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FICCI is organizing the sixth edition of ‘Private Security Industry Conclave (PSIC) 2018’ on 03 August 2018 at FICCI, New Delhi with the theme – ‘Job Creation and Skill Development.’ The objective of the conclave is to bring together experts from the government, private security industry, state controlling authorities, service users, and other stakeholders to debate on various central and state legislative and policy issues affecting the functioning of the private security industry. There is an urgent need to upscale the standards and professionalism for training of security officers and the process involved in the licensing of private security firms and registration. It will also discuss the practices adopted by various state controlling authorities for the proper enforcement and implementation of PSARA in the states. Some of the confirmed speakers are as follows: Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India Rajesh Agrawal, Joint Secretary & CVO, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India Vishal Sharma, Chief Program Officer, National Skill Development Corporation, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India Col Anil Kumar Pokhriyal (Retd.), CEO & Board Member, MEPSC Aviral Jain, General Manager, HRMD, Reserve Bank of India S. Paliwal, Secretary General, Cash Logistics Association and Ex- Executive Director, RBI Mohan Tanksale (Ex-CEO of Indian Banks Association), Advisor to SWIFT India Atul Gautam, Senior Advisor, (Incharge Delhi Chapter), Indian Bank’s Association Key discussion areas of the conclave will include: Role of private security industry in skill development and job creation GST issues related to private security industry Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for security officers MANTECH – Integration of security personnel and electronic security Cash management activities – private security agencies and banks Best practices for PSARA  

Dahua Technology has recently organized a successful tour program called ‘The Chandani Chowk To Hangzhou, China – India Program’ for 25 high performing Indian partners to its headquarters at Hangzhou in East China. The partners had an extensive guided tour of Dahua’s facilities. Aims & agendas The Chandani Chowk To Hangzhou, China – India Program aimed to enhance cooperation by enabling partners to learn more about Dahua and its latest technologies, products and solutions, as well as the country and its culture. The Indian partners were warmly received by the Dahua Technology top management including Michael Chen, the Vice President and James Wang, the CTO, Dahua. The Indian partners began from Dahua showroom where they had a first-hand experience on newly developed security technologies and products such as display solutions, video conference solutions, smart home automation solutions etc. The group also had an on-site training and discussions with industry and product experts from Dahua to get a more comprehensive understanding of the industry and the application of Dahua solutions which would help them explore more business opportunities in India and help them to broaden the market and the customer base. The partners were presented a UAV show in the new Dahua Smart IoT Industrial Park in Fuyang District showing the company’s advanced production capabilities and technologies. Subsequently, Michael Chen and Aditya Khemka, MD of Aditya Infotech addressed the gathering, and James Wang made a presentation on the latest technology. A Dahua spokesman said, “Dahua always rewards the best performers and surprises them with these kinds of valuable and beneficial trips. Now we have prepared a more knowledgeable and understanding Indian partners on Dahua products and technologies after this visit which will help them to find more opportunities for Dahua products and increase their market outreach in India. We will support their initiatives in this direction.”

CCTV cameras are increasing in number across the world but there are yet question marks – if crime is going down, or if the people are able to recover better ROI from their investments in CCTV, or if there is a better compliance and so on. The fact is that CCTV has become just a ‘fit and forget,’ but if users take just a few extra recommended steps, they will achieve far more benefits. The unfortunate incident that took place at Ryan school in Gurgaon has been a shocking experience. It is yet shocking to know even after that, there have been over 160 reported incidents across schools in India – 18 of which are deaths, 7 suicides, over 70 molestation cases, and even 2 cases of leopard intrusions. All these schools had one thing in common, and that is CCTV cameras. So, fundamentally there is something wrong in the way the world is using CCTV, or rather not using CCTV to its fullest potential. After the unfortunate Gurgaon incident, every authority suggests to increase cameras, but needs to be considered if just the installations thereof are enough. Team COM-SUR is reaching out to business leaders to make them understand that any organization that uses CCTV cameras can achieve lots of value from CCTV surveillance by adopting a few simple SOPs in terms of CCTV video footage auditing, smart backup and intelligent reporting software. Gautam Goradia, the creator of COM-SUR is taking personal interest and looking to deliberate with organizations and their CXOs about how their organizations can benefit from this new angle of auditing CCTV video footage as a SOP, save costs of storage and bandwidth, and gain business intelligence from standardized reporting.

