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BCD, the security industry leading player in video data infrastructure solutions, and Canon India Pvt Ltd, the sales and marketing subsidiary of Canon Inc., have announced a new strategic distribution partnership. Under the agreement, Canon India will be the distributor of BCD’s purpose-built IP video solutions for the Indian safety and security market. This strategic partnership marks a major milestone for BCD as it continues to expand its local presence within India and the APAC region through its Engineering Build Centre in Ahmedabad as well as its aggressive hiring of veteran security professionals from the country. BCD’s industry-leading solutions will join Canon India’s robust product portfolio that includes Milestone Systems, Axis and BriefCam. BCD’s cutting-edge hardware offering, including its line of Milestone XProtect®-ready video appliances which come standard with its exclusive Harmonize Software Suite for hybrid cloud connectivity, instant disaster recovery and iDRAC server management from the desktop, could prove to be a differentiator for the Indian market, noted BCD Founder and CEO Jeff Burgess. “It’s extremely exciting to be included in Canon’s ongoing vertical focus in the smart cities and large government public-sector opportunities, especially when considering their financial muscle for these larger projects,” Burgess said, “The ability for us to have our solutions within the product portfolio mix along with Axis, BriefCam, and Milestone could be a significant differentiator for Canon in India. We can complement this route to market with our Milestone value proposition, superior hardware offering, and our large solutions design capabilities.” Established 1997, Canon India markets a comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging products and solutions in India. This partnership will help Canon India expands its solutions offering with high-performing, purpose-built video surveillance solutions to the Indian security market. Commenting on the partnership, K Bhaskhar, Senior Vice President – BIS Segment, Canon India said, “Businesses today are extremely particular about enhancing the security measures to safeguard their assets, thereby growing the demand for surveillance solutions. As one of the leading imaging brands globally, we’re delighted to partner with BCD to incorporate their innovative portfolio of surveillance led products and solutions to our distribution network. With the respective domain expertise, this collaboration will allow us to capitalize on the explosive growth opportunities in this segment and place both BCD and Canon India at the forefront of some exciting future prospects.” Andrew Hubble, Managing Director of APAC, emphasized that the potential for growth with this new partnership will be immeasurable. “We are very excited to be partnering with Canon in the safety and security, and computer vision vertical in India. We relish the opportunity to jointly provide ‘best in class’ solutions for this large and demanding market while growing our market share through our combined unique offering,” said Hubble.  

These days, many organizations depend on third-party contractors for skilled and unskilled workers for their manpower requirements. The age-old methodology used in handling multiple contractors simultaneously along with their labor force can bring great instabilities to the organization from the perspective of safety management, legal dilemmas, and financial mishaps. There is a need for a comprehensive solution that complements the automation and alignment of such a workforce. At the same time, it should remove inefficiencies as it emphasizes legal and safety accountability. Keeping these concerns in mind, Matrix presents COSEC Contract Workers Management (CWM) solution with specifically designed capabilities to overview the entire process of contract workers’ management to the point. Under the umbrella of this solution, organizations can plan, provide work orders, induct workers, generate e-passes, provide workers with time-attendance and access control, as needed. With Matrix COSEC CWM, bring in an overall enhancement of labor working and enhance the operational efficiency while bringing down the overall cost. Key feature Centralized monitoring and control with real-time status updates. Contactless credential such as face recognition, BLE. Smart mobile application for field application and to minimize the extra hardware cost. Contractor self-service portal for contractors to manage their labor workflow Third-party Integration such as payroll management, device configuration etc. through built-in API. Intuitive dashboard with easy worker attendance manag ement and their access control rights.  

