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Hikvision India Premieres Latest Products and Presents Bespoke Vertical Solutions at SAFE South

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New Range of Smoke and Gas Detectors and 12 Zone Wired Intrusion Alarm System Launched Hikvision India participated in the Security and Fire Expo (SAFE) South India (5-6 July, 2023) in Chennai to premiere the latest products and bespoke vertical solutions. The SAFE South India was inaugurated by the lamp lighting ceremony at Chennai Trade Centre in Chennai. The SAFE South India brought together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, industry experts and key government officials on a single platform from the Indian and the international industries. The keynote address was given by John Paul Manickam, Chair, OSAC Chennai Chapter. On the show floor of SAFE South India, Hikvision India has introduced its new range of Smoke and Gas Detectors and 12 Zone Wired Intrusion Alarm System. The trending transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and IoT Security Tech were on the display along with the products for the visitors. While speaking about the SAFE South India experience, Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are honoured to be an integral part of the SAFE South India 2023. We are here to share the latest products and trending technologies with end-users and security professionals. The SAFE South India is very special due to our new range of Smoke and Gas Detectors and 12 Zone Wired Intrusion Alarm System launch. We are looking forward to meeting security industry specific visitors, esteemed partners, government representatives and experts. We cordially invite you to visit Hikvision India booth, it will be an enriching experience to all the discerning security professionals.” He further added, “Hikvision India is showcasing latest technological innovations in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Technologies. We unveiled the latest products and solutions in the video security, access control, intrusion alarm, inspection and perimeter security segments. we have also displayed mobile robot products, machine vision products and logistic vision solutions.” The newly launched Hikvision smoke and gas detector range has three variants including, standalone smoke detector, multicriteria smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector. The key highlights of the technologies and solutions on display at Hikvision India booth, included AI, ColorVu, Thermal and AcuSense Technologies. The product categories on display were Command Control Center, Transmission, SSD Card, eDVR, EZVIZ, Access Control, Video Door Phone (VDP), Security Inspection Products, Alarm System, HikRobot, and Thermal Cameras. The booth also had vertical solutions on display for various scenarios. Hikvision India booth showcased its advanced security solutions across product categories and conducted various fringe programs to engage the visitors. SAFE South India organized a two day conference program based on the theme ‘Demystifying Security Threats in the New Normal.’ The speaker session on the theme ‘Technology-Enabled Disruptions and Emerging Paradigms in Security Architecture’ was presented by Gagan Lamba, Vice President, Enterprise Business, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. The SAFE South India featured exhibitors from the security and fire safety domains. They showcased solutions and latest technological advancements. The Security and Fire Expo South India event organized a unique two-day Technical seminar. The SAFE South India Expo concluded on a high note with relevant visitors from the vertical specific end-users and security professional community.  

