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Plustek Launches nDVR 540 Network Digital Video Recorder
posted on 01/02/2012

Plustek Inc. a leading manufacturer of innovative Linux-based, standalone Network Video Recorders (NVR) and Network Digital Video Recorders (nDVR), has launched its most innovative standalone nDVR to date. With the enormous growth in the business and economy, there has been an increase in criminal activities across all geographies. Organisations, whether government or private, small or big, are aggressively adopting surveillance technology to help protect against threats. Designed as a 24/7 surveillance tool, the Plustek nDVR 540 can help to address the important issue of ensuring the safety and security of premises. The nDVR 540 will be distributed in the UK by Cleveland Cable Company, a leading distributor of electrical cables in Europe. Phil Barkley, Area Sales Manager at Cleveland Cable Company, said: “We’re excited with the launch of the Plustek nDVR 540 because it can really help to address the problem of ensuring the safety and security of shops, petrol stations, small busine... [more]

Microsoft veteran appointed Chief Technology Officer of GlobalSign
posted on 31/01/2012

GMO GlobalSign, Inc. appointed Ryan Hurst, a 10 year Microsoft security veteran, as its new Chief Technology Officer. In his role, Ryan becomes responsible for developing the overall technology vision, product architecture, standards development, compliance and will be overseeing the GlobalSign engineering and operations organizations. Ryan is a ten-year Microsoft veteran, where he was responsible for security engineering within the Microsoft Advertising business. Prior to that he was responsible for integrating security and networking technologies such as cryptography, Digital Certificates, smart cards, biometrics, code signing, document signing, and network authentication into many successful Microsoft products, as well as being critical to the management of the Microsoft Root Certificate program – the repository of Certificate Authorities authorized by Microsoft to provide publicly trusted Digital Certificates. Ryan has also authored a number of patents relating to security and s... [more]

Netop offers Remote Control free trial and special offer to pcAnywhere users
posted on 31/01/2012

Netop, a pioneer in secure remote access support and management, offers its Remote Control software at no charge to users affected by the Symantec pcAnywhere security breach. The free licenses will be offered for a duration of thirty days in unlimited quantities. Last week, Symantec warned users through its website to stop using its pcAnywhere remote access software due to a serious security risk. Symantec also confirmed that old source code stolen by a hacking group has exposed vulnerabilities in the pcAnywhere remote access program. Discussing the issue Netop’s CEO Kurt Bager said: “Symantec’s announcement highlights the risks of having varying levels of security in your remote access setup. The theft of its old source code by a hacking group could potentially open up companies across the world to key vulnerabilities within the remote access program. We hope that by offering Netop Remote Control at no charge for thirty days – Symantec will have time to fix the issue.” It is commo... [more]

A healthy security industry will Confidently ride out the storm in 2012
posted on 31/01/2012

Memoori’s annual report on the world’s Physical Security industry showed that in 2011, despite a troubled economic climate, it increased revenues and profitability whilst merger and acquisition surged by more than double in the last 2 years to $9.847 billion. So the security industry looks like a safe port in the storm with 2 main factors contributing to its robustness. The first being the continued growth in emerging markets particularly Asia where they shrugged off the global economic downturn and the second is the growth in network video surveillance solutions. The latter will certainly continue to increase its market share despite poor economic trading conditions in 2012 and the former likewise will increase their share. The question now on everyone’s mind is will the problem of sovereign debt in the Euro zone receive the political action necessary to solve it? The jury is still out on this one. Our report showed that in the last quarter of 2011 growth in demand looked a little f... [more]

DVTel® announces entry-level Video Management System: The Solus Appliance
posted on 27/01/2012

DVTel, Inc., multiple award-winning market leader in IP video surveillance, announced today the release of a feature-rich, open standards Video Management System (VMS). The Solus Appliance is an integrated server and storage solution in one, designed for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME)s looking for an all-in-one system for up to 32 cameras. The Solus Appliance is a software-hardware solution that comes pre-set and pre-installed and delivers the capabilities of DVTel’s proven Latitude® VMS (Video Management System) without the complexity and price of an enterprise class solution. This plug-and-play system offers the SME market a cost-effective mid-range system with the flexibility to view, record and export audio and video of multiple compressions (H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG). It supports up to 32 camera connections (channel licenses) to the DVTel Quasar camera line or third party cameras. The RAID 5 feature delivers increased data reliability and input/output performance, since it can divi... [more]

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