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Matrix SATATYA MIBR20FL60CWP
Matrix Professional Series IP bullet cameras are built using superior components such as Sony STARVIS sensor and higher MTF lens to offer unmatched image quality especially during low light conditions. Powered by true WDR algorithm, these cameras offer consistent image quality even in highly varying lighting conditions. Built-in intelligent analytics including intrusion detection, trip wire etc., they ensure real-time security. Moreover, H.265 compression and automatic motion based frame rate reduction save bandwidth and storage up to 50%. The series features wider 56° horizontal field of view, adaptive streaming to record more frames during motion, less during no motion. They are ideal for special applications such as parking management and other outdoor applications.
Grandstream and Savex Technologies Announce Distribution Partnership in India
Grandstream has appointed Savex Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as a distributor of its wireless networking and unified communications solutions in India. Customers throughout India can now purchase Grandstream Networks’ award-winning solutions from Savex Technologies, which have been connecting the world since 2002 and include a comprehensive, feature-rich range of SIP handsets and Wi-Fi access points. “This distribution agreement with Savex Technologies signals the start of an exciting time for resellers in India and for Grandstream,” said Ajeet Singh, Country Sales Manager, India for Grandstream, “There’s a huge opportunity for growth and profit for our partners in the mid-market, but that opportunity is all too-often overlooked with vendors focusing on larger enterprise customers or providing solutions that don’t deliver the scalability, resiliency and flexibility the mid-market businesses are looking for. Together with Savex Technologies and their solid reseller support capabilities, geographical reach, years of competency, expertise and market knowledge, we can more effectively reach the channel, enabling resellers to leverage our on-premise and cloud-based Unified Communication solutions and create offerings that meet today’s digital business needs. We look forward to growing the market and technology landscape by serving our valued channel partners in India.” Savex and Grandstream both strive to deliver Wi-Fi networking solutions and feature-rich unified communication solutions that are easy and attainable to businesses of all sizes, and this partnership offers a cost-effective solution that is easy to deploy and includes high-end features to resellers throughout India. “We are pleased to collaborate with Grandstream and showcase its product and services to our reseller base,” said Anil Jagasia, Founder and Chairman of Savex Technologies Pvt Ltd., “The Grandstream portfolio will enhance our capabilities and enable us to deliver its technology to our reseller base, ultimately supporting our mutual customers and helping to ensure success in this fast-growing market.”
Hikvision Showcases Latest Security and Surveillance Solutions at SITA ITeS Conclave 2019
Hikvision recently participated in SITA ITeS Conclave 2019 to showcase its latest security and surveillance solutions with its esteemed partner SMB system integrators. The ‘SITA ITeS Conclave’ exhibition was organized by SITA – South Gujarat Information Technologists Association – from 1-2 June 2019 at Platinum Hall, Sarsana, Surat. The Hikvision team displayed thermal and explosion proof cameras, EZVIZ smart home camera, video door phone, access control and AX Hub intrusion alarm products. Hikvision displayed HDTVI (High Definition Transport Video Interface) solution, Professional IP, Easy IP 4.0 & PanoVu cameras, EZVIZ Wi-Fi cameras, alarm devices, NVRs etc. They also demonstrated Hikvision analog and IP VDP product series, Hikvision’s access control products including access controllers, standalone terminals, card readers, turnstiles, and elevator controllers, POE (Power-over-Ethernet) switches, and CAT6 and 3+1network cables. At the SITA ITeS Conclave 2019, a corporate presentation on Hikvision was given by Bhavin Chauhan, AVP – IT Products, Pan India, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. “SITA ITeS Conclave 2019 is a reputed event platform of South Gujarat region. Hikvision has a good penetration into this regional market. We showcased latest Hikvision products and solutions to update the ITeS community and system integrators,” said Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. Hikvision’s booth at SITA event got tremendous response from dealers and end customers. Many leading diamond, retail and textile industry representatives visited the booth and appreciated Hikvision’s innovative security solutions and products. SITA association had invited more than 1000 partners across south Gujarat (Vapi, Valsad, Surat, Ankleshwar and Bharuch).