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The State of Zero Trust

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Vishak Raman, Vice President of Sales, India, SAARC, SEAHK & ANZ at Fortinet Distributed networks and a hybrid workforce are rapidly transforming today’s network environments. Workers divide their time between the office, home, and somewhere in between. Applications are split between on-premises, cloud, and Software-as-a- Service (SaaS) deployments. And data, once the sole province of the data center, is increasingly distributed across multiple locations. Over the past few years, ensuring that every user and device has secure, reliable access to the critical resources they need has been a top priority for IT teams. And access needs to be easy, no matter where the user is located or where applications and assets have been deployed The Fortinet 2023 State of Zero Trust Report looks at the progress IT teams have made in establishing a new sense of normalcy following the network upheaval initiated by the start of the global pandemic. With most employees suddenly working outside the network perimeter, IT teams scrambled to keep businesses operational. This effort often took the form of quick fixes and workarounds that exposed the weaknesses in their remote-worker strategy. It also highlighted the challenges of bringing their rapidly expanding network environments under a unified security umbrella. Outlier environments, like poorly secured home offices or misconfigured cloud solutions implemented by DevOps teams with little security experience, became new attack vectors for cybercriminals. It quickly became obvious that the implicit trust model in many organizations was a problem. However, too many IT teams tried to solve the issue in the traditional way by throwing technology at the problem. And it wasn’t long before they had a new problem of trying to get discrete point solutions to work together. These challenges are reflected in this report, which includes a number of key findings. Organizations of all sizes are actively implementing zero-trust strategies, but challenges remain: Companies have deployed considerably more solutions as part of their zero-trust strategies since 2021. Companies are looking to enable zero trust everywhere to minimize the impact of a breach. Although companies are moving forward, they still face challenges, including interoperability between solutions, consistent visibility, end-to-end policy enforcement, and application latency issues. Respondents also complained about the lack of reliable information to help them select and design a solution. Solutions must cover both on-premises and remote users with a consistent application access policy, and success has been mixed: Many solutions like zero-trust network access (ZTNA) and secure access service edge (SASE) are cloud-only. However, companies need to secure access to applications on-premises and outside of the network. Notably, nearly 40% of organizations still host more than half of their applications on-premises. The most significant challenge in any zero-trust strategy is the need for more integration between on-premises and cloud environments. Three-fourths of respondents have encountered issues with their hybrid workforce because of relying on cloud-only ZTNA. The top priorities for SASE solutions vary, but ‘security effectiveness’ is the most significant, with 58% placing it in their top three priorities. The consolidation of vendors and solution interoperability is crucial: Deploying solutions from multiple vendors has created many challenges for organizations, including introducing new security gaps and high operations costs. Larger companies are especially keen to consolidate solutions to simplify operations and reduce overhead. Zero-Trust Strategy Priorities The pandemic initiated a dramatic workforce transformation, with the vast majority of employees who traditionally worked on-premises suddenly working from home. This change triggered a corresponding dramatic upheaval in networks, essentially turning them inside out. Almost overnight, organizations needed to create secure network access to critical applications and resources through the perimeter, which often required upgrading remote access technologies such as edge security tools. At the same time, the limitations of traditional VPNs became apparent as hackers began accessing corporate resources by hijacking VPN tunnels through poorly protected home networks. Plans to move applications to the cloud were accelerated to offload pressure on the network perimeter and to improve the user experience. Of course, none of these changes were entirely unexpected. The move to a hybrid workforce had been in progress for some time, but the pandemic accelerated the change. Many organizations weren’t ready for the sudden transition to remote work, and they didn’t have the technologies in place that the circumstances demanded. Despite these issues, two-thirds of organizations have decided to maintain a hybrid workforce, with larger employers more likely to support remote workers than smaller ones. The challenge has been providing consistent access and exceptional user experience for workers who move between onpremises and remote work locations. It has been particularly difficult for the 72% of organizations that opted for a cloud-only ZTNA solution to provide secure access to critical applications. (Fig. 1) Early on, it became clear that the best approach for managing and securing a workforce with no permanent location was to initiate a zero-trust strategy, which eliminates implicit trust based on location and enforces the principle of least privilege. The reasons are broad for implementing zero trust, but 34% identified minimizing the impact of breaches and intrusions, and 29% cited enabling zero trust everywhere as their primary incentive. Interestingly, only 18% selected reducing capital expenditure. Although their top objective for choosing a zero-trust solution (ranked as either extremely or very important) was to ensure application-layer security (85%), compatibility with both on-premises and cloud settings (82%), and integration with the rest of their networking and security infrastructure (82%) were also very high. Organizations also report being better prepared to support and secure their hybrid workforce with a wide range of solutions already in place to support their zero-trust strategies. The solutions that have been implemented include secure web gateways (SWGs) at 75%, cloud access security brokers (CASB) at 72%, network access control (NAC) at 70%, ZTNA at 67%, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) at 63%, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) with 62%. The one surprise was the relatively low implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) at only 52%, which is critical for preventing unauthorized access to applications and other resources. Those organizations that have not yet…

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Customer Experience Matters: Four Intelligent Ways to Bring Shoppers to Your Mall

