Category: National
Tenda Launches Premium 3+1 CCTV Cable
With the launch Tenda is eyeing to ascend the vast Indian CCTV cable market Tenda, the leading networking company, has launched its first Made in India passive networking product Premium 3+1 CCTV cable in India. With the launch, Tenda affirms its position as the leading provider in the elite club of brands offering dedicated CCTV cable in India. Apparently, Tenda is a leading player in the Wi-Fi router market with a wide range of routers available in all segments in the prevailing market. The passive product primarily carries Power + audio + video + video for smooth audio/ video transmission in a CCTV setup. The CCTV cable is of 90 meters in length for extra-long coverage. Tenda Premium 3+1 CCTV cable is a high quality shielded communication copper cable wire which is flame resistant. Also, it is Aluminium Alloy braiding and support hybrid cable. This launch is particularly targeted to cater to the surveillance industry. According to a recent survey, passive products market in India is roughly about INR2000+ crores. With the introduction of Premium Coaxial 3+1 CCTV cable, Tenda intends to grab a substantial market share in Indian CCTV surveillance market in the coming years. Speaking on the launch, John Dong, Director, Tenda India c ommented, “We are proud and super excited with our first Made in India product. Our new product is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Made in India and we at Tenda are fully supporting it. Tenda is a reputed name brand in CCTV equipment segment and with the launch of Premium Coaxial 3+1 CCTV cable we intend to offer high standard and affordable CCTV cable.”
Matrix Awarded Excellence in Telecom & Connectivity Solutions
Adding another feather to its hat, Matrix has recently been awarded for the ‘Excellence in Telecom & Connectivity Solutions’ at the Rail Analysis Innovation & Excellence in Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi on January 22, 2020. Rail Analysis honored the companies demonstrating innovative solutions, excellence and expertise in the rail and metro sector. On winning this prestigious award, Ganesh Jivani, Chief Executive of Matrix said, “We are happy to win this award for Excellence in Telecom & Connectivity Solutions. We thank Rail Analysis for recognizing Matrix for our technologies, products and solutions. Matrix offers cutting-edge physical security and telecom solutions in more than 50 countries including many first-world technologically advanced nations. With 250+ R&D engineers, world-class processes and infrastructure, Matrix is committed to designing cutting-edge products. This award is a validation of Matrix’s innovation and design capabilities and will go a long way in motivating us towards building world-class solutions.”
Businesses Receive Boost to Security with Zyxel’s Latest VPN Solution
Zyxel introduced its most comprehensive VPN offering, the ZyWALL VPN1000. The all-in-one security solution allows small and medium business owners to safely access and transfer information across multiple locations or hybrid clouds with ease. As the threat of cybercrime continues to grow, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are struggling to meet their security needs, especially if they need to provide secure communication and protection across multiple branches. The ZyWALL VPN1000 solves this problem with a total security solution that offers easy to deploy connectivity, SD-WAN and security capabilities. Supporting all main VPN connection types, the newest addition to the ZyWALL VPN family manages IPSec, L2TP, SSL & TLS and PPTP, as well as site-to-site and client-to-site topologies. Whether a business needs to let a remote worker access the company network or allow multiple branch teams share reports to HQ, they can be sure that data is always encrypted and transmitted securely across the network. The power of SD-WAN connectivity performance The ZyWALL VPN1000 also comes bundled with a one year SD-WAN license. This means businesses can access both standalone and Nebula Orchestrator (SD-WAN) modes. While some SD-WAN solutions use load balancers to optimize connectivity performance – where users need to repetitively configure firewalls one by one – Zyxel’s SD-WAN enabled products leverage a centralized control function. With this, users can securely and intelligently direct traffic across the WAN and increase application performance, resulting in a better user experience, increased business productivity and reduced IT costs. Twelve months of free security services As well as providing solid VPN and SD-WAN features, the ZyWALL VPN1000 provides easy-to-deploy business network security including a firewall with content filter, a fully-integrated security subscription service with URL and HTTPS domain filtering and safe search. The product also comes with Zyxel’s GeoEnforcer, which identifies the origin of incoming traffic. Also with the Hybrid-cloud support, the validated gateway offers a straightforward configuration that is far easier for businesses which want to connect to public cloud infrastructures such asAWS VPC or Microsoft Azure. Gary Chen, President, Zyxel India said, “We believe in providing the best solution in the market for our SMB customers, its difficult for small and medium sized businesses to have complete secured network security solutions for their offices, specially in case of multi branch offices. So we at Zyxel believe in challenging status quo and keep on working for making our existing solutions better. The introduction of ZyWALL VPN1000 will be revolutionary and will bring lots of important features for medium business owners.” The ZyWALL VPN1000 featuring SD-WAN will be available soon. It is the latest offering in Zyxel’s comprehensive range of VPN devices, which also includes the VPN50, 100 and 300. This range means businesses or deployment scale models, from small to large, will be able to find the VPN to best fit their needs.