Invixium Signs Distribution Agreement with ADI Global in India
Invixium Access Inc., a manufacturer of modern, IP-based biometric products, has recently signed a new distribution partnership with ADI Global Distribution (A Resideo Company) for India, the leading global wholesale distributor of security and low voltage products. Through this agreement, ADI will distribute the full suite of Invixium biometric products to their security installers and customers across 18 branches in India. From left to right: Devinder Singh, Director of ADI Global India, Rajender Singh Golan, Senior Product Marketing Manager at ADI Global, Behram D. Cooper, Sales Director at Invixium, Abhishek Singh, Director of Marketing at ADI Global India “We are committed to the India market,” said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President of Invixium, “The biometrics market is growing at a significantly fast pace in this region and I feel that our solutions stand out due to their exquisite design, cutting edge technology and ability to work in rugged harsh environments. We believe that ADI’s extensive reach and expertise will be a valuable asset in the growth of our partnership in India, and we are truly honored to have them sign on as our distributor.” Made popular for their aesthetically pleasing design, Invixium’s solutions feature the latest in cutting-edge technology to provide lightning fast results and enjoyable experiences. By leveraging the best fingerprint sensor technologies on the market including multi-spectral imaging, active thermal and high resolution optical, Invixium has crafted a suite of products with superior performance in ideal indoor applications as well as in rugged harsh outdoor environments. The new IXM TITAN series delivers multi-modal biometrics with face and fingerprint or finger vein recognition, with multi-functional capabilities for access control, time tracking, video surveillance and video intercom applications; TITAN is quintessentially the most advanced biometric product ever engineered. Devinder Singh, Director at ADI Global India commented, “Invixium is an up-and-coming brand in the security industry with extensive knowledge and experience in biometrics. This partnership agreement reinforces our vision of tying up with the best in class brands in the world and making it available to our customers. We are excited to promote the full product range and are confident that our SI base will be enthusiastic about sourcing well-de signed, high quality biometric solutions via ADI.” ADI expo series Invixium was excited to present at the recently held annual ADI Kickoff and Vendor Symposium & Expo, Greater Noida, introducing the company’s history, products and USPs to a captive audience of ADI personnel including ADI management, branch, sales and product managers. Along with the kickoff events, the team at Invixium feels energized having completed three out of four phases of the ADI Expo series for 2019.
The Landscape of Residential Security in India
India has traditionally been a rural and agrarian society. Rapid urbanization of small towns and cities which were earlier just business centers has led to the rise of a large number of new metro and cosmopolitan cities. The technology driven solutions have now become the mainstay and USP of the concept of smart city in real estate industry. The residential societies which are like clusters of islands within a smart city have become laboratories for proliferation of such innovative technologies. The high tech residential societies within the smart city thrive and rest on tenets of continuous surveillance, monitoring, real time flow of information, and prompt response to ensure the security, safety and comfort of residents. Security indeed assumes the foremost functional criterion of these residential complexes as sustenance of any urban setup is impossible without robust security measures. To meet the challenges of growing crime and accelerating urbanization, residential societies have increasingly turned to intelligent management of security services. Connected systems that make use of new data sharing and gathering capabilities are accruing more flexibility, control and efficiency than ever before to RWAs and the service managers. Core of security in residential society It’s not the residential complexes only, the footprints of violence and breach of security are engulfing the canvas in an unprecedented manner everywhere – be it schools, shopping malls, metro, railways, business offices or hospitality sector. In this context, technology is a great ally to the security servers. It helps take the delinquent out of the shadows and assists in crime prevention and management of essential services. Lighting and monitoring cameras are indispensable allies in the fight against crime. The integration of technology is the key component that unites virtual reality cameras, artificial intelligence and lighting in the same equipment, and that has become the core of security and citizen engagement in every high tech residential society to subdue and defeat violence, crime, and other illegal activities besides managing services. The advent and rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), IoT and shared data have turned out to be the biggest enabler to the concept of high tech residential societies. AI has empowered the security to automatically learn and detect crimes such as armed robbery, drug trafficking, bodily injury, graffiti, vandalism, parking in a prohibited place, theft of vehicles, and has equipped the RWAs with tools to manage the energy in terms of electricity, gas, water and waste. Thus the technology has provided incremental steps leading to the way we all live and work. Benefits