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In this digital age, when footfall is declining and ecommerce is growing, the challenges for shopping malls seem bigger than ever. In this blog, we look at the importance of the customer experience and explore the best ways for malls to attract more shoppers As consumer behaviors change and shopping trends move ever more online, many shopping malls are seeing a decline in footfall and sales. Moreover, malls are finding it very difficult to compete with the endless product selection, price comparisons, and always-on nature of online shopping. However, although consumers are getting much of their shopping needs covered online and visiting their local malls much less frequently, one advantage that shopping centers have over their ecommerce competitors remains: the interactive, in-person experience. Today’s purchasers are empowered like never before, so their expectations for all of their shopping experiences have risen to a new, vastly higher level. This means only the most customer-centric businesses can reach the now-expected standard. Therefore, delivering a great customer experience can help malls regain customer loyalty and boost revenues over the long run. With that in mind, the next issue is this: what should shopping malls do to improve the customer experience and satisfaction? Here are four ways in which Hikvision’s smart retail solutions can enhance customer experience and give shopping malls a competitive edge. Understand and meet customers’ needs in real time with customer intelligence How are people shopping these days? As consumer behavior changes and competition grows, shopping malls need to track a number of metrics to attract shoppers and improve business performance. Ask yourself the following questions: What is the average daily foot traffic for my mall? Does my mall have a reasonable shopper-to-staff ratio? Do I understand my customer’s journey? In asking these questions, we begin to see the importance of data-based decisions regarding the customer experience. With key metric data, malls can launch more effective marketing activities and in turn generate more footfall and sales. But how can one get these metrics? The answer – with cameras that do more than just record security video. Hikvison’s smart cameras with people counting and heat mapping capabilities provide real-time awareness of customers’ journeys through the mall. For example, smart cameras can be used to count customers entering and leaving the shopping areas, ensuring that enough staff are available to serve them. During busy times, staff can be directed to the registers when queues get too long and then return to routine tasks at non-peak times when fewer customers are in the mall. Additionally, Hikvision’s intelligent video analytics provides new insights on which areas, shops and brands are the most popular. This helps malls to optimize available floor space throughout the retail mix and floor plan, making it more in tune with consumer needs and trends. This ensures that the shopping experience is as convenient, efficient, and satisfying as possible. Capture attention and convey information quickly and efficiently with commercial displays Shopping malls today have gone from being simply a hallway of retail stores to multipurpose complexes that feature restaurants, entertainment venues, special events, holiday activities, and more, in addition to the conventional retail shops. To attract new visitors and maintain maximum footfall, malls need to create fun and unique shopping experiences for customers. This is where Hikvision’s commercial display solutions come in. Hikvision offers a diverse range of outdoor and indoor displays with eye-catching visuals, attractive advertising, and digital navigation solutions. For example, exciting display solutions for building façades can be an effective way to draw more in-store visitors. Digital signage in central walkways can create an amazing and memorable experience for visitors. Kiosk displays in high-traffic areas can provide information about shops, brands, sales, and special events, as well as show customers the route to the nearest bathroom or exit. These solutions grab shoppers’ attention and provide useful information, boosting the whole experience in an efficient and enjoyable manner. Provide easy, convenient parking with smart parking management Today, convenience is a must, from entry to exit. From finding a parking space on the way in to smart vehicle location on the way out, malls must ensure customers not only find parking spots quickly, but also locate their parked cars easily in those shopping malls’ expansive parking structures. Here, Hikvision’s smart parking solution makes it fast and easy to find available spaces, and helps customers locate their cars in large parking lots. This solution saves them time and improves their satisfaction when visiting the mall, improving the chances for repeat business. Ensure a safe shopping environment Security is the final piece to the puzzle. With Hikvision’s smart video solution, security teams at shopping malls can get alerts in real time to ensure the store is always safe. Additionally, Hikvision offers multiple, high-value security applications for unattended environments, from traditional video security to AI algorithms that detect incidents. These capabilities ensure that customers always feel safe and comfortable inside the mall.  