Delta, a leading provider of video wall solutions, installed its advanced and latest fine pitch indoor LED Displays in the board room of one of India’s most eminent industrial houses, Bajaj Auto Ltd., at its Pune facility. The LED display boasts a pixel pitch size of 1.5mm, well suited for conference rooms as it delivers unmatched visible clarity even at shorter viewing distances. The LED wall measures 3.04m (w)x1.7m(h), and is being used for the purpose of video conferencing, Presentations and others. The display solution known for its exceptional clarity and unmatched visualization of content, is optimized for a wide range of indoor environments including highly lit spaces as well as light-controlled conference rooms. Vibrant Fine-pitch displays with best in visualization technology Delta with its extraordinary understanding of display solutions, assisted Bajaj Auto to transform its boardroom into a space that was not only impressive, extraordinary and functional, but with next-gen technology having vibrant colors and contrast.

Vehant Technology has recently launched a new 3D Xray baggage scanner – KritiScan™ 6040R. KritiScan™ 6040R is a dual-energy X-ray baggage scanner to create virtual 3D images which provides an operator with isometric view of the scanned baggage by generating three dimensional image of the object. KritiScan 6040R provides extremely detailed images for enhanced detection capabilities. It is a compact X-ray baggage scanning system ideal for checkpoints and small baggage scanning at high security premises and other baggage scanning applications. making the world a safer place. Through our vast range of integrated security, surveillance and monitoring products and solutions we offer our clients and customers the most contemporary security solutions” said Ritika Kaul, Marketing Manager, Vehant Technologies. Features: Dual energy based virtual 3D imaging. Radiation safe as per AERB India. High density alert feature. Distortion correction through software. Self-diagnosis feature. Central supervisor console (Optional). Threat image projection feature (Optional). Energy saving device (Optional)

Honeywell has recently introduced Honeywell Vector Space Sense, a software solution that shows where, when and how building spaces are used at any given point in time. As a result, the building operations team can make better-informed real estate and space usage decisions that provide opportunities to optimize costs and promote better building experiences for occupants. “From higher levels of employee productivity to healthier environments that help drive cost savings, Connected Buildings have real benefits for owners, operators and occupants,” said Vimal Kapur, President and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell Building Technologies, “Honeywell Vector Space Sense is the latest example of how Honeywell is using cutting-edge technology to enable smarter, data-driven buildings that work for their organizations.” Recent studies indicate most offices around the world are underutilized by as much as half of their actual capacity due to factors such as shifting work schedules, mobile technology usage and changing business needs. However, many facility managers lack the comprehensive insights required to take action to address these usage issues. This can lead to overpaying for unused space, wasted energy usage, offtemperature spaces and other inefficiencies that negatively impact an organization’s bottom line. Honeywell Vector Space Sense helps address this issue by gathering and analyzing data from multiple sources throughout a building to deliver actionable insights that help personnel better utilize, optimize and prioritize building spaces. The facility team can view these insights through detailed, information-rich dashboards and reports incorporating visualization methods like maps, usage profiles, overall trends and other metrics to show where, when and how space is used, along with opportunities to optimize usage and help reduce costs. For example, organizations can gain the necessary insights to repurpose unused spaces for more productive uses, make better-informed decisions about future space investments or divestments, and better align building equipment schedules with actual usage patterns. Honeywell Vector Space Sense is in use at London Health Sciences Centre, a London, Ontario-based hospital network with 15,000 employees that covers 1.9 million square feet and served more than 1 million patients in 2017. The hospital network chose to implement the technology to better understand the use of its clinical and office spaces, following complaints of overcrowding and office expansion requests. With Honeywell Vector Space Sense, the network discovered that overcrowding in certain areas only happened at specific times, while other spaces often went unused for long periods of time. This information helped inform better space reallocation and scheduling. Backed by a cloud-based infrastructure, Honeywell Vector Space Sense follows a three-step process that starts with gathering space utilization data from multiple sources such as smart lights, bluetooth beacons, mobile apps, and other sensor-connected devices and equipment. The solution then applies analytics to the collected data, using customized algorithms and space utilization models to deliver actionable insights – the third and final step. “Expenses associated with unused building spaces often go unnoticed, simply because it’s so difficult to get an accurate, moment-by-moment view into how building spaces are used, or if they’re being used at all,” said John Rajchert, President, Building Solutions, Honeywell Building Technologies, “Honeywell Vector Space Sense takes the mystery out of space usage through real-time, IoT-enabled insights that give organizations the real picture of where and how people are using spaces, so they can get the most out of their buildings.”