of SaaS based security platform ● Residents get instant notifications on their mobile phones, whenever a visitor checks in against their flat. ● Guests can be pre-entered as visitors by residents allowing them easy access to the complex. ● Residents’ can alert security guards, family and neighbors during emergencies with a button click. ● Security analytics and reports with which the management committee, society manager gets real time insights on visitor data and trends, gets ability to check real time if set security processes are followed. ● Complete visitor management, domestic staff management, association staff attendance with evidence, smart ID for residents/ staff, panic alert for residents, material in/ out tracking (for example, water tanker/ diesel/ pump for repair), automatic gate pass printing – every aspect needed by modern apartment complexes for their security is being custom-built by gate keeper. Mobile access controls In the first half of 2019, we have seen unprecedented integrations into security systems. Examples include access control systems using biometrics such as face recognition systems, smart phones to grant entry, and autonomous robots roaming in lobbies and corridors after working hours. Mobile access controls have grown in popularity because of the personalized experience it offers to the tenants. Everybody is going to use and access this space at different times and different ways. You really have to make sure that you have the technology to support. If this is something that sounds like the right fit for your building, then make sure your facility has strong internet and cellphone signals. Consider boosting the cellphone signals in your area to ensure seamless connectivity across the cloud, Wi-Fi and cellular. Mobile access controls have grown in popularity because of the personalized experience it offers to the tenants. Everybody is going to use and access this space at different times and different ways. You really have to make sure that you have the technology to support. If this is something that sounds like the right fit for your building, then make sure your facility has strong internet and cellphone signals. Consider boosting the cellphone signals in your area to ensure seamless connectivity across the cloud, Wi-Fi and cellular. Access control systems have greatly evolved over the years – and some of the companies that produce them are taking advantage of the universality of the smartphone. Open path’s access control reader is such a device that allows tenants to use their smartphone to gain entry. The process is completely keyless and hands-free. Autonomous robots They might sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but mobile autonomous robots are becoming increasingly inexpensive and accessible. The biggest impediment to the robot as a security option is cultural. So, to make sure that people know what a robot is, what it can do, and how it benefits them is really important for installing these systems. Unlike cameras and access controls, having this mobile robot moving through the space is such a visible thing in your premises. It changes people’s behavior in the most exciting ways – the aim is to marry the best parts of the machine with the best parts of people. The intelligent security robots combine sophisticated sensors – including day-night cameras, thermal sensors and motion sensors – with the ability to connect remotely to a system specialist who appears via video chat. That allows someone to gather information in context and provide that intelligence and insight to the authorities. An autonomous security robot can outperform static building infrastructure and complement any Internet…
Matrix Simplifies Time-Attendance Management for Tata Institute of Social Sciences
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work in Mumbai. It is the first graduate school of social work in India. It has subsequently influenced the direction of social work, education and social research in India. Later in 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Business challenge Tata Institute of Social Sciences wanted to manage time-attendance of more than 2,000 students and 300 employees at their Mumbai location. Initially, they were using traditional methods for marking attendance, and as a result, they were facing many problems in maintaining records. Hence, they required an efficient system for maintaining and recording accurate attendance data of students and staff. They needed biometric hardware solution with battery backup along with software compatibility. They wanted a solution that would mark in-punch and out-punch of students in every lecture, and an automated system that would send data to the server. Additionally, TISS also wanted a solution, which can be integrated with third party payroll system for timely salary payment of their staff. Matrix offered solution After having a detailed discussion with the TISS team, Matrix offered a comprehensive time-attendance solution for students and staff members. Matrix has installed 54 fingerprint plus RFID card based terminals with battery backup (COSEC VEGA BBU) at the Mumbai campus. All these devices are connected via LAN with the COSEC CENTRA server installed at TISS, Mumbai. HR/ Admin can track attendance of all the employees and generate different reports for timely salary payment. Similarly, all the faculty members can generate monthly and semester-wise attendance reports of the students. Results Efficient time-attendance management. Fraudulent time keeping eliminated. Accurate time-attendance data of students. SMS notification to parents. Timely and accurate salary of employees. Increased productivity. Customized reports as per requirement.
