Johnson Controls’ Metasys 10.0 provides facility personnel with smarter building automation, faster responses to critical alarms and new integrations with fire detection, security and lighting systems — all with visibility from a single common interface.
Yesterday ACRE announced that it would be acquiring the Texas-based Open Options, a 20-year-old access control company that has been a Mercury Security partner since 1997. Its first acquisition since 2016, this move strengthens ACRE’s access control business and expands its product portfolio that already includes brands such as ComNet and ATC.
It took six years to remodel the interior of the “Palace of Culture,” a monument to socialism built in the 1960s under East German communist rule. Now Bosch is contributing intelligent solutions to make sure that visitors feel safe there, without detracting from its historic charm.
ASSA ABLOY is pleased to announce its new Preferred Installer program. Building on decades of experience in the higher education market, ASSA ABLOY has developed a national network of Intertek certified hardware installers who are highly skilled in providing physical installation of its integrated electronic locking devices.
Johnson Controls has partnered with Civic Technologies, a global digital identity leader. Johnson Controls will integrate the Civic Secure ID Platform (SIP) with C-CURE 9000 Security and Event Management Systems from Software House to provide visitor management with greater data privacy and protection, enabling building visitors to securely present their verifiable identity using the Civic App. This partnership will enable properties secured by C-CURE 9000 a more convenient and secure solution for processing visitors at point of reception and ensure Johnson Controls remains a leader in secure access technology with innovative digital identity solutions.
ISONAS Inc., a Pure IP access control system manufacturer and part of the Allegion family of brands, announced its newest integration with the ISONAS Pure Access software solution and Panasonic’s Video Insight 7 (V17).
ONVIF held its annual membership meeting in early November, with an overview of important activities of 2018 and perspective on the year ahead. Attendees heard presentations on the final release of Profile T in 2018, an advancement which represents how ONVIF keeps pace with technological advancements that affect product development and interoperability between IP-based physical security products.
Vicon Industries added mobile credentialing, allowing VAX customers to present their smartphones instead of cards or fobs to specialized Bluetooth-enabled VAX door readers.
