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Who Is Responsible for Protecting Physical Security Systems from Cyberattacks?
It's a question that continues to engage debate, as the majority of new physical security devices being installed are now connected to a network. While this offers myriad benefits, it also raises the question: Who is responsible for their cybersecurity?The Debate...
Axis Cyber Attack Update
In response to technology partner Axis Communications notifying all clients and partners of their recent cyber attack this week, we are sharing their latest updates with our clients: Axis Latest Update – Since February 28thWhat has happened? Axis threat detection...

Real Time Location System technology to the rescue: helping ensure a safer environment for healthcare staff
A recent National Nurses United survey conducted with 15,000 U.S. registered nurses found that 20% reported increased workplace violence due to decreased staff levels, different patient populations, and changing visitation restrictions set during the pandemic. Even...
SIGNET Opens Network Operations Center to Offer Continuous Monitoring of Clients’ Mission Critical Technology Systems
For Immediate ReleaseNorwell, Massachusetts – 23, July 2020 – SIGNET Electronic Systems (SIGNET), the leading independent provider of technology solutions to healthcare organizations, municipalities and academic institutions throughout New England, today announced the...
SIGNET ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC. ACQUIRES SIDEBAND SYSTEMS
Norwell, Massachusetts (April 1, 2019) - SIGNET Electronic Systems, Inc. (SIGNET) announced today that is has acquired Sideband Systems, a 27-year old technology systems integrator specializing in high performance wireless systems for high capacity, licensed and...
AVIXA Releases Recommended Practices for Security in Networked AV Systems
AV Network Staff, AVIXA [July 16, 2018] Audiovisual systems are becoming increasingly central to global operations as they offer expanded remote management capabilities. This upward trend of AV systems operating over enterprise networks can pose a serious risk for...
All Apple Employees now Have Standing Desks. Here’s why:
FOX, Jade Scipioni [June 15, 2018] Apple CEO Tim Cook has long proclaimed that he believes sitting is the "new cancer” and that is why he equipped every employee with a standing desk at the company’s spaceship headquarters in California. In an interview with...
US House Passes Bill Banning Government Use of Dahua and Hikvision
John Honovich, IPVM [May 24, 2018] Today, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 5515, a bill that includes a ban on the US government's use of Dahua and Hikvision. This follows growing US awareness that Hikvision is owned and controlled by the Chinese government...
Lack of Positive Train Control Haunts Another Deadly Collision
NBC, Phil McCausland [February 8, 2018] Although there has been a recent rash of passenger train accidents, the number of accidents involving Amtrak is trending downward. The company has even gone so far as to install the latest so-called Positive Train Control...
SIGNET Becomes ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Norwell, MA [January 9, 2017] SIGNET Electronic Systems, Inc. announces the company’s certification to the ISO 9001:2015 standard, an internationally recognized standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system (QMS). SIGNET is one of only a few...
How to Make Sure Customers Get What They Need
Dave Vickers, COMMERCIAL INTEGRATOR [January 2018] As a technology solutions provider it’s your job (not your customer’s) to make sure their communications systems request for proposal (RFP) includes the critical information outlined here. Today's communications...
Samsung, Harman Release Huddle Room Solutions
AV NETWORK STAFF (December 6, 2017) Samsung Electronics and Harman Professional Solutions today announced new huddle room solutions targeting small- and medium-sized collaboration spaces. Leveraging professional displays from Samsung and collaboration products from...
First Install of Responder® All Touch® with EPIC is Now Sharing Information on Patient Status Between Systems
MT. PROSPECT, IL (November 17) – A new integration of Responder All Touch with a hospital’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is now live at a Wisconsin hospital, sharing patient status between systems that include fall risk, DNR, and isolation. Responder All Touch...
Understanding Communications Systems from RFP to Installation
DAVID VICKERS [November 7, 2017] Communications systems allow organizations to operate. Before writing your RFP you need to understand what a system can do, what you need, and what the installation process will look like. David Vickers is Senior Product Manager at...
The Life-Saving Importance of PASS Guidelines
AVI-SPL Acquires Sharp’s Audio Visual, Inches Closer to Becoming $1 Billion Company
TOM LEBLANC (October 04, 2017) — “AVI-SPL Acquires Sharp’s Audio Visual, Inches Closer to Becoming $1 Billion Company.” AVI-SPL acquires Calgary, Alberta-based Sharp’s Audio Visual, strengthening its stance as the industry’s largest integration firm and inching...
InfoComm International Renames Itself ‘AVIXA,’ or Audio Visual and Integrated Experience Association
D. CRAIG MACCORMACK (September 13, 2017) — “Welcome to AVIXA.” With those three words, executive director and CEO David Labuskes ushered in a new era for InfoComm International, which is changing its name to Audio Visual and Integrated Experience Association. It’s a...
Clinical Workflow and Staff Response Improved with Rauland Responder®, Vocera Platform Integration
PROSPECT, IL -- Streamlined patient-to-caregiver communications and enhanced workflow interoperability is now available through a new interface between the Rauland Responder® intelligent nurse communications solution and the Vocera Communications platform. Linking...
Keller ISD Installing New Emergency Response System
Keller Independent School District in Texas has started rolling out Telecenter U in its forty school district to handle emergency response and communications. Keller ISD front office staff now has the ability to alert the entire school of an emergency with the press...
Rauland Responder® Nurse Call and Hospedia Patient Centered Care Platform Integration Delivers Powerful Point-of-Care Engagement
Mt. Prospect, IL (June 3, 2015) – A new staff assignment integration between Rauland Responder® critical communications solution and Hospedia’s Patient Centered Care Platform promises improved patient communication and better overall patient satisfaction, the...
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