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Exposure Management The Proactive Tool to Fend Off Sophisticated Cyber Threats

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Gaurav Ranade, CTO, RAH Infotech The rising cybersecurity risks are a cause for worry for IT teams across verticals. This is where organizations need a proactive and advanced mechanism to counter the new-age threats and threat actors. Exposure and vulnerability management are considered as one of the most ideal solutions for mitigating cyber threats But what is exposure and vulnerability management? Exposure and vulnerability management are both important aspects of cybersecurity, but they focus on different aspects of protecting an organization’s systems and data. Exposure management is the process of identifying and mitigating potential risks or vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems and infrastructure. It involves assessing the overall risk landscape and implementing measures to minimize the impact of potential threats. Vulnerability management is a subset of exposure management and specifically focuses on identifying, evaluating, and mitigating vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems and applications. It involves a systematic approach to proactively identify and address weaknesses that could be exploited by attackers. The key components for strong exposure management are – vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, risk mitigation, patch management, secure configuration management, security awareness and training, incident response planning, and continuous monitoring. Why is exposure management needed? Exposure management in cybersecurity is crucial for several reasons: Risk Reduction: Exposure management helps in reducing the overall risk to an organization’s digital assets. By identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the system, exposure management minimizes the chances of cyberattacks and data breaches. Vulnerability Identification: This process helps in understanding potential entry points that attackers could exploit, allowing proactive measures to be taken to strengthen security. Prioritization of Security Measures: Exposure management helps organizations prioritize their security measures based on the level of risk associated with each vulnerability. Compliance Requirements: Many industries and regulatory frameworks require organizations to implement exposure management practices as part of their security and compliance efforts. By adhering to these standards, organizations can demonstrate their commitment to protecting sensitive data and maintaining a secure environment. Incident Response Preparedness: By continuously monitoring and managing exposures, organizations can detect and respond to potential security incidents more effectively. This proactive approach allows for faster containment and remediation of security breaches, reducing the overall impact on the organization. Reputation and Customer Trust: Exposure management helps in preventing and minimizing the impact of security breaches, enhancing the organization’s reputation and maintaining customer confidence in their ability to protect sensitive information. Skybox’s award-winning exposure management solution is a go-to option for businesses Skybox’s Vulnerability and Threat Management solution leverages the company’s proprietary network modelling, exposure management, and path analysis to provide precise exposure analysis and vulnerability prioritization and management. Skybox’s approach to vulnerability and threat management delivers four essential benefits for customers: Skybox aggregates vulnerability data from all assets (including IT, OT, and multi-cloud) and every corner of the network. Unique scan-less detection capabilities and active scanning deliver a 360-degree view of the attack surface. Daily, human-curated threat intelligence is fed into the Skybox network model. Exposure, CVSS severity, exploitability, asset importance, and automated cyber risk quantification capabilities including financial impact provide an exact risk score used to prioritize action where it matters most proactively reducing your risk of attack. Skybox identifies and automatically recommends effective, practical options to reduce risk. Available patches are aggregated by Skybox threat analysts daily, however, remediation options go beyond patching and include configuration changes, network segmentation, and more. Attacks, including zero days, can be prevented, even when patches are impractical or unavailable. Integrations with ITSM tools assist in implementing and maintaining remediation through ongoing oversight. The solution automatically generates tickets, tracks performance versus SLAs, keeps stakeholders apprised, and ensures issues are promptly addressed. Skybox continues to evolve this solution and recently added the ability to quantify cyber risk exposure in financial terms to help organizations pinpoint cyber risks with the highest potential financial impact. By implementing exposure management practices, organizations can reduce their attack surface, minimize the risk of data breaches, and improve their overall cybersecurity posture. It is important to tailor exposure management strategies to the specific needs and risks of each organization and regularly review and update them to address emerging threats and technologies. *Views expressed in the article are solely of the Author RAH Infotech is India’s leading value-added technology distributor and solutions provider. Headquartered in New Delhi, RAH Infotech has been providing world-class IT solutions since the year 2005 to a large number of channel partners and enterprises in the India & SAARC regions. The rich portfolio includes a wide range of best-of-breed solutions to address requirements across Security, Data, Network, Application, Storage, and beyond.As a top-tier technology enabler, we manage the entire value chain of data management requirements of enterprises and protect their digital assets. We partner with the finest global technology firms to develop customized IT solutions in the area of cybersecurity, networking, cloud computing, data management and application management for various industry verticals.  

