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Samsung Techwin America, Ridgefield Park, N.J., is partnering with FaceFirst LLC. to supply megapixel video surveillance cameras for its FaceFirst facial recognition system.

ASSA ABLOY launched Seos, calling it the world’s first commercial ecosystem for digital keys on NFC mobile phones. Seos makes it possible to open a door by passing a mobile phone over the lock. Seos allows for issuing, delivering and revoking digital keys on mobile phones with NFC technology.

Observint Technologies, Austin, Texas, expanded its portfolio of integrated systems products and technologies with the acquisition of Infinias, a supplier of network-based access control hardware and software solutions.

While access control likely trails only video on the excitement and energy scale when it comes to products within the security industry, two components of that segment — entry controls and intercoms — most likely rank very low, if at all.

Remember when an end user’s security director was the go-to contact for an access control sale and the information technology (IT) manager was brought in to consult on the network requirements? In the enterprise solution space, that model has turned on its head in the past couple of years.

Datacard Group, Minnetonka, Minn., a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, donated more than $17,700 to the Pink Ribbon Foundation supporting the fight against breast cancer.

Secura Key’s new white paper, “The 10 Biggest Access Control Installation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them,” is available on the company’s website at www.securakey.com.

Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution added Yale Locks & Hardware to its roster of valued vendor partners. Yale Locks & Hardware develops and manufactures a comprehensive line of door hardware and locks, including an extensive range of mortise and cylindrical locks, exit devices, door closers, electromechanical products and key systems, as well as Yale Real Living™ residential access control solutions.

Test your knowledge of doors and locking systems with this month's quiz.

He was a seasoned security professional, certified by ASIS International. As he and I were discussing the side effects of government regulations I asked: “Why don’t we see door knobs in commercial buildings anymore?” His response: “I think it has something to do with the Americans with Disabilities Act.”