KidZania is an infotainment concept designed for children aged 1-14 years. It showcases an interactive city that combines inspiration, fun and learning through realistic role-play. Spread over 7,000 square meters, kids can independently explore more than a 100 exciting careers, the inner-workings of a city and the concept of managing money. Each activity and experience is designed to empower and hone kids and give them the confidence to be their best selves, and inspire them to be great global citizens. The KidZania concept is already present in 24 cities across 19 countries, complete with paved roads, buildings, battery operated cars, and a fully functioning economy with its own currency. KidZania management put two main concerns to CP PLUS – firstly to consider the expanse of the theme park, where it was challenging to watch and control activities of kids playing around; and secondly, video feed of the children’s activity was to be provided to parents sitting in the lounge area. While the premise did have manned security, manually monitoring all corners of expansive area was rendered ineffective. Solution After analyzing the requirements, the CP PLUS team conducted a detailed survey of the area with the system integrator for the project, Honeywell, to draw out a comprehensive plan for the campus. A combination of state-of-the-art IP cameras and NVRs were chosen to address the unique needs of specific areas. To monitor the kid’s activity areas, a combination of CP PLUS 1.3MP dome and 1.3MP varifocal dome cameras were used that offer high resolution imagery with wide coverage and a visibility range of 30 meters. The footage from these cameras would be displayed on the lounge screens for guardians of children to see. The lanes and aisles were secured using the CP PLUS 1MP vandal dome cameras which support variable focal length thereby making them ideal for corridors and lanes. Additionally, these cameras are also vandal and tamper proof. The entry and exit points and the outdoor are covered by CP PLUS 1.3MP bullet cameras, which offer high resolution imagery, WDR that automatically adjusts to varying light conditions, and come with an IP66 rating making them ideal for outdoor environments. For the monitoring station/ control room setup, an embedded VMS solution has been provided with a capacity to cater to 500 IP cameras with 700Mbps incoming bandwidth and 700Mbps transmission bandwidth. The control room solution has been designed considering future needs such as scalability wherein ‘n’ number of devices can be added on to the existing server/ client architecture, and a ‘failover system’ which allows switching over to an alternate system in case of a system failure, and more. It also provides an option to integrate multiple solutions and analytical features such as people counting, face recognition any many more, access control, fire alarm system etc. Additionally, as per the project’s requirement of 30 days of recording, a NAS solution has been provided which easily configures with the DSS server and can be upgraded to increase the days of recording required by simply cascading more NAS servers to act as one NAS recorder. Considering the nature of the setup CP PLUS has provided a solution that is scalable and can be easily upgraded whenever required. It can also be integrated with other allied systems to make security more efficient. Impact The solution provided the administration with a ready access to the all sections of the expansive area at a click of the mouse. It enhanced the overall safety and operational efficiency of the setup, while enabling guardians to keep an eye on their children. Implemented over 4 weeks, the solution was commended by the KidZania management, especially by Yazdi Khambata, Facility Director – India, KidZania. With the successful implementation of this project, KidZania is considering up-scaling of their existing security infrastructure with CP PLUS in other branches as well.