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At IDIS, School is Not Out for Summer

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IDIS remains committed to educating and supporting systems integrators and end-users on the importance of NDAA-compliance Increasing incidents of school violence are catalyzing school security teams to implement new, more innovative security technologies and solutions to elevate their security posture. The timing could not be better, because many legacy school surveillance systems are quickly becoming a costly liability due to non-compliance, and thousands of K-12 schools may not even realize it. Many school districts need more awareness of the full implications and details of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2019) that went into effect in August 2020 and how it can impact existing and future investment in the form of federal loans and funding. Continued use of banned products or their components leaves schools at risk for cyberattacks; the cyber vulnerabilities of many banned products mean they can be used by bad actors to view live or access recorded footage. The time is now for schools and universities to act and upgrade their video surveillance infrastructure to meet NDAA requirements and standards. For school security planners not familiar with the need for compliance, the ban included not only the ‘name brand’ products from these companies but also all their OEM brands, in essence, companies that out sourced their manufacturing to these Chinese firms. The regulation also went further to prohibit federal agencies or federal loan recipients from working with integrators and their subcontractors that market, sell, or install unlawful surveillance equipment. This means unless schools have upgraded cameras and other surveillance and associated hardware recently, chances are they aren’t NDAA-compliant. “From speaking to end-users and integrators at recent tradeshows and working with our partners, we’ve uncovered several reasons for the lack of understanding, particularly across the K-12 sector,” noted Jason Burrows, Sales Director, IDIS America, “Spotting non-compliant equipment is often difficult and many schools have well-functioning albeit non-compliant surveillance systems. It’s not until cameras need replacing or entire systems need an upgrade that security managers and associated stakeholders conduct due diligence.” “In addition, schools often use local systems integrators that aren’t involved in corporate or large scale federal projects where NDAA compliance is non-negotiable,” Burrows added, “As a result, many integrators aren’t yet familiar with the finer details of the NDAA. And they may not be aware that the NDAA extends to their subcontractors or that Section 889 not only applies to government facilities, but to any federally funded organization, and that includes a significant number of schools and universities.” As a result, IDIS America is leading the charge in educating and supporting systems integrators and end-users on the importance of NDAA compliance and implementing a multi-layered approach that balances a safe learning environment with security measures, and the cybersecurity of their video systems. Upgrading to the latest video surveillance solutions that now come with AI functionality not only strengthens security and safety, but it can also make busy school security teams and teaching staff more efficient. The IDIS America team will be exhibiting at several K-12 security events during the second half of 2023, as well as providing educational blogs and articles, and launching social media campaigns. “Non-compliance with NDAA regulations, as well as the more recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Secure Equipment Act of 2021 for surveillance cameras and recording equipment, can have some serious consequences,” cautioned Burrows, “It’s important for schools to take NDAA compliance seriously and ensure that their systems are secure, reliable, and in line with current regulations. IDIS is here to help them every step of the way.”  

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Dallmeier Sponsored European Dealer Championship 2023

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Better insight for gaming departments thanks to video technology Dallmeier, a leading manufacturer of video technology for casinos, once again sponsored the European Dealer Championship 2023 which took place from 12 to 14 June in Brussels. The company was present with a stand featuring a live camera system with AI-video analytics on board. Casino managers were able to discuss with Dallmeier’s casino experts how they can better utilize their gaming floor and get a better insight into table games. Find the ‘person of interest’ in 3 minutes instead of 20 In the past, surveillance managers mainly used camera systems to secure different areas of the casino and to meet the requirements of the casino authorities such as table surveillance. However, state-of-the-art camera systems are now increasingly benefiting the gaming departments as well. At EDC 2023, Dallmeier casino experts Ep Smit and Reda Seiliute demonstrated how casinos can use a Dallmeier Panomera® W8 360° camera to monitor large indoor casino areas and track persons of interest in much less time. By using 8 lenses in one optical unit, the Panomera® W8 provides the operator with unlimited ‘virtual’ PTZ cameras and in many cases eliminates the need for PTZ cameras on the gaming floor. In short, by using the Panomera® W8, casinos have a better overview of the gaming floor and greatly save on infrastructure and operating costs. Fast adjustment to new table positions Visitors were also able to see Dallmeier Domera® cameras in action, monitoring the final dealer competitions in Blackjack and Roulette – which were even broadcast on the streaming platform Twitch. Casino operators were also able to see how Domera® cameras can be quickly adapted to new table positions on the gaming floor thanks to the ‘Remote Positioning Dome (RPod)’ feature. This benefits gaming departments as they can try out different positions of the tables without worrying about spending too much time for adjusting the cameras by climbing up a ladder and fiddling with the fine adjustments. Better utilization of the gaming floor Advanced AI video analytics, whether in the camera itself or via third-party analytics apps, enable other useful applications. One of these is AI-based people counting. This allows gaming managers to be automatically notified if there are too few or too many people in an area so they can open more tables or close tables if the occupancy of individual tables is not optimal. CAT: More insight and better monitoring of table games Gaming managers can also use Dallmeier’s Casino Automation Technology (CAT) to count chips and cards at tables and track their movement. By using cameras and AI analytics, this makes it easier for them to monitor chip inventory and prevent fraud. Another benefit of CAT is that casinos can monitor payouts or detect errors to ensure that players receive fair and accurate payouts. “We’re very pleased with the response to our smart casino solutions we got at this year’s European Dealer Championship in Brussels. In many conversations, visitors to our stand realized that they can use video cameras for so much more than just for receiving high-resolution images,” explained Ep Smit, Senior Enterprise Solutions Manager at Dallmeier, “The benefits range from being able to track a person on the gaming floor much faster to quickly adapt to table positions on the floor, to using AI video analytics to make casino operations much more efficient.”  

