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Onssi appoints Vice
President of Marketing
Pearl River, NY (USA)
Ken LaMarca has joined Onssi
in the new position of Vice Pre-
sident of Marketing. LaMarca co-
mes on board as Onssi continues
to gain market share and brand
recognition for their flagship
Ocularis video management
software.
"Ken is a well-respected in-
dustry professional who has led
transformational growth in high
profile organisations and, as Vice
President of Marketing at Onssi,
will help us continue to excel in
delivering premium video mana-
gement solutions to our channel
partners and end users," said
Gadi Piran, President and CTO of
Onssi. "Creating this position is
the right move for Onssi, at the
right time and we are pleased we
could attract the right person."
As Vice President of Marke-
ting, LaMarca will lead the stra-
tegic development and execution
of the company's marketing
initiatives and will oversee all
marketing functions including
marketing communications,
social media and operations
management. LaMarca has more
than 25 years of industry expe-
rience and comes to Onssi from
Sony Electronics where he held
Vice President/General Manager
positions in the Security Systems
Division and also in the Visual
Imaging Division.
Ken LaMarca.
Oberthur forms technology partnership with HID
Colombes, France and Irvin, Ca (USA)
Oberthur Technologies
has en-
tered into a partnership with HID
Global
that provides Oberthur
Technologies the ability to support
the use of Seos digital keys on
NFC-enabled smartphones.
The partnership enables the
Seos digital keys applet to be em-
bedded in Oberthur Technologies
NFC SIM cards, making it pos-
sible to use NFC smartphones for
a wide range of applications that
typically reside on smart cards.
The Oberthur Technologies
Dragonfly product family is a new
generation of NFC SIM cards that
are faster than ever and include
best-in-class certifications (Com-
mon Criteria EAL4+, Mastercard,
Visa, Mifare Desfire) and integrated
anti-virus protection. The solution
supports key applications driving
NFC deployments such as trans-
port, payment and access control.
It also supports applications that
facilitate a more convenient user
experience, such as the use of a
mobile phone for hotel check-in
and hotel room access.
The Seos applet is part of an
ecosystem of interoperable prod-
ucts and services for issuing, de-
livering and revoking digital keys
on NFC-enabled mobile devices
that can be used to open doors
to homes, hotels, offices, hospi-
tals, universities and commercial
buildings. Seos includes standards-
based smart card technology with
state-of-the-art cryptography for
maximum interoperability and
security, and the Seos Trusted
Service Manager securely manages
Seos digital keys on NFC mobile
devices.
Avigilon acquired access control company
Vancouver, Canada
Avigilon Corporation
has
acquired privately-held RedCloud
Security, Inc.
(RedCloud), an
innovative provider of web-based,
physical and virtual access control
systems.
Through the acquisition,
Avigilon adds a complementary
product line to its end-to-end
high-definition surveillance solu-
tion and provides the company
with access to a growing segment
of the global security market.
"RedCloud founder, Terry
Neely and his team have redefined
physical access control with their
unique approach to converging
IT and physical security. Avig-
ilon and RedCloud have parallel
philosophies when it comes to
providing innovative technologies
that deliver the most return for
our customers," said Alexander
Fernandes, president and CEO of
Avigilon. "This acquisition brings
new and exciting opportunities for
Avigilon to participate in a larger
share of the total security market.
I'm thrilled to welcome Mr. Neely
and his team to Avigilon."
"Avigilon's innovative approach
to security products makes it a
perfect home for RedCloud," said
Terry Neely, founder, president
and chief technology officer of
RedCloud. "With Avigilon's
resources, global sales channel
and talented team we believe we
can accelerate the expansion of
our product roadmap and move
the industry toward an integrated
approach for IT and physical
security."
Avigilon paid $17 million
in cash to purchase the entire
RedCloud business. The company
expects the acquisition to be neu-
tral to 2013 earnings and accretive
to 2014 earnings. Terry Neely will
continue to lead the access control
development team.
Alexander Fernandes,
president and CEO of
Avigilon.
Panasonic acquires cloud-based
video surveillance company
Panasonic
acquires Cameraman-
ager.com
, a leading provider of
Video Surveillance as-a-Service
(VSaaS) in Europe. The acquisi-
tion of the cloud-based video
solutions company reinforces
Panasonic's existing security busi-
ness as it looks to extend its cloud-
based solutions to the business and
consumer markets.
As part of the acquisition, the
Cameramanager.com team will
join Panasonic Europe.
"This acquisition is an
important strategic step towards
enhancing our smart and con-
nected services offering in the
European and CIS market", says
Laurent Abadie, Chairman and
CEO, Panasonic Europe. "With
Cameramanager.com's bespoke
software and cloud-based solutions
complementing our existing se-
curity business, we will be able to
significantly enhance our presence
in this space, by bringing together
technical know-how and software
skills and equipping us with the
necessary assets to respond to
future demands in cloud services".
Cameramanager.com is a pro-
vider for online security cameras,
managing over 40,000 camera
connections globally. Founded in
2007 by Tijmen Vos and Rishi
Lodhia, Cameramanager.com
is based in Amsterdam and has
customers in the Netherlands, Bel-
gium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Germany, Poland, Switzerland,
Brazil, Latvia, Russia and Turkey.
Cameramanager.com offers cloud-
based camera surveillance connect-
ing to your PC, Mac, smartphone
and tablet.
The management of Camera-
manager.com, looks forward to
take the next step in the company's
development by joining forces
with Panasonic to bring end-to-
end, cloud-based surveillance to a
wider market,
"We're delighted to join a com-
pany that will continue to support
the innovative culture that is the
foundation of our business and
together we remain committed
to delivering excellence in online
security, comments Rishi Lodhia,
CEO Cameramanager.com