detektor international award Detektor International Award winners 2015 At an exclusive celebratory gala dinner event during the Sectech show in Stockholm, industry professionals gathered together with the finalists in each category to hear the results of the most prestigious awards in the security industry. By Rachel Ward Owen A unique glass sculpture, designed by the world famous artist Bertil Vallien, was received by the overall winner in each product category. Foto: Andreas L Eriksson The award winners, once announced, were to join an elite list of companies that have won the Detektor International Award since its original inception in the year 2000. The Detektor International Awards were introduced to highlight and reward the providers of security products and concepts that has launched the most genuine 21st century technology in terms of innovation and customer orientation. As an independent award, an intentionally specific and unique criteria means that companies are not able to apply or enter their products for consideration as an award winner. Instead, over the 18 months prior to the awards ceremony, the panel of Detektor International judges scrutinise the industry to identify potential candidates for each of the three categories – Access Control, Alarm & Detection and CCTV. And so now, after much deliberation, the three overall winners have been revealed - HID Global in the Access Control category, Dualtech IT in the Alarm & Detection category and Axis Communications for CCTV. Access Control winners The winner of the Best Access Control Product 2015 is HID Global from the USA for the mobile access control solution, HID Mobile Access. The Highly Commended Access Control Product Award was presented to Axis Communications from Sweden – for the A8004-VE Network Video Door Station. Finally, the Innovative Achievement Award for the access control category is shared by Salto Systems from Spain – for the smartphone access control app enabling JustIn Technology, and Assa Abloy The overall Detektor International Awards-winners Dahn Sadarangan, HID Global, Carl Staël von Holstein, Axis and Johan Holmström, Dualtech IT at the prize ceremony in Stockholm. from Sweden - for the Aperio KS100 Server Cabinet Lock. Alarm & detection winners The overall winner in the Alarm & Detection category and the receiver of the Best Alarm Product 2015 is Dualtech IT from Sweden – for the software platform and cloud service solution – EWM 2.0 with Eagle Eye Cloud Service. The Highly Commended Alarm & Detection Product Award was awarded to GJD Manufacturing from the UK – for the IP PoE detection device – the D-Tect 2 IP. The runners up in this category, and so awarded with the Innovative Achievement Award were Protect from Denmark – for the PoE IP fog generating solution – the IP Fog Cannon with Intellibox and Sensative from Sweden – for the ultra-thin radio, magnetic and heat sensor – Strip. CCTV winners The ultimate winner in the CCTV Category and the receiver of the Best CCTV Product 2015 is Axis Communications from Sweden – for the camera solution that reduces bandwidth and storage requirements – Axis P32 Network Camera Series with Zipstream Technology. In this category the Highly Commended CCTV Product Award was presented to Avigilon from Canada – for the single sensor 7K HD surveillance camera – the 7K HD Pro (30M). The Innovative Achievement Award, in the CCTV category, was shared equally by Merit Lilin from Taiwan – for the 120 frames per second 1080P Ultra series camera – the UFG1122, and Hikvision from China – for the All in One NVR – the DS 7600NI-E1/A. Tough decisions Lennart Alexandrie, publisher of Detektor International and CEO at AR Media International said, “We really had a tough decision this year when narrowing down the shortlist to just four finalists in each of the three categories. The security market and technology in general is moving at such a fast pace, and differing sectors of the industry are moving in different directions. So on the one hand we have complete new technology to consider within a sector and on another hand we have companies that are embracing change and really entering into a new era for their sector. In addition, there is a great deal of niche market specialisation and customisation emerging that aims to cater for particular vertical markets, which is also very interesting.” “In spite of all of this really complex mix of ideas and technologies, when the results of our ballot were counted it was fairly obvious that HID, Dualtech IT and Axis were the resounding first prize winners this year.” “Whatever happens in the security industry, it is absolutely certain that next year’s 17th Detektor International Awards 2016 will bring a whole new set of parameters for us to consider – and we are pretty sure that everyone else looks forward to it with as much anticipation and interest as we do!” concluded Lennart Alexandrie. Security News Every Day – www. securityworldhotel.com