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Bewator Group acquires Aptus
March/April 2004
Bewator Group AB - one of the European market leaders within access control - has announced that it has acquired all shares of the privately held Aptus Utvecklings AB and the subsidiary Aptus Elektronik ...

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GPS goes to court
March/April 2004
In what is a first of a kind ruling in the US, the Washington State Supreme Court declared recently that police may not attach a Global Positioning System tracker to a suspect's car without getting a ...

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Training academy arms retail businesses against crime
March/April 2004
With the alarming increase in theft-related crime in South Africa, retail business leaders are going back to school to learn how to deal with it. The Loss Prevention Training Academy, in Roodepoort, Johannesburg, ...

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RedPay wins Reserve Bank security solution contract
March/April 2004, Information Security
RedPay has been awarded a contract from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to provide the security solution for all non-SWIFT data traffic flowing through the SARB-Link interbank settlement network. ...

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South African technology impresses Dubai Police
March/April 2004
In a world first for a South African radio communications company, Johannesburg-based Rotrax Technologies has supplied and installed an integrated surveillance system for the first of several RG12 armoured ...

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Accsys Outsource: the launch of an HR and payroll bureau
March/April 2004
Accsys has launched an outsource bureau offering a wide range of HR and payroll services. "Clients can benefit significantly by outsourcing their payroll to us," says Accsys managing director, Teryl Schroenn. ...

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mapAmobile launches in South Africa
March/April 2004, Surveillance, Security Services & Risk Management
MI International has licensed Cellfind to market its mobile location service, mapAmobile, in South Africa. The deal follows the successful launch of mapAmobile's consumer and corporate products in the ...

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Group 4 Falck and Securicor to merge
March/April 2004, Security Services & Risk Management
Group 4 Falck and Securicor have announced their intention to merge and create a global leader in security services. According to company executives, the intended merger of Group 4 Falck's security businesses ...

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Wainstein retired - new era for Elvey
March/April 2004, Elvey Security Technologies , Infrastructure
Paul Wainstein has retired and left Elvey Security Technologies, after 22 years of achievement at the company, and will relocate to Houston, Texas (US). Says Jack Edery, CEO of Elvey, "This decision has ...

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Johnson Controls and Kagiso join forces
March/April 2004, Johnson Controls
A new company has emerged in the facilities management (FM) arena with the recently signed agreement between Kagiso Property Holdings and Johnson Controls, which sees the establishment of Johnson Controls ...

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Xantium and DCS make a 'smart' choice
March/April 2004, Products & Solutions
Xantium Technology Holdings and Digital Card Systems have formed a joint venture to create Xantium DCS. This agreement will ensure the design, implementation and production of card-based solutions, including ...

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FNB awards contract to De La Rue
March/April 2004, Surveillance
South Africa's First National Bank has signed an extension of its cheque-printing contract with De La Rue to 2007. The cheques will be printed at the company's brand new R43 million facility near Johannesburg, ...

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Aberdare Cables sells 30% to Izingwe Consortium in R165 million deal
March/April 2004, Infrastructure
Aberdare Cables has announced the sale of 30% of its equity to a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) grouping led by the newly established Izingwe Consortium in a transaction valued at approximately R165 ...

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ADT - helping foreigners in SA
March/April 2004
Looking after the security needs of foreign embassies and trade missions situated within South Africa's borders, is just another day's work for local security specialists, ADT Security. The British Department ...

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Selecting a supplier - the most important choice
March/April 2004
Why is selecting the right supplier the most important choice you can make? The obvious answer of course, is that they can offer you the 'correct' product. This would imply that a selection process has ...

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FAST Video Security systems accredits Sensormatic SA as new distribution partner
March/April 2004
FAST Video Security, a Swiss-based developer of security and surveillance video systems, recently announced that it had established a new channel to market within southern Africa. Its previous OEM agreement ...

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Anti-virus protection: too little, too late?
April 2004, Software Solutions
Even without a PhD in computer science, everybody knows that an anti-virus software package is essential to protect a business's IT infrastructure. It is also true that many anti-virus packages that are ...

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Bits 'n Bytes
March/April 2004
Securex 2004 has come and gone, and the year is now well and truly on its way. So, what were my impressions of Securex 2004? Securex 2004 continues to be, unquestionably, the premier security exhibition ...

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Low capacitance thyristor surge protection device
24 March 2004, Circuit & System Protection
Pan Jit enables faster data transmission speeds by offering a family of thyristor surge protective devices (TSPD) with very low typical capacitance values. Protection is critical to avoid latch-up or ...

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RISC microprocessor has on-chip SSL accelerators
10 March 2004, Altron Arrow, Hi-Q Electronics, DSP, Micros & Memory, Security Services & Risk Management
Renesas Technology Europe's SH7720 32-bit SuperH RISC microprocessor incorporates an SSL (secure socket layer) hardware accelerator for faster secure network connectivity. The device also features peripheral ...

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