NEC Corporation is to provide a ‘Smart Hospitality Service’ utilizing facial recognition technology for ‘Sequence,’ a newly developed hotel brand by Mitsui Fudosan and Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management. NEC’s ‘smart hospitality service’ helps ensure safe, secure, and efficient stays by utilizing facial recognition technology for a wide range of services including check-in, entering rooms and entertainment facilities, and making cashless payments. Each of these services helps improve the convenience of hotels, to relieve stress, and to promote a more comfortable experience and stay. The service links pre-registered facial information with…
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Rekor’s Vehicle Recognition Solutions
Tennessee police department to utilize Rekor’s ‘plug-and-play’ vehicle recognition system and powerful Watchman software for license plate reads with up to 99% accuracy Rekor Systems, Inc., focused on bringing smarter, faster, cost-competitive solutions to the worlds of public safety and customer experience, has been selected by the City of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee (the City) and the Mt. Juliet Police Department (MJPD) to provide robust vehicle recognition solutions. The City and MJPD selected Rekor to roll out the community’s automated license plate recognition (ALPR) program which the department is terming, ‘Guardian…
Read MoreRetailers Detect Theft Trends in a Few Clicks with Security Center Transaction Finder
Genetec Security Center Transaction Finder, a PoS (Point of Sale) integration tool with exception-based reporting capabilities has been designed to help retailers speed up their investigations. Embedded in the security system, Security Center Transaction Finder correlates PoS data with corresponding video, with the ability to bring in additional sources such as analytics, as an added feature. It eliminates the need to jump between different platforms, and helps investigators filter through large volumes of transactions to quickly detect suspicious activities that might warrant further investigation. Retail shrink is increasing, and theft…
Read MoreRoyal Swinkels Family Brewers
When Swinkels Family Brewers wanted to unify its access control internationally, it chose Nedap AEOS, which enabled this producer of world-famous Bavaria beer to design a system around the people using it. The challenge Swinkels Family Brewers had grown quickly and needed to review its security and apply more stringent measures. It was using two access control systems and wanted to unite everything on one platform. Most importantly, Swinkels Family Brewers wanted a system that would match its people-first approach, and provide the flexibility to adapt and scale in the…
Read MoreArgentina Selects HID goID Technology
The government of Argentina has selected HID goID® citizen identity technology to power the country’s digital version of its mandatory National Identity Document for its Mi Argentina app. The collaborative effort between HID, Argentina’s Ministry of Interior, Public Works and Housing through the National Registry of Persons (Renaper), and the Ministry of Modernization makes Argentina the first country in the world to offer a true national identity credential within a mobile app to its citizens. Currently, there are 47 million DNI cards in circulation and recent legislation has accorded full…
Read MoreEnglish Premier League Uses Patented Video Security Technology from Germany
Like many national football leagues, the teams of the English Premier League also suffer from unacceptable incidents such as lighting of pyrotechnics and throwing projectiles, hate crime and vandalism. This is why as early as 2013, the managers at Everton F.C. opted for a patented video security solution from the German video technology company Dallmeier. Today, 14 of 20 clubs of the 2019-20 Premier League season have implemented Dallmeier Panomera® multifocal sensor systems – including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Dallmeier solution approach proves equal to international safety standards…
Read MoreBMCE Bank of Africa’s IT Subsidiary Selects nCipher Security to Secure its Digital Certificates
nCipher Security, an Entrust Datacard company and provider of trust, integrity and control for business-critical information and applications, announces that its nShield® HSMs are being used by Eurafric Information (EAI), the IT subsidiary of BMCE Bank of Africa, to secure the digital certificates that enable device authentication for secure network access. The integration project was carried out by Oxyliom, an nCipher partner. BMCE Bank of Africa operates over 1,500 commercial branches in Africa, Europe and Asia. As BMCE’s IT subsidiary, EAI offers computer services to BMCE Bank Group’s members. nCipher…
Read MoreIDIS Video Tech Deployed at Top Birmingham Secondary School
One of Birmingham’s top secondary schools has switched to IDIS video technology in a drive to improve security, safety, and standards of personal behaviour. With its ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating, Swanshurst School is one of the city’s most popular destinations for girl’s secondary education, with more than 1800 pupils aged 11 to 19 years. “Video monitoring is key to efficient use of resources at the school,” said Swanshurst’s Strategic Business Manager, Annette Tyler, “Because we have such a busy site, the ability of our senior team to see who is entering…
Read MoreOT Systems Ethernet-Over-Coax Solution takes the HKIA CCTV System from Analog to IP
The Hong Kong International Airport recently modernized its CCTV system taking its surveillance capabilities from analogue to IP by integrating OT Systems’ Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) transmission solution to existing infrastructure. A total of 100 single-channel ET1100CPp-T transmitters were installed to connect 100 IP cameras and connected to either single-channel ET1100CPp-R receivers or 8 to 16-channel ET4200CPp-RS8/16 rackmount receivers. The ET4200CPp-RS8/ 16 receiver offers full switching capability and 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps auto-MDI/ MDIX full-duplex communication and it is available with rack-mounting installation in a 19-inch rack cabinet. The EoC solution provides flexible…
Read MoreSecuriton Safeguarding Tunnel Infrastructure in Colombia
An important infrastructure project that, for years, had been postponed for political or environmental reasons finally received its inauguration last August. The project’s tunnels and viaducts in and around the Colombian city of Medellín are intended to provide fast access to the neighbouring valley, location of the international airport. Securiton is safeguarding the tunnels and key infrastructure installations against fire. Situated in the Aburrá valley in the mid-Andes mountain range in north-western Colombia, Medellín lies 1538m above sea level. The ‘Capital of the Mountains’ is the country’s second largest city…
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