Is Access Control Ready for the NFC Smartphone Future?
The move towards getting Near Field Communications (NFC) technology into the hands of customers appears inexorable as businesses look at ways of optimising mobile payments and acce...
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NXP and HID are collaborating on NFC phones
NXP Semiconductors and HID Global are collaborating to introduce a global, generic Mobile Access solution for NFC-enabled mobile phones. The jointly developed solution to leverage ...
Lagercrantz Group acquires Idesco OY
Lagercrantz Group has acquired over 90% of the shares in the Finnish company Idesco OY. Idesco develops and sells products based on RFID technology (Radio Frequency IDentification)...
The Phased Introduction of New Security and Time Recording Systems
For several months, detailed and meticulous planning, testing and optimizing has been going on almost round the clock. As a result, Fraport has now been able to replace the Credent...
Dorma and Brivo to Collaborate in Pioneering SaaS-based Access Control Solutions
An agreement between Dorma and Brivo Systems integrates the pioneering capabilities of both companies in a new line of Dorma electronic access solutions. These products and systems...
An Integrated Approach for Train Stations
While airport safety and security are widely being discussed in the public, railway security is in most parts an insider issue. But new threats require a lot more attention, and ...
Interview with Johan Park, Managing Director for Samsung Techwin Europe
Samsung has recently bolstered its IP and network product range with the introduction of Full HD megapixel network cameras and is on its way to become a total solution provider for...
Access Control: Main Building Secured in Record Time
Once the contract was awarded, it only took three months to put a new electronic locking system into operation at Klinikum Kassel in central Germany. During this short period of ti...
HID Global Acquires EasyLobby For Secure Visitor Management Solutions
HID Global announced the company has acquired EasyLobby, provider of secure visitor management solutions.
The New Hotel Casino Barrière in Lille Opts for IP-Surveillance
The new casino hotel in Lille, France opened its doors in spring 2010 in the heart of the city. A veritable leisure center at the cutting edge of innovation, it has benefited from ...
Security for Energy and Utility Companies
"The innovation is in the configuration", according to Bernhard Kempf, Head of Sales, Building Security at Bosch and, in the opinion of many security experts, he hit the nail squar...
HID Global and Sony announce NFC-enabled smart card reader platform
HID Global and Sony Corporation announced a jointly developed contactless smart card reader platform that embeds secure access control capabilities and Near Field Communication (NF...
Video Management Software Helps Bank to Secure Their Most Vulnerable Installations
Banks are a type of business that devotes special attention to security. One of the reasons for this is that having a good reputation is very important to them. Banks use video sur...
Efficient and Energy-Saving Server & Storage Solutions
Pivot3 started out in 2003 with the intention of radically simplifying servers, memory and networks and making them more affordable. It was the first manufacturer to bring a comple...
SimonsVoss Technologies opens Nordic sales office
SimonsVoss Technologies further extends its European presence and opens the Nordic region sales office in Stockholm.In view of the very positive business development during the las...
Gunnebo acquires South Africa's market leader for entrance control Alltech
Gunnebo security group has acquired Johannesburg-based Alltech. The acquisition was made to strengthen Gunnebo's platform from which to develop and leverage its world leading Entra...
Secure Identity Solutions: New Legic Reader Chip Generation
The market for contactless identification technology is constantly moving. Requirements for advanced security and reliability are increasing, along with demands for comfortable and...
Cassidian and Ilex sign cooperation agreement for identity and information systems access management
Cassidian and Ilex,specialist for identity and access Management, have signed a cooperation agreement concerning management of identities and secure access to corporate information...
blueSmart Enables Intelligent Access Organisation
A new technology combines convenient management of complex building structures with a subtle, contemporary design: blueSmart is the name of the latest generation of electronic acce...
Nedap secures second stadium in Ukraine for the UEFA 2012 European Championship
After successfully securing the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Nedap Security Management announcedthat it will also secure the new Lviv stadium which is to be used in the UEFA 2012 Europ...
Siemens Building Technologies Develops Integrated Solutions for Its Customers
Matthias Rebellius has led as CEO the Fire Safety Security Products Business Unit at Siemens Building Technologies for the past three years. During a visit to the international co...