Hikvision Protects Education Campuses with Advanced Video Surveillance Solutions
An educational environment conducive to learning requires at the minimum to keep school children safe and secure; however, given the wide range of sizes and types of educational institutions, it’s easier said than done. High-profile violence in educational environments highlights the urgency for the security and safety systems, where challenges extend beyond preventing the active shooter incidents that grab headlines. In the United States, 79% of public schools recorded one or more incidents of violence, theft or other crimes, calculating to 1.4 million crimes a year. That translates to a rate of 29 crimes per 1,000 students. Security is a 24-hour challenge. Protecting schools involves deployment of a range of security and physical hardening tools. Reducing risk requires access to school buildings be controlled, while also preserving an ‘open’ campus atmosphere that promotes learning environment. Schools should be an inviting place for students and families, and so technology solutions aimed at restricting access should be low-profile and unobtrusive. School security must also be designed in layers, or there should be concentric circles of protection, starting at the school’s perimeter and working inward to secure individual classrooms and other internal areas. How technology helps Video surveillance technology can promote security right from the beginning i.e., at the outermost boundaries, at the perimeter and within the boundaries of the school environments. Surveillance keeps a silent but constant watch on people who come and go. Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies are further increasing the capabilities of real-time video surveillance to provide early warning of a possible security threat as a person enters the campus. AI and deep learning analyze the content of video feeds and provide usable information to the security personnel including analysis of trends and real-time alarms when an event takes place. In addition to controlling perimeter access, AI based video surveillance also keeps watch on a school campus even before and after school time, and even on weekends when extra-curricular activities may be taking place. The systems monitor and help control traffic flow to ensure that only authorized vehicles enter an area. The AI-driven video systems also enable greater effectiveness to the systems that are not being monitored actively. Video feeds are analyzed in real-time and alarms can be raised only if there is a problem. Use case: Controlling illegal parking and restricted areas at schools Whenever a vehicle passes into a restricted area in a school campus, the video system captures vehicle image and automatically provides significant data. Automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems identify the license numbers of cars, match the numbers to a watch list and provide alarms, if required. The technology can also be used to monitor compliance within restricted areas – for example, to allow only those vehicles that are registered for a parking lot. Video systems with illegal parking detection can define a zone for no parking at a school. With vehicles entering the no parking area, the cameras are triggered to collect evidence – images of illegally parked vehicles are captured, and the system becomes able to provide data including the vehicle plate number and when and where the parking violation occurred. Use case: Controlling ‘buses only’ and restricted areas Traffic cameras with deep learning technology can identify and classify vehicles to differentiate between small and large vehicles. It can also detect a vehicle’s make, model and colour. Thus, today it is possible to differentiate between cars and buses in ‘buses only’ areas. The system can also capture images and produce alarm if a vehicle is driven in wrong direction – for instance into an exit-only lane, or the wrong way on a roadway. Currently such cameras are more commonly deployed on public streets and highways. Use case: Facial recognition at school entrances Facial recognition is used at the school entrances and gates, as well as inside the school buildings to promote the security of students. A facial recognition terminal installed at the entrance of a campus building or library can be configured to ensure that only registered students and staff have access to the buildings. People-counting cameras used in cafeterias and libraries provide daily or monthly traffic reports that help better understand peak times and arrange workflow accordingly. Clarity is paramount when identifying faces, and cameras that provide wide dynamic range (WDR) can offset challenges such as backlighting on a bright day when the light behind a person coming in is brighter than the ambient light inside. Unified solution combines various applications Feeds from all cameras can be managed, monitored and stored in an authorised security center, either located on the campus or in a central location that combines camera feeds from multiple campuses in a school district, for example. In general, security staff can access surveillance data in a variety of ways – via a desktop, laptop or mobile device. Such flexibility makes the job of security personnel easier. Campus police or resource officer can view the video on a mobile device while patrolling the campus. Often video surveillance systems at schools are not monitored well. School security personnel have more pressing duties than sitting in front of a video monitor, and therefore it is difficult for operators to stay alert for detailed incidents that may be shown on the screen. Tedious and error-prone manual monitoring can now be replaced by more intelligent systems that provide alarms only when there is something to see. A defence line for safer learning environment Systems to maximize school surveillance and security include dedicated, high-performance cameras for event capture, embedded network video recorder for event recording and storage, and a centralized video management platform to unify the system. AI and deep learning technologies automate security processes and provide useful real-time information that extends beyond video images. Deploying these technologies at the perimeter can promote better security campus-wide by preventing danger from entering the learning environment.
Vehant at Secutech India 2019
Vehant Technologies successfully launched its latest addition to premise security portfolio, the ‘NanoSniffer™ – Explosives Trace Detector’ at Secutech India 2019. It’s display created quite a buzz amongst the professionals in the industry and drew a lot of visitors during the show. NanoSniffer™ is a microsensor based highly sensitive and selective trace detector, in a portable desktop configuration. It can be used to accurately detect a wider range of military, commercial and homemade explosive threats, making it another efficient and prized possession in the Vehant product line. What’s most exciting is that it’s the first indigenously developed product in the ETD category in India, jointly developed with Nanosniff Technologies, an IIT Bombay incubated company. Vehant also showcased it’s award winning latest and technologically Avant grade product in the baggage scanning category, KritiScan™ 6040R – 3D X-ray baggage scanner. It is a highly competitive and technologically progressive product. It is based on highly accurate 3D technology to create virtual 3D images. It is capable of providing the operator with an isometric view of the scanned baggage by generating three dimensional image of the object. This product basically gives the depth perception of the object to the operator, which makes it easier to analyze the threat. KritiScan™ 6040R provides extremely detailed images for enhanced detection capabilities; thus enabling the security and surveillance personnel to view and inspect minute details in baggage scanning. It is a state-of-the-art trailblazing product in this section which has rendered the traditional 2-dimensional scanners obsolete, and which could only identify/ display 2-dimensional images of the object. Vehant has also received the ‘R&D Effort of the Year in Security Hardware Award’ for KritiScan™ 6040R – 3D X-ray Baggage Scanner at SECONA 2019. It is a highly competitive and research oriented award of the industry. The recognition has instills motivation in the team and the organization as a whole to keep working and achieve highest potential. Kapil Bardeja, CEO, Vehant Technologies has accredited the award to the entire team of researchers who work tirelessly to make such achievements possible. He said, “Such achievements are a result of team effort, enthusiasm, and commitment towards the objective of making India a safe and secure place for all.”