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Swiss Arabian Perfumes Group Opts Matrix Solutions for Centralized Attendance Management

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Introduction Swiss Arabian is the pioneer of Arabian perfumes that spans over 40 years. Over the years, the Swiss Arabian Perfumes Group has grown from strength to strength. Today, it stands tall as the first perfume manufacturer in the UAE. They operate five modern manufacturing facilities spread across an area of 165,000sq.ft., producing more than 35 million perfumes annually and export the same to over 80 countries. Challenges Swiss Arabian has a prominent presence across several cities in the UAE. Considering this, centralized data management of the employee attendance details, from all the units was critical. Besides, overtime calculation and managing rollover shifts were tedious tasks as well. Furthermore, verifying the attendance data with detailed reports, bifurcated by locations was a part of their key requirements. Solution Matrix addressed these challenges by proposing a door controller at each location, connected via a centralized platform, COSEC CENTRA, to manage all the data, from one place. This Time-Attendance solution assists them in procuring accurate attendance details of an employee in no time! Through the web-based employee portal, the solution offers efficient leave and shift management. Furthermore, it helped the HR team to generate customized reports in the most efficient manner. Results Centralized and effortless attendance management of multiple locations. Streamlined shift allocation and automated shift correction. Customized attendance policy formation. Real-time alert on attendance event. Auto-scheduled reporting. Efficient employee database management. Improved productivity.  

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Apollo MxFE Advanced Software-Defined Signal Processing Solution for Aerospace & Defense, Instrumentation, and Next-Generation Wireless Communications

