ASIS 2010ASIS 2010, II: New solutions to new -- and old -- security problems
Nearly 700 companies exhibited a wide array of security solutions for the public and private sector practitioner attendees at ASIS 2010; leading-edge innovations in access control, IP-based video surveillance, and explosion detection were among those demonstrated, as were new and enhanced service offerings
This is the second of three articles summarizing the major homeland security market and technology trends manifested by the companies and the technologies they showcased at the 2010 ASIS International event in Dallas, Texas; the third installment, to be published Monday, will report on the rich educational program at the event, including seminar session, speakers, and more
More than 20,000 security professionals from more than 90 countries attended the ASIS International 56th Annual Seminar and Exhibits, held in Dallas, Texas, 12-15 October. Nearly 700 companies exhibited a wide array of security solutions for the event’s public and private sector practitioner attendees. Leading-edge innovations in access control, IP-based video surveillance, and explosion detection were among those demonstrated, as were new and enhanced service offerings.
You only had to walk the show floor at ASIS 2010 to become aware of the fact that technology innovation in the security industry is at an all-time high. New surveillance solutions typically get a lot of press, but there were many vendors at the show provided solutions of interest to the end-user market.
Two observers of the security industry picked the dozen or so companies whose technologies offered interesting new solutions to persistent problems. These picks are by no means a full overview on what was on display at ASIS 2010, but the sampling represents what is happening in the market.
In the coming days we will discuss five more companies in greater detail.
Joel Griffin of SecurityInfoWatch that highlighted the following companies and their technologies:
Allied Telesis. The company offers switches which help customers build a more efficient and cost-effective way to create a network for their organizations’ security devices.
Vincent Ricco, the company’s senior network consultant, told Griffin that Allied Telesis’ new line of AT-8100 Series access-edge switches can accommodate up to 24 IP video devices with Power-over-Ethernet capability. “We don’t just have a toe in the water when it comes to IP surveillance,” said Ricco.
In addition to the AT-8100 Series switches, the company is also featuring several other products at the show including its AT-9000 Series switches, AT-MC 605/606 media converters and AlliedWare Plus network operating system.
Intergraph. The company products convert information for use in a graphic display. Robert Scott, executive director of security solutions marketing for the company, says Intergraph’s solution is similar to a tradition PSIM platform with the exception of one key difference: how it handles incident response. Griffin notes that the company’s security
