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Security

The Changing Nature of the Surveillance Industry

08.03.2018 -

The surveillance market has changed dramatically over the last 10 to 15 years. Whereas once, all that was needed for people to secure their business was a simple CCTV...

Security

Keyless Access Control in Plans For More

08.03.2018 -

Multiple key systems, various entrances including fire doors, glass doors, offices, pharmacies, car parks and lifts plus hundreds of workers and contractors using...

Security

How Reliable are Electronic Access Control Systems?

08.03.2018 -

Electronic or digital access control opens a lot of opportunities. But how can you protect yourself against manipulation? We interviewed industry experts Axel Schmidt and...

Security

STid Mobile ID Access Solution

07.03.2018 -

Smart Contactless, a value-added distributor for contactless solutions, ABS Technology and STid have announced that they have been selected by INIT Innovation in...

Security

SimonsVoss Presenting Product Developments to its Trade ­Partners

07.03.2018 -

The 17th century proverb no birds in last years nest translates today something like Circumstances have changed and nothing stays the way it was. A world without keys...

Fire Protection

Interview with Bosch and VdS on the Certification for Video Fire Detection Products

02.03.2018 -

The VdS, a German certification body, has developed a demanding test procedure for video-based fire detection software e.g. as the new Bosch Aviotec, incorporating the...

Fire Protection

Best-of-Breed in Fire Detection

02.03.2018 -

In August 2017 Charles Lombard has taken over the role as the new Managing Director of Apollo Fire Detectors with regional responsibility for the EMEA region. With a...

Security

The Evolution of ONVIF

02.03.2018 -

ONVIF began in 2008 as a small group of manufacturers collaborating to accelerate the acceptance of systems based on network surveillance cameras. The mission hasnt...