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WM5G wins £10m tender as part of a consortium to boost telecoms R&D and innovation

West Midlands 5G Limited (WM5G), the UK’s 5G innovation company has won a £10m Government tender to create the UK’s Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN). WM5G won the tender as part of a UK-wide consortium led by Digital Catapult and also including CW (Cambridge Wireless) and the University of Bristol. UKTIN, first announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) in March, aims to make the UK the easiest place in the world to access and take part in tel...

Avolon appoints Andy Cronin as the CEO Designate and Paul Geaney as the President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dómhnal Slattery, has informed the Board of his intention to step down from his Executive role and from the Board in 2022. Avolon’s Board has unanimously appointed Andy Cronin, Avolon’s President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to the role of CEO Designate. In addition, Paul Geaney, Avolon’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) is appointed to the role of the President a...

Matrix organises a partner connect event along with their channel partner CTPL

Matrix, a manufacturer of Telecom and Security solutions, has organised a Product Expo - Matrix Partner Connect along with its channel partner CTPL in New Delhi on 29th July 2022. The event is organised with an objective to demonstrate innovative solutions encompassing the entire range of Video Surveillance, Access Control, Time-Attendance, and Telecom. In this event, Matrix will display its range of IP Video Surveillance solutions that include enterprise-level VMS, NVRs, and IP Cameras with a...

Biosite Security – the latest company to join the ACS Pacesetters

ACS Pacesetters welcome Biosite Security as the latest company to join the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters.  The company is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group which operates in more than 70 countries and owns several flagship brands including Yale, Union, HID and Traka. Providing a range of services Biosite Security, which is based in the West Midlands, operates on a national scale and has been providing a specialist security service for the construction sector for over 10 years. Th...

Collins Aerospace awarded Mission System for air launched effects for U.S. army future vertical lift program

Collins Aerospace has been selected as the Mission System solutions provider for the next phase of the Air Launched Effects (ALE) small programme for Army Aviation’s Enduring and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet. In November 2021, Collins Aerospace successfully demonstrated the ready-now RapidEdge™ Mission System to support this critical programme. ALE is an attritable Family of Systems (FoS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that is launched from a helicopter, large UAS or other alterna...

Special operations veterans from ASR Alert Systems, HAVEN and ZeroEyes partner to provide safer community buildings

Safety equipment supplier - ASR Alert Systems, security company - HAVEN (HavenLock, Inc.), and ZeroEyes, creators of the only A.I.-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act Designation, have joined forces to provide key components of a Joint Active Shooter Protection and Response Programme for a school in Houston, Texas, USA, in order to dramatically improve the outcomes of a tragic event - such as an active shooter incident....

Proptech pioneer Sharry uses apple feature to digitize access to offices

Sharry, a PropTech company developing a smart workplace experience platform, together with Shapack Partners, a multi-asset class real estate development company, introduce an all-new access control feature. All tenants and employees can now smoothly access the 167 Green Street office building in Chicago with an employee badge in Apple Wallet. It's the first office building in the United States to offer all tenants building-wide access with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch. Employee badge...

Prosegur Security launches responsible Artificial Intelligence framework

Prosegur Security, a security pioneer, has launched a new Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy in an effort to proactively decrease risks associated with AI use. The policy will serve as a guideline for the ethical, moral, regulatory and security values applied to technological solutions that incorporate AI. Prosegur is the first security company in the world to establish a company-wide policy of this kind. It will be adopted globally in all countries where Prosegur operates and wil...

OutSystems joins SAP PartnerEdge programme to support SAP S/4HANA migration

OutSystems, a globally renowned company in high-performance application development, has announced that it has become an official member of the SAP PartnerEdge programme, with a Build focus, underscoring its commitment to providing high-value low-code to businesses using SAP solutions. While twice as many OutSystems customers connect to SAP technologies as any other system of record, the new relationship will make it even easier for additional businesses within the SAP ecosystem to discover and...

Collins Aerospace breaks ground on $14 million expansion of additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Iowa

Collins Aerospace broke ground on a $14 million expansion of its additive manufacturing centre in West Des Moines, Iowa. The 9,000-square-foot expansion will allow Collins to make room for more 3D metal printers, in addition to the three it already has onsite. The first new printer will have eight times the build volume of the existing printers and Collins expects it to be fully operational in late 2023. Fuel nozzles Collins’ 41,000-square-foot West Des Moines facility is a world’...

