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IDIS and Sunstone Systems forge strategic alliance

enhance existing security operations at the school’s Cotswolds campus to provide a modern and flexible security solution that can adapt to future security needs.

The DirectIP™ solution covers both the main school and its sports facilities, the latter forming a shared community facility with the local council. Using network-enabled surveillance allows both parties to monitor the facilities and for the school to real-time share information and surveillance footage with public bodies, including the emergency services, in the event of an incident. Alastair Farwell, Site Manager at Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School, said, “The Sunstone team have provided us with a future proof security system allowing for other technologies to be brought on-line as required. We will continue to invest in improving the health, safety and wellbeing of our students as well as in deterring inappropriate use of the school facilities.”

TPS appoints Peter Hurry as Head of Security and M&E Services

Engineering and construction specialist TPS, has appointed security and blast engineering expert Peter Hurry as head of its Security and Explosion Effects Division.
Formerly of Buro Happold and Kroll Associates, Peter Hurry has an MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management and is a Fellow of the Security Institute. His extensive experience also includes a 29 year career in the Military where he carried out a significant number of important counter terrorism roles. He becomes Head of Security, Explosion Effects, and M&E Group, TPS.

The security arm of TPS offers a wide range of services including security systems design, risk management, blast engineering and counter terrorism advice, design for the built environment and critical national infrastructure. The TPS team of experts, headed by Peter Hurry, work directly with client security and facilities managers, or as part of multi-disciplined design teams engaged on new build or refurbishment projects.

QSG expands senior team

Quadrant Security Group (QSG) has appointed James Smith as their new Sales and Marketing Director. Joining from Axis Communications, James has over 18 years’ experience in the security and IT industries in sales and marketing management roles.

The appointment marks the second addition to the senior team at QSG this year, following the appointment of Phil Doyle as managing director in February. Using his experience, James will lead the sales and marketing teams and build on QSG’s expertise of delivering complex end-to-end security solutions for environments such as high security, public space, blue-light, financial and commercial.

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