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Farpointe appoints new director of engineering

August 26, 2024SSN Staff

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Farpointe Data has announced the appointment of Brendon Allen as its new director of engineering. Allen brings over 16 years of experience in engineering and security technology. In his new role he will oversee the development of cutting-edge ID solutions that meet the evolving needs of electronic access control system manufacturers and their customers. Farpointe noted that Allen’s extensive background in the development of electronic security products aligns perfectly...

Access Control, Brendon Allen, Farpointe Data, RFID, Scott Lindley


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ELATEC welcomes Chris Randall

June 25, 2024SSN Staff

PALM CITY, Fla. — ELATEC Inc., a developer and manufacturer of RFID and mobile credential readers, today announced that Chris Randall has joined ELATEC as senior business development outreach manager based in Scottsdale, Ariz. ELATEC said that Chris brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record in strategic planning, brand management, and lead generation within the security and technology sectors. In his new role, Randall will spearhead the company's go-to-market strategy,...

Chris Randall, ELATEC, Manufacturer, Mobile Credentials, RFID


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HID acquires GuardRFID

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HID acquires GuardRFID

February 9, 2023SSN Staff

AUSTIN, Texas – Identity solutions company HID has expanded on its healthcare offering with the acquisition of GuardRFID. HID said the acquisition of the real-time location services company (RTLS) will create safer experiences for patients and staff as they utilize GuardRFID’s software and hardware solutions to support new use cases for infant security, staff duress, asset tracking, and wandering patients, while expanding HID's offering and relevance in the active RFID...

asset tracking, Björn Lidefelt, GuardRFID, Healthcare, HID, Identity solutions, Kerry Brock, Marc Bielmann, network video systems, real-time location services company (RTLS), RFID, Security, TotGuard


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Janam Technologies acquired by ASSA ABLOY

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Janam Technologies acquired by ASSA ABLOY

December 27, 2022SSN Staff

STOCKHOLM – The U.S.-based Janam, a provider of handheld mobile computer and readers, has been acquired by ASSA ABLOY. Terms were not disclosed.  The announcement made on Dec. 27 will enhance the company's Home Improvement Division’s (HID) event access portfolio, ASSA ABLOY said, and will now include handheld readers for ticket scanning using barcode and RFID technology, including NFC. "We welcome Janam to the HID family and look forward to leveraging their mobile...

Access Control, Assa Abloy, Björn Lidefelt, Emtek, Home Improvement Division (HID), Janam, Mergers & Acquisitions, NFC, Nico Delvaux, RFID, Smart Residential, Spectrum


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Five Questions with Identiv’s CEO Steven Humphreys

June 10, 2020Paul Ragusa

FREMONT, Calif.—Security Systems News caught up with Identiv’s CEO, Steven Humphreys, who talks about going from an orphan to CEO, and how his passions for education and robotics help him stay at the forefront of the industry. ARE YOU MARRIED? ANY KIDS? Yes, I am married and have two kids. One is working (yay!) and one is in college.DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? I have two dogs, two cats and one snake. I know it sounds like a lot, but at least the parakeets, chickens, ducks, lizard, koi and turkeys...

analytics, Cloud, Data Analytics, Education, Identiv, Mobile, RFID, robotics, Steve Humphreys


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Physical security to fuel growth in RFID market

November 12, 2013Leif Kothe

CAMBRIDGE, England—The global RFID market will be worth $23.4 billion in 2020, up from $6.98 billion in 2012, with physical security applications like access control playing a major role in the surge, according to a report from IDTechEx, a technology market research company based here.Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, estimates that access control cards comprise about 80 percent of RFID applications in the security and financial verticals. “[Access control] is already a very substantial business,...

Cubic, IDTechEx, Physical Security, Raghu Das, RFID


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Physical security to fuel growth in RFID market

November 6, 2013Leif Kothe

CAMBRIDGE, England—The global RFID market will be worth $23.4 billion in 2020, up from $6.98 billion in 2012, with physical security applications like access control playing a major role in the surge, according to a report from IDTechEx, a technology market research company based here.Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, estimates that access control cards comprise about 80 percent of RFID applications in the security and financial verticals. “[Access control] is already a very substantial business,...

IDTechEx, Physical Security, Raghu Das, RFID


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Global fire protection systems market predicted to reach $66.56 billion in 2018

November 5, 2013Tess Nacelewicz

DALLAS—The global fire protection systems market—products and services—will climb from $34.7 billion currently to $66.56 billion by 2018, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.That's an increase of more than 90 percent and represents a compound annual growth rate of 13.9 percent during that five-year period, says the research and consulting company, based here.The North America market is expected to have the largest share of the total market—between 40-50 percent—by...

fire systems, markets and markets, Physical Security, Rahul Pandey, RFID, security integrator


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Identive selected access control standard for U.S. Homeland Security agency

November 20, 2012SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany—Identive Group, a provider of solutions and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, has been selected by a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Homeland Security to implement its Hirsch-branded access control and security management systems, according to a company statement. The solution will be implemented at the agency's more than 200 locations nationwide. “We have collaborated with the DHS agency over the last several...

Identive Group, RFID


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