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NEW YORK — AnyVision, a provider of visual AI software, announces the appointment of Gilad Brand as its new chief product officer. Reporting directly to CEO Avi Golan, and working closely with CTO Dieter Joecker, Brand will lead AnyVision’s global product portfolio strategy and transformation. Brand has spent his career building and scaling Cloud-based businesses, according to the company. Prior …

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Quantum Corp. (Nasdaq: QMCO) announces the release of a reference architecture for large-scale surveillance workloads. Building on the company’s broad portfolio of surveillance and security solutions, the reference architecture is said to combine a highly available front end with Quantum StorNext, a file system for video workloads to address the growing need for high-performance, large-scale shared …

Desperate times calls for desperate measures. Much of the world shut down last spring  due to the COVID-19 pandemic — restaurants, offices, schools, movie theaters, entertainment venues. In order for businesses to reopen, they had to find solutions that would allow people to safely return. However, there isn’t one secret weapon to combat this virus. Instead, we must rely on …

SAN MATEO, Calif. — A group of hackers allegedly breached Verkada, a provider of enterprise security software and hardware, gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 security cameras, according to a Bloomberg report. An international collective of hackers accessed video from Tesla, Cloudfare, schools, hospitals, prisons and thousands of other organizations, according to the report. Hackers managed to gain “Super …

COPENHAGEN — Milestone Systems announced the launch of a new Husky appliance series during the company’s MIPS global partner event and video technology conference, which was held virtually for the first time. The company offers its partners and customers a range of six video management appliances that cover a variety of use cases from simple setups in small sites, including …

Forced to hold its MIPS 2021 conference virtually, Milestone Systems invited systems integrators and other stakeholders from across the Americas to explore how video technology is transforming business and society, as well as illustrating why video management systems will provide the foundation to this change. Held March 2-3, the free event featured presentations and keynotes from Milestone Systems executives and …

In this week’s Top Surveillance Videos… You ever get a craving for something and would do almost anything to have it? Well, one man in Pasadena, Calif. took his craving a bit too far. Surveillance video from a Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles shows the man leave after being told he needs to wear a mask. He returns soon …

The IDIS AI COVID Solution is a cost-effective and highly accurate solution for COVID compliance that encompasses functions to facilitate people counting, occupancy control, density monitoring, mask detection, and social distancing adherence. A simple add-on appliance, it gives you all the functions you need to minimize infection risks and avoid costly disruption to your business operations. This all-in-one, 32-channel AI …

COPPELL, Texas — IDIS has released a new eBook that explores how a new generation of AI video solutions is delivering better security, safety, operational efficiency and business intelligence. Titled “The Benefits of Deep Learning Driven Intelligent Video Analytics,” the resource is said to reflect the company’s commitment to supporting its systems integrator partners as they focus on delivering advanced …

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — OpenEye and  Alarm.com (Nasdaq: ALRM) have completed a joint integration they say will offer businesses more robust security and intelligence solutions. The Cloud-to-Cloud integration links OpenEye’s Cloud-managed video platform, OpenEye Web Services (OWS), with Alarm.com’s Cloud-based smart business security platform to provide users of both companies’ solutions with enhanced video verification capabilities and advanced real-time alert notifications. The integration …

SAN RAMON, Calif. — The Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) announces two key developments as part of its mission to promote trustworthy and innovative security and safety solutions. First, a new specification is now available to members that focuses on camera cybersecurity measures. OSSA also introduces a new App Developer Council designed to attract and involve app developers in …

In this week’s Top Surveillance Videos… Superstar Lady Gaga received horrible news on Thursday while filming a movie in Rome. Her dog walker was shot four times and two of her French bulldogs were stolen. A security camera caught the whole incident unfold. Video footage shows a white sedan pull up to the dog walker. Two suspects try to steal …

SAN DIEGO — Snap Surveillance, developer of Force Multiplier, an AI-enabled multicamera tracking solution, has sold the assets of the company to SenSen Networks of Sydney, Australia, with equity priced at A$1,000,000. SenSen, an AI solutions provider, launched its operations in North America in 2017 and currently serves cities of Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, with a variety of …

I still get a chuckle thinking about my early days selling video security. I would ask a prospect, “What do you want to see?” They would reply, “Everything.” Then it was my task to describe what equipment was needed to view what items, events and areas. While in many ways today’s video security equipment and services have greatly improved, the …

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Ring announces the release of the Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2, a new video doorbell complete with 3D motion detection with radar, enhanced audio capabilities with an array microphone, and customizable privacy features. Combined with new head-to-toe video, 3D motion detection and bird’s eye view, Ring says the new device gives homeowners more context about what …

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Vivotek, a global provider of IP surveillance solutions, announces the launch of its iNSIGHT Series with products driven by the Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA). “Our new iNSIGHT Series presents added value and a deeper understanding that goes beyond the surface,” explains David Liu, president of Vivotek USA. “The initiative follows OSSA’s technology stack for video …

DATELINE — Convergint Technologies is partnering with Camio, provider of a real-time video search engine, to offer its end customers remotely deployable video surveillance solutions. Founded by former Google executives, Camio puts existing cameras to work to understand the problems that warrant human attention, according to an announcement. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and other technologies, Camio turns standard …

COPPELL, Texas — The rise of deepfake videos has resulted in an urgent need of being able to verify the authenticity of surveillance footage. Deepfake videos, which involve the digital manipulation of video to, for example, seamlessly replace a celebrity’s face with another celebrity’s, put pressure on both video tech users and on prosecutors to demonstrate the integrity of any …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Half of U.S. consumers own at least one smart home device, up from 35% in January 2020, according to the latest Home Automation Ownership & Usage Report from the NPD Group, a market research company, based here. While security cameras remain the most commonly owned smart home device, NPD’s Retail Tracking Service data reveals the largest …

In this week’s Top Surveillance Videos… Home burglaries are scary enough, but there are additional factors you can add to make the scenario even more terrifying. For example, if the suspect is armed … or naked. That combined scenario recently took place in Houston. Surveillance video shows a man wandering around a home completely naked, except for shoes, while also …