In breaking news today, Adam Wiseberg, AD Group board director and immediate past chairman of the BSIA, has decided to leave the company he has worked with for 11 years.
I’ve also heard some amazing and controversial suggestions that there could be trouble afoot in the financial sector. These outlandish rumours certainly seem to have influenced Security Installer supremo Alan Hyder, who concentrates on the effect of the phenomenon he is dubbing ‘the recession’ in the first instalment of his SI Editor’s View for 2009.
Elsewhere, Dallmeier have announced their new UK distribution partner, following their split from Norbain in December. And speaking of Norbain, make sure you read our exclusive interview with CEO Alun John. It’s darned good!
Does anyone really know what an ‘enterprise’ is these days? I certainly don’t. Find out how to secure this amorphous concept by reading David Howorth’s article.
The truly global nature of the security business in 2009 is reflected in other parts of our coverage today. A Chinese manufacturer, HikVision, has had its NVRs installed in Iranian bank branches; another Chinese manufacturer, BlueStar, has launched an ‘intelligent’ DVR; and UK company Kane Computing is reselling French firm NexVision’s products.
In a not particularly rollicking tale of piracy, there are pirates doing nasty things with Windows 7. Swashbuckling? Probably not.
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