CP PLUS Launches EzyTrack
CP PLUS has recently launched a unique range of Kids Smartwatch – EzyTrack, and thus entered into a new upcoming category of child security. EzyTrack allows individuals to easily track, monitor and connect with their children at anytime and any place. With this, CP Plus has filled a wide gap for the security and safety of kids, through the latest EzyTrack series of kids watches. According to National Crime Records Bureau, 5769 children were kidnapped and abducted in Delhi during 2016. Hence the security of kids is of prime importance for parents today. Seeing the necessity and challenges faced by the working parents, which CP PLUS considered, and introduced EzyTrack. EzyTrack smart-watches for kids have various exciting in-built features essential for both children and parents. Available in different models and colours, they support touch-screen for ease of use, SOS emergency button to quickly send messages to parents, and two-way communications. With GPS tracking, parents can identify the real location of their kids. In addition, geofence alert can be set up for a real-world geographic area. EzyTrack kids’ smart-watches also come with other advanced features like iOS and Android apps, inbuilt camera, voice chat, find friends, pedometer, low-battery alert and watch taken off alert. These smart-watches are very handy not only for children but also for elderly people. According to Aditya Khemka, MD, CP PLUS, “We are committed to bringing the essence of safety and security to every household in the country. Our new introduction CP PLUS EzyTrack is a step in this direction especially focused on the safety of our future generation which is the kids of today. We are confident that this product will bring a lot of peace and ease to the parents at large, and thereby bringing them a sense of security.” “EzyTrack watches from CP PLUS are designed to be attractive, as well as functional both. Our smart-watches for kids are designed keeping interactive safety measures in mind. They come with the newest features that help parents to ensure the safety of their loved ones. With EzyTrack we offer an ultimate solution that helps parents monitor their kids’ activity via mobile,” said Yogesh B Dutta, COO, CP PLUS. It’s like a wrist-based smartphone for kids. Apart from the aforesaid innovative features, EzyTrack watches have a great durable design, simplistic interface and high reliability of the brand. EzyTrack is available at a starting price of INR3199 at key outlets and online stores.
Laser 4K DLP® Video Walls for Surveillance Control Rooms
Delta, a global provider of power and thermal management technologies and a leading player in display solutions exhibited its portfolio of 4K surveillance monitoring solutions at Intersec 2020, Dubai. Delta Displays showcased an 87 sqft 4K Laser DLP® video wall, which fully supports 4K resolution and 4K control systems including Delta’s state-of-the-art distributed control system, DVCS®. Speaking on the occasion Hemant Agarwal, Business Head, Display Solutions, Delta Electronics India said, “It’s an immense pleasure to be a part of Intersec where global brands unite to discuss and showcase products and solutions that focus on resolving the growing challenges for safety and security. This year at Intersec, Delta unveiled its 4K Laser DLP video wall designed to support critical control room requirements with superior visual performance and clarity that enables effective information monitoring and interpretation. Video walls are the heart of control rooms, and for efficient monitoring it is essential to have a display system with industry’s best image quality and reliability.” The state-of-the-art Delta 4K Laser video wall solution features an extra slim form factor, 560mm-depth, an unmatched 4K (3840×2160) resolution, a high brightness of 4,000 lumens and a brightness uniformity of over 98 percent. Its built-in Intelli-Sense function monitors various parameters of the system and automatically performs real-time adjustments for 24×7 operations. The Laser video wall is leading in the industry to offer a certified IP6X protection rating and a sealed optical engine for up to 100,000 hours of worry-free operation. DVCS® is a high-performance distributed control system designed to fulfill the sophisticated needs of control room applications to ensure a perfect continuity of images across multiple cubes. DVCS® generation 3 is capable of handling 4K resolution input and output with 60 frames per second (fps) performance. This platform, which can manage multiple video sources on a single display, enlarge a single video signal to multiple displays, or enable centralized control of several video walls, creates an unparalleled reliable, flexible and scalable display solution capable of fulfilling critical applications such as utilities, surveillance, disaster control and traffic supervision.
