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Pivot3 gets $23m, new investor

New infusion, led by Samsung, brings total investment to $100m
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Martha Entwistle
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02/08/2012
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AUSTIN, Texas—Pivot3 on Feb. 8 closed on a $23 million round of new equity funding, which brings total investment in the unified storage and compute company to $100 million since the company was founded in 2003.

Is video analytics ready to go ‘mainstream’?

TechSec experts weigh in on the technology’s future
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Whit Richardson
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02/08/2012
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Video analytics is clawing its way back from a bad reputation caused by early cases of overpromising and under-delivering and one manufacturer predicted the technology would go “mainstream” within two years. Those were some of the views on video analytics shared by experts during a panel discussing the topic at this year’s TechSec conference.

Speco aims to 'up its game' with new IP line

Eight new cameras starting at entry level
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Martha Entwistle
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02/01/2012
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AMITYVILLE, N.Y.—Speco Technologies is aiming to “up its game” with IP with a new line of eight “OnSIP” cameras launched on Jan. 16.

Pilot shows smartphone potential

HID: Other applications in the works
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Martha Entwistle
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01/30/2012
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IRVINE, Calif.—With the announcement today of the completion of its smartphones-as-keys pilot project at Arizona State University, HID officials hope more integrators will begin to investigate how NFC-enabled smartphones might fit into their access control offerings in the future.

VideoIQ raises additional $3.5 million

CEO Ed Bednarcik wants to bring company's products ‘to the masses’
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Martha Entwistle
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01/17/2012
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BEDFORD, Mass.—VideoIQ CEO Ed Bednarcik said funds from a Series C round announced Jan. 10 will be used to expand the company’s geographic reach and for R&D efforts aimed at bringing its products “to the masses.”

Sorrentino named president of ScanSource Security

Security business unit has experienced CAGR of 62 percent since inception in 2005
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Martha Entwistle
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01/13/2012
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GREENVILLE, S.C.—Tony Sorrentino on Jan. 12 was promoted to president of ScanSource Security, a business unit of ScanSource Inc.

MicroPower Technologies gets $6.5m from Motorola

Cameras are solar-powered and completely wireless
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Martha Entwistle
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01/11/2012
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and SAN DIEGO—Jonathan Siann, founder and CEO of solar-powered, wireless surveillance provider MicroPower Technologies, says his company’s mission “is to change the economics of camera deployment,” and he now has $6.5 million in capital to achieve that goal.

iControl/Time Warner Cable sell home security/home automation together

iControl: Telecoms good partners because they are ‘very, very focused’ on the space
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Tess Nacelewicz
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01/10/2012
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PALO ALTO, Calif.—Software provider iControl Networks this week announced a new partnership with Time Warner Cable, in which Time Warner’s IntelligentHome security and home automation solution is being powered by iControl software.

HID acquires software provider

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Martha Entwistle
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01/04/2012
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IRVINE, Calif.—Seeking to take advantage of a market that HID Global executives say is “grossly under-penetrated,” HID has acquired EasyLobby, a provider of visitor management software and visitor badge printing solutions.

Post IPO, Avigilon targets casino market

Megapixel camera provider hit $40.5 million in sales in Q3
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Whit Richardson
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12/20/2011
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YARMOUTH, Maine—A veteran Las Vegas security director has joined Avigilon to help the megapixel surveillance camera manufacturer increase its presence in the casino and gaming sector, said Keith Marett, Avigilon's director of marketing.

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