Matrix exhibited latest telecom and security solutions at its maiden event Matrix Impact held in Kolkata at the Hotel Radisson. The event was conducted in association with their regional partner Chalissery. Matrix presented its latest PBX, PRASAR UCS – pure IP solution for modern enterprises that supports up to 2,100 IP users from a single box at the event. The product finds its applications in hospitality, multi-location, retail, healthcare and other industry verticals where mobility is the key for productivity. The SIMADO range of GSM Gateways was the limelight for apparent benefits of wireless connectivity and pocket friendly telephony costs. Matrix displayed its hospitality PBX that supports calling activities in hotels from 40 to 3,000 rooms. The PBX offers integration with well-known property management software (PMS) without any middle ware, helping hotelier manage routine operations and create enhanced guest experience. They also exhibited their scalable Gateways which can be deployed in standalone mode and offer easy switch between PRI, GSM, IP and Analog networks from a single chassis. Matrix SPARSH VP710 – Smart Video IP Phone also remained in the spotlight at the event. They further displayed new Extreme series of network video recorder (NVRX) at the event. These high storage NVRs are equipped with 4K decoding capacity and H.265 compression, along with characteristics like cascading (up to 20 NVRs), camera-wise recording retention and database level integration. It also has plenty of other distinct features like high resolution recording, playback, and simultaneous local and remote monitoring along with storage retention for higher number of days. Moreover, these latest NVRs are also backed with intelligent video analytics that helps detect threats and send instant notifications for real-time security. All in all, they provide a proficient, persistent and preventive security solution, suitable for enterprises and multilocation offices. Additionally, they also exhibited their wide range of IP cameras and video management software – SATATYA SAMAS. At the event, Matrix also unfolded its latest range of biometric timeattendance and access control solution. Mobile being the next generation technology in terms of security, Matrix displayed its ‘Your Mobile is Your Identity’ solution. In mobile based access control, user either scans the QR code through his/ her mobile or just twists the mobile to get access using Bluetooth. Using mobile application, a user can mark attendance automatically using GPS or Wi-Fi. To cut down the server cost, Matrix presented its standalone access control solution where one can connect with 255 devices and 25,000 users. Additionally, to enhance the security, Matrix biometric solutions can be integrated with any video surveillance solution. It captures real-time images when any pre-defined event occurs. Furthermore, Matrix showcased access control for data centers – a centralized biometric authentication to datacenters and data racks. “The event was successful to meet its objective. The engagement of system integrators in different applications was highly appreciated. We look forward to have mutual growth while working with these system integrators,” said Ruchir Talati, National Sales Manager, Matrix.

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, has won the NCN Award at recently held 11th NCN Innovation Award Night at The Hotel Suryaa, New Delhi. Hikvision was voted for the Most Innovative Products of the Year 2017 in the Best Video Surveillance Camera category. The NCN Awards felicitated the achievers for the year 2017 for their outstanding performance. These awards are presented to recognize the vendors, solution provider and partners for their relentless and sincere efforts towards the growth of the Indian IT industry. “We feel honored to win the Best Surveillance Camera Award at NCN awards. This recognition comes at a time when Hikvision is introducing AI enabled advanced cameras along with Turbo HD 5.0 series cameras in the market. We will continue our onward march with innovative product offerings in the video surveillance and security categories. Hikvision will continue to offer innovative AI based applications and IoT solutions in the Indian market,” remarked Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd. The NCN Innovation Awards, the only of their kind at the national level, aim at recognizing ‘Excellence’ on the basis of quantitative as well as qualitative criteria which shall set a benchmark in the industry. This unique initiative is intended to acknowledge achievements of the different players in the IT industry. National Computrade News (NCN) is a leading IT news magazine and one of the most trusted sources for the critical information needs of the IT channel which includes front retailers to large vendors. For this category, the best product in each category is selected on the basis of online voting. The award ceremony has attracted a congregation of more than three hundred guests cutting across verticals of the IT industry including vendor, corporate and channel partners across the nation to celebrate the occasion.