Vehicles, and so number plates, are growing in number across the world. The use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) for vehicle entry is not new. But it’s being used in more innovative ways to streamline processes and help business planning. Research says that the global ANPR System Market is predicted to grow by 9.6% annually between 2017 and 2023.1 With data becoming more available, effective ways of maximizing its use are critical. That’s where powerful VMS solutions, like Hikvision HikCentral Professional, come in . . . Intelligent vehicle entry ANPR cameras are now smart enough to read license plates and even determine the make and color of a vehicle. This provides valuable data when managing a car parking facility, whether for public or private use. But the real value comes when the data is brought together in a way that can be managed and analyzed. Using a powerful video management system (VMS) like HikCentral Professional, users can add vehicle information to the platform. They can categorize them into different types (including registered vehicles, temporary vehicles, and visitor vehicles). This helps the system to ‘recognize’ and analyze the data, providing numerous business benefits. A vehicle analysis report can tell how many cars are going through the entrance, within a certain time frame. This provides intelligence to car park operators to plan their business – maybe providing more employee resource at those times, for example. Streamlining car park operations All of these reports can be set up through HikCentral and configured to send automatic alerts for certain criteria. These can be sent by email daily, weekly, or monthly. This gives the business operators a practical and valuable way to monitor their system, without even having to access the system themselves. ANPR facilitates easy access to a car park for ‘known’ vehicles. The system recognizes the plate and can automatically raise the barrier. Private car parks can use this, for example to allow only ‘member’ vehicles in. It can also provide a way for public car parks to streamline their payment system. Car park operators use the technology to give drivers information on the number of free spaces, and even direct them to the nearest one. This management and guidance system reduces stress and speeds up the parking process. In a world where data is the key to efficiency and business development, an effective way to maximize its worth is key. HikCentral Professional offers a simple and effective way for car park operators to use ANPR data to make their lives, and those of their customers, easier.  https://www.kbvresearch.com/automatic-number-plate-recognition-system-market/  

COM-SUR has announced that in order to create mass awareness for the need to empower every user of CCTV to be able to make optimal use of video surveillance, Made in India COM-SUR, the world’s leading CCTV video footage auditing, smart backup, and standardized intelligent reporting software, has tied up with yet another esteemed institution, i.e., Atmiya University (Rajkot, Gujarat), to offer their CCTV video footage auditing and investigation courses. Besides providing a completely new category of jobs of CCTV video footage auditors, this unique initiative will create an entirely new breed of entrepreneurs who can build large businesses of offering CCTV video footage auditing services (think video process outsourcing – VPO). Collectively, this new profession will ‘wake up’ CCTV cameras that are currently in ‘sleep mode,’ leading to a safer world. Atmiya University is a private university, which offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as diploma studies, bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, doctorate degrees and post graduate diploma in several areas of study. During the MoU signing ceremony, Param Pujya Tyagvallabh Swamiji graciously stated that COM-SUR would be a great tool to empower the youth to get new jobs and business opportunities which will eventually contribute to the overall development of the nation. COM-SUR Founder and CEO Gautam D. Goradia stated, “Our broader vision was to develop a Made in India product that will be used by the world, and we believe that with our association with Atmiya University and by the blessings of P.P. Swamiji, this vision will surely come to fruition.” The course, which is offered in three online modules, namely – Fundamental, Foundation, and Advanced – will soon be available on Atmiya University’s website.  

Videonetics, the world’s leading AI & DL powered Unified Video Computing Platform (UVCP™) development company, announced that it has joined the Red Hat Partner Connect Program as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift in India and South Asia. “We are delighted to be recognised as a Red Hat ISV Partner. By collaborating with Red Hat, we can provide truly unified solutions based on open-source technologies and practices, with an added layer of security features and easier maintenance, that helps ensure greater confidence and stability for customers. We intend to deploy advanced container native technologies across cities, municipalities, industries, aviation & mass transportation, education, and healthcare for a well-connected infrastructure” Avinash Trivedi VP, Business Development, Videonetics “Emerging workloads like video analytics are crucial building blocks of smart city and safe city initiatives in India. Videonetics is spearheading the adoption of cloud-native technologies which are key architectural imperatives that help the customer with agility and flexibility across on-prem or cloud deployments. This also ensures that ISVs like Videonetics can extend it to edge footprints” Neeraj Bhatia Senior Director, Sales, Red Hat, India and South Asia Videonetics Intelligent Video Management Software (VMS) 3.0 delivers unified, next generation user interface, military-grade security, rugged with unprecedented levels of high availability and a future ready solution, for any size of deployment. It analyzes the attributes of servers, storage, network communication and other associated devices, with its AI algorithms in real time, and intelligently uses the capability of those devices to offer a fault-tolerant, fail-safe, responsive and rugged system for video management. It handles cybersecurity threats with its multi-pronged security measures to ensure users’ data privacy, security, and data integrity. Acclaimed as a market leader, Videonetics has secured more than 140 cities, 80+ airports, and 100+ large enterprises across many geographies. Powered by its patented and awarded AI and deep learning framework, Videonetics UVCP™ encompasses intelligent VMS 3.0, video analytics, intelligent traffic management system, facial recognition, video computing platform as a service (VCPaaS™) and video command control center. Videonetics now offers its artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) powered Unified Video Computing Platform on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift to customers worldwide, opening numerous businesses as well as technology sharing opportunities for customers. In addition, Intelligent VMS 3.0 is certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its container applications are certified to run on Red Hat OpenShift, offering greater consistency across hybrid cloud environments and reassuring customers that Intelligent VMS 3.0 can be supported on any Red Hat footprint. The Red Hat Partner Connect software certification uses modern delivery methods to support a hybrid cloud strategy to help partners build and run applications on any cloud. The program brings advanced, cost-effective collaboration and cloud-native development built on leading Red Hat technologies to deliver enterprise-grade IT services, whether on premise or in the cloud. Through this collaboration, Videonetics can now explore a range of open source technology solutions that are the foundations for digital transformation and innovation, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform. As a member of the Red Hat Partner Connect program, Videonetics gains access to resources to develop Red Hat technology competencies while building an open-source practice, adopting container native technologies, attaining product certification and being listed on the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Videonetics can now deliver more secure, ready-to-use, scalable containerised offerings with simplified multi-cloud deployment and management, helping reduce infrastructure cost with more efficient hardware use.  