Aqua Security brings $1 Million cloud native protection warranty to stop cloud native attacks through its CNAPP

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security provider, introduces the industry’s only $1 Million cloud native protection warranty. The warranty reflects Aqua’s ability to stop cloud native attacks through its Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), the Aqua Platform. The warranty, which is available at no cost to all customers who have fully deployed the Aqua Platform, will pay up to $1 million in the event of a proven successful attack. Making real difference...

HID Global releases the 2022 State of Access Control Report that underscores growing demand for future-proof mobile solutions

HID Global, a worldwide renowned company in trusted identity solutions, announces the 2022 State of Access Control Report, providing insightful perspectives of the market’s current state and trends. Produced by IFSEC Global, in partnership with HID Global, the report surveyed just over 1,000 respondents from across the North America (56%), EMEA (29%) and Asia Pacific (15%) regions, to detail trends in the procurement, installation, specification and operation of physical access control so...

Haas Alert’s Safety Cloud connects alerting vehicles to the motorists around them in a vehicle-to-everything network

Every day, fleets across the country rely on Safety Cloud to keep them safe on the road. Safety Cloud connects alerting vehicles - like emergency vehicles, tow trucks, and roadside assistance fleets - to the motorists around them in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) network dedicated to safety. Since the launch of Safety Cloud, the service has sent over a billion alerts to drivers in order to get them to slow down and move over, and ultimately keep everyone on the road safe. Real-time insights In...

ComLink Fire and Security doubles its business and size with the adoption of BigChange technology platform

The latest field service management software has helped ComLink Fire and Security to become one of the fastest growing companies in Wales. By equipping engineers with rugged mobile devices that synchronise in real time with back-office software, ComLink’s business has been transformed with completely paperless working. Field service fleet doubled in size  Since introducing the cloud-based technology from BigChange, ComLink has seen its field service fleet double in size. The compan...

Valsoft acquires WorkDynamics Technologies, as it enters the Document Management space

Valsoft Corporation Inc., a Montreal-based company specialising in the acquisition and development of software companies in vertical markets, announces the acquisition of WorkDynamics Technologies Inc. (“WorkDynamics”), a provider of workflow and document management software catered to the public sector in Canada and the US, across federal and provincial governments.  Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, WorkDynamics offers solutions that facilitate the storage and retrieval...

LastPass announces several award wins based on user reviews by G2

LastPass, announces several award wins based on user reviews by G2, a peer-to-peer review site that reviews software solutions. LastPass was recognised in 22 categories and highlighted as a leader in 16 categories including small business, enterprise, mid-market, and momentum for Summer 2022. These awards follow G2 recognising LastPass as the only password manager on its annual Best of Security products earlier this year. LastPass’s list of recent milestones also includes the launch of it...

Protecting people and the environment with MOBOTIX intelligent video technology

Waste management and recycling have long since become important industries. According to forecasts, the waste and recycling industry will grow worldwide in the medium term. In Germany, for example, waste management sales are expected to rise from 40.8 billion euros (2020) to 42.5 billion by 2025. Waste management process A wide variety of materials, bulk materials, hazardous and recyclable materials have to be deposited, sorted, separated, processed, stored, and recycled. In the process, the...

Dahua explores the offerings of WizMind Panoramic Surveillance

Designing an effective monitoring solution for a large-scale scenario is never an easy task and often faces a heap of challenges. Ordinary cameras are not enough to accommodate the needs of large scenarios, resulting in extensive camera coverage that increases installation, wiring, and maintenance costs. Traditional cameras with subpar zoom capability can't be able to accurately detect human and vehicle targets on the scene or filter out false alarms caused by irrelevant objects. Decentralised...

QCIC completes more than 2000 projects in over 100 countries since their inception in 2007

QCIC, a global security engineering firm, has completed more than 2000 projects in over 100 countries since its inception in 2007. Fifteen years later it continues to go from strength to strength. In this time QCIC has built a formidable global reputation for supplying innovative specialist security design and advisory services. Though the company was born out of design services, the need for consistency across all phases of security development and maintenance led to the roll-out of their &lsq...

Security expert, Mark Wall launches sales consultancy services - Wall 2 Wall Security Consultants for the industry’s benefit

Mark Wall, an experienced Security Consultant who has more than 30 years’ experience in the security industry, is launching his own sales consultancy service, in order to support specialists looking to grow their business. The security entrepreneur, who has most recently worked at Amberstone Security, where he was the Director of Business Development and Sales Director EMEA at WebeyeCMS, alongside working at Dahua Technology and Videcon, is using his extensive experience to open new doors...

