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VIVOTEK, the global leading IP surveillance solution provider is aggressively looking to double its revenue in two years. The company is growing at the rate of 30% year-on-year. The stellar growth is primarily driven by factors such as smart city development. VIVOTEK’s key focus areas in the Indian market are two pronged – both solution as well as product oriented. The vertical markets where the company has a major play includes transport and highways, smart city projects, retail market, industrial market and hospitality industry among others. Commenting on the future roadmap that the company is strategically looking at, Sanjeev Gulati, India and SAARC Country Manager, VIVOTEK Inc., commented, “In India, burgeoning terrorist attacks, increasing occurrences of crime, data thefts, remote monitoring, development of public infrastructure, increasing IT spending, government initiatives and increasing security spending are driving the IP surveillance market in way hitherto unforeseen. The procurement of security surveillance products have become a lot easier, if compared to traditional modes. Also, Tier 1, 2, 3 and even Tier 4 cities and towns are displaying stupendous growth and they represent an important market for us. Initiatives like the ‘Make in India’ and 100 smart cities will give the IP surveillance industry a major fillip to move in the right path. These are the dominant trends we will be leveraging to our advantage.”

Honeywell, a global leading company in Connected Buildings, announced its project with Rajkot Municipal Corporation and Rajkot Police to implement a smart city command-and-control center along with a citywide surveillance system. The project for Gujarat’s fourth-largest city includes more than 450 integrated closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and Wi-Fi at 13 key public places, supported by software and servers across 107 strategic locations in the city. The efforts are aimed to boost security, prevent crimes, maintain law and order, fine traffic violators, control traffic, and effectively monitor the city. The surveillance system was formally launched by Vijaybhai R. Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Gujarat, in the presence of Banchhanidhi Pani (IAS), Municipal Commissioner, Rajkot, and Anupam Singh Gehlot, Police Commissioner, Rajkot. The project covers a citywide installation of CCTVs, including an automatic number plate reading system (ANPR), and monitoring via two command-and-control rooms. Honeywell will also deploy intelligent traffic management technologies including a red-light violation detection system with e-challan, and digital signboards at critical public places.  In addition, Honeywell will install 50 environmental sensors across the city to monitor air pollution and contamination level. Banchhanidhi Pani said, “The implementation of these smart city technologies will add to our efforts in resolving urban challenges and contribute to the city’s overall development.” Anupam Singh Gehlot said, “These smart surveillance technologies will not only drive operational efficiencies and aid day-to-day policing, but will make our citizens feel more safe and secure.” Honeywell has already been working on smart city initiatives including city surveillance projects in Aurangabad in Maharashtra state; an 11-city project in Madhya Pradesh state, including a successful Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh event requiring security management of a 70 million devotee gathering; and in Bhubaneswar in Orissa state. The Rajkot Police team has been progressive as an early adopter of technology, which will help meet their modernization goals, and we are pleased to support them. With our broad technology portfolio, Honeywell will deliver scalable communication, surveillance, and sensing solutions to our customers, in line with the Indian government’s 100 Smart Cities vision. – Aseem Joshi Country General Manager, Honeywell Building Solutions  

Coca-Cola’s manufacturing units in Kudus and Pirangut were looking for biometric solutions to secure their premises. They required individual servers at both locations. Their prime requirement was to restrict unauthorized user entry into the secured area. They also required user events for both the locations separately. As locations didn’t have many power supply ports, providing separate power to door lock, biometric device and exit switch was a concern. Coca-Cola was in search of a solution where the basic requirements of user events as well as the power issue to devices were solved easily. Matrix offered individual software platforms which act as servers for both the locations i.e., Kudus and Pirangut, and their premium range of COSEC biometric devices which offer power to door lock and exit switch by itself. Thus, Matrix biometric solution helped in solving both the challenges faced by Coca-Cola. Results Restrict unauthorized user entry in secure premises. Reduction in cumbersome HR tasks. Accurate maintenance of user data.

Synology® has recently announced the partnership with Supertron Electronics, one of the leading distributors specializing in Enterprise IT facilities in India. With this association, Supertron Electronics will deliver Synology solutions to businesses of any size in need of advanced storage and networking services. “We’re excited to take this step forward into the Indian market,” said Mike Chen, Sales Director of Synology Inc., “With the growth of mobile users and the maturing internet infrastructure, we believe this is the perfect timing to explore new opportunities with a new partner in India.” “Synology solutions have been phenomenal in many regions of the world. We’re pleased to be one of the missionaries of Synology products and help this company expand,” said Vibhor Agarwal, Marketing Director of Supertron Electronics Pvt. Ltd., “Supertron offerings are better and stronger now with Synology on our portfolio. Also, with years of channel experience, we’re confident in delivering world-class services in line with the quality of Synology products.” Supertron Electronics has started shipping Synology products and providing consultancy services in its 35 branch offices and 18 satellite branches in India. Synology creates network attached storage, IP surveillance solutions, and network equipment that transform the way users manage data, conduct surveillance, and manage network in the cloud era. By taking full advantage of the latest technologies, Synology aims to help users centralize data storage and backup, share files on-the-go, implement professional surveillance solutions, and manage network in reliable and affordable ways. Synology is committed to delivering products with forward-thinking features and the best in class customer services. Times New Roman PS RomanTimes New Roman PS RomanTimes New Roman PS RomanTimes New Roman PS RomanTimes New Roman PS RomanTimes New Roman PS Roman