Orbi 4G LTE Tri-band Wi-Fi Mesh Router (CES 2020)
NETGEAR®, the leading provider of networking products powering today’s small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) demonstrated its top of the line solutions for Home and SMBs at CES 2020. The event was recently held at Las Vegas, and witnessed the gathering of industry veterans from all across the globe. NETGEAR introduced the Orbi 4G LTE Wi-Fi router that combines the capabilities of the popular and award-winning Orbi™ Tri-band Mesh WiFi system with 4G LTE cellular connection to provide an alternative to the traditional wired internet options based on cable/ fiber or DSL connections. The Orbi 4G LTE Wi-Fi router is perfect for those areas that have limited or no access to traditional wired broadband. Orbi 4G LTE can also be combined with the existing wired service to create an Internet connection that is backed up by 4G LTE in case of a wireline service disruption. Orbi 4G LTE Wi-Fi router is capable of up to 1.2Gbps over 4G LTE and is combined with high-performance triband AC2200 Wi-Fi. As part of the Orbi family of mesh Wi-Fi systems, one can also add satellites such as Orbi Voice or Orbi Outdoor to gain greater coverage and additional features such as a smart speaker and Alexa voice assistant. This Orbi router also includes the capability of adding Armor advanced cybersecurity and Circle Smart Parenting Controls to the network. Speaking at the occasion Marthesh Nagendra, Country Manager India, ME & SAARC, NETGEAR commented, “NETGEAR is committed to pushing the boundaries with innovative technology and solutions. We are looking forward to an exciting year with the introduction of a new range of Orbi Mesh routers which will provide our customers with the best in class Wi-Fi speed and coverage as well as the safety and security of NETGEAR Armor Cybersecurity and Circle Parental Controls.” “We are also thrilled to be recognized by the CES® 2020 Innovation Awards for our innovation in design and engineering for the Insight Instant Mesh Wi-Fi solution and the Nighthawk® M5 5G Wi-Fi 6 mobile router (MR5200),” added Nagendra. Apart from the Mesh Router, NETGEAR was also happy to announce the latest additions to its unmanaged and smart managed Pro switch series at CES 2020 with new Gigabit Ethernet PoE+ and Ultra60 PoE++ models including the NETGEAR GS110TUP, GS724TPP, GS308PP, GS316P, GS316PP and GS348PP. The PoE+ switches, included with the latest additions are the first cloud-managed Ultra60 PoE++ switch in the industry with uninterrupted power PoE for businesses of all sizes.
Array Networks Benefits from Local R&D Investments
Amplifier, the first product to be designed and developed in India, tests the load capacity for advanced Web applications against modern browsers. The company posted a CAGR of 37% over the last 5 years and envisions 40% growth in 2020. The company’s focus for 2020 will be designing and developing security products. Array Networks, Inc., has recently launched its first ‘Make in India’ product named Amplifier. Amplifier is a new and futuristic load generating system that conducts performance tests and enables testing of networking devices in terms of stress, scalability and throughput, transactions, and many other system attributes. Amplifier was designed and developed in the Array Center for Technology Innovation (ACTI), a product innovation and design center located in Bangalore. Amplifier is a direct product of R&D investments made by the company in 2019; with continued focus and investment, Array aims to further expand its product line and its fast-growing footprint in the Indian subcontinent. “India has been the best performing market for us. Under the leadership of Shibu Paul, we have maintained an enviable consistent growth and now we stand at second position in the Indian ADC market. Our investments will further ensure that we have very strong and secure process, policies and technologies in place to ensure the best quality products and service delivery for our customers” – Michael Zhao President & CEO, Array Networks, Inc. BFSI and Government Propel Array India With consistent growth and commitment towards the India region, 2019 was a very rewarding year for Array Networks. With 40% YoY growth and a CAGR of 37% across the past 5 years, Array’s operation in India is one of the top contributors to the company’s overall global growth. The large percentage of this impressive growth came from the government, BFSI, aviation, entertainment and education verticals. Array’s WAF and SSL Intercept are the two flagship products that gained traction across all the verticals, especially BFSI and government, ensuring 100% growth with three-fold increase in the number of customers, which added significantly to overall revenue growth. “India is one of the fastest-growing regions for Array Networks and we are excited about our growth momentum. Last year, we were successful in generating 70% of our revenue from government and banks. With this new round of investment coming in, we are positioned to expand our product line and manpower in the region. The key to our continued success will remain in our ability to create a satisfied customer base by providing leading-edge technology solutions designed at our ACTI facility” – Shibu Paul Vice President, International Sales, Array Networks, Inc. 45% increase in skilled manpower The additional investment will further accelerate Array’s efforts in gaining superior market share in the fast-growing application security market. As part of an ongoing initiative, Array Networks aims to invest in manpower expansion by 45%. This will promote expansion to newer geographies, addition of newer technologies and collaborating with new partners. Continuing their commitment to the ‘Make in India’ initiative, Array is already designing and developing additional in-house products and innovations that enable secure delivery of applications to end-users. As stated, in the coming years, Array Networks will continue to design cutting-edge solutions for global and local customers. The company is also planning to go beyond application delivery and will be launching its security product by April of 2020. Array Networks will be a one-stop solution for businesses looking for a whole new approach to security that creates smart, agile and more context-aware protection against sophisticated web-based threats.