The Development of Video Technology over the Last 20 Years
Axis and the Safety and Security publications of GIT are both successful prodigies of the nineties, sufficient reason for them both to take a look back at their roots - and also to...
Salto stars in Hollywood heist film "Gambit"
Supplying products for television and film is getting to be second nature for Salto, the Spanish based manufacturer of stand alone wire free and wireless access control systems.Hav...
Norbain delivers Suprema access control solution at McCulla Transport
Astate-of-the-art Suprema Access Control solution supplied by Norbainwill secure McCullaLtd'spremises and customers' stock, the McCulla office and main storage site in Lisburn, in ...
Kaba acquires e-Data
Kaba Group is acquiring the business of e-Data, based in Dallas (Texas, USA) and Stuttgart (Germany), planned to be effective as of end of May 2011. e-Data specializes in Web-based...
Paxton and Mayflex Enter New Partnership
Mayflex,distributor of electronic security, cabling infrastructure and networking products in the UK,partners with access control designer and manufacturerPaxton.Paxton will supply...
Increased Security and Ease of Accessibility in a Central London College
The City of Westminster College in the heart of London is well into an ambitious program of redevelopment and refurbishment that, since January 2011, has been able to start support...
Security Solutions for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
The chemical and pharmaceutical industries have survived the commercial and financial crisis well. These companies are enjoying a strong tailwind behind their business and, through...
Interview with Lucas Lee, the New Managing Director for Samsung Techwin Europe
At the beginning of 2010 Samsung Techwin took over responsibility for the supply and support for both Samsung Techwin and Samsung Electronics electronic security product ranges. Du...
Modern Fire Detection Technology Provides Safety in Solar Valley
Alongside other renewable (and/or alternative) sources of energy such as wind, water or geothermal heat, solar energy belongs to those that will play an increasingly larger role in...
Considering the Transition from Analog to IP-based Surveillance
When it comes to new security installations, Internet protocol (IP)-based systems are growing in prevalence as viable options alongside traditional analog-based approaches. IP is h...
Ifsec, International Firex and Safety & Health Expo 2011
The diverse, complex and constantly evolving safety and security markets mean that senior security professionals and decision makers need to ensure they remain that one step ahead ...
Stadium Safety and Security Is Custom-made
It is inevitable that safety and security problems will arise when many people come together in a confined space. This is especially true for sports stadiums, where emotions often ...
Finland's Kuopio Prison deploying Idesco access control solutions
Idesco was recently chosen by the Kuopio Prison in Finland to supply its access control readers during the renovation and expansion project of its prison building. Construction of ...
Access Control: Join and Conquer
In the past few years, perhaps no security industry buzzword has been defined in articles and promotional materials as many times as ‚convergence‘. These definitions have most comm...
SCM Microsystems GmbH
Pivot3
secura systems
Gunnebo Entrance Control
Suprema Europe SARL
Fiera Milano S.p.A.
Altronix Corporation
Primion Technology GmbH
FST Biometrics America Inc.
IHS
AxxonSoft GmbH
Quanika UK Limited
Boon Edam Ltd.
Messe Essen
Gunnebo Industries AB
IndigoVision Ltd. (Edinburgh)
Loxal Security Ltd
dormakaba Group
Octave Intelligence
Xtract One Technologies
Bosch Building Technologies
Süd-Metall Beschläge GmbH
Zwipe AS
Kemas GmbH
BlueID GmbH
Access Control Technology
Suprema Inc.
SimonsVoss Technologies GmbH
Traka
Uhlmann & Zacher GmbH
Sorhea GmbH
Brivo Systems LLC
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA
Ksenia Security S.p.A.
Evva Sicherheitstechnik GmbH
Slat
Morpho
PAC GDX
CES C.Ed. Schulte GmbH Zylinderschlossfabrik
G4S Security Services Ltd.
Comelit Group UK Ltd
HID Global Corporation
Invixium
Wavestore Global Ltd.
PureTech Systems
Axis Communications AB
PCS Systemtechnik GmbH
TDSi Ltd.
ApolloEM
Kentix GmbH