Barco brings a spectacular viewing experience to LCD video walls with the launch of Barco UniSee. By completely rethinking and optimizing every aspect of tiled LCD video walls, Barco UniSee introduces a single uniform view while ensuring faster installation, easier servicing, and higher reliability. This makes it the perfect LCD video wall platform for a multitude of applications – including control rooms, corporate lobbies, experience centers, brand showrooms and meeting rooms. As a leader and innovator in large screen visualization, Barco maintains close connections with end-users, resellers and distributors. Following their market feedback, Barco decided to completely rethink the concept of LCD video walls and their mounting structures. The result is Barco UniSee − a revolutionary modular platform that surpasses traditional LCD video walls on every level, and that will define the LCD video wall market for many years to come. The narrowest gap, using NoGap technology By introducing a bezel-less LCD video wall with unmatched intra-tile uniformity, higher brightness and optimal reliability, Barco UniSee creates an unprecedented viewing experience in LCD video walls. Thanks to the patented NoGap technology, the visual impact of the inter-tile gap is significantly reduced. This means Barco UniSee now makes it possible to spread content over multiple video wall tiles without the disturbance of a bezel. In addition, to guarantee the smallest possible gap without damaging the panels’ edges, Barco has created the UniSee Mount – a radically innovative mounting structure that uses the power of gravity to perfectly and automatically align panels – and keep them in place over time. UniSee Mount also eases setup and maintenance efforts, allowing swift undocking of the separate panels. Automatic calibration for perfect uniformity Sense X − Barco’s automatic, continuous and real-time color and brightness calibration system − ensures that the complete wall produces a perfectly balanced image at all times. Barco has also re-engineered the design of the panels to counter all possible variations in brightness from the center to the edges. The result is perfect and unmatched intra-tile and inter-tile uniformity. Easy to diagnose and service Because the LCD video wall is often part of a business-critical application, Barco has taken all possible measures to ensure optimal uptime. The platform is built in such a way that it can easily be diagnosed and serviced. The software platform (UniSee Connect) that manages the entire video wall automatically assigns and calibrates the panels and acts as the single point of connection for remote diagnostics and control. Flexibility in any environment Contrary to traditional LCD video wall solutions, Barco UniSee is a modular platform,” says Gerrit Vermeire, Barco’s Director of Product Management – Operator Experience, “The modular power supplies, input board, and software platform not only enable faster installation, servicing and diagnosis, but also ensure that the system can be upgraded to support further technological evolutions.” Suchit Rout, Strategic Marketing Director – Operator Experience at Barco, underlines the system’s flexibility and said, “The magnificent images, NoGap experience, and highest reliability will amaze users, visitors and managers in a wide variety of professional markets, including corporate reception areas, control rooms, experience centers, high-end meeting rooms, brand showrooms, and many more. Barco UniSee will define the seamless LCD video wall market for many years into the future, underlining Barco’s dedication to this market.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has been honoured with the prestigious SHRM India HR Excellence Award 2017 in the category of ‘Employer with Best Health and Wellness Initiative.’ The award was presented at SHRM India’s Annual Conference recently held at New Delhi, and was received by Rachna Mukherjee, CHRO, Schneider Electric, and Lipika Verma, Director Rewards alongwith her team. The accolade recognizes organisations for designing effective health and wellness programs that support the wellness needs of their employees, understanding the importance of employee’s health quotient and its impact on business productivity. Speaking on the occasion, Rachna Mukherjee, CHRO, Schneider Electric said, “I express my gratitude to SHRM for acknowledging our efforts and multiple initiatives in this most important area. Our efforts are directed towards ensuring the wellbeing and health of our employees by promoting work-life balance and thereby raising their productivity. I accept this award on behalf of the entire HR team at Schneider Electric.” Presenting the award, Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India said, “SHRM India would like to congratulate Schneider Electric on their win and the remarkable commitment they have shown in the health and wellness space. Their practices are unique and employee focused, which will surely serve as a benchmark for other organisations.” The SHRM India HR Excellence Awards have been instituted as an exemplary platform to recognise organizations that put people first, deliver future focused excellence in the field of people management and understand the importance of human capital as a key contributor to business outcomes. It follows a robust nomination and selection procedure, which is conducted over a period of 3 months. SHRM India and CGP (Chestnut Global Partners – India) also released a ranking of the top 10 companies under this category during the SHRM India Annual Conference. Schneider Electric has always been at the forefront in terms of boosting employee efficiency and performance. As a part of its Wellbeing Program, the company believes that wellbeing boosts performance and performance in turn ensures wellbeing, and these two in sync finally leads to the overall business growth of an organisation. The Wellbeing initiative is categorised under four main pillars namely – Social well being, emotional well being, mental well being and physical well being, imparting regular tips to employees and encouraging them towards a healthy lifestyle. The company ensures overall health and wellness of employees through regular health camps, on-site yoga, revised insurance policies and also promotes flexibility at work to help employees ensure proper work-life balance. Schneider Electric’s leadership team also involves itself to encourage employees towards well-being, through regular meetings. The organization consistently delivers an encouraging ambience through soothing music, energizing atmosphere, regular polls to understand employee requirements, etc. The initiatives have been well received by all and sundry.