Industry News: Italian Convention Center Depends on Dallmeier Video Surveillance

Convention and Parking Area Security in Verona

In Verona, Italy, the Veronafiere exhibition and convention center hosts an average of 35 exhibitions and 50 conventions every year. These events can attract up to 800,000 visitors and exhibitors, so to ensure outdoor area security the center installed a Dallmeier video security system with Panomera cameras, expanding and updating the existing Dallmeier video surveillance system. With more cameras, the video system helps minimize threats of vandalism, theft, and unauthorized access within the event space. Veronafiere also wanted to expand surveillance coverage to the adjacent parking area. It installed a few Panomera cameras to provide coverage, helping keep the costs for the solution low. Authorized security personnel can monitor the entire outdoor area from a central control location, and the system allows personnel to adhere to the country’s data protection regulations by automatically deleting any recordings after seven days.

Mergers & Moves

Convergint // Esscoe

The acquisition of Esscoe—which provides mission-critical security and fire and life safety systems in the Chicago and Midwest regions—allows Convergint to grow across the U.S. Midwest.

Axon // Dedrone

Following the completion of the acquisition process, airspace awareness and security firm Dedrone is officially part of Axon. Axon will integrate Dedrone’s smart airspace security technology into its public safety platform, enabling drone as first responder programs and protection against unauthorized drone threats.

Assa Abloy // Toppan Gravity

Citizen ID owner Assa Abloy agreed to sell the physical and mobile identity solutions business to Toppan, a digital printing service, for $123.5 million. The sale is subject to closing conditions, regulatory approvals, and employee consultation. If approved, it is expected to close within the first quarter of 2025.

Allegion plc // SOSS Door Hardware

Allegion acquired SOSS, a premium hinge and door hardware manufacturer. Although details about the transaction were not disclosed, Allegion said that SOSS’s solutions will broaden its portfolio for customers.

Socure // Effectiv

Digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening provider Socure signed an agreement to buy Effectiv, a real-time risk decisioning company, for $136 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close in November 2024, will combine the companies’ respective technologies to combat fraud and verify identities.

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety // Systems Design Group

Pye-Barker, a U.S.-based fully integrated and full-service fire protection, life safety, and security services provider, acquired Systems Design Group. The buy will expand Pye-Barker’s market reach across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Awards

The Detektor International Awards program selected Bosch, Nexus Group, i-PRO, and Genetec as overall winners in their top categories of alarm and detection; ID and access control; video surveillance; and IoT and security solutions, respectively.

Contracts

The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association awarded i-PRO Americas Inc. a new procurement contract, which will offer government agencies within the state access to the company’s security products and services through competitive bid programs.

Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System selected Cynerio’s Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform to bolster defenses of all 17 National Health Services Trusts against increasingly disruptive cyberattacks on UK healthcare systems.

Quanergy Solutions, Inc., which provides 3D Lidar solutions, signed a contract with Florida Drawbridges, Inc. (FDI), to integrate Quanergy’s technology with FDI’s bridge monitoring systems, enhancing safety, reducing accidents, and streamlining operations.

The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Far East awarded essential risk management and mission support services provider Constellis a $54 million multi-year contract. The company will provide multifunction base operations support for the Navy and other military service branches in parts of Singapore.

The U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center awarded a $93 million contract to Leidos, which will support Navy and Marine weapons systems for a base period of one year, with four one-year options.

Tift County Schools in Tifton, Georgia, selected Xtract One Technologies’ weapons screening technology to secure all individuals entering high schools and middle schools, with plans to deploy the solution across all K-12 schools in the district.

Singapore’s public transport operator SBS Transit signed a S$14 million ($10.6 million) long-term service support contract with Motorola Solutions. Motorola will maintain and support critical radio communications—which help coordinate frontline efforts and safe rail operations—across SBS’s system for the next 15 years.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Leidos a new contract to modernize the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, a critical provider of vital organ transplant information. The contract has a potential total value of $235 million, lasting a base period of one year, because Leidos will compete with other vendors to win tasks that modernize integral parts of the organ transplant system.

Announcements

Cybersecurity company Surfshark introduced a free data leak-checking tool in October 2024. Users can monitor the safety of their personal information, using the tool to check if personal data has been compromised in a data leak.

Partnerships

Access control. Vivotek and ProdataKey agreed to enter into an integration partnership that will generate a system solution for a wider view of physical security, joining a Vivotek cloud surveillance product with ProdataKey’s cloud-based access control.

Data management. Industrial analytics and enterprise monitoring company Seeq announced a strategic partnership with AVEVA, an industrial software provider. The agreement will allow Seeq users to access operational data in CONNECt, an industrial intelligence platform, while AVEVA customers can use Seeq’s Industrial Analytics and AI Suite for analytics and monitoring use cases. The integrations will help simplify access to operational data and help improve operations and production.

Drone detection. Sentrycs and Third Eye Systems announced a strategic partnership, which will bring Sentrycs’ drone detection technology and Third Eye’s Electro-Optic systems together to provide drone identification and verification.

Facial authentication. Alcatraz AI entered into a partnership with Convergint, a global systems integrator. Convergint will add Alcatraz’s AI flagship product, the Rock, to its portfolio. The solution authenticates users as part of an access control solution.

Hospitality. Nium, a provider of global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, announced a strategic partnership with HyperGuest, a B2B marketplace for the travel and hospitality industry. The union will provide users with increased efficiency, speed, and security for payments within HyperGuest’s global network of travel partners, hotels, and other accommodation providers.

Multi-factor authentication. HID and Microsoft announced a partnership that will allow Microsoft employees to use their physical access cards as a multifactor authentication method for accessing certain resources.

Public safety. Rugged computing devices and mobile video solution provider Getac Technology Corporation announced its partnership with Flock Safety, a public safety technology company. By integrating their respective safety solutions, law enforcement agencies will have access to a suite of tools that can improve public safety and crime prevention.

School security. CENTEGIX  and the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools have partnered to combine their expertise in advocating for policies, sharing knowledge, and promoting solutions that can help schools respond to a variety of incidents and emergencies. 

Transportation. Fleet management solutions provider Konexial announced it is partnering with Lytx to offer AI-powered dash camera network technology to customers. This will give fleet and transportation companies AI-powered telematics, analytics, safety, and productivity solutions.

Weapons detection. Omnilert and Immix partnered on an integration to enhance customers’ verification solutions, providing visual gun detection technology to help identify threats and improve response. Once Omnilert’s technology has visually detected a firearm threat, Immix platform users can trigger an immediate response, such as locking doors, notifying the police, and hitting an alarm.