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Analog Devices, Inc., announced Apollo MxFE, its most advanced software-defined, direct RF-sampling, wideband mixed signal front end platform. Apollo MxFE enables next-generation applications such as phased array radar, electronic surveillance, test and measurement, and 6G communications in the aerospace & defense, instrumentation, and wireless communications industries. The growth of data intensive applications is increasing the need for wider bandwidths and more rapid processing and analysis of data for 5G, 6G, Wi-Fi 7 & 8, radar, signal intelligence, and other applications at the network edge. As a result, customers need a solution that enables higher-speed data conversion and processing capabilities, while reducing electronic testing complexity. Developed for application versatility and rapid customization, the Apollo MxFE offers instantaneous bandwidths as high as 10GHz while directly sampling and synthesizing frequencies up to 18GHz (Ku Band). This monolithic 16nm CMOS device utilizes state of the art high dynamic range RF Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and RF Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) cores with the best spurious free dynamic range and noise spectral density available on the market today. As such, Apollo MxFE helps customers accelerate design cycles and bring new products to market faster and at lower cost, while future-proofing their product designs. “The flexibility and simplicity designed into the Apollo MxFE platform have the potential to transform future engineering design for Intelligent Edge devices,” said Bryan Goldstein, Vice President, Aerospace and Defense at ADI, “Demand for higher data rates with shorter latencies at lower overall system power is accelerating across industries. Apollo MxFE gives design engineers the flexibility to design for those requirements today, as well as an ability to enhance performance over time using simple, software-defined design changes.” Apollo MxFE Product Details Apollo MxFE’s 4T4R product offers four 12-bit RF ADCs with a sample rate up to 20GSPS, four 16- bit RF DACs with a sample rate up to 28GSPS, an RF input bandwidth from DC to 18GHz (Ku Band), and an instantaneous bandwidth up to 10GHz. Apollo MxFE is the industry’s first integrated radio that is capable of directly interfacing to the emerging 6G frequency bands from 7GHz to 15GHz. The on-chip digital signal processing (DSP) offers a real-time FFT Sniffer, a full-rate programmable FIR filter, a 128-tap complex FIR filter, fast-hopping NCOs, DDCs/ DUCs, and a fractional sample rate converter. The DSP is dynamically configurable, allowing for rapid changes between narrowband and wideband profiles without taking down the JESD link. Apollo MxFE supports JESD 204B/C and a very short reach (VSR) interface. Apollo MxFE’s 8T8R product offers eight RF ADCs with a sample rate up to 8GSPS, eight RF DACs with a sample rate up to 16GSPS, an RF input bandwidth up to 16GHz, and an instantaneous bandwidth up to 3GHz. The on-chip DSP offers similar features and functionality to the 4T4R device with double the number of digital blocks, all dynamically configurable. Apollo MxFE Ecosystem Apollo MxFE is at the heart of a larger ecosystem of new ADI hardware and software products, each offering complementary capabilities for optimal performance and ease of use. Apollo MxFE is augmented by high-performance variable gain amplifiers, ultralow noise LDO and Silent Switcher® regulators, clocking, and multichip synchronization, along with embedded digital and software technologies including algorithms and security. The Apollo MxFE ecosystem is comprised of the following products: A PLL/ VCO synthesizer with a fundamental frequency output of up to 22GHz, extraordinary noise performance, temperature stability (0.06ps/°C), and <1ps alignment resolution. A complete, high-performance power solution including the LTM4702 8A µModule regulator. It features Silent Switcher 3 technology, combining an ultralow noise reference with Silent Switcher architecture to achieve high efficiency, excellent wideband noise performance, and maximum overall Apollo MxFE ecosystem performance. A 10-channel precision synchronizer for time alignment of SYSREF signals to within 5ps for simultaneous sampling across multiple Apollo MxFE on the same card or across different chassis. It also has the ability to support two-dimensional system synchronization (fanout and/or daisy chain architectures) for very large systems. Companion TxVGA and RxVGA solutions provide Apollo MxFE with +15dB of gain and the transition from single-ended to differential on Rx as well as differential to single-ended on Tx. This simplifies the connection to the RF front end. Analog Devices, Inc. is a global semiconductor company that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $12 billion in FY22 and approximately 25,000 people globally working alongside 125,000 global customers, ADI ensures today’s innovators stay Ahead of What’s Possible.  

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How Digital Education Solutions Can Help Schools, Colleges, and Universities to Operate more Efficiently

