product news Airlive industrial switches aid reliability and productivity Taipei, Taiwan More and more IT technologies and video surveillance systems are being used in enterprise and production fields. Airlive industrial solutions offer a competitive combination of reliability and flexibility to ensure maximum uptime and minimal operation costs. The solutions are designed to drive evolutionary efficiency and manageability, and lower the cost of operation to help industrial business users stay ahead of the challenges. Various industries, such as coal, electric power, petrochemical, and steel industries…etc., exist in harsh environments with heavy dust, high temperatures, high pressure, and more vulnerability to lightning strikes. These types of business can benefit from a factory surveillance network solution with Airlive future proof peformance industrial switches. For example, they can provide extreme temperature resilience without relying on a fan or heater. They also incorporate high port-density Ethernet connections and high power output to facilitate fast edge infrastructure deployment with minimal installation effort and cost; and they are engineered to provie consistent reliability to a control room. Airlive’s Industrial Switch Series feature 802.3at in an IP31 rugged (metal) strong case with redundant power system. The Industrial Switches are equipped with dual power inputs with operating temperatures from as low as minus 40 to plus 70 degrees centigrade. Airlive Industrial Switches provide non-blocking wire-speed performance and great flexibility for Ethernet extension in harsh industrial environments. The Airlive solution is also well suited for applications where a surveillance system is deployed, to secure control performance, and for where there is a wireless service in climatically demanding environments, such as factories, streets or public transport applications. Airlive industrial solutions offer a competitive combination of reliability and flexibility to ensure maximum uptime and minimal operation costs. Aperio Server Cabinet lock ensures security of business data London, UK The Aperio KS100 Server Cabinet Lock from Assa Abloy enables security managers to integrate server cabinet doors and racks with an access control system, and to control exactly who can access the servers, and when. With the data centre market growing fast – and colocation increasingly common – companies need to ensure more than ever that their sensitive data is protected against unauthorised access. When multiple companies share a data centre location, often even the same rack, managing physical access to servers is critical, to ensure compliance and avoid costly breaches. The Aperio KS100 adds comprehensive, real-time access control capabilities to a server cabinet, drawer or rack. Mechanical key use cannot be monitored, but smartcard-operated Aperio access control can. Generating details audit trails is straightforward, making the KS100 invaluable for incident investigation. Installation is quick and easy, with power coming via a Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection. Once installed, KS100 locks integrate with an electronic access control system and communicate wirelessly through an Aperio Communication Hub. With online integration, when a smartcard credential is presented to the lock, access decisions are communicated from the system through the hub and wirelessly back to the lock. The KS100 is compatible with existing smartcards using all standard RFID technologies, including Iclass from HID, Seos, Mifare and Desfire. With Aperio, lost cabinet keys no longer compromise server security: they are simply de-authorised and a valid replacement can be quickly re-issued. The status of any individual lock can be ascertained with the click of a mouse. “The new Aperio Server Cabinet Lock, KS100, secures your data against costly accidental downtime, unauthorised access and physical security breaches,” says Gareth Ellams, Aperio Business Development Director at Assa Abloy EMEA. “Thanks to this new addition to the Aperio wireless locks range, you can affordably add access control to almost any opening in your data centre, even if the facility is shared. The KS100 significantly upgrades data centre security, providing businesses and their customers with the highest levels of assurance.” The Aperio KS100 adds comprehensive, real-time access control capabilities to a server cabinet, drawer or rack. For more info about the products, contact the suppliers directly by looking in the Security Buyers Guide on page 50 The suppliers web site is linked to the global security web portal, www.securityworldhotel.com Security News Every Day – www. securityworldhotel.com