Array Networks Inc, is investing $20 million in India. The investment will be largely in setting up and running Array Center for Technology Innovation (ACTI) focused on product innovation and design center, as well as augmentation of highly skilled research and technical manpower. Array Networks aims to increase its manpower by 500% by the end of 2019. Fiscal 2018 saw a promising YoY growth of 40% in the India market. The major chunk of this impressive growth came from the government, BFSI, aviation, media and education verticals. With this investment Array Networks will ‘Design in India’ by developing innovative, cutting-edge technology solutions from India for all its global requirements. Michael Zhao, President and CEO of Array Networks was in New Delhi to make these announcements at a press conference. Exhibiting confidence in the Indian market and enthusiasm for the company’s recent growth in the region, Mr Zhao said, “India is one of the fastest growing regions for Array Networks, and we are excited to see the growth momentum our India team has been able to achieve under the leadership of Shibu Paul. We are aiming to address larger and strategically important customers in the region and add to our skilled technical manpower to drive even more growth. The key to our continued success will remain in our ability to be nimble yet provide leading-edge technology solutions that truly benefit our customers.” Array Networks envisages a progressive growth and ROI from its technology research center and expects to increase its high-skilled technical workforce for the lab by 5x. The lab will help Array Networks design custom made solutions for global customers and enable the company to launch new products in shorter timelines. Apart from the ACTI, Array Networks also intends to set up an advanced repair center for customers in the region. “With a strong recognition of current Indian market dynamics, Array Networks aims to focus the team’s expert knowledge on tapping into the right resources at the right time,” said Shibu Paul, Vice President of International Sales for Array Networks, “Our goal is to bring about a paradigm shift in terms of planning, approach and implementation of Array’s products and solutions in India and the extended region by making use of our state-of-the-art technology.” Array is a network functions platform company that combines the best attributes of dedicated hardware, virtualization and software-centric computing to create an environment that provides guaranteed performance for virtual networking and security functions.    

Videonetics, the world-leading visual computing platform development company, has been honored with the prestigious award ‘Indian Original Equipment Manufacturer of the Year’ by Finest India Skill Talent (FIST) Awards 2019, for their outstanding growth coupled with designing and delivering indigenous innovations in the country. Initiated by Fire & Security Association of India (FSAI), the FIST Awards recognize extraordinary contribution of organizations and individuals in the field of security, safety, firefighting and emergency response. The gala award night was attended by stakeholders, decision makers and policymakers from the industry fraternity. Paneled by an esteemed jury comprising industry stalwarts, the award was adjudged using a robust rating scale and evaluated on key criteria such as competitive advantage, size, innovation capabilities, and management effectiveness. Expressing on the achievement, Dr. Tinku Acharya, Fellow IEEE, Founder & MD, Videonetics said, “We are extremely grateful to receive this award from FIST. This recognition validates our drive for high performance, innovations, differentiation and global scalability. We will continue to invest in R&D to generate Indian intellectual properties with a patriotic mission to minimize our dependency on foreign technologies.” Avinash Trivedi, VP – Business Development, Videonetics commented, “We are thankful to FSAI for acknowledging our contribution and efforts with the FIST award. At Videonetics, we’ve always strived to bring more value to our partners, integrators and customers. I would like to dedicate this award to them for their dedication, commitment and excellent contribution to the growth of Videonetics.”

