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Annex bolsters security media division

Written by Staff December 05, 2011

Annex Business Media is pleased to announce the acquisition of four business-to-business properties from KAP Media Inc., a Thornhill, Ont.- based publisher. The acquisition includes Security Matters, Security Products Canada, Sécurité Québec, and SecurityPages.ca.
The merchandise at Kevin Mykle’s store may remind customers of a simpler past, but the technology watching them couldn’t be more high tech. And that’s just as well — when your store extends over 10,000 square feet and is filled with thousands of pairs of cowboy boots, several hundred hats, as well as saddles worth $3,500, it’s nice to know you’re staying ahead of the curve.
Security professionals are on the move this summer, as several significant players announce they are moving on to new opportunities in key roles.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) is currently rolling out facial recognition software at each of the 27 gaming facilities in the province to detect “self-excluders” —people who are admitted gambling addicts.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) recently awarded a multi-phase contract to iView Systems to provide a centralized management solution for its voluntary self-exclusion program at its 27 casinos and slot facilities across the province.
From left: George Tomlinson, Protocol Computers; Andrew Aris, CAMH; Paul Carson, ASG Security; Noreen Jivraj, St. Joseph’s Health Centre; Paul Greenwood, St. Michael’s Hospital; Elliott Goldstein; Todd Milne, UHN.In a busy urban hospital surveillance cameras capture the comings and goings of staff and the public. For the most part, human eyes won’t view much of the video captured. But when it’s needed, video can serve as the ultimate deciding witness.

Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) recently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to upgrade the analogue-based surveillance equipment it uses to monitor the city’s multi-million dollar asset and property inventory.

Colleges and universities should consider six key factors when they are determining what type of recorder and storage will best fulfill their video needs: identify essential requirements, key factors for storage and transmission, network options and concerns, embedded versus PC-based, what about a hybrid solution? and proprietary versus open architecture.

It used to be so apparently entertaining and risk-free to rob one of the branches of the Westminster Savings Credit Union (WSCU) that one young thief did it two days in a row.

International Crowd Management Inc. helped the City of Richmond address its security needs during one of the busiest times in its history by using a van it bought off the Internet and a CCTV/alarm system made of paint cans and PVC piping.

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