Vigilance

Drones - the ‘end’ of Britain’s silent killer: Call to Government to protect lives, save millions and bolster UK economy

One of the world’s leading experts in drone technology, Robert Garbett, today called on the UK Government to support the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) plea for Britain to “rise up and act to protect the health of our most vulnerable people” (Dr. Maria Neira, Director at WHO) by confronting the global threat of air pollution, which “is killing 7 million people per year and shaving over two years off the average life expectancy.”[1]

Robert Garbett, Founder of Drone Major Group Limited[2] stated: “Lives can be saved, disease in the youngest reduced, the oldest and most vulnerable members of society protected, as well as saving the NHS millions by replacing many of our delivery vans, trucks and heavy goods vehicles with battery-powered drones.”

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Vigilance; Posted On Wednesday, 28 September 2022 11:11

Revolutionary forensic fingerprint technique could help fight against fraud

Forensic examiners can now determine whether a fingerprint was placed on a piece of paper before or after any text was printed on it.

The revolutionary technique could help resolve cases of fraud, for example where the defendant claims to have no knowledge of the document but does admit to handling the sheet of paper it was printed on whilst it was blank.

“Let’s say a document was found with your fingerprint on it,” said Professor Paul Kelly, of Loughborough University. “You could say that it’s there because you loaded the paper, but later someone actually printed off the document.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Vigilance; Posted On Tuesday, 23 August 2022 14:10

Zerto Joins AWS ISV Workload Migration Partner Program to Accelerate Adoption of its Cloud Data Management and Protection Solutions

Ensuring Enterprise-class Protection and Recovery of VMs, Amazon EC2, and Amazon EKS Workloads

Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, today announced it joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ISV Workload Migration Partner Program, allowing it to drive and deliver AWS workload migrations and accelerate the adoption of its cloud data management and protection solutions.

Zerto customers will benefit from enhanced technical enablement which accelerates migrations with a repeatable and scalable methodology, automations, and tools that leverage AWS best practices. The program also provides access to AWS promotional credits to offset migration costs, including labour, training, and running parallel environments. In addition, Zerto will receive go-to-market support.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Vigilance; Posted On Thursday, 11 August 2022 14:10

Konica Minolta’s Video Solution Services and MOBOTIX M16 thermal cameras receive VdS Certification for early fire detection

Konica Minolta’s Video Solution Services (VSS) and powerful MOBOTIX M16 TR (Thermal Radiometry) cameras have been certified by the VdS Fire Protection Institute. The certification recognises the ability to accurately detect a fire, or the increased risk even before it starts, from a distance of up to 5km, making Konica Minolta’s VSS solutions the perfect visual accompaniment to any integrated fire detection and safety solution.