Tag: Schneider Electric
Nice appoints Senthoor Navaratnam as CPO of North America
April 16, 2024SSN Staff
CARLSBAD, Calif.—Nice, a global provider of home and building management solutions, has announced the appointment of Senthoor Navaratnam as the chief product officer for North America.
Navaratnam’s deep expertise in driving strategic growth across global markets will be instrumental in accomplishing the company's goal to deliver integrated and unified solutions to Nice partners and end users.
Navaratnam brings with him a distinguished 25-year career having worked in...
MOVEit and lose it
June 28, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
A bad situation has continued to grow worse as the MOVEit exploit used by the CLOP ransomware gang has begun to stack up more victims.
I wrote an article, a brief one, a couple of weeks ago detailing how the data breach had affected a number of state agencies that included the Motor Vehicle Departments of Louisiana and Oregon to name a few. In short, a lot of personal information made it into the hands of hackers, at least 6 million records alone from Louisiana.
Things haven’t gotten...
SecurityBridge expands as it achieves 100% YOY growth in License Revenue
February 14, 2023SSN Staff
INGOLSTADT, Germany – SAP security provider SecurityBridge has been enjoying a banner year with its 2022 highlights showing a 100% year-over-year (YOY) increase in license revenue.
The company said it’s currently securing over 4500 systems where they eliminate vulnerabilities and protect customers from cyber threats. The company’s financial performance has also led to increased growth with the company doubling in size throughout 2022 as it expands its footprint in the United...
Schneider Electric selects SecurityBridge as SAP security platform
July 29, 2022SSN Staff
INGOLSTADT, Germany—SAP (System applications and products) security provider SecurityBridge announced it has been selected by Schneider Electric as its SAP security platform.
SecurityBridge noted that its platform provides Schneider Electric with “advanced level of SAP visibility that enables the company’s IT teams to proactively manage potential risks arising from applications and custom code.”
Schneider Electric is a multinational energy and research company headquartered...
Schneider Electric announces partnership with KB Home
May 11, 2021SSN Staff
BOSTON—Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced a partnership with KB Home, one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States, to provide grid-to-plug innovation in KB Home’s new Sundance at Park Circle community in Valley Center, California.
These homes will incorporate the Square D Energy Center and connected Wiring Devices, which will offer greater levels of control, energy efficiency and resiliency...
Meet the new Pelco
April 26, 2017Paul Ragusa
CLOVIS, Calif.—Since taking over as CEO of Pelco by Schneider Electric in November of 2015, Sharad Shekhar has worked tirelessly to create a new identity for Pelco within the larger Schneider Electric organizational structure.“Like many of our peers in the industry, Pelco faced a few significant changes and challenges over recent years,” Shekhar told Security Systems News. “Our transformation as an independent company to a division of a much larger organization affected our...
Migration to the cloud inevitable, study finds
March 22, 2017Paul Ragusa
Companies across industries are increasingly leveraging the cloud for security applications, with 42 percent of respondents in a new study commissioned by Schneider Electric indicating they currently run security applications in the cloud and almost half (45 percent) stating they are likely or extremely likely to transition security operations to the cloud in the future.
The survey, conducted by Morar Consulting, included input from more than 300 U.S. CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, security/facilities...
Herve Fages to head new VSaaS company
October 21, 2015Martha Entwistle
CLOVIS, Calif.—Herve Fages, former CEO of Pelco, has a new job heading up MultiSight, a new VSaaS company owned by Schneider Electric.Designed for retailers, convenience stores, restaurants and other multi-location businesses, MultiSight is offered for a monthly fee. The fee includes installation, hardware, apps (Apple and Android), cloud services and storage, support, maintenance, updates and system health monitoring.A differentiator for MultiSight, Fages said, is that its “hardware...
Schneider Electric opens new Global R&D Center
September 11, 2014SSN Staff
ANDOVER, Mass.—Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, on Sept. 10 announced the grand opening of its new North American research and development center here.
Called “The Boston One Campus”, it will also serve as the company's new North America headquarters and is built to house approximately 750 employees across all disciplines of Schneider Electric's business segments.
Laurent Vernerey, president and CEO of Schneider Electric's North America Operations, will...
Education one of the highlights at the NFPA show
May 16, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
LAS VEGAS—Education will be a robust feature of the 2014 National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo. The number of education sessions grew to 150 last year and will remain at that level this year when the annual event is held June 9-12 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center here.Some sessions of particular interest to dealers and installers include ones titled “Detecting Residential Fires Faster At Lower Sensitivities With Fewer False Alarms;” “Smoke Alarms: Nuisance...