Infinova VS231-P2 Series Camera For Intelligent Face Capture
Infinova VS231-P2 series HD 2MP Smart Starlight WDR face capture IR IP PTZ dome camera is specially designed to address the intelligent face capture and recognition needs in the market. It’s based on a deep learning algorithm to guarantee effective intelligent analysis with richer and more accurate details. ” VS231-P2 can be widely used in city surveillance, road monitoring, entrance surveillance for subways, shopping mall/ supermarket and large venues, crowded places like train stations/airports and other demanding applications“ – Nitin Amin Country Head – India Infinova The camera has a built-in HD integrated camera module, utilizes a large-size progressive scanning CMOS sensor and has an internal 30x optical zoom lens. It provides high-quality video with resolution up to 1920×1080@60fps, adopts H.265/ H.264/ MJPEG compression formats, outputs four video streams and boasts of excellent resolution and color reproduction ability. The camera has rich smart functions including face detection and face capturing etc. Face detection acts as an alarm event to trigger the image capturing for whole scene pictures and human face pictures. The pictures are uploaded to Infinova’s V2233 intelligent platform for secondary recognition and analysis. Key features: Built-in 30x HD integrated camera module. Large area progressive scanning CMOS sensor. ICR infrared filter type automatic switch to realize true day/ night surveillance. Starlight level ultra-low illumination. Supports frame integration WDR with dynamic range up to 120dB Inbuilt efficient infrared lamps of 850nm wavelength to ensure stable long-term use and reduce maintenance cost. Night vision distance up to 300 meters. The ways of turning on the infrared lamps can be flexible to meet diversified surveillance environment demands. The infrared power is adjusted automatically based on dome drive zooming or manually to optimize the night vision fill-in light effects. HD network video output: 1920×1080@60fps. H.265/ H.264/ MJPEG video encoding, quad video streams.sa The camera adopts large power LED infrared lamps, with infrared wavelength of 850nm, covering up to 300m for night view. The IR lamps can turn on or off automatically based on environmental lighting conditions or can be adjusted manually. The IR illumination allows flexible adjustment to reduce IR lamp calorific value and extend its service life.
Hikvision Certified Security Associate (HCSA) Program
The yet another Hikvision Certified Security Associates (HCSA) Program conducted in Kochi (2-3-4 May) and Coimbatore (6-7-8 May) also received an overwhelming response from the young security professional community from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. As ever, the three day comprehensive Program included training sessions on optics basics, turbo HD analog solution, PTZ configuration, network basics, IP camera, NVR, fish eye camera, iVMS 4200, and smart functions and applications. The programs were again convened in the leadership of Vinit Narvekar, Manager Customers – Training, Prama Hikvision India Private Ltd. The idea behind HCSA is to give hands on training and demonstration as a part of the training program. As part of this certification program a dedicated online examination and practical test was conducted after training sessions. “Hikvision has set the industry standard by offering professional video surveillance certification to validate video expertise under Hikvision Certified Security Associate (HCSA) program in India. This Hikvision certification program is specially designed for the security professionals. Besides, Hikvision provides meaningful endorsement to those who succeed in the exam and become Hikvision certified professionals,” said Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. The HCSA level certification focuses on training participants in essential configurations, operations and maintenance of Hikvision video surveillance products and its features. It is designed for technical engineers who have worked in the security industry for some years and have already gained knowledge and experience about security basics. The certification program is open to anyone looking to gain expertise in video surveillance and total security solutions. The trainee should have at least one year of work experience in the security industry and be familiar with security basics. The HCSA Kochi program got participants from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Trissure, Kottayam, Kayamkulam and Ernakulam, and the HCSA Coimbatore attracted security professionals from Madurai, Salem and Erode. The successful batch of Hikvision Certified Security Associates (HCSA) program participants will receive the HCSA certificates along with the enriching technology updates and product training experience. The next HCSA program schedule will be announced as per schedule on the Hikvision website.