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SMEs routinely breach the Data Protection Act
posted on 08/06/2009

According to a survey of over 500 small and medium businesses conducted by BSI, almost one in five businesses has unwittingly breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) at least once. Of these, nearly half said they had breached the Act on several occasions and an additional 18% said they were not sure whether they had or not. A ‘breach’ could refer to the illegal transfer of information to a third party, failure to hold information securely or neglect of other legal obligations. The survey provides a snapshot of how UK businesses manage the personal information they hold on staff and customers, including sensitive data such as racial or ethnic origin, trade union membership and criminal proceedings. It was carried out to mark the publication today of a new British Standard on data protection which will help organizations put in place a framework for maintaining and improving compliance with data protection legislation and good practice. The survey also found that: * 65% of business... [more]

ioimage prevents theft and vandalism at Volvo, Honda and Jaguar sales and service center in Israel
posted on 05/06/2009

ioimage's products have been installed to prevent theft and vandalism at the Israeli sales and service center for Volvo, Honda and Jaguar in Rishon Lezion. The 15,000 sqm site on the outskirts of Tel Aviv houses the main sales office, spare parts warehouse and garage. The new surveillance system is set up to detect intruders 24/7 and to sound an alarm after hours and on weekends. It comprises ioimage intelligent cameras and encoders located in critical indoor and outdoor areas such as the showroom, communications center and main gate. In addition, six garage entrances are equipped with ioimage wide dynamic range IP cameras with built in analytics which monitor traffic flow to keep cars on schedule and control the number of vehicles in the garage at any one time. The system also includes ioimage’s autonomous Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) tracking capabilities, which provide self-directed, vision-guided tracking to keep a moving target in constant focus, offering numerous identification and in... [more]

Andrews International acquires the U.S. and Mexico guarding operations of Garda World Security Corporation
posted on 04/06/2009

Andrews International has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. and Mexico guarding operations of Garda World Security Corporation, including the uniformed security, strike security/asset protection and U.S. consulting and investigations operations. This acquisition makes Andrews International the largest privately-held, American-owned security service provider of uniformed security, consulting and investigations and personal protection services in the United States. With support from Andrews International’s leading investment partner, Audax Group, the transaction closed June 2, 2009 and adds 14 offices and operations across the U.S. and abroad to the firm’s existing infrastructure. This acquisition continues Andrews International’s growth strategy of organic business development, alliance-building and acquisition to lead the industry in security and risk-mitigation services. Following the merger, Andrews International will restructure its operations into six U.S. region... [more]

Trolley Scan develops passive UHF transponder with 25 meters operating range
posted on 03/06/2009

Trolley Scan (Pty) Ltd has announced the development of a new passive transponder that has approximately 100% improvement in range over previous versions. Previously, the maximum range with passive transponders with Trolley Scan readers was 13 metres. Announcing the development, Mike Marsh, Managing Director of Trolley Scan (Pty) Ltd said - "Trolley Scan have developed an amazing passive UHF transponder with a measured operating range of more than 25 meters. Bearing in mind that passive transponders do not have onboard energy, but have to collect energy radiated from the reader, a transponder that is passive and can work at 25 meters has to operate on minute amounts of radio power. In this case the transponder needs just 40 microwatts of radio energy in its collecting area. The transponder is specifically designed to be attached to metal and metal like objects." The impressive performance comes from the combination of a new integrated circuit specially made for Trolley Scan and from... [more]

Barco launches NSL-4601 LCD display for tiled video wall applications in small to medium-sized control rooms
posted on 03/06/2009

Barco has launched the NSL-4601, a professional grade, narrow-bezel 46" LCD display with WXGA resolution. The NSL-4601 has been designed for tiled video wall applications in small to medium-sized control rooms and is an ideal collaborative visualization solution for Emergency Operations Centers, traffic & surveillance centers, and utilities & process control rooms. In combination with Barco's dedicated display controller the NSL-4601 allows to present sources in native resolution without loss of content, or scaled. Multiple sources (video, PC content or streaming video) can be presented and positioned anywhere across the entire LCD stack. The NSL-4601 can be calibrated by means of Barco's display consistency management software. This ensures a correct white point and accurate grayscales. It can also be combined with Barco's streaming video cards, which allow simultaneous processing of large amounts of streaming video signals in real-time with minimal latency. Barco's NSL-4601 vide... [more]

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