
Security directors have discovered that partitioning databases provides value to any security management system. It can become a profit center, provide independence and convenience while reducing the need for security guards.
The training college for firefighters in the Austrian town of Tulln now has a modern security system. Combined with wireless linking via card (CardLink) and LEGIC contactless technology, the Kaba exos access control system allows simple cost-effective management, quick expandability and administrative flexibility.
3VR Security Inc. recently announced a new integration between the company’s intelligent video management platform and intrusion and access control solutions from Digital Monitoring Products (DMP).
Magal Security Systems Ltd. recently announced that it signed approximately $5 million of contracts to supply and install intrusion detection systems for dozens of utility facilities located in Eastern Europe. The systems will be supplied and installed during 2008 and 2009.
SCM Microsystems and Hirsch Electronics Corp. recently announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to merge.
City Credit Union, headquartered in Dallas, recently purchased and implemented US Biometrics’ AccessQ system for controlling physical access to entrances with fingerprint biometrics.
The myriad of portable storage mediums today make it essential for corporations to prohibit or monitor the use of certain devices on the company network that can be potentially harmful to a corporation. Confidential data can easily be copied to any portable device, viruses can be introduced to the network and spread corporate wide and illegal software and content can be copied to the company network.
Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd. recently announced that its License Plate Recognition system -- SeeCar -- was selected to automate access control to 1,300 parking spaces, including guest parking, in B.S.R. Towers, a complex of two office towers located in Israel.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that Tri-City Mechanical, a 512-employee design/build contractor in Chandler, Ariz., is using Schlage bright blue Web-enabled access control software and Schlage wireless access control locking systems to reduce false alarm calls at its 77,000 square foot facility.
PalmettoNet, one of the largest providers of digital fiber optic network transport in the Carolinas, has partnered with ITC Solutions, a division of International Tela-Com, Inc. to install an AMAG Technology Symmetry Security Management System.
bright blue™ from Schlage is designed to be the easiest to use access control system on the market today. Its plug-and-play design means it does not require software installation or a dedicated PC. Any computer running a standard Web browser can be used to access, monitor and manage the system. The software is user friendly and easy to navigate.
The Verification Station General Purpose is a high-security, multipurpose biometric system. The RUU captures fingerprints, encodes smart cards, and manages users and biometric devices. It also verifies identities at checkpoints and controls access to doors and gates. Users can chose from 12 modes (e.g., finger-only, card+finger or card+code+finger) and change the combination of authentication factors as the need or situation changes. The unit is IP addressable and PoE enabled.
With Smarter Security Systems' Fastlane Door Detective, once an access control system grants access and unlocks a door, active infrared beams from door-mounted enclosures monitor how many people pass through the doorway and in what direction. Alarms identify violations, and the technology virtually eliminates false alarms. The device now has a simple Cat-5 interconnect between the two enclosures. A separate input connects with an entry phone system to allow multiple authorized visitors to pass through without alarm. Infrared beams also detect attempts to crawl through the doorway.