Video Analytics and Intelligent Video Surveillance segments set for rapid growth until 2020

The Video Analytics & Intelligent Video Surveillance Technologies: Security & Civilian Global Market – 2015-2020 report drawn up by the Homeland Security Research Corporation (HSRC) forecasts that the global IVS & VA industry revenues will grow at 19.5% CAGR from 2014 to 2020. The main drivers behind the rapid growth of this particular market segment […]

Time and attendance systems make annual leave booking simple and transparent

Time and attendance systems will make the process of booking annual leave a very simple, straightforward and transparent one, thus preventing conflicts that usually occur within most offices over this rather sensitive topic. A recent survey has found that around 50% of UK employees have fallen out with a colleague when fighting over the best […]

Technological inadequacy hinders growth for over half of UK SMEs

Over 65% of the UK SMEs could bolster their productivity by better using their available technology or implementing new and improved solutions designed to streamline their workflow, a recent report has been able to find. The survey of 1057 businesses, commissioned by 123-reg and undertaken by YouGov, revealed that the better use of technology by SMEs could […]

Facial recognition CCTV technology used for detecting emotions as part of research project

Facial recognition CCTV technology is being used within an university research project for tracking students’ emotions, a news report can reveal. The system installed at the University of Iowa scans the faces of all who pass under it and instantly calculates their moods — collecting readings for joy, frustration, confusion, fear, anger and sadness. The […]

Workforce management systems can boost productivity and optimize performance

Having the right workforce management systems and analytics technology in place can help public sector organizations improve their ability to make timely operational decisions about their workforce, recent research has been able to reveal. Organizational processes that are simply out-of-date and legacy technology can limiting some public organizations’ access to the right information. However, implementing […]

Biometric Time and Attendance Systems to be Deployed at 422 Schools

Biometric Time and Attendance Systems designed to monitor the activity of teaching and non-teaching staff will be introduced at 422 schools across the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, in a bid to improve attendance levels and productivity, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The Federal Directorate of Education […]

Mobile apps are becoming the solution of choice for remote workforce management

Mobile applications are becoming increasingly popular for enterprises, which employ them both for managing their own remote staff and “extended enterprise” workers, data from a recent survey has been able to find. The ”2016 Executive Enterprise Mobility Report” by mobile application management and security company Apperian suggests that the number of enterprise mobile apps continues […]

Personnel Management Systems Can Help Maintain and Improve Workplace Satisfaction

Personnel Management Systems featuring extensive team rostering capabilities could potentially help maintain and improve the overall levels of employee satisfaction within the workplace, especially since a recent survey found that team dynamics play the most important role in employee satisfaction, with two thirds enjoying being part of a team. The study into the behaviours of […]

Biometric Access Control – the only solution for linking or binding digital identities to the individual

The importance of Biometric Access Control is growing at a very fast pace in the increasingly complex world of digital identities and ever-expanding ecosystem of ID cards, phones and other devices, experts in the security field believe. In fact, biometrics is the only true means of linking or binding digital identities to the individual, determining […]