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IPfocusOptelecom-NKF renamedfollowing merger with TKHGroupOptelecom-NKF Inc., manufacturer of advancedSiqura® and Optelecom video surveillancesolutions, have announced that it will be renamedon April 1st, 2011, as a result of its recent mergerwith the Dutch company, TKH Group. The mergerbetween TKH Group and Optelecom-NKF was madedefinite on January 27th, 2011.Company Name ChangeOver the past two years, Optelecom-NKF haspositioned nearly all its surveillance solutionsunder the Siqura brand name, with the exception ofits renowned Optelecom fiber optic line in the US.Once the merger with TKH Group was made definite,it was decided to rename Optelecom-NKF:As of April 1st, 2011, the EMEA offices will be namedSiqura and the company headquarters will berelocated to Gouda, the Netherlands.In order to effectively market the existing Siquraand Optelecom brands as well as the TKH SecuritySolutions offering in the Ame IPBarix and Singlewire Alignfor InformaCast PublicAddress SolutionBarix recently announced that its Audio over IP devicesand contact closure interfaces are now qualified forintegration into Singlewire InformaCast® solutions forprofessional security applications.InformaCast is a mass notification platform that allowsusers to simultaneously send audio streams and textmessages to multiple IP phones, IP speaker end points,computer desktops and overhead paging systems.Systems integrators deploying InformaCast systems cannow use Barix Exstreamer decoders and Annuncicom twowayaudio devices for encoding/decoding to distribute IPaudio streams to end points. Integrators can furtherenhance systems by installing Barix Barionet devices forinterfacing to a variety of systems.Singlewire Software targets its InformaCast softwareMilestone XProtectCorporate Wins Gold GoviesAwardMilestone Systems, the open platform company in IPvideo management software, has been honored bySecurity Products magazine with the Gold GoviesGovernment Security Award in the category forVideo Management Systems for its top-of-the-linesolution: XProtect® Corporate.The Security Products’ Government Security Awardswere launched in 2009 and re-launched as theGovies in 2011. The revamped program gave topindustry entrants the added benefit of displayingtheir products in the Security Products booth at theannual GovSec Conference & Expo that was heldMarch 29-31 at the Walter E. Washington ConventionCenter in Washington, D.C. The GovSec conferencealso featured the U.S. Law Enforcement Conference &Exposition at the same time.The judges narrowed down the 2011 submissions tothose achieving top status, and Milestone SystemsXProtect Corporate version 4.0 was chosen for theGold Govies Award for Video Management Systems."As the nation faces evolving and multi-facetedsecurity threats, government agencies, lawenforcement and the military need to stay updatedon the latest technology to assist them inmaintaining national security and public safety. Weare very pleased that our most sophisticated, highperformance offering, XProtect Corporate, won thisaward to heighten awareness of it for this sector,"states Christian Bohn, VP Product Management andMarketing at Milestone Systems. IPsolution fororganizations requiringemergency broadcasts,multi-location pagingand complex audioscheduling needs. Live,pre-recorded and scheduled announcements are easilydispatched from a single button on an IP phone or PC.The addition of Barix Audio over IP hardware adds moreinterface options to the InformaCast suite for two-wayaudio support and tighter integration to loudspeakers.The integration of Barionet devices allows integration andalarm triggers to and from real-world interfaces such asrelays, horns, contact closures, push buttons and displays.Barionet devices are open-standards-compliant, intelligentIP I/O controllers that directly interface to commonelectrical interfaces. Devices are programmable forspecial cases such as the extraction of alarminginformation from a serial data interface. IPMayflex Voted Distributor ofthe YearMayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking andelectronic security solutions distributor, has beenvoted as Distributor of the Year in the Comms ExpoAwards 2011.The nominees and winners of the awards were allvoted for by the readers of Netcomms EuropeMagazine, who were given the chance to vote onthe Netcomms website. Mayflex was picked by themajority as the best distributor, signalling that theirdedication to offering a high level of customerservice is being recognised in the marketplace.Mark Simmons, Sales Director at Mayflex, says, “Weare so proud to have been voted as Distributor ofthe Year, especially when it’s an award that is votedfor by the people who use the products we supply.As a company we are totally dedicated to customerservice and are always striving to offer the best toour customers. Recent service based initiativesinclude extending our ordering time to 8pm for freenext day delivery and improvements to our TradeCounter. We have also started to roll out a range ofsupport services aimed at helping our customersexpand their services and win new business, suchas new customer facing product and technicalmanagers, demonstration facilities in ourBirmingham and City of London offices and onlinemarketing tools. We are focused on becoming theIP solutions partner of choice for our customersand view the support and business developmenttools available to our customers as essential.”Mayflex sees this award as confirmation they aredoing the right thing, but this does not mean theyare going to stop progressing. “We believe inalways making improvements,” Mark says, “and willcontinue year on year to try and provide ourcustomers with the best service possible.”Mayflex has also been nominated for Distributor ofthe Year in the PSI Premier Awards 2011, the resultsof which are due out in June. This is anothersignificant boost for the company. IPissue 30_5