Funkwerk equips Finnish railway stations with information systems
Finland is now also ahead of the rest of the world by a length in terms of passenger information in rail transport. This is made possible by innovative technology from Funkwerk.The...
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Sweden: Shopkeeper pays price for bomber CCTV footage
According to the Scottish newspaper "The Scotsman",a shopkeeper who handed police video footage of the Stockholm suicide bombing says he will think twice before helping authorities...
Bruker Acquires Sigma ElectroOptics to expand Gas Detection Business
Brukerannounced the signing of an agreement with simultaneous closing of the acquisition of Sigma ElectroOptics GmbH ('Sigma'), based in Hamburg, Germany. Sigma's 2010 revenue is e...
Yemen Customs to Deploy AS&E Detection Technology
American Science and Engineering ("ASE") announcedthe receipt of an order for Yemen Customs for two of the Company's top selling Z Backscatter Vans (ZBV) with an exercisable option...
Anixter International Announces the Acquisition of Clark Security Products
Anixter International,global distributor of communication and security products,announced that it has acquired all the outstanding shares of Clark Security Products and the assets ...
ISAF 2010 Report
ISAF 2010, which is the only international security and fire exhibition in Turkiye, was held in Istanbul Expo Center between 23-26 September, 2010. 139 participator companies from ...
Raytheon to Acquire Applied Signal Technology
Raytheon Companyannounced that it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with Applied Signal Technology, a leader in the collection and processing of communications signals ...
Marc Freundlich appointed President of Identive's Multicard division and VP of Identive Group
Identive Groupannounced that security industry veteran Marc Freundlich has been appointed President of Identive's Multicard division and a Vice President of Identive Group. In this...
ANPR cooperation: Sony and ARH
ARH business partner ELVIAhas launched a ready to use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera based on the XCI smart camera from Sony Europe's Image Sensing Solutions divi...
Saudi Arabia to be world’s second largest market for Homeland Security
The rapidly evolving security scenario in the region has placed the onus for increased preparedness on local authorities and institutions to be able to meet the multi-faceted chall...
Sweden terror alert level unchanged
Swedish policesaid they have not been able to establish if a man who died in a weekend suicide bombing in Stockholm had accomplices, but have not ruled out that possibility. The on...
ActivIdentity Joins HID Global
HID Global announced the completion of its parent company ASSA ABLOYs acquisition of ActivIdentity. The acquisition will expand HID Globals logical access offering and create a uni...
Study links shift work to higher risk of work injury
A recent study by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) concluded that Canadians who work night and rotating shifts are almost twice as likely to be injured on ...
Identive Group: Brent Archer new VP Group Operations & Supply Chain
Identive Group announced that Brent Archer has joined the Company as Vice President Group Operations Supply Chain. In this newly created role, Archer will oversee global operation...
MS&D 2011: Focus on security of ports and international shipping
"The main focus of work for the navies has changed in the past years, and that is also reflected in the conference themes of MSD 2011," explains Ulrich Otto, Rear-Admiral (ret.) an...
Security for Scott County Jail: Video Analytics by Agent Vi, Integration with Milestone
Scott County Jail sought a real-time video analytics solution for the detection of unauthorized people in restricted zones. Automatic detections serve their security needs due to t...
Genetec Expands Custom Solutions Development Team with Acquisition of Sipelia
Genetec announced the expansion of its custom solutions development team with the acquisition of Sipelia. Sipelia is a privately-held software company based in Paris, France, that ...
Nigeria's Aviation Minister: Aviation security is a matter of global concern
Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mrs Fidelia Njeze, has decried the rise in the numbers of passenger complaints recorded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) between the m...
March Networks Selects Pixim's Seawolf Chip
Seawolf, Pixim's latest chip offering, has been selected by March Networks for a new IP dome camera designed to deliver color images in near-dark conditions.The compact VideoSphere...
Sony IP camera management software now available for free
Complete with the same intuitive interface as the full version of RealShot Manager Advance (RSM-AD), Sony has introduced RealShot Manager Lite (RSM-Lite) - a free to download camer...
Assa Abloy acquires 63.3 percent of the shares in Cardo
Assa Abloy AB has entered into agreements with several large shareholders in Cardo AB, including L E Lundbergföretagen AB, to acquire in aggregate 17,162,400 shares in Cardo, repre...
Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan opens Border Control and Airport and Seaport Security Conference
Under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Public Works and President of the Higher Committee for UAE Civil Seaports and Airports Security, and the...
Magal to secure the Port of Mombasa
Magal Security Systems announcedthat it has signed a contract with the Port Authority of Kenya, valued at $21.4 million to secure the Port of Mombasa. This contract follows a tende...
ADT's Jon Sargent receives George A. Weinstock Award
ADT Security Services joins the industry in congratulating Jon Sargent for receiving the highest honor bestowed by the California Alarm Association: the George A. Weinstock Award. ...
Milestone Systems Awarded Axis Development Partner of the Year
Milestone Systems was awarded the 2010 Application Development Partner (ADP) of the Year for North America by Axis Communications during its annual Axis Channel Convergence Confere...
Nedap Invexs wins design award
The Invexs reader has been designed in corporation with INDES, a Dutch design agency with over 20 years of experience in practical product, process and organisational innovation.Th...
Identive Goup: Felix Marx resigns
Identive Group today announced the departure of Felix Marx, executive vice president of Transponders Semiconductors, CEO of the ACiG Technology business unit and a director of the...
Petards to deliver on-board CCTV systems for Bombardier trains
Petards,developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, announces that it has been awarded a contract by Bombardier Transportationto supply Petards eyeTrain on-board digit...
American Science and Engineering Receives Additional Order from U.S. Government
American Science and Engineering ("ASE") announced that the Company has been awarded an additional order valued at $4.9 million under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (...
Negotiations on U.S.-EU Passenger Name Record agreement
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström made the following joint statement on launching th...
Cargo Screening: DHS talks with global shipping companies
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitanomet yesterday with leaders from global shipping companies, including UPS, DHL, FedEx, Atlas and TNT along with U....
Avigilon: Global Expansion of Sales Team
Avigilon announced that it has promoted key executives within the organization and hired three new sales executives to effectively address the growing demand for the company's awar...
Tony Tyler IATA's next Director General and CEO
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its Board of Governors has selected Tony Tyler, CEO of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, in a unanimous deci...
Sypris and Cassidian Form International Strategic Alliance
Sypris Electronics has signed a Technology Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Cassidian, formerly known as EADS Defence Security. The Agreement will enable the global leve...
Olympic Stadium in Kiev to be secured by Nedap
The Olympic Stadium in Kiev, which will host the final of the 2012 UEFA European Championship, will be secured with Nedap's security management system AEOS. The stadium is build in...
