Dice has announced significant growth in the first half of 2024, attributing the surge to the company's focus on its core platform and catering to the growing demand for advanced technologies in the alarm monitoring center environment.
Dice said its approach includes the introduction of presence awareness. This feature creates customizable "areas of interest" that transform any camera or IoT device into a potential alarm sensor. Users can seamlessly...
Axis Communications celebrates 40th anniversary
June 25, 2024SSN Staff
CHELMSFORD, Mass. —Axis Communications, a provider of IoT, cloud and AI in video surveillance, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Originally founded in 1984, over the past four decades Axis has introduced a number of innovations beginning with the world's first network camera in 1996, which spawned an industry and triggered the shift from analog to IP-based video surveillance.
According to Axis it has since launched many other “world’s firsts” including the first...
Z-Wave Alliance announces support of cyber labeling programs for IoT devices
May 3, 2024SSN Staff
BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization, announced its full support of the latest cybersecurity labeling programs for IoT and connected devices.
In conjunction with the recent Z-Wave Alliance Summit & Unplug Fest 2024, the Alliance announced that the Z-Wave protocol security framework meets, and in some cases exceeds, the regulations and requirements set forth by the recently announced U.S. Cyber Trust Mark.
“Robust device security has...
ONVIF forming new group focused on metadata specs and data ontology
December 21, 2023SSN Staff
SAN RAMON – The Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) has announced an agreement with the Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) to take over development of data ontology and metadata specifications.
In a release ONVIF stated that the work will continue under a new ONVIF metadata working group originally under OSSA. According to ONVIF, the new metadata working group is focused on developing standardized ways of richly describing the context in which objects of interest appear in...
Hard target
November 8, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
We’re about a week away from ISC East, but I’m not going to be there for this one, so let’s have a cybersecurity topic this week on Monitoring Matters instead.
In fact, if you want to do a bit of studying before your homework this week, please take the time to read Bud Broomhead’s excellent guest editorial on security infrastructure. One of the topics it covers is the recent ransomware attacks that affected Las Vegas casino groups MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment.
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Allegion elevated as promoter and board member of Connectivity Standards Alliance
September 6, 2023SSN Staff
CARMEL, Ind.– Security products provider Allegion has been named a promoter member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the Alliance) and elevated to a seat on the Alliance Board of Directors.
Made up of more than 600 companies, the Alliance creates, maintains, and delivers open global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT). As a part of this organization, Allegion will help develop and promote those standards, which are expected to improve user experiences in smart home and smart...