Month: October 2017

The Hikvision head office at Hangzhou, China has recently received the delegates from the BRICS Communications Ministers Conference. Cynthia Ho, VP, Hikvision and Keen Yao, VP at Hikvision International Business Centre, jointly hosted the reception and welcomed them. They also introduced the delegates to Hikvision’s latest technology innovations. The company’s advances and products made by using AI, Internet of Things technology, big data, and cloud technologies were highly acclaimed by the delegates. They were also impressed by Hikvision’s expanded overseas business development including its global business network establishment, the implementation of its localization strategy, and the value continually being added to its worldwide customers. The delegates observed a collection of intelligent functions driven by AI technology including facial recognition, human body feature detection and multiple target tracking, in their smart security experience centre, and witnessed how improvements in data-driven algorithm performance have accelerated video intelligence in various ‘Smart’ applications – Smart cities, buildings, transportation, manufacturing, and logistics, to name a few. They expressed interest in strengthening mutual communication and collaboration, and in enabling more technological innovations to serve the BRICS countries – the economically defined group that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Hikvision has opened local branch offices in each of these countries, each with 80-90% local employees. Expansive localisation provides customers instant support and high-quality service. South Africa, as an example, incorporates a service network with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and the country of Nigeria, covering marketing and technical support services for 45 countries in Africa.

FICO TONBELLER® Siron® suite of anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) solutions have achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services Competency status. This designation recognizes FICO for delivering robust solutions on AWS to help organizations manage critical issues pertaining to the industry such as risk management, data management, navigating compliance requirements and establishing governance models. Achieving the AWS Financial Services Competency differentiates FICO as an AWS partner network (APN) member that has demonstrated relevant technical proficiency and proven customer success delivering secure solutions seamlessly on AWS globally. To earn the designation, APN partners must demonstrate significant industry expertise, have readily implemented solutions that align with AWS best practices with customers in production, and have staff with AWS certifications. “We operate in 17 countries that have different regulations, so we needed a flexible compliance platform,” said SandaLaicêna, Head of Group Legal at European consumer online lender 4Finance Group, “We also need a cloud-based approach that integrates with our systems, many of which we built ourselves. After an exhaustive review of the compliance solutions market, we found that FICO could meet all our needs for flexibility, reliability and performance. The FICO solution will safeguard 4Finance Group while ensuring we can provide the best customer service.” “FICO has aggressively moved its solutions to the cloud, and we are now proud to build on our APN Partners Status for Financial Services with the FICO® TONBELLER® Siron® Anti-Financial Crime Solutions,” said Stuart Wells, Chief Technology Officer at FICO, “The TONBELLER solutions form a vital part of our fraud and financial crime portfolio, helping financial services institutions worldwide adopt an advanced risk-based approach to stopping money laundering and the crimes it funds, including terrorism.” AWS is enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions for banking and payments, capital markets, and insurance organizations of all sizes, from startups to global enterprises. To support a seamless deployment of these solutions, AWS established the Financial Services Partner Competency Program to help customers identify consulting and technology APN partners in the APN with deep industry experience, domain expertise and proven ability to deploy solutions reliable on the cloud.

March Networks®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, and Patriot One Technologies Inc., developer of a revolutionary weapons detection system, have announced an integration that offers video-enabled covert weapon detection notifications to aid visual verification of potential threats and reconstruct incidents by providing clear video and data evidence to support investigations. By combining real-time covert weapon detection alerts with high-definition (HD) video, the integrated March Networks and Patriot One solution allows security professionals in corporate buildings, schools, airports, stadiums, transit hubs and other commercial and government facilities to respond more knowledgably, and quickly, to potential threats. It also enables security organizations to cost-effectively track how often concealed weapons are present in the facilities they oversee, so they can determine whether further security measures are required. Using unique cognitive microwave radar technology embedded in a wall or stand-alone unit at a controlled access point, Patriot One’s PATSCAN™ CMR weapon detection radar and software system detects concealed handguns, and other types of weapons, and sends real-time alerts to an organization or its security partner. The system is ‘trained’ to the location during installation and continues to learn after full deployment, getting better and smarter at detecting hidden weapons with each screening. With the integrated solution, organizations can receive the alerts via the PATSCAN CMR Software as a Service (SaaS) user interface along with clear video images captured by a March Networks video recording solution, so they can immediately see who the suspect is and where they are located. Security staff can then access real-time video from multiple surveillance cameras simultaneously using the March Networks system to track a suspect’s movements through a building or space, as required. In addition, the integrated solution also captures all the PATSCAN CMR alerts and associated video in powerful March Networks Searchlight™ software, allowing organizations to conduct searches post-event and gather critical video and data evidence for further review or to share with law enforcement. March Networks Searchlight is a business intelligence software application that integrates HD video with transaction, radio frequency identification (RFID), analytics and other system data to deliver valuable operational insights and awareness to customers. It is currently used by leading organizations to proactively identify theft and fraud, improve customer service, optimize workforce management, audit operations and track inventory more effectively.

70 Percent of global education customers see value in deploying video cameras in the classroom. As the Internet of Things continues to influence the creation of new technology advancements in the classroom, it’s essential that students and faculty have a solution that enables a safe and connected learning environment. A survey released by Extreme Networks, Inc. found that 70 percent of educators and IT managers believe video cameras should be in the classroom to create secure and productive learning spaces. Since its debut in October 2016 as the industry’s first Wave 2 integrated camera access point (AP), Extreme’s Camera AP 3916i solution has helped a growing number of education customers, including Aldine Independent School District, Smackover-Norphlet School District, and Catawba College improve visibility into classroom activity while enhancing overall connectivity. By consolidating two hardware units into one, schools and universities are able to deploy and manage more educational technology at an affordable cost with Extreme’s Camera AP. The AP allows customers to enhance connectivity and network bandwidth, while its high-definition surveillance camera provides a more secure environment for the entire campus. The Camera AP also improves classroom productivity for activities like lecture capture to help teachers improve their pedagogy, and virtual attendance for students unable to attend class in person. Customer highlights Aldine Independent School District: The Camera AP has allowed the district to provide reliable connectivity and added safety measures for a variety of scenarios across 95 of its buildings, setting the foundation for the rest of the schools in the district. Additionally, as a Texas school district, Aldine must comply with the new SB 507 law, by installing cameras in special education classrooms upon the request of parents or faculty. Smackover-Norphlet School District: By deploying Camera APs in every classroom within four of the district’s schools, Smackover-Norphlet is able to deter thieves from stealing Chromebooks and other assets, which had previously plagued the district. In addition to security, Smackover-Norphlet has futureproofed its network to support its 1,300+ students’ dependency on wireless connectivity in the classroom for years to come. Catawba College: With 34 Camera APs being configured in central locations, Catawba will be able to monitor the entrances and exits of its buildings and computer labs. From an IT perspective, the staff will reduce the number of ports and cabling, which improves overall maintenance costs.