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Assa Abloy: Wireless Access Solutions for Healthcare Security

Security stakes are high at healthcare premises. Patients expect and deserve privacy and safety. Yet most medical buildings must remain welcoming spaces, many open around the clock. The protection of drugs and confidential data is critical — and every breach demands thorough investigation. Such needs go way beyond what the mechanical security was designed to meet.

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Assa Abloy: Switching to Mobile Access Control Fast

​​​​​​​The smartphone is changing access control and security management at every scale and level, from global corporations to small companies. Making the switch to mobile access control, however, can seem daunting. Questions may arise around cost, practicality and the potential need for new door hardware. Yet going mobile is actually a lot simpler and quicker than many think, as one new guide explains.

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No Touch, No Problem: How QR Codes Add Benefits to Access Control

While QR codes aren’t new, it’s fair to say that 2020 became the comeback year for this technology. Be it the replacement of paper menus with QR codes on tables, which guests could scan to get a virtual menu on their mobile device, touchless payment options, or access control solutions that allow contactless visitor management – the global pandemic put contactless technology back in the spotlight. What also came into focus was the healthcare industry, that had to suddenly adjust to the new situation – probably more than any other industry. In the attempt of keeping people healthy and safe that’s when these two sectors crossed – because access control (specifically with QR code systems) played an interesting role for healthcare establishments.

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Axis products conform to ONVIF Profile M

Axis Communications announces that a selection of its cameras is now ONVIF Profile M conformant, enabling standardized streaming of metadata and event sending from edge-based analytics applications in a best-of-breed multi-vendor surveillance system.

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Hikvision introduces All-in-one Indoor Station for convergent security solutions

Hikvision has introduced its All-in-one Indoor Station product, a tablet device for converging security solutions in homes and offices. With the intelligent indoor station as the management center, users now can enjoy simple control and flexible linkage among various Hikvision devices, including video intercom, access control, intrusion alarm, IP cameras, NVRs, and more.

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Panasonic to transfer its Security & Industrial Medical Vision Businesses into a new company ‘I-PRO EMEA’

Panasonic Europe B.V. and Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU) announced the transfer of its European Security and Industrial Medical Vision (IMV) businesses, currently part of PSCEU, into a newly founded independent company, i-PRO EMEA B.V. (i-PRO EMEA). The new company will formally start its operations from October 2021, and will be part of the Japan-based Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd. (PIPS).

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Egypt International Security Exhibition and Conference (EISE 2022)

dmg events, organisers of The Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS), The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) and Gastech, has announced the first edition of the Egypt International Security Exhibition & Conference (EISE) taking place in Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo from 29-31 August 2022.

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Industry Report: Pandemic Forces Cloud Solutions

In January 2021 Genetec EMEA surveyed physical security professionals based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on the state of physical security in 2021. Following a review of submissions and data cleansing, 1,550 respondents were included in the sample for analysis. Genetec EMEA has now shared this research into ­cybersecurity as a strategic priority and the accelerating adoption of cloud infrastructure for physical security.

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Anatomy of a healthy building

Change has been a constant theme for the world in recent months. It’s been business as unusual. Many of us have changed where we work, how we socialize, how our children learn, and how we shop, and more. The full extent of our new normal is still unknown.

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Assa Abloy: Door Upgrade for Better Accessibility

A door should be an opening, not a barrier. But the reality for the elderly, young and disabled is that inappropriate doors often shut them out. Upgrading to the right door closer can guarantee that premises welcome everyone, no matter their age or dexterity.

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Assa Abloy Provides Access Control Platform for Global Manufacturer

It can be a challenge to find an ideal electronic lock for every opening, and then to manage them all within a single, integrated solution. All too often, security procurement involves difficult compromises: A system which works perfectly for one door or department leaves another where the same solution doesn’t quite meet its needs. At newly built commercial premises in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, power-tool manufacturer Makita stocks and distributes batteries, and runs wholesale supply logistics. They searched for a single, intuitive system to control every access point — now and in the future.

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Introducing Hikvision’s AX PRO wireless alarm system

Anti-intrusion systems must be able to detect security breaches instantly and reliably – while also minimizing false positives. To help companies and homeowners achieve this, Hikvision has created its AX PRO wireless alarm system, which includes highly reliable video verification solutions, secure wireless transmission, and a wide range of state-of-the-art alarm detectors.

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Secutech to be deferred to April 2022

Due to a recent wave of COVID-19 cases across Taiwan, the organiser of Secutech, the leading trade fair for the safety and security industry in the region, has announced the deferral of the upcoming 23rd edition.

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Safety Solutions for the Westminster Palace

Safety Solutions for the Westminster Palace

The Bosch subsidiary Protec has equipped the entire grounds of Westminster Palace with fire and voice alarm technology.