SGS certifies ANSI to ISO/IEC 27001 information security

“Choosing SGS to perform our ISO/IEC 27001 audit was an important decision in our robust digital transformation strategy to further enhance information security, resiliency and business continuity,” said Mike Petosa, VP of IT at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). With ransomware attacks rising more than 50 percent in 2021 and signs of even greater cyber risk on the horizon, effective, enterprise-wide cybersecurity must be a priority for every organisation. Demonstrat...

NXP and Foxconn to jointly develop platforms for a new generation of smart connected vehicles

NXP Semiconductors announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hon Hai Technology Group (“Foxconn”) to jointly develop platforms for a new generation of smart connected vehicles. Hon Hai (Foxconn), the electronics manufacturer and a technology solution provider, will leverage NXP’s portfolio of automotive technologies and its longstanding expertise in safety and security to enable architectural innovation and platforms for electrification, connectivity, and...

Ping Identity helps Flinks empower Fintech innovators with a true open banking experience

Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise, and Montreal-based open banking platform, Flinks, have enabled millions of customers across the U.S.A. and Canada to link their financial accounts to fintech apps and enjoy new streamlined banking experiences in a safe and compliant way. From user onboarding to digital loan applications and money transfers, Flinks’ open banking API technology enables financial businesses to access the bank-sourced financial data they nee...

Fingerprint Cards AB experiences growing demand for its biometric authentication solutions

Biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) has experienced growing demand for its biometric authentication solutions, with over 1.5 billion sensors shipped worldwide since 2014. Fingerprints was a pioneer in biometric solutions for Android smartphones before beginning a program of strategic diversification into the PC, access control, and payments markets. In November 2021, Fingerprints formed two subsidiaries to further enhance their strategic and financial opportunities in the co...

Strategic acquisition advances TE’s capabilities in high-growth Internet of Things (IoT) markets

TE Connectivity (TE), a pioneer in connectivity and sensors, has acquired Linx Technologies, a RF components supplier in IoT markets. The deal, which closed on July 1, 2022, is another strategic acquisition that strengthens TE’s portfolio and capabilities for IoT. Expanding TE’s supply chain footprint The acquisition of Linx Technologies complements TE’s broad connectivity product offerings, particularly in antenna and RF connectors for IoT. The acquisition expands TE&rsquo...

Global Rescue’s best survival kit

What safety items do users need to have on hand while traveling? The components may differ depending on the destination and the activity and the person but Global Rescue’s Ultimate World Travel Safety Kit provides an A-to-Z list of items users can use as a foundation. For example, select the items users need for a fishing trip (communications device, first aid kit, knife, rain gear) or the essentials for a camping trip (navigation tools, headlamps, parachute cord). But it’s not...

Collins Aerospace High Frequency radio selected as C-130J Super Hercules standard

The Collins Aerospace HF-9500 High Frequency (HF) airborne communications system has been selected by Lockheed Martin for all future international C-130J Super Hercules Foreign Military Sales (FMS) production aircraft. The HF-9500 is available and ready now, replacing the legacy ARC-190 previously offered for international C-130J customers. A complete system The HF-9500 is a complete system comprising of a modernized receiver-transmitter, antenna coupler and radio control that is easily integ...

Boom Supersonic and Collins Aerospace sign expanded agreement for major aircraft systems for overture

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, optimised for speed, safety and sustainability, announced at the Farnborough International Airshow an agreement with Collins Aerospace on the Overture programme. Carrying 65–80 passengers at twice the speed of today’s airliners and running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Overture will fly Mach 1.7 over water with a range of 4,250 nautical miles. The new agreement Under the new agreement between the...

3xLOGIC announces sweeping technology updates across its extensive line of cameras

3xLOGIC, Inc., a provider of integrated, intelligent security solutions, announces sweeping technology updates across its extensive line of cameras. Highlights of these updated cameras include: 3xLOGIC All-in-One cameras now have increased storage options up to 1 TB in total. Other notable features of these versatile cameras: VISIX All-in-One Series of cameras have onboard storage and function as a standalone VIGIL Server. Compatible with entire VIGIL Software Suite; direct access thru VIGI...

RealNetworks announces executive leadership changes, including the appointment of Paul DiPeso as the President - SAFR

RealNetworks, Inc., a globally renowned company in AI-powered digital media software and solutions, has announced two significant changes to its leadership team. First, RealNetworks announced the appointment of Paul DiPeso to the newly created position of President - SAFR. Paul DiPeso, in the new role, will report to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rob Glaser. Vast industry experience Paul DiPeso has over 25 years of top management experience in physical security with renow...