Elvey Security Technologies
Alarm technology advancing
April 2013, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection, Financial (Industry)
The Fidelity National Command Centre was established 10 years ago to service the needs of the financial industry, says Gus Sunde, general manager of Fidelity Security Services. It offered services such ...
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Optex: beyond Infinity
April 2013, News & Events
Few companies within the highly competitive global security industry can boast growth figures in the quadruple percentage range for their product sales in just four years. Optex can.
It can also lay ...
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Securing complex sites since 1929
March 2013, Access Control & Identity Management, Government and Parastatal (Industry)
Government institutions are notoriously difficult to secure. They require a specialised system that will ensure the safety and security of employees and the back office while accommodating a constant flow of visitors in and out of the premises without hindering public access or infringing on people’s privacy.
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Residential safety improved
February 2013, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection
Crime is one of the key drivers underpinning the growing trend for townhouse living. People feel safer living behind electric fencing, high walls and within shouting distance of their neighbours. The truth, however, is that townhouses are just as vulnerable to crime as freestanding houses if residents do not take responsibility for their own security.
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Putting its money on integrated security
January 2013, Surveillance
With more than 400 employees in its 80 plus branches, all of which hold large sums of money on site, Barko Financial Services needed a highly advanced security system to protect its people and premises.
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Security and convenience by SMS
January 2013, Integrated Solutions, Residential Estate (Industry)
The TX-SMS can send messages as well as execute functions such as activating and deactivating alarms, switching lights and irrigation systems on and off and even monitor electric fences. It can also unlock gates and doors by SMS or a missed call.
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On-road security solution
November 2012, Fire & Safety
In the last two years, rapid advances in mobile digital video surveillance technology have taken fleet protection and management to unprecedented levels of sophistication and diversity.
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CCTV on the move
October 2012, Surveillance
Unchecked, the abuse of company vehicles by employees can significantly undermine profits and compromise service delivery, which is why company owners are increasingly embracing mobile DVR technology.
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Wireless perimeter protection
October 2012, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection, Products & Solutions
The installation of large-scale perimeter protection has, until recently, been costly and time-consuming. However, with the availability of Optex’s wireless range of perimeter protection products, the securing of correctional facilities, mines, storage and impound yards, electrical substations, container depots, oil and gas refineries and other demanding premises will no longer be onerously expensive or labour-intensive.
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The ProxNet 647-50 fingerprint reader
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2013, Products & Solutions
The GSC System’s ProxNet 647-50 fingerprint reader runs on a Windows (2000 /XP /Vista /Windows7) operating system, though not necessarily on the computer that runs the ProxNet system.
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