The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced the 2020 winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards, the flagship awards program in partnership with ISC West that recognizes innovative security products, services and solutions. Top among the winners, who were recognized July 9 during a virtual awards show, was Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, which received the 2020 Best New Product Award. Leica Geosystems was honored for its 3D Surveillance With Leica BLK247, submitted in the Emerging Technologies category.
The 3D Surveillance With Leica BLK247 is “a first-of-its-kind reality capture sensor for building security and operations,” Leica Geosystems says. “It is the latest product in the company’s BLK product line, a collection of reality capture, scanning and photogrammetry hardware and software. The BLK247 offers continuous, 24/7 LiDAR-based 3D monitoring and change detection within spaces. It does this using LiDAR, 3D digital fencing and continuous scanning to monitor buildings and spaces 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
The prestigious Judges’ Choice Award was presented to Suprema Inc. for the Airfob Patch, submitted in the Access Control Devices & Peripherals Hardware – Wireless category.
“Airfob Patch is the world’s first mobile-to-RF-card signal translator, enabling mobile phones to communicate with the existing RF card readers,” Suprema says. “Wire, batteries nor construction is required for installation. Airfob Patch charges itself by using the existing RF field signals transmitted from the RF reader. It transforms the RF fields into its own power source.”
In addition, John Spooner, executive vice president at Alarm Detection Systems and an active volunteer judge in the SIA New Product Showcase program, received the New Product Showcase Merit Award, which recognizes an individual or company who, through their support of the New Product Showcase, demonstrates a commitment to the vision and mission of the program, contributes to its success and promotes the advancement of SIA and the security industry overall.
“SIA is proud to present John Spooner with the 2020 SIA New Product Showcase Merit Award; John has not missed a single SIA New Product Showcase event since he began as an active volunteer judge in the program 17 years ago,” says Chris Grniet, chair of the SIA New Product Showcase Committee. “He has always been a fair and honest participant and has never hesitated to jump in and help whenever we need him. He has been exemplary in his commitment, participation and ability to help the group reach consensus.”
Since its inception in 1979, the SIA New Product Showcase has been the security industry’s premier product awards program. New products are reviewed by a panel of judges who have extensive industry experience, and in 2020, the 30 judges presented awards covering 23 product and service categories.
2020 SIA New Product Showcase winners :
Best New Product Award
Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon: 3D Surveillance With Leica BLK247
Judges’ Choice Award
Suprema Inc.: Airfob Patch
New Product Showcase Merit Award
John Spooner, executive vice president, Alarm Detection Systems
Category award winners:
Access Control Devices & Peripherals Hardware – Wireless
dormakaba: BEST Switch Tech
Access Control Software, Hardware, Devices & Peripherals – Wired
Swiftlane: Swiftlane Access Control
Honorable Mention — Altronix Corp.: Tango
Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection
Gibraltar Perimeter Security: G-1441 Ultra-Shallow Bollard
Biometrics
IDEMIA: VisionPass
Commercial Monitoring Solutions
IronYun Inc.: AI NVR Edge Analytics
Communications and Networking Solutions
Axis Communications Inc.: AXIS C8210 Network Audio Amplifier
Convergence and Integration Solutions
Blue Light: Blue Fusion
Design, Diagnostic and Installation Tools
Alarm.com: On-Site Wrap Up
Emergency and Mass Communication Systems
Verint: NowForce
Emerging Technologies
BioConnect: BioConnect’s Unified Mobile Access Solution
Environmental Monitoring Systems
IPVideo Corporation: HALO IOT Smart Sensor 2.0
Fire/Life Safety
Kidde: Kidde Optica Smoke Detectors
Hosted Solutions/Managed Services
SiteOwl: SiteOwl
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions (Physical) – Wireless
Alula: Slimline Touchpad
Honorable Mention — Cartell: CW-SYS Wireless Driveway System
Lock and Key Solutions
Medeco: All Weather Padlock
Honorable Mention — Abloy Oy: ABLOY BEAT
Mobile Solutions (Connected)
CloudScann: Visual Intelligence Control Center (VICC) With VisualC3 Mobile
Honorable Mention — Rapid Response Monitoring: rapidSMS
Smart Home Solutions
Alarm.com/Building36: Smart Water Valve+Meter
Threat/Risk Management Software Applications
Splan Inc.: SIVI – Splan Intelligent Visitor Insights
Video Surveillance Advanced Imaging Technologies
Axis Communications Inc.: AXIS Live Privacy Shield
Video Surveillance Cameras (HD/Megapixel)
Bosch Security and Safety Systems: MIC IP Ultra 7100i
Honorable Mention — Hanwha Techwin: PNM-9085RQZ
Video Surveillance Data Storage
Dragonfruit AI: Dragonfruit LiveArchive
Video Surveillance Hardware and Accessories
EIZO Inc.: FDF2711W-IP
Video Surveillance Management Systems
Airship Industries Inc.: Airship EMS v5.4.5