Athenta Technologies Introduces TRANSDAQ Monitoring & Control System for Metro Rails
Athenta Technologies, a leading intelligent platform provider specializes in integrated infrastructure management business, has released its next generation TRANSDAQ monitoring and control system that can do deep dive integration into the urban transport systems and subsystems from a unified console. TRANSDAQ is a ‘manager of managers’ (MoM) a system that can integrate with the transport and metro rail systems, and one can save the cost of all EMSs and NMSs for all the subsystems for any rail project; and helps in building unified and security envelop over all the physically accessible locations in a rail project. TRANSDAQ maximizes the efficiency in operations and maintenance to optimize costs and delivering high uptime for metro systems and customer service. The system is highly robust and scalable with the capability of working in a distributed environment where a cluster of Athenta appliances will work in a multi-layered architecture, assuring availability, reliability, sustainability and efficiency for metro rail infrastructure management. Athenta’s management appliances enable metro administration to integrate its complete infrastructure to deliver tangible business outcomes. This system facilitates effective communication between the disparate subsystems and devices for proactively alerting the operations staff on any performance degradations or changes in operational status. This, in turn, helps in instantly making aware of the cause of the deterioration, so that the equipment or systems could be changed or repaired or put in maintenance. Gopal Joshi, Director Sales, Athenta Technologies said, “Athenta TRANSDAQ solution is designed to meet the changing demands of the metro rails, and enabling the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of critical data in an actionable format with life-cycle information on assets and resources. TRANSDAQ is an application-based product that performs the Infrastructure Management for the metro rail and it has now become the preferred telecom-SCADA platform for metro rails in India.” Features Single management console to manage the entire infrastructure and making sure it’s coupled with top of the class security. Inventory management for all electrical and mechanical equipment. Impact analysis of one equipment on another. Quick identification of the faulty equipment and bottleneck to reduce ‘mean time to recovery (MTTR).’ Integrated helpdesk and trouble ticketing system with the problem and resolution management. Efficient technology management to ensure optimum productivity of resources – cutting edge man and machine interface. Intuitive dashboard and visual details on metro rail infrastructure health. Athenta TRANSDAQ manages the facility equipment such as radio system, network backbone, PIDS, PAS, HVAC, Surveillance, access control, fire safety and security equipment, pumps etc.
SECUREYE Unveils S-FB3K Face Recognition Enabled Biometric System
Secureye, one of the prominent brands in the security and surveillance domain since last 25 years has recently introduced S-FB3K face recognition enabled biometric device. The growth of biometrics in India is projected to be huge on account of the proliferated uses of biometric devices in public as well government institutions. The company understands the need for enhanced security and to authenticate the access to confidential data which has made the use of biometric devices mandatory for better performance of every organization. This S-FB3K face recognition device sports the latest 600 DPI high resolution optical sensor and professional access control. For better end-to-end communication the interface device comes with standard Wi-Fi, Transmission Control and Internet Protocol. This device has a fingerprint capacity of 1000 and log record up to 1,00,000. Equipped with hi-res panoramic infrared camera the device has advance intelligence adaptation function. The device’s system is designed to make networks reliable with the ability to recover automatically from the failure of device on the network, which makes it unique in this segment. There is a great shift in security and surveillance space and the technology has evolved manifolds throughout the decades. Secureye understands the key challenges standing in the way of market growth that the fear of privacy intrusion and high cost of systems is greatly impacting end users.
ASIS Delhi Chapter
ASIS Society of Protection Profession Delhi Chapter (Chapter# 207) recently held the elections for the new Executive Committee. The members of the chapter actively participated in the election process. The election results were announced by Balwant Singh Atwal, Returning Officer (Chapter Office Election 2019). Members who have been elected for the Executive Committee of ASIS Society of Protection Profession Chapter# 207 (Delhi) for the year 2020 are Manish Datta, IIRIS Consulting – as the Chairperson, Diwakar Nath Pandey, Gartner – as the Vice Chairperson, Mahesh Singh Chauhan, Fidelity International – as the Secretary, and Kanwar Singh Jyala, IndusInd Bank – as the Treasurer. They took over the baton on 1 January 2020.