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Education institutions need to maximize time and resources available for teaching and supporting students, while minimizing their administrative workloads and costs. The latest digital solutions can support this critical goal based on process automation and tools that help students, teachers, administrative staff, and IT managers to work more effectively and productively For education institutions of all types and sizes, helping students achieve their learning potential is the top priority. However, a wide range of administrative functions and processes are needed to support this core mission – placing significant demand on staff members’ time and increasing operating costs. To maximize time and resources available for teaching and student support, many educational institutions are implementing a range of new digital technologies. These can help by automating routine processes, speeding up staff and student management based on real-time data insights, and helping teachers to plan classes and deliver learning materials to students more quickly and effectively. 4 important ways digital education solutions can help education institutions maximize operating efficiency: Saving time for teachers and students: With the latest digital classroom technologies, including interactive digital displays, teachers can share learning resources with students with a finger stroke. The best solutions of this type allow teachers to download all kinds of third-party teaching applications, allowing them to integrate a variety of valuable learning tools and materials into their lesson plans. These kinds of solutions also support convenient writing, erasing, recording, preparing, and instruction via the interactive display panel. Local and USB files can also be auto-classified for easy management and quick searches – allowing teachers to enhance their lessons in an easy and agile way. In addition to these key features, which save time for teachers and help students learn faster, interactive digital displays reduce reliance on textbooks and printed teaching materials. As well as reducing costs, this helps to save natural resources and minimize negative environmental impacts. Increasing efficiency for school administrators: The latest digital technologies use video data captured by cameras to automate attendance management, with no need to take roll calls manually. This is achieved using AI-powered technology, which – with consent given by parents and students themselves – identifies students who are present and those who are absent, and records the roll-call information for later use. By viewing attendance data recorded by this kind of system, administrators can understand attendance trends centrally via a dashboard interface, aiding reporting and supporting initiatives to ensure that as many students as possible attend classes. Attendance data can also be viewed for each individual student, helping schools to identify class members who are struggling, and to provide the support they need to improve their attendance records. Making school information more accessible: Digital education solutions can assign each classroom with its own, unique, information panel. Called ‘digital signage,’ these panels can display information such as class schedules, daily activities, class videos, class photos, and so on. School managers can use them to deliv er campus information to all panels such as campus notices, campus activities and campus videos, as well as urgent notices. Students and teachers can use these panels to maintain and monitor attendance records, screen for high temperatures, as well as checking individual attendance reports, and other academic information. Helping IT staff do more with less: Some digital education solutions now provide a single dashboard view of all devices connected to the network – with simple tools that speed up IT configuration, management, and troubleshooting. This helps to improve the quality of IT services for staff and students, helping to optimize teaching and learning experiences. Discover how with Hikvision Hikvision digital education solutions streamline and automate a wide range of tasks and processes, helping education institutions to increase their operating efficiency and reduce costs. Their interactive digital displays, for example, make it faster and easier to share critical information and learning resources with students, improving education efficiency and quality. At the same time, their attendance management solution allows roll call to be automated and provides a centralized view of attendance information – down to individual student level. Finally, Hikvision supports centralized management for all connected devices via their HikConnect software platform. This gives IT staff a real-time view of device status across the network, with highly efficient tools for configuring and troubleshooting devices remotely. Devices can also be turned off automatically when they are not in use, further increasing efficiency and sustainability and delivering major cost savings to the institution.  

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Matrix Provided Centralized Time-Attendance Solution for Rishikul Vidyapeeth Schools

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Rishikul Vidyapeeth takes special pride in providing excellent education to students up to XII standard. Spread across an area of 42 acres. It has two more schools under the Rishikul Vidyapeeth group namely Rishikul Vidyapeeth – Jagos Bhaghpat, UP and Rishikul Vidyapeeth, Alipur. All school campuses are having modern infrastructures with aesthetically maneuvered activity areas, sprawling playgrounds, acoustic auditoria, and fully automated campus. It provides great opportunity to students to grow with their efficient faculties and other staff members. Project Highlights Application: Time-Attendance. Locations: 3 (Uttar Pradesh, India). Reader: Fingerprint (with Sensor). Industry: Education. Users: 1,000+. Project Challenge Managing staff attendance from a central place has been a major challenge for the organization. The Institute was looking for a comprehensive time-attendance solution for tracking the staff movement at different locations from a central place. Moreover, they also needed instant SMS notifications for events like missing in/ out punch, attendance summary to have a thorough check. Matrix Offering Matrix has offered a comprehensive Time-Attendance solution for managing attendance and tracking staff movement from a central location. Matrix has installed ten fingerprint-based Time-Attendance terminals at three different locations. All these devices are connected via LAN with the COSEC CENTRA server installed at Rishikul Vidyapeeth, Sonepat. HR can track attendance of whole staff from a central location and can generate different types of customized reports in different formats. For their instant SMS notification requirement, Matrix has integrated COSEC CENTRA server with SMS web server. Hence users are updated instantly on different events like missing in/ out punch, attendance summary, as it occurs. Solution Scenario Result Through its Time-Attendance Solution, Matrix helped them in achieving: Efficient time-attendance management. Improved accuracy in attendance calculation with SMS notification. Appropriate user database management. Centralized monitoring and control. Increased productivity. Customized reports as and when required.  

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