Tag: Paul DiPeso

WESTMINSTER, Colo.—The PSA Network, the world’s largest consortium of professional systems integrators, has announced the addition of SAFR from RealNetworks to its technology partners. SAFR is an AI-powered face authentication solution designed for mainstream commercial applications. The visual intelligence platform specializes in face and person-based computer vision optimized for real-world performance. “As AI becomes more prevalent, it’s imperative for security...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.—AMAG Technology, an Allied Universal company, has announced that its Symmetry Access Control software now integrates with RealNetworks' SAFR SCAN facial authentication reader to provide seamless and frictionless access to doors. The touchless facial reader, integrated with Symmetry, quickly scans faces to determine if an individual is allowed access to a door and authenticates up to 30 people per minute. SAFR SCAN’s facial detection technology is 99.9 percent...

SEATTLE—RealNetworks, Inc. (Real), a provider of AI-powered digital media software and solutions, announced two significant changes to its leadership team. Real has appointed Paul DiPeso to the newly created position of President, SAFR, a computer vision platform for live video that is part of Real’s portfolio. DiPeso will report to CEO Rob Glaser. DiPeso has over 25 years of top management experience in physical security with leading industry corporations. He was most recently...

OTTAWA, Can.—Feenics, a provider of forward-thinking Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) solutions, announced a new integration with Hanwha Techwin’s Wisenet WAVE IP Video Management System as part of its Keep by Feenics cloud-hosted access control platform. The Wisenet WAVE and Keep by Feenics integration provides a unified monitoring experience for system operators and includes the ability to view live video, review archived video related to alarm activity, and export recorded video...

OTTAWA—Cyber threats and ransomware attacks are no match for cloud computing design-built from the ground up for information technology security.In physical security, particularly access control, the history of hacking formerly focused solely on stopping unauthorized users from duplicating or cloning information housed on cards and other devices. Now, it's all about stopping criminals from gaining access to or attacking a customer's network and its data through vulnerabilities in their physical...

OTTAWA, Ontario—Feenics, a company that provides on premise and cloud-hosted integrated access control and security management solutions, recently doubled its headquarters' footprint here to accommodate growth, including the additions of Denis H�bert, president and equity partner, and Fadi Hajjar, Canadian sales director, as well as additional engineers and software developers."The revenue growth has really been the driving factor, which has brought on the need for faster deployment of feature...

OTTAWA—Denis H�bert, current chairman of the board of SIA, and the former CEO of HID Global, today was named president of Feenics, a cloud-based access control manufacturer.“Feenics takes a cloud-based approach to access control. I believe that's where the future lies,” H�bert told Security Systems News.“The cloud model is the ideal approach,” he said. H�bert said that Feenics “has a number of different characteristics that make it a much more attractive model.”For...

OTTAWA—Feenics, a new cloud-based access control platform launched earlier this year, has named Paul DiPeso as VP and GM, and is attracting the attention of some integrators who are demoing or getting ready to install Keep, which is Feenics' first product.DiPeso is an industry veteran who was with Lenel before starting with Feenics in January.The name Feenics is derived from the fact that it's a fee-based (managed) service and “it's also a play on the [phoenix], a rebirth of access control,”...

Have you heard of Feenics? It's a new cloud-based access control platform that's being run by an industry vet and that attracted the attention of some integrators who are demoing, or getting ready to install “Keep” which is Feenics' first product. Paul DiPeso, who was most recently with Lenel, is running the show for Feenics as VP and GM, and this week he's at the Feenics' office in Ottawa conducting a “voice of the customer” meeting with some integrators, including Alpha...