Educational institutions are reopening across India. The latest pandemic data is showing a steep decline in number of cases, but this is not the time to lower the guard against the pandemic. The key stakeholders of the education sector are now looking for breakthrough solutions to resolve the health and safety concerns after the recently issued fresh guidelines by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). In schools, flow control solution and social distancing solutions are needed to enhance the safe stay of all the students and staff while also giving them quick access to classrooms, offices and dormitories. Now with Hikvision’s Flow Control and Social Distancing Solutions, this process becomes much easier, and much safer. To help education sector to safely reopen, Hikvision India offers an impressive line-up of solutions for the education sector. Few such solutions include flow control and social distancing solutions. Flow Control Solution As various states and regions across India are reopening the educational institutions, crowd density information is also considered a significant reference in managing the ‘social distance’ in campuses and public spaces. Public and private managers and authorities have to do more than ever before to keep people safe, and in many cases efficient calculation of customer traffic will be essential. Use of technology can provide a monitoring solution to manage this, giving alerts when more people are present. The information from these can also be displayed on digital signage screens, for scenarios where transparency and public awareness are key. Key benefits Real-time display of number: A clear and easy-to-understand dynamic data display monitor can be installed at each entrance to provide real-time indoor number updates. Automatic alarm: An alert is created when the pre-configured maximum is reached, and an audio alarm can be triggered if anyone attempts to enter before the numbers go below that threshold. Display with mask & temperature status: Optional display of mask and temperature status on the digital signage if connected with corresponding camera and/ or NVR. Easy and rapid deployment: The flow control solution can be easily and rapidly deployed. It is designed to be simple to use and highly accurate, with options to suit all potential application scenarios. Social Distancing Solution This solution uses people counting and 3D modeling technologies to measure the distance between people accurately. The distance measurement can be adjusted, according to scenario, or changing Government regulations, for example. The output can be connected to various kinds of alarm, such as a siren or speaker, making it possible to relay the message to the scenario. For example, an audio message saying ‘Please remember to keep more than 1.5m apart’ could be used. Alternatively, in more extreme circumstances a siren could sound, alerting a security guard to intervene. Hikvision Lecture Capture and Broadcasting Solution I n the post pandemic new normal world, times are changing faster than one can ever imagine. The education sector is going through the complete digital transformation, it is now a major trend in schools, colleges and educational institutions. The learning process in the education sector is shifting from classroom learning to e-learning. The demand for e-learning has grown significantly in the recent times. Despite the reopening of schools and colleges across the country, there is a sizeable number of students and staff that are not attending the classes due to the fear of pandemic, to bridge the gap and help the students, Hikvision Lecture Capture and Broadcasting Solution is a perfect solution. It has made the learning process highly engaging, flexible and interactive. Broadcasting a lecture and simultaneously recording it can help the learners immensely in different time zones and locations. Hikvision Lecture Capture and Broadcasting Solution offer the technological advantage to students and teachers alike. It helps simplify the learning process with ease of knowledge sharing. Hikvision Lecture Capture and Broadcasting Solution have following advantages: The classroom simulation includes – a three screen output, multimedia content indexing and cataloguing, post lecture editing, and publishing storage and retrieval, annotation on interactive board, usage statistics and analytics, scheduling of lectures and timetable, device management, hardware and software, one time cost, integration with third party software, online lectures, classroom simulation, refresher courses during exam times, usage analytics. Safe reopening for education sector requires all of us to move forward together, employing the recommended best practices and maintaining safe daily habits in order to reduce risks. Cutting-edge video technologies can help various organizations better observe the instructions and guidance. Hikvision India, has dedicated product packages for education vertical specific applications and solutions including schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions. It has multiple application cases across India to bolster the cause of safe reopening for the education sector.  