UBM-Informa, a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B event’s organiser globally, witnessed its first Walkathon in India – Walk the World 2019 as a fund raising activity. The organisation’s flagship annual charity event was held at the stretch of South Mumbai’s – Queen’s Necklace at Marine Drive on 20th March 2019. The walkathon was a successful experience that witnessed 83% participation from team members in UBM-Informa covering an aggregate distance of 2200 Kms to support and raise funds for the education of the beneficiaries of NGO – Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. Similar walks simultaneously took place in Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru. Each year, Walk the World encourages, and involves colleagues from every Informa office around the globe to participate in the walkathon in an iconic part of their city to raise funds for a charity of their choice. With participation from offices in more than 20 countries across the globe, Walk the World (WtW) covered more than the length of the earth’s equator and walked an aggregate of 60,000 kms (the actual length of the equator is 40,075 kms). Globally, the locations for the venue of the walkathons varied from the Central Park in New York City, to the River Thames in London and the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Speaking on the maiden Walk the World in India post the merger of UBM-INFORMA, Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India said, “As a team of 200 plus, we are extremely proud to have completed our first walkathon which witnessed a 100 percent participation with so much dynamism and high spiritedness while supporting a noble cause. Through this large-scale outdoor fund raising activity – Walk the World, we raised an amount of INR 20,18,500 in order to aid the youth who are a part of the NGO Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. The funds will be utilised for their further education and to create opportunities for them to keep pace with the rest of the society.” The best WtW campaign will be judged and invited to walk at the London Walk in June 2019. Last year, over 96 percent participants including team members, celebrities, select clients and vendors thoroughly enjoyed WtW and felt proud to be a part of it.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently conducted a meeting with the controlling authorities of various states of the country to discuss facilitating online/ web submission of applications for licenses under Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005 (PSARA), and the methodology for the grading of the private security agencies (PSAs). The controlling authorities of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, U.P., Punjab, and H.P. participated in the meeting, along with the representatives from National Informatics Centre (NIC), Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI). CAPSI was represented by Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, and Mahesh Sharma, Security General, CAPSI. The meeting was presided over by Vivek Bharadwaj, Joint Secretary, Police Modernization (PM), MHA. subject suggesting easy renewal of license and monitoring of the private security agencies. The forum discussed how the application be made user friendly, and at the same time facilitating the controlling authorities to monitor the PSAs efficiently. Kunwar Vikram Singh suggested two points – first to incorporating auto alert feature for renewal of license, and the second to avoid repeated verification of the owners of PSAs by enabling acceptance and validity of the verification done in one state by the other states as well. The suggestions were well received. Finally, it was decided that NIC will develop a web application based on the suggestions emerged during the meeting. As also deliberated at the forum, there will be another meeting with the controlling authorities of all states/ UTs to discuss broader scope of the online version of applications for PSARA, and how this application could be further improved, and adopted by all the states and UTs. The Chairman also presented a copy of the Annual Report of CAPSI to Mr. Bharadwaj.

The International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) Expo by UBM India is debuting in Dhaka with its IFSEC Bangladesh Expo. Scheduled as a preview show in its launch year, the expo is being held during 18-20 April 2019 at the ICCB, Dhaka. IFSEC Bangladesh aims to bring together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts, and key government officials on an industry platform to exchange global best practices and seek solutions for challenges pertaining to security especially for a developing nation like Bangladesh. The South Asia region is both a vulnerable as well as a progressive zone when it comes to security and surveillance, which is due to its teeming population and issues like crime, terrorism and developing digital technology with the need for data protection. The safety and security industry in Bangladesh is at a nascent stage and will therefore greatly benefit from the IFSEC expo with its array of global industry updates, legislation, security demos, workshops, products and services by leading experts from the globe. In its maiden edition itself, IFSEC Bangladesh is bringing a formidable repertoire of products and technologies pertaining to biometrics, access control, alarms, entrance automation, GPS tracking, storage and building management in addition to surveillance for the knowledge of end users. It is to include global brands such as Abloy, Allied Telesis, Axis, Biomax, Brosis, ERD, Godrej, IPsys, Johnson Controls, KJ Tech, Milestone systems, Origine impex, Realtime, Securico, Securex, Synet, Timewatch, Tyco, Toshiba, Vamosys, Western Digital to name just a few. The expo will see participation of over 40 brands from countries such as India, South Korea, China, UK, Denmark, Sweden and Japan. Supported by key associations including the Electronic Security Association of India (ESAI) among others, the IFSEC Bangladesh Expo is expected to be visited by professionals such as decision makers in key defence establishments, electrical contracting/ engineering firms, architects, chief security officers, distributor of security products, senior security consultants, facility managers, head of security personnel, logistics professionals, manufacturers of security products, municipal authorities, system integrators and town planners, among others. Speaking on the announcement of the IFSEC Bangladesh Preview Show, Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India said, “Bangladesh’s safety and security equipment and services market is primarily driven by the rapid urbanization and the ongoing globalization wherein the need for robust and updated security technologies is increasingly significant. Sensing this need, the Government of Bangladesh recently announced the launch of the ambitious Dhaka City Digital Monitoring System that will bring the entire Dhaka city under video surveillance to ensure better safety and security as well as combat crimes. Besides, its ‘Vision 2021’ targets further growth in economy, especially in pharmaceuticals, hotels, hospitals, power, agriculture, leather, large infrastructure, ICT & telecom and ship breaking. “At UBM India, propelled by the enormous success of the IFSEC India Expo, we thought this was the right time to enter the Bangladesh market and help it avail the best of global market insights, technologies, trends and business. I am certain this show will go a long way in acting as a catalyst for the sector – and for the general economy by extension,” added Mr. Mudras. In its launch edition, IFSEC Bangladesh has decided to proactively decipher relevant insights gained in the global security market by conducting a one day conference with the theme ‘Professional Security for an Insecure World’ alongside the exhibition on April 18. Some of the key topics lined up at the show are ‘How artificial intelligence is used to bolster security systems’; ‘Tech that help bolster the security of a new-age city’; ‘Corporate risk management: Evolving role of CSOs in an era of rapid innovations and disruptions’; ‘The integration of cyber security with physical security’; ‘The role of data analytics in ensuring safe cities’; ‘IoT: Challenges faced during implementation for security applications’; and ‘The threat of cyber security attacks on security systems.’

