Tag: Surveillance
NY Transit agencies utilizing ISS under-vehicle inspection solution
September 30, 2024SSN Staff
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — ISS (Intelligent Security Systems) has revealed that its under-vehicle and under-train surveillance solutions were recently tested by several New York regional transit agencies as part of an initiative designed to improve climate resilience across regional transit infrastructure.
The program, dubbed the “Transit Tech Lab,” is a public-private partnership created by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Partnership Fund for New York City to...
Elder sibling, or lord of the Ring Cameras
September 16, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
If you’re reading this, I’m either just hitting the road or on my way back from VerkadaOne, a nice little preview of some security market tech before the larger show of GSX next week.
I am interested in seeing the new products on offer too. If nothing else AI has made for a lot of interesting innovation in the security camera market as competitors scramble to have their seat at the table. Or maybe it will be more like the last one seated at a cakewalk? If you listen to Oracle co-founder...
AlarMax appoints Cabler VP of sales
August 30, 2024SSN Staff
PITTSBURGH — AlarMax, a provider of fire alarm, intrusion, surveillance, access control and AV solutions, has announced the appointment of Ken Cabler as the new vice president of sales.
The company cited Cabler’s nearly three decades of experience in the security distribution industry in anticipation of the knowledge and expertise he will be bringing to its leadership team.
Cabler is an industry veteran, having held key roles at industry-leading companies nationwide. With positions...
Demand for interoperability, ONVIF standards help drive growth in physical security market
August 8, 2024SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. — ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is announcing that more than 30,000 product models in the global physical security market meet the ONVIF conformance requirements for interoperability.
According to the organization, this new milestone means that the number of ONVIF conformant, interoperable products has doubled in the last three years and tripled since 2018. Security system integrators and end users around the world rely...
Product Launches: DMP, Allegion, iPRO, NAPCO, Hanwha
July 15, 2024SSN Staff
DMP
TMSentry
Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) announces the release of the TMSentry. This new control panel represents the latest alarm system technology designed specifically for monitoring automated teller machines (ATMs) and interactive teller machines (ITMs). High security features are built into this panel, with the specific needs of the financial industry in mind and includes compact size, free network, built-in encryption, and more.
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Allegion
Von Duprin 70 Series...
Axelera AI raises $68 million Series B funding
June 27, 2024SSN Staff
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. and EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — Axelera AI, a provider of purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) hardware acceleration technology for generative AI and computer vision inference, has announced its successful close of an oversubscribed $68 million Series B financing round.
This latest round brings the total amount raised to $120 million. Axelera AI has spent the past three years building a team of 180+ employees (including 55+ PhD’s with more than 40,000 citations...
Pye-Barker closes out May with a pair of acquisitions
May 29, 2024SSN Staff
ATLANTA — Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has recently made a few more acquisitions to round out the month of May.
On May 29th, Pye-Barker acquired Security Solutions Inc., a security, alarms and surveillance systems provider serving the Norwalk, Connecticut area.
A family-run business for more than 30 years, Security Solutions has built a presence with customers from Greenwich to New Haven. Founded and led by the Orvis family, Security Solutions Inc. (SSI) offers security alarms, fire alarms,...
ALCEA and LRG Inc. announce security partnership
April 26, 2024SSN Staff
IRVING, Texas – ALCEA, formerly ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions – Critical Infrastructure (AAGS-CI), has announced an agreement with Houston-based LRG Inc.
As the internal systems integrator partner across the ASSA ABLOY ecosystem, ALCEA said it offers partners a comprehensive assortment of security solutions and access management systems. Ranging from security hardware, locks, and devices, to key management and access control systems, solutions that can be customized, digitalized and...
Poll respondents assess risk of theft, cyberattacks & more
April 23, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - A majority of respondents to a recent SSN News Poll report that enhanced physical security and surveillance is the best answer to the rising problem of retail theft, while some wonder if that constitutes a sufficient response.
Among this month’s questions we discussed the rising problem of retail theft from organized crime groups and best practices to combat this trend. Most respondents, 60%, feel that enhanced physical security and surveillance is the best answer...
Aired grievances
March 13, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
A dozen lawsuits later and it sounds like Airbnb has finally put the kibosh on indoor security cameras in its policies.
I’m not an aficionado of the rental properties lifestyle but I suppose I assumed that it was, at the very least, frowned upon beforehand to install security cameras indoors at places like this. Obviously, bathrooms and bedrooms were already a no-go but having a bunch of Norman Bates’ peeping on tenants while having a somewhat ambiguous policy on indoor surveillance...