News & Events



Chubb cleans up at the PMR awards
November 2001
At the annual Professional Management Review (PMR) awards breakfast on 5 September, Chubb was awarded seven of the 12 awards on offer in the Security category. Two Gold and five Silver awards saw Chubb ...

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HID to acquire RFID access control business from Motorola
November 2001, Security & Communication Warehouse
HID Corporation, an ASSA Abloy Group company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Motorola's worldwide RFID access control business, previously known as Indala. This business has its headquarters ...

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ThoroughTec acquires Bulwark
November 2001
ThoroughTec, a company in the toll collection industry, recently announced that it had acquired the assets and intellectual property of Bulwark Parking. ThoroughTec has also signed its first parking equipment ...

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EMS appoints Special Projects Manager
November 2001
Gareth Nesbitt, a former employee at Evolving Management Solutions (EMS) has rejoined the company as Special Projects Manager responsible for expanding the research and development team, quality control, ...

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Local companies collaborate to establish a force 'Down Under'
November 2001
Two South African security companies, Guardian Integrated Systems (GIS) and Evolving Management Solutions (EMS), have joined forces to open offices in Australia. Spearheaded by GIS, the Melbourne-based ...

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Sentry recognised for quality service
November 2001
Sentry Security Guarding has been awarded the ISO 9002 certification for outstanding quality. In an awards ceremony held a few weeks ago, Sentry Security Guarding was recognised as meeting the stringent ...

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Vision Catcher announces XP capability
November 2001
Due to the fact that Microsoft has launched its latest software, Microsoft XP, Vision Catcher has announced that it has already completed tests on its SecureVu range including the VC 2000 system - now ...

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HID offers multilanguage installation manual
November 2001, Security & Communication Warehouse
HID Corporation recently announced that its MiniProx, ThinLine and ProxPoint Plus readers now come packaged with a single installation manual in Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese ...

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Sensormatic acquires security systems integrator
November 2001
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Taiwan-based security systems integrator, Enable Systems Engineering Company. Enable, based ...

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Fastcom and Securiton sign collaboration agreement
November 2001
Swiss-based Fastcom Technology and Securiton have signed an agreement for the development of a new line of smoke and fire detection systems, built around automatic, video-based event detection technology. ...

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Security industry responds to new Regulatory Bill
November 2001
Security companies in South Africa and abroad have expressed strong reservations about certain clauses in the draft Security Industry Regulation Bill which, depending on interpretation, could result in ...

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UK company wins contract with the FBI
November 2001
MasterCard International has announced that it has joined GlobalPlatform, the first cross-industry organisation to develop, manage and promote a standardised framework for multiple application smartcards. ...

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Erratum
November 2001
An image captioned Paul Griffin of TeqTrader that appeared in the September 2001 issue of Hi-Tech Security Solutions was incorrect. The correct caption and image appears below. Hi-Tech Security Solutions ...

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Integrated electronic solutions company changes name
November 2001
Integrated solutions company Shield Electronics has officially changed its name to Provicom Electronics. The change comes after the company acquired Provicom Industries. The decision to change the name ...

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Integration services will be a hundred-billion-dollar market by 2005
November 2001, Integrated Solutions
The market for solution integration services is growing rapidly. According to IDC, worldwide revenues will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 25%, from $38 bn in 2000 to $116,5 bn in 2005. According ...

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ESDA Committee personality profiles
November 2001
Each month Hi-Tech Security Solutions will bring you interviews with all the committee members of ESDA, to find out what they have to offer the security industry. In this issue the spotlight is on Committee ...

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Ziton wins design award
November 2001
Ziton, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of fire detection systems, has won a prestigious SABS Design Institute award. An award, in the engineering category, was received for the ZP755 ...

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FDIA members now visible
November 2001
The FDIA is currently distributing 'noticeable' envelopes for submission of tenders. Tenders submitted by association members will now 'stand out from the crowd'. Tender envelopes will be followed by ...

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Gas extinguishing approvals validated by SABS
November 2001
Alien Systems & Technologies recently announced that its Pyroshield gas extinguishing system approvals have been validated by SABS. These approvals include land-based, marine-based and design software ...

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BS5839-1 under review in Europe
November 2001
A revision to BS5839 Part 1 (Code of practice for system design, installation and maintenance) is now under consideration. This review is certainly due as the last edition was from 1988. Consultants ...

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