CP PLUS has recently conducted its technology-driven training initiative – Mission-Tech in Noida and Chennai regions. It has been conducting the Mission-Tech training to impart in-depth knowledge about the latest surveillance technologies and offer hands-on experience of all types of security solutions and equipment to learners from different walks of life. Earlier also, the company has carried out successful training sessions across India in a bid to disseminate comprehensive knowledge of the surveillance industry and enable learners to devise innovative security solutions. The CP PLUS mission-tech certified training programs are designed to train and educate surveillance system engineers (SSE) on installation, operation and maintenance of CP PLUS products; designing intelligent security solutions and inspire industry professionals to accomplish results and launch their own business ventures. Mission-Tech certifies a professional under its elaborate training design through these certifications: CP PLUS Certified Surveillance Engineer (CSE), CP PLUS Certified Surveillance Professional (CSP), and CP PLUS Certified Surveillance Designer (CSD). Speaking about the recently conducted sessions, Yogesh Dutta, COO – CP PLUS said, “Mission-Tech is an ambitious initiative by CP PLUS to impart state-of-the-art knowledge and training to young and experience professionals, and enthusiastic technical learners from different walks of industry segments who aim to understand surveillance industry from a broader perspective. We have been successfully running the training sessions in multiple Indian locations dispersing training of the latest surveillance technologies, in addition to the fundamentals basics of security and surveillance sector. We are quite positive about the performance of Mission-Tech as a tool for imparting quality education of the surveillance domain and we will continue to cover as many locations in India as possible in the future.” Mission-Tech is a government approved Skill-India initiative and duly recognized by IASC (Instrumentation, Automation, Surveillance & Communication Sector Skill Council). The training is provided to industry professionals conforming required experience criteria and is intended to enhance the solution-designing skills of the learners. By completing Mission-Tech training an individual is fully-empowered to design effective surveillance solutions using knowledge of the latest security equipment and deliver value to their respective industry or verticals. The course is designed considering the Indian business environment, thus making it highly beneficial in terms of relevance and industry application.

Zyxel Technology India Pvt Ltd has recently released XS3800-28, a dynamic 10-gigabit aggregation switch. Designed with campuses and SMEs in mind, the switch offers the power, flexibility and stability required to keep complex networks running smoothly for the long haul. Port combinations galore for maximum flexibility Thanks to its 8 combination ports, the versatile switch is able to handle up to 24 10G SFP+ fiber or 12 10G RJ-45 copper connections. This adjustability gives the freedom to choose which network setup best meets the current needs, and allows for hassle-free reconfiguration if these needs happen to change. “We wanted to show that a network product’s adaptability and configuration potential can be just as important as the more popularized specs such as power and speed,” commented Crowley Wu, Senior AVP of Zyxel’s Networking Business Unit, “The XS3800-28 represents a more forward-thinking approach to satisfy the network demands of school systems and SMEs.” Essentials of a core switch The XS3800-28’s enhanced switching capacity, larger L3 routing network and impressive CPU performance are perfect for installations requiring extensive aggregation. If users are aiming to build an advanced network with a low latency, high-density 10G backbone architecture, an aggregation switch of this caliber is essential. When it comes to resiliency and availability, the switch is unafraid to show off. A restore button enables the device to fall back instantly in the event of misconfigurations, while a dual power supply provides an essential safety net if the primary power unit encounters complications. Moreover, as a result of its high-quality hardware design, the switch is the epitome of network longevity. Gary Chen, President, Zyxel India says, “Not only this switch is a cost saving solution over the traditional switches but also have the ability to perform above the expectation level. It offers a great deal of flexibility and ease of use for the users.” Multi-gigabit means futureproofed The switch’s multi-gigabit capability makes it a must for academic or business ventures expecting superior network functionality. With copper ports supporting speeds of 100M, 1G, 2.5G, 5G and 10G, the agile switch is able to prevent the connection downgrades and bottlenecking that frequently strike 2.5/5G-capable products such as servers and storage devices. It’s also CAT5 ecompatible, removing the need to purchase the expensive CAT6 cable. Dedicated to providing innovative, customer-centric technology and service, Zyxel Communications has been connecting people to the Internet for nearly 30 years. Their ability to adapt and innovate places them at the forefront of the effort to deliver high-quality network products and solutions to anyone from telcos and service providers to home users and businesses.