China hosted the 9th BRICS Forum in Xiamen during September 3-5, 2017. BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This time, not only the BRICS, but also leaders from five other countries — Thailand, Egypt, guinea, Mexico, Tajikistan — attended the summit. More than 50 of the world’s top 500 companies from 25 countries came to Xiamen.
Four leading security manufacturers teamed up to provide safety and security solutions for the players, coaches and fans at the 71st Annual Little League Baseball World Series (LLBWS). For the first time, Milestone Systems joined Axis Communications, Extreme Networks and Lenel to provide video surveillance systems, access control and network connectivity for the 10-day tournament.
Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC. is providing resources and integrated systems expertise as a charter donor for the command and control center at the new National Sport Security Laboratory (NSSL) at the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4). The lab officially opened on September 1, bringing to life NCS4’s vision to be the world’s foremost academic research institution to address sport safety and security risks and threats.
Headquartered in Springfield, Mo., Federal Protection Inc. provides targeted security services to customers in a range of commercial and residential vertical markets — with a focus on financial and banking industries. The privately held company, established in 1969, leverages the Connect ONE integrated cloud-hosted security platform from Connected Technologies, LLC, allowing users to make simple and quick changes to system permissions, credentials and other access control and intrusion detection programming. Federal Protection is a central station monitoring provider and member of The Monitoring Association (TMA), carrying the prestigious Five-Diamond Certification.
3xLOGIC announced that the BC Express Mart, near Macon, Ga., has deployed a 3xLOGIC video surveillance system to stay one step ahead of crime and to improve store operations.
Manhattan Regional Airport in Kansas relies on Boon Edam Tourlock 120S one-way security revolving doors to keep its passenger hold room fully secure. The doors were chosen to meet the throughput and overall customer satisfaction needs of the airport’s fast-growing passenger traffic.
Australian security integrator PMT Security Systems, headquartered in Tullamarine, Victoria, was faced with a difficult problem for one of its customers — a large shopping center undergoing major renovation and refurbishment of everything from décor to video surveillance systems.
Hikvision Canada Inc., a provider of video surveillance products and solutions, provided cameras for the JPPS Children’s Centre (CPE) in Montreal installed by integrator Alarme Sentinelle.
Farpointe Data, announced that Secure Our City Inc., an electronic security technology and low voltage design firm based in Ashland, Mass., was able to solve the problems that a parking garage used by a leading healthcare organization was having with standard 125-kHz proximity readers and credentials. By creating a new security system featuring cameras, access control and the Farpointe Ranger long range reading system, Secure Our City was able to make possible higher security access, such as double-tapping at the entrance, and provide the increased control the parking garage needed.