Leading specialty chemicals company LANXESS India has been Great Place to Work-Certified™ in India (from October 2021 to October, 2022) by the Great Place to Work® Institute. The certification recognizes organization’s efforts in building a High-Trust, High-Performance Culture™ and delivering an excellent employee experience for all. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make strategic people decisions. The Institute serves businesses, non-profits and government agencies in more than 60 countries and has conducted pioneering research on the characteristics of great workplaces for over three decades. Commenting on the success, Neelanjan Banerjee, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, LANXESS India said, “It is an extremely proud moment for all of us. As an organization, we believe in continuously raising the bar and are committed towards creating a credible and fair workplace for our employees. We are thankful for this recognition and are delighted to become a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company.” In India, the institute partners with more than 1100 organizations annually across over 22 industries to help them build High-Trust, High-Performance Cultures™ designed to deliver sustained business results. Hundreds of CEOs and CXOs from India Inc. are part of the great place community that is committed to the vision of making India a great place to work FOR ALL™. The Institute’s research shows that great workplaces are characterized by great leadership, consistent employee experience, and sustainable financial performance. These organizations are able to deliver a consistent experience to all their employees irrespective of their role, gender, tenure or level in the organization. Their leaders believe in the vision of creating and sustaining a Great Place to Work FOR ALL and role model being ‘FOR ALL’ Leaders.  

HID Global, a worldwide provider of trusted identity solutions, recently announced the opening of a warehouse in Bangalore to support the company’s strategic growth in the security issuance identity business in the region and support partner community. With this facility, HID Global is better positioned to serve the growing needs of the domestic market and create new jobs. Located in the center of the business hub, local and regional customers will benefit from faster supply chain management, avoid the challenges of international logistic distribution, save on import duties and taxes costs. “With this opening, all Secure Issuance products for desktops, including FARGO® printers, consumables, and related accessories, will ship from Bangalore. The local warehouse at Bangalore will keep us closer to the market, serving our partners better and strengthen our position in India” Vishal R. Soni Director for Secure Issuance, HID Global India “As the Indian market witnesses exponential growth in five years, the addition of a 16,000 sq. ft. warehouse will promote the expansion of the workforce, improve service level commitments, and grow partnerships in the community. We want to be part of the journey and contribute to the identity market by introducing the latest technologies with best practices locally,” said Wei Jin, Lee Regional Business Director, Secure Issuance APAC. India is the hub of HID Global’s 25,000 sq. ft. R&D center based in Chennai, which has grown tremendously over the past few years. The center provides solutions and services for physical and logical access, goID™ and cloud-based solutions, web, and mobile application development. The R&D center contributes significantly to HID Global’s strategic focus for cloud and mobile solutions and innovative industry-leading solutions implemented in more than 80 countries.  

In today’s era of the World Wide Web, where there’s abundant information available and is being generated every day, there is also an increase in the number of data breaches leading to business collapse. Therefore, addressing the challenge of privacy and security, with the right tools and solutions is a must. One such Global solution provider IceWarp has protected many businesses with its enhanced and advanced end-to-end encrypted secured mailing and collaboration suite. IceWarp’s security features combine best-in-class multi-threaded & multi-layered Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam protection, powered by CISCO. A unique combination of more than 20 anti-spam technologies, including Advanced Malware protection, zero-hour protection, phishing protection, forged email detection and an intrusion prevention system, that prevents malicious or unwanted attacks in real-time. Thereby, it empowers users to have control over the system through black lists, white lists, spam folders and quarantine reports. Moreover, it also provides a security shield to the sensitive data that needs protection to save the reputation of any organization. “Our platform is built on a secured cloud storage solution. We are proud to announce that our customers don’t have to worry about their sensitive or crucial data. We provide our customers a multi-fold user experience that is cost-effective. We offer secured mailing and collaboration solution including data privacy with unparalleled security for organizations and efficiency through our complete solution for all their office work in a single window. In our solutions, we have taken extreme care of data privacy and storing/ hosting of customer data that is done in Indian data centers only” Pramod Sharda, CEO, IceWarp, India & Middle East   Starting from secured inbound SSL connections, cross-section and cross-protocol monitoring the platform blocks attackers instantly. Furthermore, a double-password protection layer and email encryption avoid untrusted and unknown users from reading confidential conversations and so on. That’s not all; organizations can monitor and supervise the data usage and data imple mentation of their employees with ease and reliability. With the increase in the number of data sharing, also comes the need for aggressive recovery time objectives and companies are more likely to require a Disaster Recovery site. With its own data centers with multiple sites in India, IceWarp allows its customers to store all their Email data locally and ensures OnCloud archiving with Archivist/Compliance access. IceWarp is a global leader for developing email communication and collaboration solutions. Headquartered in Prague, IceWarp has been operating globally since 2001. IceWarp entirely changes the concept of how teams share information online and optimize business processes through its streamlined & seamless team collaboration solutions, by providing an ultimate all-in-one collaboration platform and a whole new family of apps with real-time collaboration tools, easy sharing options, integration of various virtual office functions right at user’s fingertips by integrating everything they need under a single login – email, teamchat, and storage. IceWarp offers its users ease of use, security, and efficiency through its complete solution for all their office work in a single window, without needing any third-party applications. IceWarp aims at continuous and comprehensive innovation considering current trends and requirements of more than 50 million paid users and 50,000 customers worldwide. IceWarp is currently present across 50 countries and has already acquired more than 900+ customers in India within a span of 5 years. Currently, IceWarp is the only alternative to MS Exchange, Office 365, and GSuite.  

Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), country’s leading provider of digital solutions recently launched EZ Cloud Connect, an easy, fast, reliable, cost effective and secured point to point (P2P) cloud connectivity gateway. EZ Cloud Connect enables enterprises to bypass the internet and deliver data to and from the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) by establishing a dedicated private network connection. EZ Cloud Connect provides improved and consistent network experience with greater bandwidth throughput while reducing capital and operational expenses. EZ Cloud Connect is a one-stop cloud connectivity solution that has all three elements – leased line connectivity + cross connect + cloud port bundled as a single product offering. Thus, saving an enterprise the cost and effort to deal with multiple service providers and at times sub-optimal solutions that may constraint their network performance. For Enterprises, EZ Cloud Connect is an all-in-one integrated solution which is easy on the pocket, easy to scale, easy to manage and easy to secure. Enterprises can now experience an all new and easy way of connecting to the cloud. Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Rally, Senior Vice-President, Product and Commercial, Tata Teleservices said “As modern businesses are getting more digitally agile with cloud-first approach, they require seamless cloud connectivity and integration to securely and efficiently run their critical data applications. TTBS EZ Cloud Connect facilitates an easy, hassle-free and direct private network connectivity between customer’s owned/ managed infrastructure and cloud providers, with tremendous benefits such as faster access, lower network costs, stable network latency and high data security than an internet-based connection.” EZ Cloud Connect ensures robust connectivity with a predictable performance and guaranteed SLA. TTBS state of the art high-capacity network access is now extended to all major cloud service providers at multiple locations across the country making it convenient for enterprises to opt for EZ Cloud Connect. With its use cases for hybrid solutions, real time applications and high data transfers, EZ Cloud Connect is ideal for industry segments such as IT & ITES, services, BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare etc. How EZ Cloud Connect makes it easy: Single Window solution. Increased network efficiency and uptime. Enhanced customer experience and cost effective. Simplified operation control. High data security (P2P connectivity). Flexibility to scale. Improved application performance. Core business enablement. TTBS has taken several initiatives in recent times to empower enterprises with innovative and reliable solutions as they move up the digital transformation curve. The company has strengthened its portfolio of enterprise grade solutions such as Smartflo – an advanced cloud communication suite, SmartOffice- a one-box start-up kit with voice, data, apps, storage & much more, Ultra-Lola, Smart Internet Leased Line, collaboration solutions, IoT, document management services, SD-WAN iFLX an intelligently flexible solution (built on Fortinet’s platform) for network optimization, and a comprehensive suite of cyber security solutions across industries. It has also recently partnered with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to offer world-class unified communication solutions to enterprises. All these solutions appropriately address the needs arising out of a distributed and remote working environment and enable customers to maintain business continuity in a flexible, scalable, and secured manner.